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Rules

- Post FINAL image in FINALS THREADS. When posting your final image, include a small detail shot of the painting using the template provided below. IF YOU DO NOT ATTACH THE DETAIL SHOT USING THE TEMPLATE BELOW, YOUR PAINTING WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE FINALS POLL!!!!!!!


- All types of illustration open. ( interior pages, card formats, book covers, magazine covers), but this WILL be the banner for the rest of the year, so please avoid extreme formats
( like overtly horizontal or vertical banners, etc.).

- Working File can be any size you want, finals to be no wider than 1000 pixels ( you can include detail shots if you want).

Deadline: Monday, July 25TH 11:59 p.m pacific time

[mikeorroborross]

thanks icon....hope i get this right.....new to all this.....loving it however...amazing to see so many great songs & works in the original thread.....humbled & inspired.....best o' luck everybody.mike

[jagder]

Nin

There is a place that still remains
It eats the fear it eats the pain
The sweetest price he'll have to pay
The day the whole world went away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDvIkqapC84

[irawan]

this is my final version:

imagination- just an illusion

Could it be a picture in my mind
never sure exactly what I'll find
only in my dreams I turn you on
here for just a moment then you're gone
it's just an illusion – illusion – illusion

Illusion – illusion – illusion – illusion

[zephyri]

Here's my final, thumb and a detail shot Awesome topic and some awesome entries no doubt!

Based on the Smashing Pumpkins son 'Behold! The Night Mare':

I've faced the fathoms in your deep
Withstood the suitors quiet siege
Pulled down the heavens just to please you
Appease you
The wind blows and I know

I can't go on, digging roses from your grave
To linger on, beyond the beyond
Where the willows weep
And whirlpools sleep, you'll find me
The coarse tide reflects sky

And the night mare rides on, and the night mare rides on
With a december black psalm
And the night mare rides on
What I fear is lost here
The wind blows and I know

[ALEE-S]

Alright, just tossing my hat in the ring for the fun of it. This has been a fun challenge, every one on this forum has. I can't tell you how much it's helped me and I appreciate those people that volunteer to run these things. Not to mention all the people that participate and critique. It's an amazing community here.

Now, enough mushy stuff <3 Here's the song lyrics and my submission:

I drank sixteen doubles for the price of one
Trying to find the courage to talk to one
I asked her for a dance
Not a second glance
My night had just begun

Well I drink to the father and the holy ghost
I'm kneeling at the altar of my nightly post
So I'll raise a glass, not the first nor last
Come join me in this toast

Because the old black rum's got a hold on me
Like a dog wrapped round my leg
And the old black rum's got a hold on me
Will I live for another day?
Hey, Will I live for another day?

Well the queen of George street just went walking on by
Walking on by with some guy who don't care
That she stood in line
Since half past nine
And spent three hours on her hair (On her hair!)

Well her friend is looking at me with an evil grin
I think the bloody racket might soon begin
I must have said some thing
To the George street queen
The boys are joining in!

Because the old black rum's got a hold on me
Like a dog wrapped round my leg
And the old black rum's got a hold on me
Will I live for another day?
Hey, Will I live for another day?

So I drank all of my money
And I slept out in the rain
Everyday is different but the nights they're all the same
You never see the sun on the old black rum
But I know I'm gonna do it again!

[jgordinho]

My Favorite band back when i was a kid...good old times...i miss them..

[Cethu]

Why do I always forget bout those deadlines :/
Well, here's mine, final edit done on my super slow netbook

Good luck to all of ya!

Ulver - Eos
The sun is far away
It goes in circles
Someone dies
Someone lives
In pain
It is burning
Into the thin air
Of the nature
Of a culture
On the dark side
Under the moon
The wolves gather

[SoufMeng]

The inspiration was the lyrics to Paranoid Android by Radiohead:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InApV...ailpage#t=204s

Rain down, rain down
Come on rain down on me
From a great height
From a great height... height...



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As I have said in the WIPs thread, I wasn't aware of the challenge when I started this piece a couple of days ago, but although no one told me so I figure it's fine for me to post considering that it fits the brief.

Zephyri: Nice job! It's great to see the impressionistic handling of the horses in the detail shots too.

[vsurprise]

My voice a beacon in the night
My words will be your light
To carry you to me
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love
They say that things just cannot grow
Beneath the winter snow
Or so I have been told
They say we're buried far
Just like a distant star
I simply cannot hold
Is love alive?

[mclean]

Black Mirror by Arcade Fire

I walked down to the ocean
After waking from a nightmare
No moon, no pale reflection
Black Mirror, Black Mirror

Shot by a security camera
You can't watch your own image
And also look yourself in the eye
Black Mirror, Black Mirror, Black Mirror

I know a time is coming
All words will lose their meaning
Please show me something that isn't mine
But mine is the only kind that I relate to
Le miroir casse
The mirror casts mon reflet partout
Black Mirror, Black Mirror, Black Mirror

The black mirror knows no reflection
It knows not pride or vanity
It cares not about your dreams
It cares not for your pyramid schemes
Their names are never spoken
The curse is never broken
The curse is never broken

[ThuyHo]

This is my first time posting on CGHub (so excited) and I'm really looking forward to participating more. Such great work, everyone! Thanks for the fun challenge. I learned a lot from this activity, including how to use reference more effectively and doing lots of studies.

Inspired by the lyrics from Own Stunts by Breathe Owl Breathe:

I don't know
Just because
I wanna start doing my own stunts

...

Take off my turtle neck
Underneath there's a bulletproof vest
You never knew what made it though
Red-breasted crows speak
Grass stains on my shirt
It's all because of her
Laughter
After
It didn't hurt
It didn't hurt

...

This is not what I'm used to
Cross my heart and hope to...
Cross my heart and hope to...

[mikeorroborross]

Loooooved old black rum & behold the nightmare had me resurrect my copy of adore (which i sorley underrated at the time) The ramones made me chuckle.....gabba gabba we accept you we accept you- ONE OF US! that is just how i feel since i recently joined the hub as if i have been accepted, special thanks go out to icon.....loving everybodies work...we are all winners here...this is so much fun & for me it is only just getting started

[eventhorizon]

Hey everyone, all the images look great. Didn't get mine done in time but they look amazing!

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And done! AMAZING ROUND everyone!!

I can't even express how grateful I am to all the participants here! So again many thanks to all of you for making these challenges be the best they can be, inspiring a whole new generation of artists.

With that said there will be no more entries accepted and the poll will be up tomorrow!

Best of luck every one!