Kobold Artistry: Voting
You’ve seen all five of the entries picked by the judges. Now it’s time to vote for the one you like best! It’s a hard decision, certainly, but it’s your decision to make.
Again, in case you missed an entry, here are the five contenders:
- Venerable Jikook of Bluerock, Witness of 214 Moons by James Krause
- Toad Eye by Aja Savon Johnson
- Malena by Mercedes Grazzini
- Krik the Knifer by Terry Maranda
- Ragged ScroungeScale by Jared von Hindman
To vote, please click here.
We’ll be running the voting through March 14, 2012. Happy voting, all!
28 Replies to "Kobold Artistry: Voting"
Richard
March 9, 2012 at 3:36pmWow!
Okay… I hate to break hearts but here goes. Though I’m a bit disappointed at not even making the top five, I’ll have offer reasons as to my picks to see if others agree.
First Place
Krik the Knifer by Terry Maranda
(This one really made me Laugh, loud and Hard!)
Second Place
Venerable Jikook of Bluerock, Witness of 214 Moons by James Krause
(The paint job alone was great, the mutations leaves me thinking more is to be learned about the characters BG)
Third Place
Toad Eye by Aja Savon Johnsonicks
(Great color! Great pose…. Ummm…. I think I saw this on a Pokemon book.)
The other two are so great and similar and are tied for 4th place in my mind… Too close to call.
Angie Reeder
March 9, 2012 at 4:24pmI vote for Jikook of Bluerock
Dr.C
March 9, 2012 at 5:56pmToad Eye
Ragged Scourgescale
Venerable Jikook of Bluerock, Witness of 214 Moons
Krik the Knifer
Malena
Dr.C
March 9, 2012 at 5:58pmoops, acc clicked post
First: Toad Eye
Second: Ragged Scourgescale
Tied for 3rd: Venerable Jikook of Bluerock
Krik the Knifer
Chris Harris
March 9, 2012 at 7:09pmI think they were all great, but my final favorite was Jikook of Bluerock.
Foksimi
March 9, 2012 at 8:45pm1st: Krik the Knifer
2nd: Venerable Jikook of Bluerock
3rd: Toad Eye
4th: Malena
5th: Ragged Scourgescale
Jadey
March 9, 2012 at 8:57pmThe pieces are all awesome — congrats on all the finalists!
The definite winner’s ‘Krik the Knifer’ though. This one captures a mood and the expression on that kobold is priceless!
Mark Arvidson
March 9, 2012 at 11:22pmAll are great, but Jikook of Bluerock has my vote. Krik the Knifer is a close second based just on the look on his face.
Dayne
March 10, 2012 at 9:36amHahaha that Krik is hilarious!!
I agree that this one has a good setting. It captures a true kobold better than the others, so this one wins for me.
Jikook comes second cuz his face is original.
I think Toad Eye looks like a chinese dragon more than kobold but the colors are vibrant so this goes third.
Good job all!
Steve Wood
March 10, 2012 at 11:16amMy vote is for Aja Williams’ Toadeye
Rechan
March 10, 2012 at 12:50pm(1st) Toad Eye
(2nd) Jihook
(3rd) Krik
Dagalk
March 10, 2012 at 2:34pmFirst Krik, totally an awesome illistration of a typical kobold.
Second Toad eye, I like badass kobolds, the players would really remember running into this guy.
Third Malena, a kobold blade dancer, looks awesome and the possible stories could be very interesting
Fourth Jihook,
Aura
March 10, 2012 at 5:27pmToad eye, very interesting duel weidling there.
Sean Holland
March 10, 2012 at 5:54pmI vote the wonderful:
Malena by Mercedes Grazzini
But good luck to all!
torishima eve
March 10, 2012 at 11:42pmfirst place for toad eye!!!
The Bull
March 11, 2012 at 1:34am1st: Toad Eye – just love the colors and the pose
2nd: Venerable Jikook of Bluerock – ah such wonderful creepeness
3rd: Krik the Knifer – hilarous at its best
4th: Malena – love the art nouveau style
5th: Ragged Scourgescale – a kobold mech-warrior!
Thank you all for your entries and the effort you put into it.
Patrick
March 11, 2012 at 6:18amRagged Scourgescale – a kobold mech-warrior!
This one is not necessarily what I would normally go for, but there is just something compelling about it!
(They are all good btw.)
Patrick
Randy
March 11, 2012 at 7:34am1st: Toad Eye, Such a wonderful character design.
2nd: Krik the Knifer: Embodies so much of what a kobold is.
3rd: Venerable Jikook of Bluerock
Andrew
March 11, 2012 at 7:50am1st: Venerable Jikook – dark and interesting. Great detail and compelling character.
2nd: Krik – likeness to the normal kobold fodder I slaughter
3rd: Toadeye – good piece, nice color
Corrynn
March 11, 2012 at 8:23amAfter viewing all the pics jikook should be 1st. Krik in a close second. Toadeye in Third. Malena in 4th. They were all wonderful pics and all the artists should be very proud of themselves.
Fenrir Lokison
March 11, 2012 at 9:56amMy vote is for Aja Williams’ Toadeye
James Krause
March 11, 2012 at 10:36amHey everyone! Thanks for your votes!
Keep in mind that comments don’t count as votes. You need to click on the hyperlink in the text up top!
Again, good luck everyone!
MatthewJHanson
March 11, 2012 at 10:37am1st: Kirk the Knifer
2nd: Venerable Jikook
3rd: Toad Eye
4th: Malena
5th: ScroungeScale
Wolfgang
March 12, 2012 at 1:52pmThere’s hundreds of votes registered in the voting link so far, and it’s definitely going to be close.
Roto
March 12, 2012 at 3:00pmHard to choose between the dual-wielding scrapper and the magic user. Both are impressively rendered, and exhibit fine kobold traits. They are also both standalone images that could easily be used as a magazine/website graphic, like our friend at the top of this very article, and his monochrome buddy to the upper right.
In the end, I would honestly choose Toad Eye. The coloring makes him pop out at the viewer, and the style of the drawing possesses a dynamic that separates it from your typical fantasy drawing.
Best of luck to all the artists!
J. Aris
March 12, 2012 at 11:34pm1. Krik the Knifer
2. Jikook
3. Toad Eye
Good Luck!!!
Jaxter Bronn
March 13, 2012 at 7:01amI totally agree with most of the votes…Krik the Knifer (love the name btw) oughta win it. This illustration just grabs the attention and has a story to tell i’d be interested in hearing about. This really does nail what a kobold is at heart, cowardly without its backup, that pose says it all.
I guess second should be Jikook of Bluerock for the pro paint job.
Third should be Toad Eye…although this one does not look like a mining dirty kobold, it’s very dynamic and fun.
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