Forgot to say I submitted mine...

Oh yeah, me too.

Defiance:Those who defy the demon shall suffer in flames

Rebirth: Our god has risen once again

Defiance: Those who defy the demon shall suffer in flames

Rebirth: Vernal Renewal

Well at least I have one vote...

Defiance: Those who defy the demon shall suffer in flames

Rebirth: Vernal Renewal

Your one is not so bad, GoO, but SirThobus' one is really awesome

I was amazed when I first saw the shot. How did he do it? Anyway, the two greatest artists will meet in the final.

There's a beautiful atmosphere... The dryads and the minotaurs look really like zombies, and you can almost touch the battle with your hand... beautiful pic .

How did he make all units look like silhouettes? That's what I want to know.

Probably a perfect combination between sun rotation/inclination and lighting color .

Defiance: Those who defy the demon shall suffer in flames

Rebirth: Vernal Renewal


On the first one, I think the yellow one is great as well, I loved the idea and the messenger looks so poor *lol* Good scenery also.
Problem is the tropical bright plain yellow lighting and rainbow spam... it looks like such a nice magical place. It makes you rather envy the messenger

The other one is well-composed and flawless... but after this one I have seen enough hell-themed shots for this year. The Hocus Pocus one was a bit better because it wasn't his typical style.


On the second one, the forest one is utterly nicely set up and has a great atmosphere and colours. Too bad the head of the horse is cut off, but it is still utterly great (rotting logs ftw)

The rising god one isn't bad either but you might want to put something in the background (black = not good) and focus a bit more on the action and zoom in a little... there is too much unrelated stuff in it... also, just because Hirogashi compulsively wraps everything up in rocks doesn't mean it looks good. Also you might want to pick a lighting suitable for the action. A rising god deserves something flashy

And lastly, I wish I wasn't the only one to actually say something about the shots (apart from "oh all entries are great"). We used to tell people honestly what they might want to improve, and it helped them a great deal. Maybe the current stagnation is caused by a lack of good advice. There are so many people posting stuff like "OMFG I'm never gonna win OMFG I don't have a chance" but they don't know what to improve, so maybe if some more experienced guys would step up and help? I think it would be very nice.

Defiance - Defying the Weather

Rebirth - Vernal Renewal

Those who defy the Demon shall suffer in flames
Vernal Renewal

Defiance: Those who defy the demon shall suffer in flames

Rebirth: Vernal Renewal


Well said, Relic. I also feel there has been too much "great shot" spoken glossing over mediocre shots and giving the false impression that they have reached a zenith of excellence. I also remind everyone that identified the shotmakers that voting is supposed to be anonymous. I don't have much to add that Relic hasn't said already but I'd like to praise this fantastic shot:

"Those who defy the demon shall suffer in flames" is a tournament winning level shot. It has fantastic use of colors and lightings to silhouette everything with the low inclination, but the misc stairs/smoke, healings and implodes to bring back some detail of the units. They grays smooth beautifully into the reds right into the dramatic focal point of the shot in the center. Each unit is posed carefully and every object speaks towards the feel of the shot. Excellent job!

I can't wait until I see how the two winners of this round interpret my final theme.....

Results:

Defiance: Those who defy the demon shall suffer in flames by SirThobus
Rebirth: Vernal Renewal by HailToTheOboe

Commiserations to: Guard Of osiris and Immortal_Anubite

Let the finals begin!

[This message has been edited by Yeebaagooon (edited 11-19-2009 @ 12:14 PM).]

Wow, now I'm nervous! :O Up against Hail, which to me pretty much means up against god.

Theme: Immortality

Wow! I can't wait for see the screenshots of this beautiful theme!

Where can I see the screenshots of the prevorious rounds?

http://aom.heavengames.com/gallery/Screenshot_Tournament

I'm especially looking forward to see what Thobus' nonscreenshot works can look like

Have you started any scenario?

Haha, maybe CCC next? Yeah, I've actually picked up an old project, had to start nearly from scratch, with only a few notes about it. The problem is that school is taking very much time, which leaves me with only a few hours left to work with AoM. Also, as I'm educated as a musician, much time is spent on preparing for gigs, school projects and so on.
It's sad, because I my unfinished projects may have died because I get too tired on my spare time. But I'm spending as much time as I can to finish this one, at least. Then I hope I can get the steam up and maybe even get started on my dream project. :P

Hmm, that is certainly an epic theme. Good luck to both of ya.

Wow, now I'm nervous! :O Up against Hail, which to me pretty much means up against god.

haha yeah right. I don't think god would be any good at making screenshots, at any rate.

Good luck, this should be fun!
ostrich vs wolf!
29!

Great themes, by the way. Elrich, you need to win a CSC :P

[This message has been edited by HailToTheOboe (edited 11-19-2009 @ 10:35 PM).]

Wait what did CSC stand for?

Haven't played AoM online since ages, what does the 29 taunt says again?

scream!