Finally the end is in sight and with a nail biter of a tournament almost behind us, two artists had their last attempt to join Teck 1 in the grand final on the 31st of March. Would they deliver the goods? Of that there was no question.
Both quite detailed in their styles, Alfa and Inkie had a serious challenge on their hands. Alfa – who like finalist Teck 1 likes to incorporate the battle theme into his pieces – is a real crowd pleaser, whilst Inkie is a noted artist with a large following all over the country. This battle was indisputably going to be tough and the crowd certainly knew it.
Just like in the previous Semi final, the artists would be given free reign on a much larger wall space with also double the time on the clock. Both artists were going to have to step it up to impress the crowd and the judges, especially with their use of space, which alone has played a big factor in decisions of the judges in previous battles.
Alfa male drew a captain character holding an octopus obviously in reference to his opponent’s name… Inkie. This captain was definitely a representation of Alfa himself as he was drawn wearing a cap with the initials SD emblazoned on the badge, a tribute to his Kingston based art crew Soopa Doopa. In addition to the raised middle finger in the foreground of the piece, the finger was also wearing a ring in the shape of one of Alfa’s most favourite characters, the skull.
Inkie whose artistic approach tends to focus on the more beautiful than the insulting added a bit of flair to his own piece. Along with his traditional girly character, he had added a few different elements to his piece. One was a deck of cards with the King of spades entitled Inkie at the front, showing just how confident he must have been. He also drew a witch doctor type character with potions, headdress and even an “Alfa” chain around his neck. Surrounding the piece were the words, “Graf Royale” reminiscent of Japanese horror, Battle Royale. On the right hand side of the piece Inkie left another dig for Alfa, “You’ve been smoked”.
Without a doubt the judging for this battle was the most tense yet with each judge voting for a different artist leaving a crowd vote to determine the winner. The big shocker came as almost by fluke as the clap meter pulled up exactly the same reading for each artist. What were the organisers to do… the only thing they could, give the crowd a second chance to scream their hearts out for their favourite artist. Even though only slight the second attempt did show a clear winner. Alfa Male would be facing his pal Teck 1 in the final of the first Secret Wars Series. Wowee it’s such a shock that the moment has arrived for the two artists who have done so well throughout the competition to reach the final hurdle. Whatever happens, they are both winners. A commiseration to Inkie as your piece was really top notch.
How are we going to cope to the final, the event is already set in my diary and I know I am not going to miss this last event for the world. Word has it that there is even a fan from Australia flying in for the event. You know this event is gonna be huge. Get there early as Juno is gonna be a roadblock. Check www.secretwars.co.uk for more info on the final and further events that are planned in the summer.
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