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        <title>deviantART: Popular Gears of War Contest</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 01:52:15 PDT</pubDate>        
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                <title>Bring It</title>
                <link>http://aeonsend.deviantart.com/art/Bring-It-260394200</link>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:29:46 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Bring It</media:title>
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                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Aeonsend</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://aeonsend.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~Aeonsend</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ My entry: the result of hours upon hours of painting in Photoshop.<br /><br />I had to rush it a little but I am overall satisfied with the finished product. Thanks to EPIC games for making such a killer franchise! ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/271/e/5/bring_it_by_aeonsend-d4b15g8.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/271/e/5/bring_it_by_aeonsend-d4b15g8.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/271/e/5/bring_it_by_aeonsend-d4b15g8.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ My entry: the result of hours upon hours of painting in Photoshop.<br /><br />I had to rush it a little but I am overall satisfied with the finished product. Thanks to EPIC games for making such a killer franchise!<br /><div><img src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/271/e/5/bring_it_by_aeonsend-d4b15g8.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Omen</title>
                <link>http://jace-wallace.deviantart.com/art/Omen-260484336</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:28:57 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Omen</media:title>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jace-Wallace</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://jace-wallace.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~Jace-Wallace</media:copyright>
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                <media:tags>@Jacewallace</media:tags>
            </media:community>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Breathe your last breath ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/270/4/7/omen_by_jace_wallace-d4b3300.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/270/4/7/omen_by_jace_wallace-d4b3300.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/270/4/7/omen_by_jace_wallace-d4b3300.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Breathe your last breath<br /><div><img src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/270/4/7/omen_by_jace_wallace-d4b3300.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>geared for war</title>
                <link>http://nefar007.deviantart.com/art/geared-for-war-259938266</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 05:15:42 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">geared for war</media:title>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">nefar007</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://nefar007.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~nefar007</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ entry for gears of war contest. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/267/9/5/geared_for_war_by_nefar007-d4ardne.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/267/9/5/geared_for_war_by_nefar007-d4ardne.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/267/9/5/geared_for_war_by_nefar007-d4ardne.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ entry for gears of war contest.<br /><div><img src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/267/9/5/geared_for_war_by_nefar007-d4ardne.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Passage to Hell</title>
                <link>http://wwudesign.deviantart.com/art/Passage-to-Hell-260707828</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:38:50 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Passage to Hell</media:title>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">wwudesign</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://wwudesign.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *wwudesign</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ My take on the contest. Hope you guys enjoy it ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2012/266/6/7/passage_to_hell_by_wwudesign-d4b7vg4.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2012/266/6/7/passage_to_hell_by_wwudesign-d4b7vg4.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2012/266/6/7/passage_to_hell_by_wwudesign-d4b7vg4.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ My take on the contest. Hope you guys enjoy it<br /><div><img src="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2012/266/6/7/passage_to_hell_by_wwudesign-d4b7vg4.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Breach</title>
                <link>http://gobeur.deviantart.com/art/Breach-260754041</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:23:44 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Breach</media:title>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gobeur</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://gobeur.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~Gobeur</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ pardon the rushedness ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/271/4/5/breach_by_gobeur-d4b8v3t.png" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/4/5/breach_by_gobeur-d4b8v3t.png" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/271/4/5/breach_by_gobeur-d4b8v3t.png" height="506" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ pardon the rushedness<br /><div><img src="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/4/5/breach_by_gobeur-d4b8v3t.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Gears of War</title>
                <link>http://exileden.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-War-260740762</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:16:50 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Gears of War</media:title>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Exileden</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://exileden.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 `Exileden</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ My teamwork (collaboration) with awesome buddy *<a class="u" href="http://pearlphoenix.deviantart.com/">PearlPhoenix</a> for the Gears of War 3 contest.<br />We are totally "Pearl" team <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/g/giggle.gif" width="17" height="15" alt=":giggle:" title="Giggle"/><br /><br />We represent that scene more to show for what they are fighting. <i>For what they are using guns and for what they are battling?<br />For something what they're seeking?<br />For what they lost?<br />For.... safety and peace?</i><br /><br />We mixed our Traditional and Digital skills together into one image. Pearl did the concept and scheme for basic coloring, I did whole image by traditional medium (paints, markers and colored pencils), then on last day she did extra finishing by her amazing digital skills!<br /><br />It was great fun challenge to do something totally different! <br /><br /><b>Here is fully traditional WIP painted illustration (sorry for photo quality!)</b><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="mild shadow" ><a class="thumb" href="http://PearlEden.deviantart.com/art/Traditional-WIP-of-GoW3-260813211" title="Traditional WIP of GoW3 by `PearlEden, Sep 29, 2011 in Fan Art &gt; Traditional Art &gt; Drawings &gt; Games" super_img="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/272/3/a/traditional_wip_of_gow3_by_pearleden-d4ba4rf.jpg" super_w="600" super_h="373"><i></i><img width="150" height="93" src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/272/3/a/traditional_wip_of_gow3_by_pearleden-d4ba4rf.jpg" data-src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/272/3/a/traditional_wip_of_gow3_by_pearleden-d4ba4rf.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><br /><b>Thank you for your wonderful comments, support and critiques- I'm disabling comments since I'm unable to manage with all messages to work during my hiatus. :]</b> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/271/c/c/gears_of_war_by_pearleden-d4b8kuy.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/c/c/gears_of_war_by_pearleden-d4b8kuy.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/271/c/c/gears_of_war_by_pearleden-d4b8kuy.jpg" height="576" width="1024" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ My teamwork (collaboration) with awesome buddy *<a class="u" href="http://pearlphoenix.deviantart.com/">PearlPhoenix</a> for the Gears of War 3 contest.<br />We are totally "Pearl" team <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/g/giggle.gif" width="17" height="15" alt=":giggle:" title="Giggle"/><br /><br />We represent that scene more to show for what they are fighting. <i>For what they are using guns and for what they are battling?<br />For something what they're seeking?<br />For what they lost?<br />For.... safety and peace?</i><br /><br />We mixed our Traditional and Digital skills together into one image. Pearl did the concept and scheme for basic coloring, I did whole image by traditional medium (paints, markers and colored pencils), then on last day she did extra finishing by her amazing digital skills!<br /><br />It was great fun challenge to do something totally different! <br /><br /><b>Here is fully traditional WIP painted illustration (sorry for photo quality!)</b><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="mild shadow" ><a class="thumb" href="http://PearlEden.deviantart.com/art/Traditional-WIP-of-GoW3-260813211" title="Traditional WIP of GoW3 by `PearlEden, Sep 29, 2011 in Fan Art &gt; Traditional Art &gt; Drawings &gt; Games" super_img="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/272/3/a/traditional_wip_of_gow3_by_pearleden-d4ba4rf.jpg" super_w="600" super_h="373"><i></i><img width="150" height="93" src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/272/3/a/traditional_wip_of_gow3_by_pearleden-d4ba4rf.jpg" data-src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/272/3/a/traditional_wip_of_gow3_by_pearleden-d4ba4rf.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><br /><b>Thank you for your wonderful comments, support and critiques- I'm disabling comments since I'm unable to manage with all messages to work during my hiatus. :]</b><br /><div><img src="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/c/c/gears_of_war_by_pearleden-d4b8kuy.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Catfight</title>
                <link>http://arriku.deviantart.com/art/Catfight-260556294</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:11:35 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Catfight</media:title>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">arriku</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://arriku.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *arriku</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Chaaaarge!<br /><br />My entry for the GOW contest.<br /><br />Tools: pencil + paper, Paint tool SAI<br />Time: 35+hours<br /><br />GOW designers, Y U SO DETAILED? The weapon and armor alone took up so much time, I had to draw them over and over. I think this is the most time I've ever spent on a picture... the sad part is, I'm still not satisfied with it. <br /><br />I'm really hoping to make semi-finals, my e-machine laptop (which is ancient, ANCIENT I tell you) is finally dying out on me. I can't even use photoshop without there being a phenomenal lag. *cry*<br /><br />Originally, it was supposed to be Alex Brand because she is just so awesome. Alas, I don't know if she'll be in the third game, so I changed it up to this lovely lady, Sam Byrne. Also featured is a lovely Berserker.<br /><br />I personally love Gears of War. My favorite part was in GOW2, when we were inside this huge worm that could eat whole cities. :] ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/271/d/0/catfight_by_arriku-d4b4miu.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/d/0/catfight_by_arriku-d4b4miu.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/271/d/0/catfight_by_arriku-d4b4miu.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Chaaaarge!<br /><br />My entry for the GOW contest.<br /><br />Tools: pencil + paper, Paint tool SAI<br />Time: 35+hours<br /><br />GOW designers, Y U SO DETAILED? The weapon and armor alone took up so much time, I had to draw them over and over. I think this is the most time I've ever spent on a picture... the sad part is, I'm still not satisfied with it. <br /><br />I'm really hoping to make semi-finals, my e-machine laptop (which is ancient, ANCIENT I tell you) is finally dying out on me. I can't even use photoshop without there being a phenomenal lag. *cry*<br /><br />Originally, it was supposed to be Alex Brand because she is just so awesome. Alas, I don't know if she'll be in the third game, so I changed it up to this lovely lady, Sam Byrne. Also featured is a lovely Berserker.<br /><br />I personally love Gears of War. My favorite part was in GOW2, when we were inside this huge worm that could eat whole cities. :]<br /><div><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/d/0/catfight_by_arriku-d4b4miu.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Nobody Wants a Happy Ending</title>
                <link>http://vhm-alex.deviantart.com/art/Nobody-Wants-a-Happy-Ending-260761218</link>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Nobody Wants a Happy Ending</media:title>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">vhm-Alex</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://vhm-alex.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 `vhm-Alex</media:copyright>             <creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</creativeCommons:license>
                <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ The Gears.<br /><br /><br /><sub><sub>EDIT: Replaced with a 16:9 version.</sub></sub> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2011/273/d/2/nobody_wants_a_happy_ending_by_vhm_alex-d4b90n6.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2011/273/d/2/nobody_wants_a_happy_ending_by_vhm_alex-d4b90n6.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/273/d/2/nobody_wants_a_happy_ending_by_vhm_alex-d4b90n6.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ The Gears.<br /><br /><br /><sub><sub>EDIT: Replaced with a 16:9 version.</sub></sub><br /><div><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2011/273/d/2/nobody_wants_a_happy_ending_by_vhm_alex-d4b90n6.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Cogs last stand</title>
                <link>http://rayph.deviantart.com/art/Cogs-last-stand-260744302</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:44:32 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Cogs last stand</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Rayph</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/a/rayph.jpg?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://rayph.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~Rayph</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Here is my entry for the gears of war contest.<br /><br />I wanted to go for a more classic 'war' painting showing the cogs desperate fight against the locust and lambent.... ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2011/271/3/5/cogs_last_stand_by_rayph-d4b8nla.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2011/271/3/5/cogs_last_stand_by_rayph-d4b8nla.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/271/3/5/cogs_last_stand_by_rayph-d4b8nla.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Here is my entry for the gears of war contest.<br /><br />I wanted to go for a more classic 'war' painting showing the cogs desperate fight against the locust and lambent....<br /><div><img src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2011/271/3/5/cogs_last_stand_by_rayph-d4b8nla.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>GoW03 - Final Stand</title>
                <link>http://jermohler.deviantart.com/art/GoW03-Final-Stand-260697980</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:32:34 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">GoW03 - Final Stand</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">JerMohler</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/e/jermohler.jpg</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://jermohler.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~JerMohler</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ This is an entry to the Gears of War 03 contest. <br /><br />I collaborated with Chris Meeks <a target="_self" href="http://kapow2003.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/k/a/kapow2003.gif?1" alt=":iconkapow2003:" title="Kapow2003"/></a> - his pencils/inks and my colors. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/271/9/d/gow03___final_stand_by_jermohler-d4b7nuk.png" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/9/d/gow03___final_stand_by_jermohler-d4b7nuk.png" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/271/9/d/gow03___final_stand_by_jermohler-d4b7nuk.png" height="576" width="1024" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ This is an entry to the Gears of War 03 contest. <br /><br />I collaborated with Chris Meeks <a target="_self" href="http://kapow2003.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/k/a/kapow2003.gif?1" alt=":iconkapow2003:" title="Kapow2003"/></a> - his pencils/inks and my colors.<br /><div><img src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/9/d/gow03___final_stand_by_jermohler-d4b7nuk.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Gears of Fun</title>
                <link>http://garystorkamp.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-Fun-260740011</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://garystorkamp.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-Fun-260740011</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:10:56 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Gears of Fun</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">GaryStorkamp</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/g/a/garystorkamp.jpg</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://garystorkamp.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~GaryStorkamp</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Some times you just have to unwind. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/271/a/4/gears_of_fun_by_garystorkamp-d4b8ka3.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/a/4/gears_of_fun_by_garystorkamp-d4b8ka3.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/271/a/4/gears_of_fun_by_garystorkamp-d4b8ka3.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Some times you just have to unwind.<br /><div><img src="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/a/4/gears_of_fun_by_garystorkamp-d4b8ka3.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>G E A R S  of  W A R   I  I  I</title>
                <link>http://skribblix.deviantart.com/art/G-E-A-R-S-of-W-A-R-I-I-I-260597564</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://skribblix.deviantart.com/art/G-E-A-R-S-of-W-A-R-I-I-I-260597564</guid>
                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:39:53 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">G E A R S  of  W A R   I  I  I</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">skribbliX</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/k/skribblix.jpg?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://skribblix.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *skribbliX</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ I love my Gears, baby!! ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/270/9/4/g_e_a_r_s__of__w_a_r___i__i__i_by_skribblix-d4b5id8.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/270/9/4/g_e_a_r_s__of__w_a_r___i__i__i_by_skribblix-d4b5id8.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/270/9/4/g_e_a_r_s__of__w_a_r___i__i__i_by_skribblix-d4b5id8.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ I love my Gears, baby!!<br /><div><img src="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/270/9/4/g_e_a_r_s__of__w_a_r___i__i__i_by_skribblix-d4b5id8.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Modern Girl</title>
                <link>http://jace-wallace.deviantart.com/art/Modern-Girl-259983837</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://jace-wallace.deviantart.com/art/Modern-Girl-259983837</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 10:54:10 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Modern Girl</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jace-Wallace</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/a/jace-wallace.jpg?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://jace-wallace.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~Jace-Wallace</media:copyright>
            <media:community>
                <media:tags>@Jacewallace</media:tags>
            </media:community>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ No stopping me tonight<br /><br />(Probably need to color correct it cus the monitor I am using right now is a little weird)<br />------<br />twitter: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://twitter.com/jacewallace">[link]</a><br />livestream: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://livestream.com/wakkawa">[link]</a> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/267/e/7/modern_girl_by_jace_wallace-d4asct9.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/267/e/7/modern_girl_by_jace_wallace-d4asct9.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/267/e/7/modern_girl_by_jace_wallace-d4asct9.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ No stopping me tonight<br /><br />(Probably need to color correct it cus the monitor I am using right now is a little weird)<br />------<br />twitter: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://twitter.com/jacewallace">[link]</a><br />livestream: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://livestream.com/wakkawa">[link]</a><br /><div><img src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/267/e/7/modern_girl_by_jace_wallace-d4asct9.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>The Ugly</title>
                <link>http://vest.deviantart.com/art/The-Ugly-260425354</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://vest.deviantart.com/art/The-Ugly-260425354</guid>
                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:54:43 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">The Ugly</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">vest</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/v/e/vest.png?9</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://vest.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 `vest</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ <a target="_self" href="http://justart27.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/u/justart27.gif?4" alt=":iconjustart27:" title="JustArt27"/></a> &amp; <a target="_self" href="http://vest.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/v/e/vest.png?9" alt=":iconvest:" title="vest"/></a><br /><br />Original Lines by ~<a class="u" href="http://justart27.deviantart.com/">JustArt27</a><br /><br />Color by `<a class="u" href="http://vest.deviantart.com/">vest</a><br /><br />Massive image size on this one. I've got it set to 1600 pixels wide on the deviation page, but feel free to hit that 'Download' button to get a massive 22mb version. My apologies for all the crashed browsers out there. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br /><br />This is a collaborative contest entry between myself and ~<a class="u" href="http://justart27.deviantart.com/">JustArt27</a>. Hope you just like it! Thanks. Wish us luck in the running. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br /><br />Gears of War (c) Microsoft Studios and Epic ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/269/a/6/the_ugly_by_vest-d4b1thm.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/269/a/6/the_ugly_by_vest-d4b1thm.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/269/a/6/the_ugly_by_vest-d4b1thm.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ <a target="_self" href="http://justart27.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/u/justart27.gif?4" alt=":iconjustart27:" title="JustArt27"/></a> &amp; <a target="_self" href="http://vest.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/v/e/vest.png?9" alt=":iconvest:" title="vest"/></a><br /><br />Original Lines by ~<a class="u" href="http://justart27.deviantart.com/">JustArt27</a><br /><br />Color by `<a class="u" href="http://vest.deviantart.com/">vest</a><br /><br />Massive image size on this one. I've got it set to 1600 pixels wide on the deviation page, but feel free to hit that 'Download' button to get a massive 22mb version. My apologies for all the crashed browsers out there. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br /><br />This is a collaborative contest entry between myself and ~<a class="u" href="http://justart27.deviantart.com/">JustArt27</a>. Hope you just like it! Thanks. Wish us luck in the running. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br /><br />Gears of War (c) Microsoft Studios and Epic<br /><div><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/269/a/6/the_ugly_by_vest-d4b1thm.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Brothers to the End</title>
                <link>http://houstonsharp.deviantart.com/art/Brothers-to-the-End-260438129</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://houstonsharp.deviantart.com/art/Brothers-to-the-End-260438129</guid>
                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:47:39 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Brothers to the End</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">HoustonSharp</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/houstonsharp.jpg?3</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://houstonsharp.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *HoustonSharp</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Here's my entry for the Gears 3 Contest. <br /><br />I initially wanted to do a more grotesque and brutal theme for this same subject matter, but then I read the rules. :/<br /><br />So i tried to stick with my initial idea but make it more of an homage than a bloodbath.<br /><br />This image was painted in about 3 days, almost 4. Differentiating from my normal workflow, I used absolutely no line work on this. I just started blocking in the forms and rendered them. It was a fun process that i want to do more often. <br /><br />Download for full-res!<br /><br />I will upload some higher-res crops of this image after the contest, so check my gallery.<br /><br />Good luck to all in the contest, I've seen some pretty awesome stuff so far. <br /><br />Anthony, Ben, and Clayton Carmine. <br /><br />Brothers to the End ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/269/6/4/brothers_to_the_end_by_gt_mebabyme-d4b23ch.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/269/6/4/brothers_to_the_end_by_gt_mebabyme-d4b23ch.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/269/6/4/brothers_to_the_end_by_gt_mebabyme-d4b23ch.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Here's my entry for the Gears 3 Contest. <br /><br />I initially wanted to do a more grotesque and brutal theme for this same subject matter, but then I read the rules. :/<br /><br />So i tried to stick with my initial idea but make it more of an homage than a bloodbath.<br /><br />This image was painted in about 3 days, almost 4. Differentiating from my normal workflow, I used absolutely no line work on this. I just started blocking in the forms and rendered them. It was a fun process that i want to do more often. <br /><br />Download for full-res!<br /><br />I will upload some higher-res crops of this image after the contest, so check my gallery.<br /><br />Good luck to all in the contest, I've seen some pretty awesome stuff so far. <br /><br />Anthony, Ben, and Clayton Carmine. <br /><br />Brothers to the End<br /><div><img src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/269/6/4/brothers_to_the_end_by_gt_mebabyme-d4b23ch.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Gals of War- lineart</title>
                <link>http://hombre-blanco.deviantart.com/art/Gals-of-War-lineart-260075679</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://hombre-blanco.deviantart.com/art/Gals-of-War-lineart-260075679</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 21:06:49 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Gals of War- lineart</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">hombre-blanco</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hombre-blanco.jpg?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://hombre-blanco.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *hombre-blanco</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ **Commissions open. Check my main gallery page for more info**<br /><br />My entry for the gears of war 3 contest, featuring Anya Stroud and Samantha Byrne. My fiance and I descided to do a coop entry, with me doing the lines while she did the insanely good colors. I really hope people dig it.<br /><br />Lines- <a target="_self" href="http://hombre-blanco.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hombre-blanco.jpg?1" alt=":iconhombre-blanco:" title="hombre-blanco" /></a><br />Colors- <a target="_self" href="http://tavisharts.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/t/a/tavisharts.jpg" alt=":icontavisharts:" title="tavisharts" /></a> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/281/f/4/gals_of_war__lineart_by_hombre_blanco-d4aubof.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2012/281/f/4/gals_of_war__lineart_by_hombre_blanco-d4aubof.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/281/f/4/gals_of_war__lineart_by_hombre_blanco-d4aubof.jpg" height="506" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ **Commissions open. Check my main gallery page for more info**<br /><br />My entry for the gears of war 3 contest, featuring Anya Stroud and Samantha Byrne. My fiance and I descided to do a coop entry, with me doing the lines while she did the insanely good colors. I really hope people dig it.<br /><br />Lines- <a target="_self" href="http://hombre-blanco.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hombre-blanco.jpg?1" alt=":iconhombre-blanco:" title="hombre-blanco" /></a><br />Colors- <a target="_self" href="http://tavisharts.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/t/a/tavisharts.jpg" alt=":icontavisharts:" title="tavisharts" /></a><br /><div><img src="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2012/281/f/4/gals_of_war__lineart_by_hombre_blanco-d4aubof.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Gears of War 3 contest entry</title>
                <link>http://andrewryanart.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-War-3-contest-entry-260734245</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://andrewryanart.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-War-3-contest-entry-260734245</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:30:02 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Gears of War 3 contest entry</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">AndrewRyanArt</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/n/andrewryanart.jpg?2</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://andrewryanart.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *AndrewRyanArt</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Had a lot of fun doing this, especially since the anatomy of gears characters is so different than actual human proportion. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2012/315/2/0/gears_of_war_3_contest_entry_by_andrewryanart-d4b8ftx.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2012/315/2/0/gears_of_war_3_contest_entry_by_andrewryanart-d4b8ftx.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/315/2/0/gears_of_war_3_contest_entry_by_andrewryanart-d4b8ftx.jpg" height="506" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Had a lot of fun doing this, especially since the anatomy of gears characters is so different than actual human proportion.<br /><div><img src="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2012/315/2/0/gears_of_war_3_contest_entry_by_andrewryanart-d4b8ftx.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Gears of War 3</title>
                <link>http://thechaoticknight.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-War-3-260760767</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://thechaoticknight.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-War-3-260760767</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:53:42 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Gears of War 3</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">TheChaoticKnight</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/t/h/thechaoticknight.jpg?9</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://thechaoticknight.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~TheChaoticKnight</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ For the Gears of War 3 contest. Wish I had more time...<br />10 Hours. If somehow I was able to do more work on it, I totally would. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2011/271/d/a/gears_of_war_3_by_thechaoticknight-d4b90an.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2011/271/d/a/gears_of_war_3_by_thechaoticknight-d4b90an.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2011/271/d/a/gears_of_war_3_by_thechaoticknight-d4b90an.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ For the Gears of War 3 contest. Wish I had more time...<br />10 Hours. If somehow I was able to do more work on it, I totally would.<br /><div><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2011/271/d/a/gears_of_war_3_by_thechaoticknight-d4b90an.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Anya Stroud</title>
                <link>http://angelalich.deviantart.com/art/Anya-Stroud-258847847</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://angelalich.deviantart.com/art/Anya-Stroud-258847847</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:38:08 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Anya Stroud</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">AngelaLich</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/n/angelalich.gif?15</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://angelalich.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~AngelaLich</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Miss Anya Stroud for the Gears of War contest going on <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br /><br />I figured I would give it a shot. As much as I enjoyed playing a beefy dude in the first two games, I'm super happy that this game is going to have playable female characters 8D<br /><br />...also, I really wanted to draw all three of the playable women because they're all badass, but I ran out of time D:&gt;<br /><br />Girl power! ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/260/1/7/anya_stroud_by_kumi_pumi-d4a409z.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/260/1/7/anya_stroud_by_kumi_pumi-d4a409z.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/260/1/7/anya_stroud_by_kumi_pumi-d4a409z.jpg" height="506" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Miss Anya Stroud for the Gears of War contest going on <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br /><br />I figured I would give it a shot. As much as I enjoyed playing a beefy dude in the first two games, I'm super happy that this game is going to have playable female characters 8D<br /><br />...also, I really wanted to draw all three of the playable women because they're all badass, but I ran out of time D:&gt;<br /><br />Girl power!<br /><div><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/260/1/7/anya_stroud_by_kumi_pumi-d4a409z.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Holey Locust</title>
                <link>http://farkwhad.deviantart.com/art/Holey-Locust-258944801</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://farkwhad.deviantart.com/art/Holey-Locust-258944801</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:20:33 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Holey Locust</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Farkwhad</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/a/farkwhad.jpg?3</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://farkwhad.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *Farkwhad</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ All hand painted by me, PS CS4, 17 hrs. Didn't end up using any of the Gears assets (a challenge to myself). But yeah, it's still a WIP, but hopefully you enjoy it nonetheless.<br /><br />Oh crit is very welcome as well. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/270/e/8/holey_locust_by_farkwhad-d4a6335.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/270/e/8/holey_locust_by_farkwhad-d4a6335.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/270/e/8/holey_locust_by_farkwhad-d4a6335.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ All hand painted by me, PS CS4, 17 hrs. Didn't end up using any of the Gears assets (a challenge to myself). But yeah, it's still a WIP, but hopefully you enjoy it nonetheless.<br /><br />Oh crit is very welcome as well.<br /><div><img src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/270/e/8/holey_locust_by_farkwhad-d4a6335.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Frag Out</title>
                <link>http://chemicalalia.deviantart.com/art/Frag-Out-259127666</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://chemicalalia.deviantart.com/art/Frag-Out-259127666</guid>
                <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:05:38 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Frag Out</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ChemicalAlia</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/h/chemicalalia.gif?15</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://chemicalalia.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *ChemicalAlia</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Hooray, I'm finished! I added and changed some things, based on some feedback from friends and ideas I had early on. Real men paint their own lens flares, lol.<br /><br />It's Marcus, and he's here to sell some cookies. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/271/d/d/frag_out_by_chemicalalia-d4aa06q.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/d/d/frag_out_by_chemicalalia-d4aa06q.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/271/d/d/frag_out_by_chemicalalia-d4aa06q.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Hooray, I'm finished! I added and changed some things, based on some feedback from friends and ideas I had early on. Real men paint their own lens flares, lol.<br /><br />It's Marcus, and he's here to sell some cookies.<br /><div><img src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/d/d/frag_out_by_chemicalalia-d4aa06q.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Gears of War 3 Entry</title>
                <link>http://derangedhyena.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-War-3-Entry-260597504</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://derangedhyena.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-War-3-Entry-260597504</guid>
                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:38:56 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Gears of War 3 Entry</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">derangedhyena</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/e/derangedhyena.jpg?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://derangedhyena.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *derangedhyena</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ ...because there needs to be more blood-flinging chainsaw-weapons involved. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/270/f/a/gears_of_war_3_entry_by_zinou-d4b5ibk.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/270/f/a/gears_of_war_3_entry_by_zinou-d4b5ibk.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/270/f/a/gears_of_war_3_entry_by_zinou-d4b5ibk.jpg" height="506" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ ...because there needs to be more blood-flinging chainsaw-weapons involved.<br /><div><img src="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/270/f/a/gears_of_war_3_entry_by_zinou-d4b5ibk.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Good Morning Sunshine</title>
                <link>http://karichristensen.deviantart.com/art/Good-Morning-Sunshine-260743315</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://karichristensen.deviantart.com/art/Good-Morning-Sunshine-260743315</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:36:53 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Good Morning Sunshine</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">karichristensen</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/k/a/karichristensen.gif?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://karichristensen.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~karichristensen</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ I've been wanting to paint a Gears of War battle scene. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/271/c/0/good_morning_sunshine_by_karichristensen-d4b8mtv.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/c/0/good_morning_sunshine_by_karichristensen-d4b8mtv.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/271/c/0/good_morning_sunshine_by_karichristensen-d4b8mtv.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ I've been wanting to paint a Gears of War battle scene.<br /><div><img src="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/c/0/good_morning_sunshine_by_karichristensen-d4b8mtv.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Gears of War III</title>
                <link>http://angelarizza.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-War-III-260334609</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://angelarizza.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-War-III-260334609</guid>
                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:58:27 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Gears of War III</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">AngelaRizza</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/n/angelarizza.jpg?2</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://angelarizza.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *AngelaRizza</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ I wanted to approach this contest and do it my own way, and god only knows how many sketches and even finishes I came to before I settled on this piece. I have a new found respect for the concept artists of this game, every time I looked at the armor I kept finding new screws and hooks and so many tiny details. So here is Anya and a Brumak. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/318/0/6/gears_of_war_iii_by_rieoko-d4azvgx.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/318/0/6/gears_of_war_iii_by_rieoko-d4azvgx.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/318/0/6/gears_of_war_iii_by_rieoko-d4azvgx.jpg" height="450" width="800" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ I wanted to approach this contest and do it my own way, and god only knows how many sketches and even finishes I came to before I settled on this piece. I have a new found respect for the concept artists of this game, every time I looked at the armor I kept finding new screws and hooks and so many tiny details. So here is Anya and a Brumak.<br /><div><img src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/318/0/6/gears_of_war_iii_by_rieoko-d4azvgx.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Gears of War</title>
                <link>http://crescentdebris.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-War-260749725</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://crescentdebris.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-War-260749725</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:34:04 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Gears of War</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">CrescentDebris</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/crescentdebris.gif</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://crescentdebris.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~CrescentDebris</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ My entry for the Gears of War 3 art contest being held here on dA. The locust appear on the left in the form of a Brumak and Reaver. They are a bit darker, both to fit in with the dark feel of the original game and also to be more subtle as they are, for the majority of Gears 3, sort of "in the background". There's a new threat. That's where the focus is. So Marcus is looking their direction. You'll see the stalks, a drudge, and a drone busting out of the ground which I liked a lot on Gears 3. It's like the Grub Hole Express. <br /><br />As for Marcus himself I put him in cover, which is obviously a huge part of the series. His right boot has bloodstains thanks to the almightly "curb-stomp". And lastly, to contrast from all other promotional material for the game, I chose not to feature the Lancer or Retro Lancer as the star weapon. The Longshot has always been a fan favorite and I think it needs some love. <br /><br />Technical: 100% done in GIMP. Default Round Brush. During the final polish I took some photos of metal, gravel and bricks around here on some "Overlay" layers for a bit more texture. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/271/5/a/gears_of_war_by_crescentdebris-d4b8rrx.png" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/271/5/a/gears_of_war_by_crescentdebris-d4b8rrx.png" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/271/5/a/gears_of_war_by_crescentdebris-d4b8rrx.png" height="576" width="1024" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ My entry for the Gears of War 3 art contest being held here on dA. The locust appear on the left in the form of a Brumak and Reaver. They are a bit darker, both to fit in with the dark feel of the original game and also to be more subtle as they are, for the majority of Gears 3, sort of "in the background". There's a new threat. That's where the focus is. So Marcus is looking their direction. You'll see the stalks, a drudge, and a drone busting out of the ground which I liked a lot on Gears 3. It's like the Grub Hole Express. <br /><br />As for Marcus himself I put him in cover, which is obviously a huge part of the series. His right boot has bloodstains thanks to the almightly "curb-stomp". And lastly, to contrast from all other promotional material for the game, I chose not to feature the Lancer or Retro Lancer as the star weapon. The Longshot has always been a fan favorite and I think it needs some love. <br /><br />Technical: 100% done in GIMP. Default Round Brush. During the final polish I took some photos of metal, gravel and bricks around here on some "Overlay" layers for a bit more texture.<br /><div><img src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/271/5/a/gears_of_war_by_crescentdebris-d4b8rrx.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Gears of War</title>
                <link>http://howietzer.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-War-260594718</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://howietzer.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-War-260594718</guid>
                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:04:28 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Gears of War</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Howietzer</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/howietzer.jpg?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://howietzer.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *Howietzer</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ My shot at the Gears of War contest... Good luck to all!!<br /><br />Done completely in photoshop.<br /><br />Edit: This is what I was thinking the Wallpaper would look like. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2011/300/b/9/gears_of_war_by_howietzer-d4b5g66.jpg" height="113" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2011/300/b/9/gears_of_war_by_howietzer-d4b5g66.jpg" height="225" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/300/b/9/gears_of_war_by_howietzer-d4b5g66.jpg" height="750" width="1000" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ My shot at the Gears of War contest... Good luck to all!!<br /><br />Done completely in photoshop.<br /><br />Edit: This is what I was thinking the Wallpaper would look like.<br /><div><img src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2011/300/b/9/gears_of_war_by_howietzer-d4b5g66.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Anya Cosplay 'Incoming'</title>
                <link>http://meagan-marie.deviantart.com/art/Anya-Cosplay-Incoming-260292891</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://meagan-marie.deviantart.com/art/Anya-Cosplay-Incoming-260292891</guid>
                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 01:49:46 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Anya Cosplay 'Incoming'</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Meagan-Marie</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/e/meagan-marie.jpg</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://meagan-marie.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *Meagan-Marie</media:copyright>
            <media:community>
                <media:tags>@MeaganMarie</media:tags>
            </media:community>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Collaboration with Long Vo (aka Vostalgic)<br /><br />Meagan's Anya Stroud cosplay took her 6 months to make. Long used her photos and the contest assets to create this gritty scene.<br /><br />We hope you like it! ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/269/e/b/anya_cosplay___incoming___by_virtualgirl6654-d4ayza3.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/269/e/b/anya_cosplay___incoming___by_virtualgirl6654-d4ayza3.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/269/e/b/anya_cosplay___incoming___by_virtualgirl6654-d4ayza3.jpg" height="506" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Collaboration with Long Vo (aka Vostalgic)<br /><br />Meagan's Anya Stroud cosplay took her 6 months to make. Long used her photos and the contest assets to create this gritty scene.<br /><br />We hope you like it!<br /><div><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/269/e/b/anya_cosplay___incoming___by_virtualgirl6654-d4ayza3.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Keep Calm</title>
                <link>http://angelmaker666.deviantart.com/art/Keep-Calm-260746341</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://angelmaker666.deviantart.com/art/Keep-Calm-260746341</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:02:19 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Keep Calm</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Angelmaker666</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/n/angelmaker666.png?7</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://angelmaker666.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~Angelmaker666</media:copyright>
            <media:community>
                <media:tags>@source24</media:tags>
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                <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Keep Calm and Use the Chainsaw. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2011/271/1/d/keep_calm_by_angelmaker666-d4b8p5x.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2011/271/1/d/keep_calm_by_angelmaker666-d4b8p5x.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/271/1/d/keep_calm_by_angelmaker666-d4b8p5x.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Keep Calm and Use the Chainsaw.<br /><div><img src="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2011/271/1/d/keep_calm_by_angelmaker666-d4b8p5x.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Is that...</title>
                <link>http://zeth-09.deviantart.com/art/Is-that-260504605</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://zeth-09.deviantart.com/art/Is-that-260504605</guid>
                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:21:27 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Is that...</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Zeth-09</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/z/e/zeth-09.jpg?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://zeth-09.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~Zeth-09</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ My entry for the Gears contest. Lots of cool entries for this contest! Took upwards of 20 hours. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/270/5/c/is_that____by_zeth_09-d4b3in1.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/270/5/c/is_that____by_zeth_09-d4b3in1.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/270/5/c/is_that____by_zeth_09-d4b3in1.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ My entry for the Gears contest. Lots of cool entries for this contest! Took upwards of 20 hours.<br /><div><img src="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/270/5/c/is_that____by_zeth_09-d4b3in1.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Hungry Men</title>
                <link>http://uponthoufaircat.deviantart.com/art/Hungry-Men-260719732</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://uponthoufaircat.deviantart.com/art/Hungry-Men-260719732</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:55:42 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Hungry Men</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">UponThouFairCat</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/u/p/uponthoufaircat.gif?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://uponthoufaircat.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~UponThouFairCat</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ This scene takes place on the CNV Sovereign. Baird is known for his ability to repair and alternately destroy things so I wanted to capture him when he was hungry and desperate for a can of warm imitation ham. Anya is not impressed but I imagine Marcus wouldn't really care since he probably uses his lancer chainsaw to groom his goatee.<br /><br />I waited until l I played through Gears of War 3 to come up with a concept but it left me with only three days to get this illustration done! I will never again attempt a painting like this in three sittings; it was brutal! I was happy to paint this though as Gears of War is one of my favorite game series for the current generation. This is a digital painting and contains no tracing or photo-manipulation (:3c <br /><br />Download for 2560 x 1440 wallpaper size !<br /><br />Gears of War 3 © Epic Games ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/271/d/2/hungry_men_by_uponthoufaircat-d4b84ms.png" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/d/2/hungry_men_by_uponthoufaircat-d4b84ms.png" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/271/d/2/hungry_men_by_uponthoufaircat-d4b84ms.png" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ This scene takes place on the CNV Sovereign. Baird is known for his ability to repair and alternately destroy things so I wanted to capture him when he was hungry and desperate for a can of warm imitation ham. Anya is not impressed but I imagine Marcus wouldn't really care since he probably uses his lancer chainsaw to groom his goatee.<br /><br />I waited until l I played through Gears of War 3 to come up with a concept but it left me with only three days to get this illustration done! I will never again attempt a painting like this in three sittings; it was brutal! I was happy to paint this though as Gears of War is one of my favorite game series for the current generation. This is a digital painting and contains no tracing or photo-manipulation (:3c <br /><br />Download for 2560 x 1440 wallpaper size !<br /><br />Gears of War 3 © Epic Games<br /><div><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/d/2/hungry_men_by_uponthoufaircat-d4b84ms.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Anya Cosplay 'Scorched Earth'</title>
                <link>http://meagan-marie.deviantart.com/art/Anya-Cosplay-Scorched-Earth-260293162</link>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 01:54:00 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Anya Cosplay 'Scorched Earth'</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Meagan-Marie</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/e/meagan-marie.jpg</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://meagan-marie.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *Meagan-Marie</media:copyright>
            <media:community>
                <media:tags>@MeaganMarie</media:tags>
            </media:community>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Collaboration with Long Vo (aka Vostalgic)<br /><br />Meagan's Anya Stroud cosplay took her 6 months to make. Long used her photos and the contest assets to create this gritty scene. We hope you like it! ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/269/3/1/anya_cosplay___scorched_earth___by_virtualgirl6654-d4ayzhm.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/269/3/1/anya_cosplay___scorched_earth___by_virtualgirl6654-d4ayzhm.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/269/3/1/anya_cosplay___scorched_earth___by_virtualgirl6654-d4ayzhm.jpg" height="506" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Collaboration with Long Vo (aka Vostalgic)<br /><br />Meagan's Anya Stroud cosplay took her 6 months to make. Long used her photos and the contest assets to create this gritty scene. We hope you like it!<br /><div><img src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/269/3/1/anya_cosplay___scorched_earth___by_virtualgirl6654-d4ayzhm.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Marcus and Locust</title>
                <link>http://jarofcomics.deviantart.com/art/Marcus-and-Locust-260222923</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://jarofcomics.deviantart.com/art/Marcus-and-Locust-260222923</guid>
                <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:43:15 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Marcus and Locust</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">JarOfComics</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/a/jarofcomics.jpg?5</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://jarofcomics.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *JarOfComics</media:copyright>
            <media:community>
                <media:tags>@jarofcomics</media:tags>
            </media:community>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ My second entry to the Gears contest. Different style from my first.<br /><br />10/09/2011: Well, I didn't win anything, but this one<br /> did:<br /><a href="http://thekunka.deviantart.com/art/Till-the-End-260386707">[link]</a><br /><br />So I guess all is right in the universe. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/269/a/9/marcus_and_locust_by_jrroman77-d4axhaj.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/269/a/9/marcus_and_locust_by_jrroman77-d4axhaj.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/269/a/9/marcus_and_locust_by_jrroman77-d4axhaj.jpg" height="576" width="1024" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ My second entry to the Gears contest. Different style from my first.<br /><br />10/09/2011: Well, I didn't win anything, but this one<br /> did:<br /><a href="http://thekunka.deviantart.com/art/Till-the-End-260386707">[link]</a><br /><br />So I guess all is right in the universe.<br /><div><img src="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/269/a/9/marcus_and_locust_by_jrroman77-d4axhaj.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Delta Squad</title>
                <link>http://darrengeers.deviantart.com/art/Delta-Squad-260746003</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://darrengeers.deviantart.com/art/Delta-Squad-260746003</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:59:36 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Delta Squad</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">DarrenGeers</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darrengeers.jpg?13</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://darrengeers.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *DarrenGeers</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ My Entry for the Gears of War wallpaper contest.<br /><br />Adobe Photoshop CS3 + Corel Painter X.<br /><br />Step by step process coming soon. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2011/271/7/5/delta_squad_by_g_e_e_r_s-d4b8owj.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2011/271/7/5/delta_squad_by_g_e_e_r_s-d4b8owj.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2011/271/7/5/delta_squad_by_g_e_e_r_s-d4b8owj.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ My Entry for the Gears of War wallpaper contest.<br /><br />Adobe Photoshop CS3 + Corel Painter X.<br /><br />Step by step process coming soon.<br /><div><img src="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2011/271/7/5/delta_squad_by_g_e_e_r_s-d4b8owj.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Anya Gears of War mag cover</title>
                <link>http://warballoon.deviantart.com/art/Anya-Gears-of-War-mag-cover-260453398</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://warballoon.deviantart.com/art/Anya-Gears-of-War-mag-cover-260453398</guid>
                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:47:41 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Anya Gears of War mag cover</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">warballoon</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/w/a/warballoon.jpg?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://warballoon.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~warballoon</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Gears have to read something too...<br /><br />(download full size so you can see it properly)<br /><br />*View the magazine cover separately here --&gt; <a href="http://warballoon.deviantart.com/art/Anya-Stroud-on-cover-of-COG-260660192?q=gallery%3Awarballoon%2F15710153&amp;qo=3">[link]</a><br /><br />*View another wallpaper with just the painting of anya here --&gt; <a href="http://warballoon.deviantart.com/art/Anya-Gears-of-War-wallpaper-2-262031494?q=gallery%3Awarballoon%2F15710153&amp;qo=2">[link]</a><br /><br />Wow, this one took me a long while to complete but I am pretty happy with how it turned out.  Although I may tweak it slightly before the deadline.  I was hoping to finish this earlier so I could start my second entry, but alas...  It's just going to be this one.<br /><br />I used basic Photoshop paintbrushes for the majority of it. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/270/a/d/anya_gears_of_war_mag_cover_by_warballoon-d4b2f4m.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/270/a/d/anya_gears_of_war_mag_cover_by_warballoon-d4b2f4m.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/270/a/d/anya_gears_of_war_mag_cover_by_warballoon-d4b2f4m.jpg" height="506" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Gears have to read something too...<br /><br />(download full size so you can see it properly)<br /><br />*View the magazine cover separately here --&gt; <a href="http://warballoon.deviantart.com/art/Anya-Stroud-on-cover-of-COG-260660192?q=gallery%3Awarballoon%2F15710153&amp;qo=3">[link]</a><br /><br />*View another wallpaper with just the painting of anya here --&gt; <a href="http://warballoon.deviantart.com/art/Anya-Gears-of-War-wallpaper-2-262031494?q=gallery%3Awarballoon%2F15710153&amp;qo=2">[link]</a><br /><br />Wow, this one took me a long while to complete but I am pretty happy with how it turned out.  Although I may tweak it slightly before the deadline.  I was hoping to finish this earlier so I could start my second entry, but alas...  It's just going to be this one.<br /><br />I used basic Photoshop paintbrushes for the majority of it.<br /><div><img src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/270/a/d/anya_gears_of_war_mag_cover_by_warballoon-d4b2f4m.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Brothers To The End</title>
                <link>http://chewbaccabigsis.deviantart.com/art/Brothers-To-The-End-260602613</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://chewbaccabigsis.deviantart.com/art/Brothers-To-The-End-260602613</guid>
                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:54:12 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Brothers To The End</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ChewbaccaBigSis</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/h/chewbaccabigsis.gif?13</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://chewbaccabigsis.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *ChewbaccaBigSis</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ two weeks worth<br />(sai)<br />2560x1440 ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2011/273/4/5/brothers_to_the_end_by_chewbaccabigsis-d4b5m9h.png" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2011/273/4/5/brothers_to_the_end_by_chewbaccabigsis-d4b5m9h.png" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2011/273/4/5/brothers_to_the_end_by_chewbaccabigsis-d4b5m9h.png" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ two weeks worth<br />(sai)<br />2560x1440<br /><div><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2011/273/4/5/brothers_to_the_end_by_chewbaccabigsis-d4b5m9h.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Vengeance With Blood</title>
                <link>http://blkbullet23.deviantart.com/art/Vengeance-With-Blood-260556033</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://blkbullet23.deviantart.com/art/Vengeance-With-Blood-260556033</guid>
                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:09:57 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Vengeance With Blood</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">BlkBullet23</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/l/blkbullet23.gif?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://blkbullet23.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~BlkBullet23</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Featuring Baird and Dom.<br /><br />Wooooooow this took me alooong time. My elbows hurt. But it was worth it. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/><br /><br /><br />Heres a mini-game for ya.<br />Without blurting them out. <br />See if you can find all 8 hidden COG tags. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/270/1/1/vengeance_with_blood_by_blkbullet23-d4b4mbl.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/270/1/1/vengeance_with_blood_by_blkbullet23-d4b4mbl.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/270/1/1/vengeance_with_blood_by_blkbullet23-d4b4mbl.jpg" height="576" width="1024" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Featuring Baird and Dom.<br /><br />Wooooooow this took me alooong time. My elbows hurt. But it was worth it. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/><br /><br /><br />Heres a mini-game for ya.<br />Without blurting them out. <br />See if you can find all 8 hidden COG tags. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/><br /><div><img src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/270/1/1/vengeance_with_blood_by_blkbullet23-d4b4mbl.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>ENEMIES TO THE END</title>
                <link>http://esau13.deviantart.com/art/ENEMIES-TO-THE-END-260577535</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://esau13.deviantart.com/art/ENEMIES-TO-THE-END-260577535</guid>
                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:33:55 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">ENEMIES TO THE END</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Esau13</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/s/esau13.png?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://esau13.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *Esau13</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Gears of War 3 Contest<br /><br />I am very proud of this piece seeing how I went through all kinds of mess to get it done in time. Several computer crashes, working everyday till the contest deadline and worst of all, forcing myself not to play Gears 3 until after I finished. So yeah super looking forward to that.<br /><br />Anyway I hope you guys like it. The only thing that's not digitally painted by me is the background behind Marcus Fenix. Took about I dunno 20+ hours Done in Photoshop CS2 with Medium Wacom Tablet.<br /><br />Wish me Luck! <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/270/7/2/enemies_to_the_end_by_esau13-d4b52wv.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/270/7/2/enemies_to_the_end_by_esau13-d4b52wv.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/270/7/2/enemies_to_the_end_by_esau13-d4b52wv.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Gears of War 3 Contest<br /><br />I am very proud of this piece seeing how I went through all kinds of mess to get it done in time. Several computer crashes, working everyday till the contest deadline and worst of all, forcing myself not to play Gears 3 until after I finished. So yeah super looking forward to that.<br /><br />Anyway I hope you guys like it. The only thing that's not digitally painted by me is the background behind Marcus Fenix. Took about I dunno 20+ hours Done in Photoshop CS2 with Medium Wacom Tablet.<br /><br />Wish me Luck! <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br /><div><img src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/270/7/2/enemies_to_the_end_by_esau13-d4b52wv.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Death Looms</title>
                <link>http://themasman.deviantart.com/art/Death-Looms-260304831</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://themasman.deviantart.com/art/Death-Looms-260304831</guid>
                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:59:24 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Death Looms</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">theMASman</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/t/h/themasman.jpg?9</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://themasman.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~theMASman</media:copyright>
            <media:community>
                <media:tags>@theMASman</media:tags>
            </media:community>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Here's my entry for the GOW art contest and first attempt at drawing anything Gears related. I couldn't pass up the opportunity on a contest involving one of my favorite video game franchises. Plus there's 100 prizes that are all pretty damn cool so here's hoping I win something. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/l/lol.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":lol:" title="LOL"/> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/f/fingerscrossed.gif" width="33" height="15" alt=":fingerscrossed:" title="I've got my fingers crossed."/><br /><br />I listened to the Gears 3 soundtrack the entire time I whipped this out and it helped inspire a ton, especially <i>"Finally a Tomorrow"</i>. It's going to be sad seeing this series end but hopefully I'm wrong and there's more planned for the C.o.G. in the future.<br /><br />I wont get too wordy about my process with this here, so if you curious about that check out my blog post about it here ---&gt; <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://themasman.blogspot.com/2011/09/da-geeeeaaaaarsss.html">[link]</a><br /><br />Hope you all dig it. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br /><br /><b>MAS</b><br /><br /><b><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://Heineken79.deviantart.com/art/Facebook-Stamp-125326363" title="Facebook Stamp by ~Heineken79, Jun 9, 2009 in deviantART Related &gt; Deviant Stamps"><i></i><img width="99" height="56" src="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs43/f/2009/160/9/d/Facebook_Stamp_by_Heineken79.gif" data-src="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs43/f/2009/160/9/d/Facebook_Stamp_by_Heineken79.gif"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span>Follow Me on Facebook ---&gt; <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Art-of-MAS/101479929959546">[link]</a> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://Heineken79.deviantart.com/art/Facebook-Stamp-125326363" title="Facebook Stamp by ~Heineken79, Jun 9, 2009 in deviantART Related &gt; Deviant Stamps"><i></i><img width="99" height="56" src="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs43/f/2009/160/9/d/Facebook_Stamp_by_Heineken79.gif" data-src="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs43/f/2009/160/9/d/Facebook_Stamp_by_Heineken79.gif"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://amberneely.deviantart.com/art/Twitter-Stamp-107872393" title="Twitter Stamp by ~amberneely, Dec 30, 2008 in deviantART Related &gt; Deviant Stamps" super_img="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs39/f/2008/365/5/b/Twitter_Stamp_by_amberneely.png" super_w="99" super_h="56"><i></i><img width="99" height="56" src="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs39/f/2008/365/5/b/Twitter_Stamp_by_amberneely.png" data-src="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs39/f/2008/365/5/b/Twitter_Stamp_by_amberneely.png"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span> Follow Me on Twitter ------&gt; <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://twitter.com/#!/theMASman">[link]</a> </b><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://amberneely.deviantart.com/art/Twitter-Stamp-107872393" title="Twitter Stamp by ~amberneely, Dec 30, 2008 in deviantART Related &gt; Deviant Stamps" super_img="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs39/f/2008/365/5/b/Twitter_Stamp_by_amberneely.png" super_w="99" super_h="56"><i></i><img width="99" height="56" src="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs39/f/2008/365/5/b/Twitter_Stamp_by_amberneely.png" data-src="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs39/f/2008/365/5/b/Twitter_Stamp_by_amberneely.png"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/270/8/7/death_looms_by_themasman-d4az8hr.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/270/8/7/death_looms_by_themasman-d4az8hr.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/270/8/7/death_looms_by_themasman-d4az8hr.jpg" height="576" width="1024" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Here's my entry for the GOW art contest and first attempt at drawing anything Gears related. I couldn't pass up the opportunity on a contest involving one of my favorite video game franchises. Plus there's 100 prizes that are all pretty damn cool so here's hoping I win something. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/l/lol.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":lol:" title="LOL"/> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/f/fingerscrossed.gif" width="33" height="15" alt=":fingerscrossed:" title="I've got my fingers crossed."/><br /><br />I listened to the Gears 3 soundtrack the entire time I whipped this out and it helped inspire a ton, especially <i>"Finally a Tomorrow"</i>. It's going to be sad seeing this series end but hopefully I'm wrong and there's more planned for the C.o.G. in the future.<br /><br />I wont get too wordy about my process with this here, so if you curious about that check out my blog post about it here ---&gt; <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://themasman.blogspot.com/2011/09/da-geeeeaaaaarsss.html">[link]</a><br /><br />Hope you all dig it. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br /><br /><b>MAS</b><br /><br /><b><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://Heineken79.deviantart.com/art/Facebook-Stamp-125326363" title="Facebook Stamp by ~Heineken79, Jun 9, 2009 in deviantART Related &gt; Deviant Stamps"><i></i><img width="99" height="56" src="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs43/f/2009/160/9/d/Facebook_Stamp_by_Heineken79.gif" data-src="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs43/f/2009/160/9/d/Facebook_Stamp_by_Heineken79.gif"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span>Follow Me on Facebook ---&gt; <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Art-of-MAS/101479929959546">[link]</a> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://Heineken79.deviantart.com/art/Facebook-Stamp-125326363" title="Facebook Stamp by ~Heineken79, Jun 9, 2009 in deviantART Related &gt; Deviant Stamps"><i></i><img width="99" height="56" src="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs43/f/2009/160/9/d/Facebook_Stamp_by_Heineken79.gif" data-src="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs43/f/2009/160/9/d/Facebook_Stamp_by_Heineken79.gif"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://amberneely.deviantart.com/art/Twitter-Stamp-107872393" title="Twitter Stamp by ~amberneely, Dec 30, 2008 in deviantART Related &gt; Deviant Stamps" super_img="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs39/f/2008/365/5/b/Twitter_Stamp_by_amberneely.png" super_w="99" super_h="56"><i></i><img width="99" height="56" src="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs39/f/2008/365/5/b/Twitter_Stamp_by_amberneely.png" data-src="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs39/f/2008/365/5/b/Twitter_Stamp_by_amberneely.png"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span> Follow Me on Twitter ------&gt; <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://twitter.com/#!/theMASman">[link]</a> </b><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://amberneely.deviantart.com/art/Twitter-Stamp-107872393" title="Twitter Stamp by ~amberneely, Dec 30, 2008 in deviantART Related &gt; Deviant Stamps" super_img="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs39/f/2008/365/5/b/Twitter_Stamp_by_amberneely.png" super_w="99" super_h="56"><i></i><img width="99" height="56" src="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs39/f/2008/365/5/b/Twitter_Stamp_by_amberneely.png" data-src="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs39/f/2008/365/5/b/Twitter_Stamp_by_amberneely.png"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><div><img src="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/270/8/7/death_looms_by_themasman-d4az8hr.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>This Was Home</title>
                <link>http://siligoose3.deviantart.com/art/This-Was-Home-259749286</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://siligoose3.deviantart.com/art/This-Was-Home-259749286</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:37:56 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">This Was Home</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">siligoose3</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/i/siligoose3.gif</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://siligoose3.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~siligoose3</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ "Home Sweet Home" doesn't have the same meaning anymore. Damon Baird, Sam Byrne, and Clayton Carmine examine what used to be a heavily populated city. Same sh*t, different friends.<br /><br />I'm a huge Gears of War fan that's read the books and comics, but I've never actually played the game. I could really use an X-Box! ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2011/267/7/e/this_was_home_by_siligoose3-d4anbty.jpg" height="96" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2011/267/7/e/this_was_home_by_siligoose3-d4anbty.jpg" height="191" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/267/7/e/this_was_home_by_siligoose3-d4anbty.jpg" height="714" width="1119" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ "Home Sweet Home" doesn't have the same meaning anymore. Damon Baird, Sam Byrne, and Clayton Carmine examine what used to be a heavily populated city. Same sh*t, different friends.<br /><br />I'm a huge Gears of War fan that's read the books and comics, but I've never actually played the game. I could really use an X-Box!<br /><div><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2011/267/7/e/this_was_home_by_siligoose3-d4anbty.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Gears of War 3 Contest</title>
                <link>http://kapow2003.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-War-3-Contest-260703193</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://kapow2003.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-War-3-Contest-260703193</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:07:59 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Gears of War 3 Contest</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kapow2003</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/k/a/kapow2003.gif?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://kapow2003.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *Kapow2003</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ This is an entry to the Gears of War 03 contest. <br /><br />I collaborated with Jeremy Mohler <a target="_self" href="http://jermohler.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/e/jermohler.jpg" alt=":iconjermohler:" title="JerMohler"/></a> - his colors and my pencils/inks . ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/271/9/f/gears_of_war_3_contest_by_kapow2003-d4b7rvd.png" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/9/f/gears_of_war_3_contest_by_kapow2003-d4b7rvd.png" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/271/9/f/gears_of_war_3_contest_by_kapow2003-d4b7rvd.png" height="506" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ This is an entry to the Gears of War 03 contest. <br /><br />I collaborated with Jeremy Mohler <a target="_self" href="http://jermohler.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/e/jermohler.jpg" alt=":iconjermohler:" title="JerMohler"/></a> - his colors and my pencils/inks .<br /><div><img src="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/9/f/gears_of_war_3_contest_by_kapow2003-d4b7rvd.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Behind You</title>
                <link>http://keunglee.deviantart.com/art/Behind-You-260425529</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://keunglee.deviantart.com/art/Behind-You-260425529</guid>
                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:55:42 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Behind You</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">KeungLee</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/k/e/keunglee.png?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://keunglee.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~KeungLee</media:copyright>
            <media:community>
                <media:tags>@Runefaust</media:tags>
            </media:community>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Done in SAI, took me about two an' a half days to create.<br /><br />Gears of War, Anya, Lambent Drudge © EPIC ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/269/6/4/behind_you_by_keunglee-d4b1tmh.png" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/269/6/4/behind_you_by_keunglee-d4b1tmh.png" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/269/6/4/behind_you_by_keunglee-d4b1tmh.png" height="506" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Done in SAI, took me about two an' a half days to create.<br /><br />Gears of War, Anya, Lambent Drudge © EPIC<br /><div><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/269/6/4/behind_you_by_keunglee-d4b1tmh.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>CARMINE POWER</title>
                <link>http://kajinman.deviantart.com/art/CARMINE-POWER-260750133</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://kajinman.deviantart.com/art/CARMINE-POWER-260750133</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:38:22 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">CARMINE POWER</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">kajinman</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/k/a/kajinman.gif?7</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://kajinman.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *kajinman</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ uuuuuuuuuffffffffffff I thought I would not get to finish it! D: I hope you like <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br /><br />uuuuuuuuuufffffffffff pense que no alcanzaríamos a terminarlo! D: espero les guste <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br /><br />with help from <a target="_self" href="http://ulvarg.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/default.gif" alt=":iconulvarg:" title="ulvarg"/></a><br /><br /><a href="http://fav.me/d4b8slv">[link]</a> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/271/c/9/carmine_power_by_kajinman-d4b8s39.png" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/271/c/9/carmine_power_by_kajinman-d4b8s39.png" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/271/c/9/carmine_power_by_kajinman-d4b8s39.png" height="506" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ uuuuuuuuuffffffffffff I thought I would not get to finish it! D: I hope you like <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br /><br />uuuuuuuuuufffffffffff pense que no alcanzaríamos a terminarlo! D: espero les guste <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br /><br />with help from <a target="_self" href="http://ulvarg.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/default.gif" alt=":iconulvarg:" title="ulvarg"/></a><br /><br /><a href="http://fav.me/d4b8slv">[link]</a><br /><div><img src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/271/c/9/carmine_power_by_kajinman-d4b8s39.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Fenix - Gears of War 3</title>
                <link>http://photoshopismykung-fu.deviantart.com/art/Fenix-Gears-of-War-3-260099401</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://photoshopismykung-fu.deviantart.com/art/Fenix-Gears-of-War-3-260099401</guid>
                <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:08:29 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Fenix - Gears of War 3</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">PhotoshopIsMyKung-Fu</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/h/photoshopismykung-fu.jpg?10</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://photoshopismykung-fu.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *PhotoshopIsMyKung-Fu</media:copyright>
            <media:community>
                <media:tags>@JohnAslarona</media:tags>
            </media:community>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Marcus Fenix<br /><br />Gears of War Contest Official Entry<br /><br />Photoshop CS5 Brushes &amp; Textures<br /><br />Like my Facebook Page<br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Like-John/155702137844654">[link]</a><br /><br />Store<br />Society6 <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://society6.com/JohnAslarona">[link]</a><br /><br />Connect with me @<br />Twitter <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://twitter.com/johnaslarona">[link]</a><br />Tumblr <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://johnaslarona.tumblr.com/">[link]</a><br />Shadowness <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://shadowness.com/JohnAslarona">[link]</a><br />DA <a href="http://photoshopismykung-fu.deviantart.com/">[link]</a> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/271/2/5/fenix___gears_of_war_3_by_photoshopismykung_fu-d4autzd.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/2/5/fenix___gears_of_war_3_by_photoshopismykung_fu-d4autzd.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/271/2/5/fenix___gears_of_war_3_by_photoshopismykung_fu-d4autzd.jpg" height="506" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Marcus Fenix<br /><br />Gears of War Contest Official Entry<br /><br />Photoshop CS5 Brushes &amp; Textures<br /><br />Like my Facebook Page<br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Like-John/155702137844654">[link]</a><br /><br />Store<br />Society6 <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://society6.com/JohnAslarona">[link]</a><br /><br />Connect with me @<br />Twitter <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://twitter.com/johnaslarona">[link]</a><br />Tumblr <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://johnaslarona.tumblr.com/">[link]</a><br />Shadowness <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://shadowness.com/JohnAslarona">[link]</a><br />DA <a href="http://photoshopismykung-fu.deviantart.com/">[link]</a><br /><div><img src="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/2/5/fenix___gears_of_war_3_by_photoshopismykung_fu-d4autzd.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Anya Vs Berserker</title>
                <link>http://annubis123.deviantart.com/art/Anya-Vs-Berserker-260250808</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://annubis123.deviantart.com/art/Anya-Vs-Berserker-260250808</guid>
                <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:35:30 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Anya Vs Berserker</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">annubis123</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/n/annubis123.jpg?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://annubis123.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~annubis123</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ This is my entry for the Gears of War 3 contest. I found it interesting because since I was in the third grade I've loved character design and videogame concept art. It's something I've always wanted to do. I read the criteria and thought, "Man, I have to do this!" After looking for references and going through the Asset Pack, I found the Berserker and Anya to be the most intriguing, plus I just enjoy creating females more than males. The concept is pretty basic. I first thought of a versus screen like in a fighting game, thus the title "Anya Vs Berserker". <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/> <br />I noticed in a lot of the concept art for the videogame the lighting was very cohesive for the characters, using lots of blues and purples. When approaching this piece I wanted to create something that seemed it belonged in the Gears art world. At first it was very hard to find good reference for the character and monster. Luckily, the game came out on the 20th and I was finally able to find good reference to Anya's back apparatus. Thank god cause it looked like a turtle shell at first! <br />My favorite parts of the piece are the drool and blood, especially the cuts on Anya. I noticed she has a couple of bandaids on her right arm, so I created some nasty scratches to kind of explain why she may have those bandages. (Not sure if there's a real reason in the storyline or not but I guess I just took some artistic liberties.) Overall I'm really happy with the piece. My husband, Marcus, thinks it's my best yet, so we'll see how the crowd responds! <br />Not sure how long it took to create. I worked on it off and on over the past couple weeks when I was off work.<br />Photoshop CS3<br />Burn and Dodge tools are my friend! <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/><br /><br />-Please view it in full size to catch all the details. I have it on my wide screen TV and its pretty cool seeing the image that big.<br /><br />* EDIT: I added my name to it since so many are downloading it... would like for people to know who made it <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)"/> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2013/004/1/a/anya_vs_berserker_by_annubis123-d4ay2t4.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/004/1/a/anya_vs_berserker_by_annubis123-d4ay2t4.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2013/004/1/a/anya_vs_berserker_by_annubis123-d4ay2t4.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ This is my entry for the Gears of War 3 contest. I found it interesting because since I was in the third grade I've loved character design and videogame concept art. It's something I've always wanted to do. I read the criteria and thought, "Man, I have to do this!" After looking for references and going through the Asset Pack, I found the Berserker and Anya to be the most intriguing, plus I just enjoy creating females more than males. The concept is pretty basic. I first thought of a versus screen like in a fighting game, thus the title "Anya Vs Berserker". <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/> <br />I noticed in a lot of the concept art for the videogame the lighting was very cohesive for the characters, using lots of blues and purples. When approaching this piece I wanted to create something that seemed it belonged in the Gears art world. At first it was very hard to find good reference for the character and monster. Luckily, the game came out on the 20th and I was finally able to find good reference to Anya's back apparatus. Thank god cause it looked like a turtle shell at first! <br />My favorite parts of the piece are the drool and blood, especially the cuts on Anya. I noticed she has a couple of bandaids on her right arm, so I created some nasty scratches to kind of explain why she may have those bandages. (Not sure if there's a real reason in the storyline or not but I guess I just took some artistic liberties.) Overall I'm really happy with the piece. My husband, Marcus, thinks it's my best yet, so we'll see how the crowd responds! <br />Not sure how long it took to create. I worked on it off and on over the past couple weeks when I was off work.<br />Photoshop CS3<br />Burn and Dodge tools are my friend! <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/><br /><br />-Please view it in full size to catch all the details. I have it on my wide screen TV and its pretty cool seeing the image that big.<br /><br />* EDIT: I added my name to it since so many are downloading it... would like for people to know who made it <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)"/><br /><div><img src="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/004/1/a/anya_vs_berserker_by_annubis123-d4ay2t4.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Anya Stroud-Gears of War 3</title>
                <link>http://tessieart333.deviantart.com/art/Anya-Stroud-Gears-of-War-3-259057427</link>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:29:03 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Anya Stroud-Gears of War 3</media:title>
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                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">tessieart333</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://tessieart333.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *tessieart333</media:copyright>
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                <media:tags>@TessieART</media:tags>
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                <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Anya Stroud-Gears of War 3<br /><br />Gimp 2<br /><br />* Illustrated by Tess Clune<br /><br />-I really wanted to give a feminine quality to Anya Stroud in my version of this character. She is stepping out of the shadows from a ally way, defeating her latest kill. I wanted to incorporated some kind of sign/logo to represent this Xbox 360 game. I wanted to give it an urban style as the blood is acting like spray painted graffiti. I completely constructed this illustration using open source software-Gimp2.<br /><br />Music Inspiration:<br /><br />The Outsider [Apocalypse Mix] -Perfect Circle<br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h42_h8hBtWI">[link]</a><br /><br />Incubus - Rebel Girls <br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PR9nt66Vf4">[link]</a><br /><br />Rose - A perfect circle<br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZajIU1K3dQ">[link]</a><br /><br />Pet - A Perfect Circle<br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrEP3RPgEao&amp;feature=related">[link]</a><br /><br />A Perfect Circle-Massive Attack-3 Libras (remix)<br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x91VSGvCsWI">[link]</a><br /><br />The Little Things by Danny Elfman<br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgFAHVJKjkk">[link]</a><br /><br />Massive Attack - Butterfly Caught (Jagz Kooner Remix) <br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P420zxcA92U">[link]</a><br /><br />Skunk Anansie - Charlie Big Potato <br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEp8yJPjedU">[link]</a><br /><br />Massive Attack - Flat Of The Blade<br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAIOQMJAzxE">[link]</a><br /><br />Cranberries Zombie<br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv5wF-E9D8Y">[link]</a><br /><br />Sucker Punch (OST) - 02 - Army of Me [Sucker Punch Remix] - Björk (feat. Skunk Anansie) <br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zce1QaicJTs">[link]</a><br /><br />Terminator Salvation Soundtrack 01 Opening <br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDcPv6olllQ">[link]</a><br /><br />terminator main theme <br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-klFEzR0iJs&amp;feature=related">[link]</a><br /><br />Guns N' Roses - You could be mine <br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlzptZ9wieQ">[link]</a><br /><br />Terminator 2 soundtrack03 Escape From The Hospital And T1000 <br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVTAe6bDCks">[link]</a> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/269/4/6/anya_stroud_gears_of_war_3_by_tessieart28-d4a8hzn.jpg" height="132" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/269/4/6/anya_stroud_gears_of_war_3_by_tessieart28-d4a8hzn.jpg" height="264" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/269/4/6/anya_stroud_gears_of_war_3_by_tessieart28-d4a8hzn.jpg" height="793" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Anya Stroud-Gears of War 3<br /><br />Gimp 2<br /><br />* Illustrated by Tess Clune<br /><br />-I really wanted to give a feminine quality to Anya Stroud in my version of this character. She is stepping out of the shadows from a ally way, defeating her latest kill. I wanted to incorporated some kind of sign/logo to represent this Xbox 360 game. I wanted to give it an urban style as the blood is acting like spray painted graffiti. I completely constructed this illustration using open source software-Gimp2.<br /><br />Music Inspiration:<br /><br />The Outsider [Apocalypse Mix] -Perfect Circle<br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h42_h8hBtWI">[link]</a><br /><br />Incubus - Rebel Girls <br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PR9nt66Vf4">[link]</a><br /><br />Rose - A perfect circle<br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZajIU1K3dQ">[link]</a><br /><br />Pet - A Perfect Circle<br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrEP3RPgEao&amp;feature=related">[link]</a><br /><br />A Perfect Circle-Massive Attack-3 Libras (remix)<br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x91VSGvCsWI">[link]</a><br /><br />The Little Things by Danny Elfman<br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgFAHVJKjkk">[link]</a><br /><br />Massive Attack - Butterfly Caught (Jagz Kooner Remix) <br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P420zxcA92U">[link]</a><br /><br />Skunk Anansie - Charlie Big Potato <br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEp8yJPjedU">[link]</a><br /><br />Massive Attack - Flat Of The Blade<br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAIOQMJAzxE">[link]</a><br /><br />Cranberries Zombie<br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv5wF-E9D8Y">[link]</a><br /><br />Sucker Punch (OST) - 02 - Army of Me [Sucker Punch Remix] - Björk (feat. Skunk Anansie) <br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zce1QaicJTs">[link]</a><br /><br />Terminator Salvation Soundtrack 01 Opening <br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDcPv6olllQ">[link]</a><br /><br />terminator main theme <br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-klFEzR0iJs&amp;feature=related">[link]</a><br /><br />Guns N' Roses - You could be mine <br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlzptZ9wieQ">[link]</a><br /><br />Terminator 2 soundtrack03 Escape From The Hospital And T1000 <br /><br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVTAe6bDCks">[link]</a><br /><div><img src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/269/4/6/anya_stroud_gears_of_war_3_by_tessieart28-d4a8hzn.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Just getting started</title>
                <link>http://dogmeatsausage.deviantart.com/art/Just-getting-started-260481253</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:58:41 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Just getting started</media:title>
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                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">dogmeatsausage</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://dogmeatsausage.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~dogmeatsausage</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ i wish i saw this contest earlier ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2011/270/9/8/just_getting_started_by_dogmeatsausage-d4b30md.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2011/270/9/8/just_getting_started_by_dogmeatsausage-d4b30md.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/270/9/8/just_getting_started_by_dogmeatsausage-d4b30md.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ i wish i saw this contest earlier<br /><div><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2011/270/9/8/just_getting_started_by_dogmeatsausage-d4b30md.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>This one's for...</title>
                <link>http://logancarroll.deviantart.com/art/This-one-s-for-260728539</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:51:51 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">This one's for...</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">logancarroll</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/l/o/logancarroll.jpg?7</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://logancarroll.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 =logancarroll</media:copyright>
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                <media:tags>@logancarrollart</media:tags>
            </media:community>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ "This one's for Benjamin and this one's for Anthony!!"<br />I heard this line from Clayton Carmine during a random firefight in the Campaign. I thought it deserved to be featured a bit more prominently.<br /><br />Textures and Drawing were created from scratch. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/271/9/d/this_one__s_for____by_carroll2199-d4b8bff.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/9/d/this_one__s_for____by_carroll2199-d4b8bff.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/271/9/d/this_one__s_for____by_carroll2199-d4b8bff.jpg" height="506" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ "This one's for Benjamin and this one's for Anthony!!"<br />I heard this line from Clayton Carmine during a random firefight in the Campaign. I thought it deserved to be featured a bit more prominently.<br /><br />Textures and Drawing were created from scratch.<br /><div><img src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/9/d/this_one__s_for____by_carroll2199-d4b8bff.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Gears of war 3 contest entry</title>
                <link>http://noe-leyva.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-war-3-contest-entry-260577034</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:30:28 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Gears of war 3 contest entry</media:title>
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                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Noe-Leyva</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://noe-leyva.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *Noe-Leyva</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ In this drawing I tried to have the viewer decide what he or she thinks the outcome will be. Will they survive? Why does Marcus have a smirk on his face?<br /><br />I also tried to follow the rules closely by adding an area on the lower left corner for logos and some space on the left side of the image for other icons. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/270/7/f/gears_of_war_3_contest_entry_by_blkcelebration-d4b52iy.png" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/270/7/f/gears_of_war_3_contest_entry_by_blkcelebration-d4b52iy.png" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/270/7/f/gears_of_war_3_contest_entry_by_blkcelebration-d4b52iy.png" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ In this drawing I tried to have the viewer decide what he or she thinks the outcome will be. Will they survive? Why does Marcus have a smirk on his face?<br /><br />I also tried to follow the rules closely by adding an area on the lower left corner for logos and some space on the left side of the image for other icons.<br /><div><img src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/270/7/f/gears_of_war_3_contest_entry_by_blkcelebration-d4b52iy.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>war torn</title>
                <link>http://sythgara.deviantart.com/art/war-torn-260549182</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:24:32 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">war torn</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sythgara</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://sythgara.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 =Sythgara</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Download for larger size<br /><br />Alright, after a month of working on this EVERY SINGLE DAY, I can finally relax.<br /><br />I liked the challenge.<br /><br />The piece was done entirely from scratch<br /><br />So, as far as 'capturing the essence of the game' goes<br /><br />I didn't want to draw the usual battle scene since there is also the other (civil) war going on beneath the surface, and put the locust in between the two enemies.<br /><br />It was tricky to make a nice division that could show 3 sides fighting for the surface world, I admit. But I'm happy with the final result. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/270/9/a/war_torn_by_kasia88-d4b4h1a.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/270/9/a/war_torn_by_kasia88-d4b4h1a.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/270/9/a/war_torn_by_kasia88-d4b4h1a.jpg" height="576" width="1024" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Download for larger size<br /><br />Alright, after a month of working on this EVERY SINGLE DAY, I can finally relax.<br /><br />I liked the challenge.<br /><br />The piece was done entirely from scratch<br /><br />So, as far as 'capturing the essence of the game' goes<br /><br />I didn't want to draw the usual battle scene since there is also the other (civil) war going on beneath the surface, and put the locust in between the two enemies.<br /><br />It was tricky to make a nice division that could show 3 sides fighting for the surface world, I admit. But I'm happy with the final result.<br /><div><img src="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/270/9/a/war_torn_by_kasia88-d4b4h1a.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>.: Bring The Noise :.</title>
                <link>http://chrisvisions.deviantart.com/art/Bring-The-Noise-260736532</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://chrisvisions.deviantart.com/art/Bring-The-Noise-260736532</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:46:23 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">.: Bring The Noise :.</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ChrisVisions</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/h/chrisvisions.gif?2</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://chrisvisions.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *ChrisVisions</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ The entire time I was doing this, I was waiting for someone to come in and put cuffs on me. The crime: having way too much fun on one piece. This baby is 27"x17" (ish), done traditionally before being zapped into the digital realm. Hope you diggit - ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/271/d/5/___bring_the_noise____by_mrvisions-d4b8hlg.jpg" height="86" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/d/5/___bring_the_noise____by_mrvisions-d4b8hlg.jpg" height="172" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/271/d/5/___bring_the_noise____by_mrvisions-d4b8hlg.jpg" height="517" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ The entire time I was doing this, I was waiting for someone to come in and put cuffs on me. The crime: having way too much fun on one piece. This baby is 27"x17" (ish), done traditionally before being zapped into the digital realm. Hope you diggit -<br /><div><img src="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/d/5/___bring_the_noise____by_mrvisions-d4b8hlg.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>This is Our World - Big Heads</title>
                <link>http://autumnology.deviantart.com/art/This-is-Our-World-Big-Heads-260734232</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://autumnology.deviantart.com/art/This-is-Our-World-Big-Heads-260734232</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:29:57 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">This is Our World - Big Heads</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Autumnology</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/u/autumnology.gif?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://autumnology.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~Autumnology</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ OMG finally finished. And with 2 hours to spare until the contest ends!<br /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/f/faint.gif" width="18" height="17" alt=":faint:" title="I think I've fainted."/><br />It's uber chaotic, so I dunno if it's really good wallpaper material... but there's just so much to look at, it'd take a while for your eyes to get bored. Riiight? <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/><br /><br />Just picture them all with chipmunk voices....<br />xD<br />Big Head Mode in the beta was awesome. So I had to show my love. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart"/><br /><br /><br />Ok, so Marcus is owning that Savage Locust with his Retro Lancer,<br />Dom is about to own the Locust head up front with his Sawed-off,<br />Anya just got herself a Kantus with her Retro just before he threw an Incendiary and/or frag (lol I know you can't carry both at once... but Kantus broke that rule and got owned.)<br />And a ticker just popped in behind Anya, ready to esplode.<br />Baird has himself the One-Shot Sniper,<br />Carmine just found some COG tags while seemingly unaware of the Locust horde approaching behind him,<br />Cole is about to win a Lancer chainsaw battle,<br />Sam picked up a Torque Bow from a Locust someone destroyed and is getting ready to blow up some Lambent,<br />Jace is shooting at the Digger Launcher Locust dude who is getting ready to reload his gun with another Digger bullet... and then there's the Locust/Lambent battle in the far background.<br /><br />This is <b><i>our</i></b> world.<br /><br />WIPs: <a href="http://fav.me/d4b8lhi">[link]</a> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/271/f/a/this_is_our_world___big_heads_by_autumnology-d4b8ftk.png" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/f/a/this_is_our_world___big_heads_by_autumnology-d4b8ftk.png" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/271/f/a/this_is_our_world___big_heads_by_autumnology-d4b8ftk.png" height="576" width="1024" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ OMG finally finished. And with 2 hours to spare until the contest ends!<br /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/f/faint.gif" width="18" height="17" alt=":faint:" title="I think I've fainted."/><br />It's uber chaotic, so I dunno if it's really good wallpaper material... but there's just so much to look at, it'd take a while for your eyes to get bored. Riiight? <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/><br /><br />Just picture them all with chipmunk voices....<br />xD<br />Big Head Mode in the beta was awesome. So I had to show my love. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart"/><br /><br /><br />Ok, so Marcus is owning that Savage Locust with his Retro Lancer,<br />Dom is about to own the Locust head up front with his Sawed-off,<br />Anya just got herself a Kantus with her Retro just before he threw an Incendiary and/or frag (lol I know you can't carry both at once... but Kantus broke that rule and got owned.)<br />And a ticker just popped in behind Anya, ready to esplode.<br />Baird has himself the One-Shot Sniper,<br />Carmine just found some COG tags while seemingly unaware of the Locust horde approaching behind him,<br />Cole is about to win a Lancer chainsaw battle,<br />Sam picked up a Torque Bow from a Locust someone destroyed and is getting ready to blow up some Lambent,<br />Jace is shooting at the Digger Launcher Locust dude who is getting ready to reload his gun with another Digger bullet... and then there's the Locust/Lambent battle in the far background.<br /><br />This is <b><i>our</i></b> world.<br /><br />WIPs: <a href="http://fav.me/d4b8lhi">[link]</a><br /><div><img src="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/f/a/this_is_our_world___big_heads_by_autumnology-d4b8ftk.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>The Final Showdown</title>
                <link>http://eleosinteractive.deviantart.com/art/The-Final-Showdown-260456685</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://eleosinteractive.deviantart.com/art/The-Final-Showdown-260456685</guid>
                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:42:14 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">The Final Showdown</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">EleosInteractive</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/l/eleosinteractive.png?4</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://eleosinteractive.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~EleosInteractive</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Painted in Photoshop. Through the eyes of a soldier, against all odds. The locust horde approaches through the mist and smoke, even in the face of terror, Fenix and crew will stand strong and fight in an epic final showdown.<br /><br />please click the picture to view it a little larger.<br /><br /><br />-Nick Silva ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2011/270/9/a/the_final_showdown_by_eleosinteractive-d4b2hnx.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2011/270/9/a/the_final_showdown_by_eleosinteractive-d4b2hnx.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/270/9/a/the_final_showdown_by_eleosinteractive-d4b2hnx.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Painted in Photoshop. Through the eyes of a soldier, against all odds. The locust horde approaches through the mist and smoke, even in the face of terror, Fenix and crew will stand strong and fight in an epic final showdown.<br /><br />please click the picture to view it a little larger.<br /><br /><br />-Nick Silva<br /><div><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2011/270/9/a/the_final_showdown_by_eleosinteractive-d4b2hnx.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Last Stand</title>
                <link>http://halohunter.deviantart.com/art/Last-Stand-260712483</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://halohunter.deviantart.com/art/Last-Stand-260712483</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:10:18 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Last Stand</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">halohunter</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/a/halohunter.png?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://halohunter.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~halohunter</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ All artwork painted in PSCS2 &amp; Intuos 3<br /><br />I wanted to create a follow-on image from the original poster. A 'later-in-the-day' version, when things have turned sour and that Fan has seen some heavy action.<br /><br />Also wanted to focus more on the grittiness and bleakness of the War &amp; the World. Was thinking of epic last stands and fights-against-the-odds.<br /><br />The 4 main figures stayed pretty much the sme from the original sketch but the two ladies went through a number of pose edits. I did a version with one of them getting shot/wouned with some blood spatter but decided to edit it for the contest. The flag bearer was originally looking backwards towards the nuclear explosion but as this was thier last stand I wanted her more involved. In the end they are all focused on thier Nemesis who lurks just off camera.<br /><br />My most complex piece to date and I feel that I did achieve what I was aiming for. Will probably do some minor tweaking and balancing once I have a few days break from it.<br /><br />Great experience and very happy to have been a part of the contest. Thanks to all the folks involved in hosting the event!<br /><br />Everything is painted in PS with the exception of some clouds from the provided material. I wanted to paint my own characters but also make sure that they were instantly identified. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/307/f/6/last_stand_by_halohunter-d4b7z1f.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/307/f/6/last_stand_by_halohunter-d4b7z1f.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/307/f/6/last_stand_by_halohunter-d4b7z1f.jpg" height="576" width="1024" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ All artwork painted in PSCS2 &amp; Intuos 3<br /><br />I wanted to create a follow-on image from the original poster. A 'later-in-the-day' version, when things have turned sour and that Fan has seen some heavy action.<br /><br />Also wanted to focus more on the grittiness and bleakness of the War &amp; the World. Was thinking of epic last stands and fights-against-the-odds.<br /><br />The 4 main figures stayed pretty much the sme from the original sketch but the two ladies went through a number of pose edits. I did a version with one of them getting shot/wouned with some blood spatter but decided to edit it for the contest. The flag bearer was originally looking backwards towards the nuclear explosion but as this was thier last stand I wanted her more involved. In the end they are all focused on thier Nemesis who lurks just off camera.<br /><br />My most complex piece to date and I feel that I did achieve what I was aiming for. Will probably do some minor tweaking and balancing once I have a few days break from it.<br /><br />Great experience and very happy to have been a part of the contest. Thanks to all the folks involved in hosting the event!<br /><br />Everything is painted in PS with the exception of some clouds from the provided material. I wanted to paint my own characters but also make sure that they were instantly identified.<br /><div><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/307/f/6/last_stand_by_halohunter-d4b7z1f.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Fight til' The End</title>
                <link>http://age-velez.deviantart.com/art/Fight-til-The-End-259157142</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://age-velez.deviantart.com/art/Fight-til-The-End-259157142</guid>
                <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 04:18:15 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Fight til' The End</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Age-Velez</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/g/age-velez.gif?3</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://age-velez.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~Age-Velez</media:copyright>
            <media:community>
                <media:tags>@AGE_ART</media:tags>
            </media:community>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ My entry to the gears contest. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/269/b/0/fight_til__the_end_by_agevelez-d4aamxi.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/269/b/0/fight_til__the_end_by_agevelez-d4aamxi.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/269/b/0/fight_til__the_end_by_agevelez-d4aamxi.jpg" height="576" width="1024" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ My entry to the gears contest.<br /><div><img src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/269/b/0/fight_til__the_end_by_agevelez-d4aamxi.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Gears of War - Take Cover</title>
                <link>http://coolsurface.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-War-Take-Cover-259634072</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://coolsurface.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-War-Take-Cover-259634072</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:42:22 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Gears of War - Take Cover</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">CoolSurface</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/o/coolsurface.jpg?2</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://coolsurface.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~CoolSurface</media:copyright>
            <media:community>
                <media:tags>@DavidCousens</media:tags>
            </media:community>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ My entry to the the Gears/Artists United contest going on right now at deviantART.<br /><br />You should Follow us!<br />Twitter - <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://twitter.com/DavidCousens">[link]</a><br />Flickr - <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.flickr.com/photos/DavidCousens">[link]</a><br />Tumblr - <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://CoolSurface.tumblr.com/">[link]</a><br />Websites<br />The Art of David and Sarah Cousens - www.CoolSurface.com<br />Cool Surface Lite - The Art blog! <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://coolsurface.blogspot.com">[link]</a> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2011/265/1/f/gears_of_war___take_cover_by_coolsurface-d4akuxk.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2011/265/1/f/gears_of_war___take_cover_by_coolsurface-d4akuxk.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/265/1/f/gears_of_war___take_cover_by_coolsurface-d4akuxk.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ My entry to the the Gears/Artists United contest going on right now at deviantART.<br /><br />You should Follow us!<br />Twitter - <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://twitter.com/DavidCousens">[link]</a><br />Flickr - <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.flickr.com/photos/DavidCousens">[link]</a><br />Tumblr - <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://CoolSurface.tumblr.com/">[link]</a><br />Websites<br />The Art of David and Sarah Cousens - www.CoolSurface.com<br />Cool Surface Lite - The Art blog! <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://coolsurface.blogspot.com">[link]</a><br /><div><img src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2011/265/1/f/gears_of_war___take_cover_by_coolsurface-d4akuxk.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Gears of War</title>
                <link>http://walter-ostlie.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-War-260182584</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://walter-ostlie.deviantart.com/art/Gears-of-War-260182584</guid>
                <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:06:28 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Gears of War</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Walter-Ostlie</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/w/a/walter-ostlie.jpg?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://walter-ostlie.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 *Walter-Ostlie</media:copyright>
            <media:community>
                <media:tags>@walterostlie</media:tags>
            </media:community>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ My entry for Gears of War. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2011/268/7/2/gears_of_war_by_slidestudios-d4awm60.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/268/7/2/gears_of_war_by_slidestudios-d4awm60.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/268/7/2/gears_of_war_by_slidestudios-d4awm60.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ My entry for Gears of War.<br /><div><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2011/268/7/2/gears_of_war_by_slidestudios-d4awm60.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>March of the Locust</title>
                <link>http://gremz.deviantart.com/art/March-of-the-Locust-260608600</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gremz.deviantart.com/art/March-of-the-Locust-260608600</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:39:33 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">March of the Locust</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">gremz</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/g/r/gremz.png?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://gremz.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~gremz</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ The horde pushes into a city, leaving only a wake of destruction... ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2011/271/3/f/march_of_the_locust_by_gremz-d4b5qvs.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2011/271/3/f/march_of_the_locust_by_gremz-d4b5qvs.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/271/3/f/march_of_the_locust_by_gremz-d4b5qvs.jpg" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ The horde pushes into a city, leaving only a wake of destruction...<br /><div><img src="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2011/271/3/f/march_of_the_locust_by_gremz-d4b5qvs.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Until the end-Gears3 contest</title>
                <link>http://bewheel.deviantart.com/art/Until-the-end-Gears3-contest-258622367</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://bewheel.deviantart.com/art/Until-the-end-Gears3-contest-258622367</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:07:58 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Until the end-Gears3 contest</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Gears of War Contest">contests/2011/gow</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bewheel</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/e/bewheel.jpg?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://bewheel.deviantart.com">Copyright 2011-2013 ~Bewheel</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ "Until the end"<br />16"x9" (the physical painting)<br />acrylic on canvas<br /><br />My entry for the Gears of War 3 contest. Big fan of those EPIC guys down in NC.<br /><br />Etsy store: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.etsy.com/shop/BlakeWheeler?ref=seller_info">[link]</a><br />Instagram: Bewheel<br />Twitter: @Bewheel<br /><br />SOLD ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/259/3/d/until_the_end_gears3_contest_by_bewheel-d49z6an.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/259/3/d/until_the_end_gears3_contest_by_bewheel-d49z6an.jpg" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/259/3/d/until_the_end_gears3_contest_by_bewheel-d49z6an.jpg" height="506" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ "Until the end"<br />16"x9" (the physical painting)<br />acrylic on canvas<br /><br />My entry for the Gears of War 3 contest. Big fan of those EPIC guys down in NC.<br /><br />Etsy store: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.etsy.com/shop/BlakeWheeler?ref=seller_info">[link]</a><br />Instagram: Bewheel<br />Twitter: @Bewheel<br /><br />SOLD<br /><div><img src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/259/3/d/until_the_end_gears3_contest_by_bewheel-d49z6an.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Anya Stroud</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:12:01 PDT</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Man... This took forever. I need practice on my guns and skin tones. But none-the-less, wish me luck guys!<br /><br /><br />(Keep the Critiques mature please. And thank you to all that do.)<br /><div><img src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/271/e/c/anya_stroud_by_d4ni_senpai-d4auqh8.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Fenix rising</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 01:47:21 PDT</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[ 6B pencil on vellum paper.<br /><br />painted in photoshop cs2.<br /><br />under 12 hours.<br /><div><img src="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2011/269/4/6/fenix_rising_by_vicariou5-d49ibdh.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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