Possum Roadkill

Anyone else watch Shark Week this past week? http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp41/PossumRoadkill/Possum%20Art/SharkWeek2010.png

Entries Entry 1 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/galaxy2.jpg Entry 2 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/ifihadaspaceship.png Entry 3 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/GalaxyGlobe.png Entry 4 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/SAC6.png Entry 5 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/galaxy.png Entry 6 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/galaxycomp.png

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Not everyone has a letterbox style monitor so the aspect ratio you have requested would not fit everyone's screen. I don't mind doing it this time since you chose the theme. However, I will add to the rules that this is a Wallpaper comp and the image size should be made so that it would fit a wide variety of screens. Sorry to hear that you won't be entering. I always enjoy your images. Hopefully on the next round you will rejoin us. I don't mind adding that size to the acceptable image size list, but like I said in the previous comment, not everyone has the same screen size. I work on four different computers from time to time and all of them have a different screen size. The computer I use the most of the time for Paint.net has a screen size of 1440X900, so resizing a 1900X1200 image would still be a little off for my laptop. I think as long as we just have a general rule that the image should be at common screen sizes for use as a wallpaper, we'll be just fine. Your's will be. :lol: No, I'm not going to be that picky. I'm just glad that people take the time to make an image for the comp. I think we have enough rules as it is.

OK I decided last night with only four entries submitted to extend the entry period. I'm glad I did, because I had an entry waiting for me this morning. So far I think we have some beautiful images, but I'd really like to see more. How long do you want the entry period extended?

Well thank you ! I thought it was really pretty when I did it. Kind of surprised me. I think I reduced the size more than the other ones, so I may resize it and repost. Done! (now it might be a little too big)

Entries Entry 1 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/AOTW/inthemiddle.png Entry 2 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/AOTW/aotw9.png Entry 3 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/AOTW/depression.jpg Entry 4 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/AOTW/30542661.png Entry 5 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/AOTW/BirthofAurora.png Entry 6 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/AOTW/stripes.png Entry 7 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/AOTW/yuKbX.png Entry 8 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/AOTW/teardrop.png Entry 9 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/AOTW/10_08_10_3.png Entry 10 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/AOTW/glowzbottles.png Entry 11 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/AOTW/SpeckleEffect.png

I agree, it is very realistic.

Congrats Barbieq ! Great image !

I'm going to extend the entry period. I'll decide tomorrow for how long.

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Just not in galleries on this website. You can post it on PDN Fans, Deviant Art, The Dead Possum Society, Facebook or any other site where you are a member.

Space Art Competition #4 WINNERS ANNOUNCED BELOW ! THEME IS: Galaxy SAC Comp Rules: All submissions must be created in Paint.net with the exception of renders and stock photos when allowed. When they are allowed, obviously you cannot use the stocks or renders as your entire submission, so the majority of your image should be created in Paint.net. When Theme Rules allow, you must post a link to any stocks, renders, images or parts of images you did not create in Paint.net, i.e. fractals created in a fractal generator program or textures created in another program of any kind. All images must be submitted to me in a PM. Do no post your image in this thread ! Do not post your images in your gallery or any other gallery on this site until this comp is over ! I will post your image in the poll, that is the only time your image should be seen before the voting begins. Do not sign your image or put any kind of identifiable marker or logo in your image that people will link to you. You may post your image on any other website where you are a member (i.e. Deviant Art, PdN Fans Forum, Facebook or any other forum or website, just not on this website until the comp has concluded. Minimum size is 800 X 600. There is no Maximum Size. NO PLACEHOLDERS! Do not send an entry until it is a finished product. NO WIPS (works in progress) ! No images previously submitted will be allowed. I reserve the right to add to the rules as people do things to annoy me. (See special rule # 5.) THEME IS: Galaxy Theme rules: You are to make an image depicting a Galaxy. There are three main types of galaxies: Elliptical, Spiral, and Irregular. It can be like the Milky Way (Spiral) or Irregular like The Large Magellanic Cloud. For a deeper understanding of Galaxy shape, READ THIS. NO STOCKS OR RENDERS ! You may however, use another program to create parts of your image i.e. Apophysis, Gimp, Incendia, Photoshop, etc. The majority of your image should be made in Paint.net. The use of other programs should be limited to the creation of textures and minor elements of your image. (Remember, Possum’s have a sixth sense about things like this, do don’t make me hunt you down. So with that in mind, special rule #5 is in effect for this competition ). This thread is for DISCUSSION only ! If you want to ENTER this comp, please READ THE ABOVE RULES ! The Entry period for this competition run through Sunday evening August 15th, 2010) at 8:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Savings Time. All ENTRIES submitted up to that time will be accepted

Space Art Competition #6 Poll is up ! Vote now ! Poll will automatically close and the thread will lock on Sunday evening August 22nd at 7:00 p.m. EDST MAJOR CHANGE TO THIS COMP ! READ THE RULES ! THEME IS: Galaxy SAC Comp Rules: All submissions must be created in Paint.net with the exception of renders and stock photos when allowed. When they are allowed, obviously you cannot use the stocks or renders as your entire submission, so the majority of your image should be created in Paint.net. When Theme Rules allow, you must post a link to any stocks, renders, images or parts of images you did not create in Paint.net, i.e. fractals created in a fractal generator program or textures created in another program of any kind. All images must be submitted to me in a PM. Do no post your image in this thread ! Do not post your images in your gallery or any other gallery on this site until this comp is over ! I will post your image in the poll, that is the only time your image should be seen before the voting begins. Do not sign your image or put any kind of identifiable marker or logo in your image that people will link to you. You may post your image on any other website where you are a member (i.e. Deviant Art, PdN Fans Forum, Facebook or any other forum or website, just not on this website until the comp has concluded. Minimum size is 800 X 600. There is no Maximum Size. NO PLACEHOLDERS! Do not send an entry until it is a finished product. NO WIPS (works in progress) ! No images previously submitted will be allowed. I reserve the right to add to the rules as people do things to annoy me. (See special rule # 5.) THEME IS: Galaxy Theme rules: You are to make an image depicting a Galaxy. There are three main types of galaxies: Elliptical, Spiral, and Irregular. It can be like the Milky Way (Spiral) or Irregular like The Large Magellanic Cloud. For a deeper understanding of Galaxy shape, READ THIS. NO STOCKS OR RENDERS ! You may however, use another program to create parts of your image i.e. Apophysis, Gimp, Incendia, Photoshop, etc. The majority of your image should be made in Paint.net. The use of other programs should be limited to the creation of textures and minor elements of your image. (Remember, Possum’s have a sixth sense about things like this, do don’t make me hunt you down. So with that in mind, special rule #5 is in effect for this competition ). This thread is for entries only ! If you want to discuss this comp, please go to the discussion thread HERE The Entry period for this competition run through Sunday evening August 15th, 2010) at 8:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Savings Time. All ENTRIES submitted up to that time will be accepted

Abstract of the Week Competition # 9 See below for winners ! Poll is closed. Winners will be announced Tuesday night sometime after 7:00 p.m. EDST This is the first competition dedicated to Abstract Art created in Paint.Net. Here are the rules.... Theme is Anything Abstract. For the past several weeks we have had a variety of themes for this abstract art competition. I think we need to let the creativity of the artists determine the abstractness of their work. You may make any abstract image you desire. It can be text, shapes, colors, textures or anything in between with the exception of stock images and renders. No stock images or renders will be permitted in this comp. This competition is all about Paint.net and the artist who uses it to their creative best. Now get out there and think in abstract terms. And as always, use your imagination ! Minimum image size is 800 X 600. There is no maximum image size. Rules for submitting your entry. READ THIS ! DO NOT POST YOUR ENTRY HERE. PM YOUR IMAGE TO ME. DO NOT COPY IT TO ANYONE ELSE. I WILL POST THE IMAGES IN THE COMP AS THEY ARE ENTERED. DO NOT POST YOUR IMAGE IN YOUR IMAGE GALLERY OR IN THE PICTORIUM OR ANYWHERE ON THIS SITE. No images previously submitted will be allowed. This thread is for DISCUSSION only ! If you want to ENTER this comp, please read the above rules ! The Entry period for this competition runs through Friday evening August 13th, 2010 at 8:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Savings Time. All Entries submitted up to that time will be accepted.

Abstract of the Week Competition # 9 Poll is closed. Winners will be announced Tuesday night sometime after 7:00 p.m. EDST This is the first competition dedicated to Abstract Art created in Paint.Net. Here are the rules.... Theme is Anything Abstract. For the past several weeks we have had a variety of themes for this abstract art competition. I think we need to let the creativity of the artists determine the abstractness of their work. You may make any abstract image you desire. It can be text, shapes, colors, textures or anything in between with the exception of stock images and renders. No stock images or renders will be permitted in this comp. This competition is all about Paint.net and the artist who uses it to their creative best. Now get out there and think in abstract terms. And as always, use your imagination ! Minimum image size is 800 X 600. There is no maximum image size. Rules for submitting your entry. READ THIS ! DO NOT POST YOUR ENTRY HERE. PM YOUR IMAGE TO ME. DO NOT COPY IT TO ANYONE ELSE. I WILL POST THE IMAGES IN THE COMP AS THEY ARE ENTERED. DO NOT POST YOUR IMAGE IN YOUR IMAGE GALLERY OR IN THE PICTORIUM OR ANYWHERE ON THIS SITE. No images previously submitted will be allowed. This thread is for entries only ! If you want to discuss this comp, please go to the discussion thread HERE The Entry period for this competition runs through Friday evening August 13th, 2010 at 8:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Savings Time. All Entries submitted up to that time will be accepted.

I would like to publicly apologize to Falken for mixing up the names on the entries post. I'm really sorry and feel terrible about it. It was an honest mistake with no malicious intent. Again, I am very, very sorry for the mistake and I hope you will not hold it against me and will continue to enter the SAC.

Sorry, I got the images and people mixed up. I'll fix it.

Winners are.... Yellowman Winner with 13 votes, Falken 2nd Place with 10 votes, Hexratt 3rd Place with 8 votes Entry 1 Falken 2nd Place with 10 votes http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/darkdisrespect.png Entry 2 Yellowman Winner with 13 votes http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/ringged.png Entry 3 Jerry533482 3 votes http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/SAC5_3.png Entry 4 Goonfella 6 votes http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/SpaceCruiser-1.png Entry 5 Possum Roadkill 4 votes http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/RingPlanet2.png Entry 6 Hexratt 3rd Place with 8 votes http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/ringplanetview.png

Winners are.... Yellowman Winner with 13 votes, Falken 2nd Place with 10 votes, Hexratt 3rd Place with 8 votes

Winner is Possum Roadkill, 2nd Barbieq25, 3rd Welshblue

Entries ! Entry 1 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/WOTW/christmasbubbles2.jpg Entry 2 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/WOTW/bubble.jpg Entry 3 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/WOTW/BlowingBubbles2.png Entry 4 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/WOTW/wotw.png Entry 5 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/WOTW/BubblesCompnosig.png Entry 6 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/WOTW/bubbles.png

I'm having trouble with getting any of the thumbnails to open. It must be my internet connection. I don't know why they didn't all work the same. I did the same thing on every one of them. OK I reposted all of them so they should all be OK now.

Just post the stocks in the PM. There really isn't a way to post them in the poll, and it would make things more complicated to post them in the entry thread. I think as long as you post them in the PM to the host, that should suffice. If someone complains, the host can then check the PM to see what the stocks were. I know this isn't perfect, but this method is already complicated and time consuming enough to add additional changes. As for the issue of brushes, we have had this discussion on another thread, and I don't remember exactly where it was. But the use of brushes is OK as long as the brush is not a stock image converted to a brush. In other words, most brushes are like these, and are used for small elements or textures or shading effects. However, if someone used a brush like this pepper brush that would be considered a stock image if they used the pepper as an element in their image. I guess if they used it in a way that you cannot tell that it's a pepper and only as a texture or shading in some way, then it might not be considered a brush. I guess it's all in how you look at it. I did not create the fist star brush I posted in this thread but used to use it all the time. I don't use it anymore, but I don't see anything wrong with using this kind of brush. I also don't see a problem with using a brush like this, http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp41/PossumRoadkill/Logos/Palm1.png because I made it from scratch to use in an image. If you always consider brushes as stock then you would have to allow stocks in every comp and that would create additional problems. I know, it's a complicated issue, and again, not always perfect. It's really up to the hosts to manage these kind of issues and make sure that people follow the rules as best they can.

POLL IS UP ! VOTE NOW ! POLL ENDS TUESDAY AUG. 3RD AT 8:00 P.M.