Possum Roadkill

I think that's a great idea. I like the look of metal and gears and stuff like that.

Entries Entry 1 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/alienplanet-1-a.png Entry 2 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/alienplanet-2-a.png Entry 3 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/2eq9o40.png

Sorry bout that. I thought about zipping it and then decided not to because it was just the single file. I tend to over think things. Should have zipped it up like I first though. Thanks to Barbieq for the instructions ! She's a proverbial lifesaver !

I would never paint a cat. Maybe a light coat of varnish......

I have already decided what the next theme will be. But first a little background. I had a specific need for something and Pyrochild was nice enough to take a look at it and came up with this really great plug-in, Grid Gradient. He has not yet posted it to the plug-ins forum, but has given me permission to post it here and use it as the basis for the next WOTW theme. It creates a grid and fills each cells with a gradient. It is an extremely versatile little tool that once you play around with it, will give you many ideas for it's use. So in order to give you all a chance to get familiar with it, here is a link to my Media Fire folder. http://www.mediafire.com/file/lyo746csmr1vuod/GridGrad.dll Enjoy ! Make sure you let all your friends know about it so everyone knows it's here and ready for the next WOTW ! pyrochild edit: Full version of Gradient Grid is here: https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/111660-gradient-grid/

Entries Entry 1 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/WOTW/ToysintheAtticWP.png Entry 2 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/WOTW/toysinattic.png Entry 3 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/WOTW/VooDooDoll.png

WOTW # 35 Toys in the Attic WOTW Comp Rules: All submissions must be created in Paint.net with the exception of renders and stock photos when allowed. Minimum size is 800 X 600. There is no maximum size, but keep in mind that people will want to look at your image and if it takes too long to load, they may not look at it. Please try to make your image in the proportion of a Wallpaper, because this is a Wallpaper comp. (Duh!) NO PLACEHOLDERS Do not post an entry until it is a finished product. NO WIPS ! Obviously you cannot use the stocks or renders as your entire submission, so the majority of your image should be created in Paint.net. Special rule # 5. Do not anger the Possum. WOTW # 35 - Toys in the Attic ! Theme Rules. Please read this ! Theme is " Toys in the Attic !" The Theme Idea: You are to make a wallpaper that depicts the your interpretation of the phrase “Toys in the Attic”. It can be in the literal sense, as in old toys stored in an attic, or it can be used as an euphemism for insanity. In the literal sense, the image can emote the feelings of nostalgia, fond memories of your childhood or even a sense of loss for days gone by. In the metaphorical sense the phrase can bring on an entirely different ranges of emotions depending on the state of mind you are trying to describe. In my case it would be full blown lunacy, but that's a different story for another time.... You must use Paint.Net but you may also use other graphics programs as well. You may not use stock images or renders. This comp will run for TWO Weeks ! DO NOT Post your entries in this thread. PM your entries to me and I will post them as they come in. Entry period for this competition will run through 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening (August 20th, 2011), U.S. Eastern Time. All submissions entered up to this time will be allowed. If you have any questions, post them in the Discussion Thread or PM Possum Roadkill. I would be happy to help anyone interested.

WOTW # 35 Toys in the Attic POLL CLOSES THURSDAY NIGHT ! WOTW Comp Rules: All submissions must be created in Paint.net with the exception of renders and stock photos when allowed. Minimum size is 800 X 600. There is no maximum size, but keep in mind that people will want to look at your image and if it takes too long to load, they may not look at it. Please try to make your image in the proportion of a Wallpaper, because this is a Wallpaper comp. (Duh!) NO PLACEHOLDERS Do not post an entry until it is a finished product. NO WIPS ! Obviously you cannot use the stocks or renders as your entire submission, so the majority of your image should be created in Paint.net. Special rule # 5. Do not anger the Possum. WOTW # 35 - Toys in the Attic ! Theme Rules. Please read this ! Theme is " Toys in the Attic !" The Theme Idea: You are to make a wallpaper that depicts the your interpretation of the phrase “Toys in the Attic”. It can be in the literal sense, as in old toys stored in an attic, or it can be used as an euphemism for insanity. In the literal sense, the image can emote the feelings of nostalgia, fond memories of your childhood or even a sense of loss for days gone by. In the metaphorical sense the phrase can bring on an entirely different ranges of emotions depending on the state of mind you are trying to describe. In my case it would be full blown lunacy, but that's a different story for another time.... You must use Paint.Net but you may also use other graphics programs as well. You may not use stock images or renders. This comp will run for TWO Weeks ! DO NOT Post your entries in this thread. PM your entries to me and I will post them as they come in. Entry period for this competition will run through 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening (August 20th, 2011), U.S. Eastern Time. All submissions entered up to this time will be allowed. If you have any questions, post them in the Discussion Thread or PM Possum Roadkill. I would be happy to help anyone interested.

Awesome entries everyone ! Especially your's CJ. Brilliant ! I love the idea for the next round and can't wait to see what everyone does with it.

Space Art Competition #16 THEME IS: Alien Wildlife (photo manipulation) 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. Minimum size is 800 X 600. There is no Maximum Size. Special Rule #5. Do not anger the Possum. Submission Rules 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 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. 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: Alien Wildlife (photo manipulation) Theme rules: You are to make a space image depicting Alien Wildlife using STOCK IMAGES of existing animals by combining or modifying them. It can be any kind of animal/plant combination (hybrid) that you can imagine. You can place your alien wildlife in it's natural environment (on an alien world) or as if it has been somehow transported to our planet for a visit. You can show the creature by itself, interacting with other creatures, or as if it may be under the control of an alien being (like a pet or service animal). You may include any other non-space objects like people, cars, boats, trees, possums etc. An example might be something like; combining a possum and tiger shark being ridden by an alien robot across an alien desert in a snowstorm. Or not.... For this round, you MAY AND SHOULD use STOCK IMAGES ! You may 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 (unless it's really freakin cool). 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 COMP WILL RUN FOR 2 WEEKS ! (Or until I can drag myself to a computer to close it) This thread is for entries only ! If you want to discuss this comp, please go to the discussion thread. The Entry period for this competition run through Friday August 19th 2011 at 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. All ENTRIES submitted up to that time will be accepted

Space Art Competition #16 THEME IS: Alien Wildlife (photo manipulation) POLL IS OPEN ! POLL CLOSES THURSDAY NIGHT ! 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. Minimum size is 800 X 600. There is no Maximum Size. Special Rule #5. Do not anger the Possum. Submission Rules 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 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. 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: Alien Wildlife (photo manipulation) Theme rules: You are to make a space image depicting Alien Wildlife using STOCK IMAGES of existing animals by combining or modifying them. It can be any kind of animal/plant combination (hybrid) that you can imagine. You can place your alien wildlife in it's natural environment (on an alien world) or as if it has been somehow transported to our planet for a visit. You can show the creature by itself, interacting with other creatures, or as if it may be under the control of an alien being (like a pet or service animal). You may include any other non-space objects like people, cars, boats, trees, possums etc. An example might be something like; combining a possum and tiger shark being ridden by an alien robot across an alien desert in a snowstorm. Or not.... For this round, you MAY AND SHOULD use STOCK IMAGES ! You may 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 (unless it's really freakin cool). 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 COMP WILL RUN FOR 2 WEEKS ! (Or until I can drag myself to a computer to close it) This thread is for entries only ! If you want to discuss this comp, please go to the discussion thread. The Entry period for this competition run through Friday August 19th 2011 at 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. All ENTRIES submitted up to that time will be accepted

Real planes.....in flight......with painted wings.....certainly not candy coated........just sayin'........ It's an art contest. Have some fun every once in a while. Let your imagination take flight. Apparently, these guys did

Winners are ! Entry 1 MadJik 6 votes 1st place (tie) http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/WOTW/micro16.jpg Entry 2 MountNman 6 votes 1st place (tie) http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/WOTW/cells.png Entry 3 Yellowman 5 votes 2nd place http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/WOTW/microlife.jpg Entry 5 Monica 4 votes 3rd place http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/WOTW/2rduph0.png Entry 4 Possum Roadkill 3 votes http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/WOTW/microscope.png Thanks to everyone who entered, thanks to everyone who voted ! Thanks for being patient while I've been working through things.

WOTW # 33 Microscopic World ! POLL IS OPEN ! POLL CLOSES SAT JULY 23 ! VOTE FOR BEST THREE !

WOTW # 33 Microscopic World ! POLL IS OPEN ! POLL CLOSES SAT JULY 23 ! VOTE FOR BEST THREE !

Sorry for the delay. I've been sick again. I'll get the poll up tonight.

Sorry for the delay everybody. I have unfortunately had a relapse of my illness. I'll try to get a new theme going as soon as I can. Please be patient, the doctor has me pumped full of meds for the next few days. I should be fine in a week or so and get things back on track.

"Alien Wildlife" Brilliant idea ! This would be a great photo-manip theme for the Space Art Comp. We could take photos of several animals and mix them together for a hybrid alien animal. "Alien Flora" would be a good theme for original artwork. We've done "asteroids/meteors/comets" which would include shooting stars (technically), but we could have a variation on that theme if you can flesh it out a little. Maybe another alien landscape kind of theme?

I think it's a great idea. We had a Theme in WOTW 28 where we painted selected cars and it was one of the most popular themes we've had. Here is the link in the ARCHIVES

Don't forget to let me know what you would like to see as the next theme. New theme ideas are always appreciated.

OK we've had two entries come in tonight, so keep them coming ! Very imaginative ! I'm going to leave the entry period open until Saturday or Sunday night depending on where you live. If you have an entry in the works, please let me know so I can include everyone who wants to enter !

Since I've been out sick all last week and only got back to getting on a computer today, I would like to keep this comp's entry period open until the weekend. Is everyone OK with that? I certainly hope more people enter this comp. It's really not a hard theme because stuff in the microscopic world look so abstract and unreal it opens up things to a wide interpretation.

Winners are as follows; First place Entry 5 Possum Roadkill 4 votes http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/SpaceStation.png Second place Entry 1 Moninca 2 votes http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/2mnq6px.png Third place (tie) Entry 2 MadJik 1 vote http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/sac15.jpg Entry 3 Dug 1 vote http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/SACcomp.png Entry 4 MountnMan 1 vote http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/SAC/rocket.png Again, I'm really sorry I've not been able to get on here and close this comp out. Special thanks goes to MountNman for the new awards ! AWESOME !

Sorry I was not able to close out the poll on time. I've been very sick and could not set at a computer until today. I'll get the poll closed, tally up the votes and post the results.

Entries Entry 1 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/WOTW/micro16.jpg Entry 2 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/WOTW/cells.png Entry 3 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/WOTW/microlife.jpg Entry 4 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/WOTW/microscope.png Entry 5 http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/DeadPossums/WOTW/2rduph0.png