Pixey Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 The Poll is now open for the Table Lamp Competition until Saturday 6th May, 2023 up to 2 PM E.S.T. and 7 PM U.K. time. Thank you for your great entries How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted May 6, 2023 Author Share Posted May 6, 2023 And the winners are: In 1st Place is @Pixey with 6 votes 🥇 In 2nd Place is @Pixey with 5 votes 🥈 In 3rd Place are @Disk4mat and @Manc with 4 votes 🥉 Congratulations to the winners and thank you for the votes. Great entries from the participants 🥳 1 1 How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk4mat Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 Congratulations @Pixey and @Manc 🎉 My many thanks to the host and contributors for a great contest! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxster4 Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Congrats to @Pixey, @Disk4mat and @Manc for your wins! The lamps were great. Sorry, I missed this one, and thanks Pixey for hosting. 🥰 2 1 My Art Gallery | My Shape Packs | ShapeMaker Mini Tut | Air Bubble Stained Glass Chrome Text with Reflections | Porcelain Text w/ Variegated Coloring | Realistic Knit PatternOpalescent Stained Glass | Frosted Snowman Cookie | Leather Texture | Plastic Text | Silk Embroidery Visit my Personal Website "Never, ever lose your sense of humor - you'll live longer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilian Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 They all look so enlightening I can't help loving each, as they all look capable of a lightbulb moment 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Great work, @Pixey, @Disk4mat, and @Manc! All were excellent, but Pixey's rendering of the glass base was extra excellent! Not to mention the way the bulb shining through the shade was depicted so well. I really liked that theme, and as tiresome as I get in saying it, I'm very sorry for not participating. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk4mat Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Pixey did do an amazing job with the glass. What I enjoy about these contests is I learn new things by creating something I wouldn't have otherwise. @MJW is time to throw your hat in the ring! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted May 13, 2023 Author Share Posted May 13, 2023 Thank you so much for your kind words @MJW and @Disk4mat. I used @MJW's amazing Height Maps to make the lamps. His plugins are wonderful, and I only wish I understood them more, as sometimes my little grey cells get stretched to the limit using them 😁 3 How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxster4 Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Pixey said: I used @MJW's amazing Height Maps to make the lamps I would have used the same had I participated! @MJW's height map plugins are awesome for this purpose. 😊 2 My Art Gallery | My Shape Packs | ShapeMaker Mini Tut | Air Bubble Stained Glass Chrome Text with Reflections | Porcelain Text w/ Variegated Coloring | Realistic Knit PatternOpalescent Stained Glass | Frosted Snowman Cookie | Leather Texture | Plastic Text | Silk Embroidery Visit my Personal Website "Never, ever lose your sense of humor - you'll live longer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk4mat Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Well that answers a question I had... I thought we were only allowed to use the drop shadow effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted May 13, 2023 Author Share Posted May 13, 2023 23 minutes ago, Disk4mat said: Well that answers a question I had... I thought we were only allowed to use the drop shadow effect Yes, for a shadow, but for an entry any Plugins that are allowed and @MJW has a few great Height Maps that can be used to create images. * Your entry must be 100% made using Paint.net. Don't use another image editor. Don't use stock images/photos/textures (in full or parts thereof.) 1 How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk4mat Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Thanks for the clarification and recommendation. Gonna browse thru and start trying some out. I bet there are some time savers to be had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djisves Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 I agree, high quality entries and yes, well deserved win for @Pixey. I saw it like rice paper. Now I read it was meant to be glass, I still see rice paper 😁 . In any case, it's wonderfully done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 2 hours ago, Djisves said: Now I read it was meant to be glass, I still see rice paper 😁 Thank you @Djisves - the shade wasn't supposed to look like glass 😹 and I agree, it does look like rice paper. I think I used Noise > Grain on a blue background. How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 On 5/12/2023 at 11:56 PM, Disk4mat said: @MJW is time to throw your hat in the ring! My hat's been in the OOTF ring many times; though unfortunately, not often recently. Many thanks to those who made such flattering comments about my height map plugins. Like entering the OOTF contests, writing plugins is something I'd like to return to once more. @Djisves, I don't think anyone thought the shade of Pixey's lamp was glass. It's the base that I and I believe everyone else praised for its impressive representation of glass. I assumed the shade was whatever that stiff translucent stuff is that lampshades are made of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 On 5/13/2023 at 10:59 AM, Disk4mat said: Well that answers a question I had... I thought we were only allowed to use the drop shadow effect I think the misunderstanding arose because the rule for OOTF is that the entry can only be the object, not also auxiliary objects. For instance, if the theme is a glass vase, unless the rules for the theme specifically allow it, the vase can't contain flowers. A semi-exception is that reflections of the object are always allowed, and also the shadow cast by the object -- and that's where the reference to drop shadow effect comes in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk4mat Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 Im always learning something and appreciate any information people take the time to offer - so my many thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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