Wallpaper Competition #6 | Winner is...

[theonlychad]

Have no idea please elaborate....

[yy10]

Thanks for the pm and this barbieq. I guess I'm not going to retract my entry. Guess what I learnt? Savea pdn version of everything.

[theonlychad]

Lol i have done that for ages... my computer is littered with pdn's dating back from my first piece ever :shock:

[yy10]

I'm not sure if I can do that or not, I don't haev enoguh space in my comp.

[barbieq25]

@ Chad...elaborate on what I have learnt?

@ YY10...like the sigs we did on Good & Evil, they sometimes merge. Sometimes good things can come from an unpleasant experience.

Save the .pdn as small as possible (low res) or if you can, get an external storage device such as a flash or USB stick, or even burn it to CD/DVD.

One thing I did the other day was to enlarge the history window & take a screen shot & dump it into a layer. This way at least I will remember what I did & will have to guess at the settings.

Something I read recently: We must learn from other people's mistakes because we will not live long enough to make them all ourselves. It cracked me up & is so true.

[oma]

[flip]

Okay, after a bunch of arguing, I'm gonna have to disqualify yy10's entry. He advertised it as 100% PDN, but used a stock photo and it LOOKS like he did almost no work on the image. Here is a comparison:

The one on the left is the actual photograph, and on the right is yy10's entry. It looks like he did no work on it.

Sorry yy10.

[Axle]

Edit:

[yy10]

I didn't copy!!<that's enough punctuation thank you - EER>

Seriously, I'm making a realistic piece now, it will be up next week. I will give the pdn to all of you as soon as possible.\ (It will be a spacescape)

Oh, and disqualify it if you like. This is just an internet competition. Not the most important thing of my life.

[flip]

Ehh not my best at all. Pretty bad but whatevs.

[Frontcannon]

Come on, we need one last entry

[Rubrica]

I just couldn't help myself from joining the argument. It's a habit of mine. A bad one.

it LOOKS like he did almost no work on the image.

Work. A hard word to define in this area, because this area relies entirely on opinion; one person may wonder how many hours of hard labour it took to make an image, whereas another person might think a baby could draw it. But you want my opinion? This is a competition. Not a critique thread, not a personal gallery, a competition. And what is important in a competition? The end result. Now, this is just my opinion, but the end result is lovely. Admittedly, the words in the corner could blend in a bit more, style-wise, with the image, but it's good. ASSUMING yy10 did no work, so what? It's nice. Plus, what if he did do the work? He is double-brilliant. Now, I know that a lot of you will be thinking "You're wrong! Effort matters!". Well, you're partially right there. I still think the end result is important, but I suppose the effort is took. So this is what I suggest; multiple winners. A winner for effort, a winner for stlye, a winner for following the theme well, a winner for everything, et cetera. It probably wouldn't work, mainly due to the fact that you couldn't use a poll for voting, you'd have to use PM, but a vote form could look something like this:

"Who you vote for:

Why:

What category do you vote for them in:"

See? And with that, I rest my poorly made case.

Oh, and Frontcannon, a new entry, you say? I'll see what I can do.

[Rubrica]

I'm not expecting it to win, I just whipped it up for fun.

[Frontcannon]

Wheee, the contest may begin

[flip]

Poll is up.

[Frontcannon]

Can entrants vote, too?

[flip]

Yes, but don't vote for yourself because that's really not cool and un-sportsman like.

[BoltBait]

bloody potato. I just spent the last hour making an entry. Green as in 'green felt' and green as in 'CASH'!

Oh well...

No stocks used. I even hand drew the cards.

[barbieq25]

I just couldn't help myself from joining the argument. It's a habit of mine. A bad one.

it LOOKS like he did almost no work on the image.

Work. A hard word to define in this area, because this area relies entirely on opinion; one person may wonder how many hours of hard labour it took to make an image, whereas another person might think a baby could draw it. But you want my opinion? This is a competition. Not a critique thread, not a personal gallery, a competition. And what is important in a competition? The end result. Now, this is just my opinion, but the end result is lovely. Admittedly, the words in the corner could blend in a bit more, style-wise, with the image, but it's good. ASSUMING yy10 did no work, so what? It's nice. Plus, what if he did do the work? He is double-brilliant. Now, I know that a lot of you will be thinking "You're wrong! Effort matters!". Well, you're partially right there. I still think the end result is important, but I suppose the effort is took. So this is what I suggest; multiple winners. A winner for effort, a winner for stlye, a winner for following the theme well, a winner for everything, et cetera. It probably wouldn't work, mainly due to the fact that you couldn't use a poll for voting, you'd have to use PM, but a vote form could look something like this:

"Who you vote for:

Why:

What category do you vote for them in:"

See? And with that, I rest my poorly made case.

The issue was never about how much work yy10 put in.

The issue is that the entry broke a rule & therfore had to be disqualified. yy10 added in his post somthing like "Does 100% PDN get you anything?" (check his post, I don't recall the exact words).

When yy10 was asked about it being 100%, the response was - 90% hence the before & after shots with the comment from flip"it LOOKS like he did almost no work on the image" alluding to there perhaps being even less than 90%, further backing flips decision to disqualify it because such a heavy reliance on stock must be linked.

Nobody questioned the end result or the effectiveness of the submission in meeting the subject theme. It was not meant to be a personal attack on yy10 or anyone else.

Quite simply, yy10's entry broke the rule of not revealing the source for the image which is tantamount to plagarism, cheating or stealing - you get the idea.

There is a lesson here for all of us. If it isn't all your own work, then you must post the link as it clearly states in the rules.

As for the categories for winners...don't fix something that ain't busted.

[BoltBait]

Actually, barbieq25, in the rules it says "You cannot use renders".

BTW, are there any "write-in" votes for mine? (see page 3)

[yy10]

Can people stop talking about me. That's doing me a huge favour. Thanks.

[nemo]

BTW, are there any "write-in" votes for mine? (see page 3)

Thats really nice BoltBait, reminds me of CJ's poker chip/card tutorial ..hell of a lot of work gone into that i think, shame you were a little bit late :wink:

edit: i cant believe noone, including myself didnt think of 'Green' :arrow: 'Cash' :shock:

[Sharp]

I vote boltbait.

Crimson's, axle's, and rubrica's are also cool. Flip, yours could be good, but it's a bit bright and there's not much going on.

[Axle]

i liked crimsons, simple and cool, i voted for it.

[theonlychad]

voted for axle's it fits the competition the best, even though it is brushes