Posts by Art Vandelay

Did you enter the Disney contest?

Quote from DavidSchwarz

But we have these rules and as you wrote you're watching them being observed. I'm addressing the constant complaints that the wrong people keep winning,

Janina herself brought up one of the entries possibly not being deserving of the number of votes it got, so I responded. And it isn't so much that the "wrong" people are winning, it's that those same people are winning by unusually large margins. Maybe it really is as simple as people voting for entries they recognise. But I can't explain why those same entries are worth twenty more votes than some of the other, arguably better, entries.

Whatever, I've said my peace on it. But I'll just add, it's not impossible to make creative entries without editing. It just requires some creativity...

Quote from DavidSchwarz

And concerning the quality of the entries... You really need a lot of experience to get creative pictures without editing anything with additional software. It's not that easy to move several objects consistently, for example, to position a character off-centre. If we applied strict standards, maybe three or four entries would qualify at all. That would quickly end the contest completely.

So, wait, are you saying some of these entries have been edited? Isn't that explicitly against contest rules?

Is there not a way to set up these contests so that only forum members can vote? Because anonymous voters shouldn't be allowed a vote. I understand you're trying to encourage more people to join the site, but still...I don't know how the winner got almost 20 votes more than the 5th place entry, and that one was the best of the lot.

It's working fine for me. You can't scroll through the colors at all?

Quote from Eggyslav

I'd love a Musical and Opera Contest. Of course including Disney Musicals. But it would be nice to see Gilbert and Sullivan, Andrew Lloyd Weber, Mozart, Puccini, Rossini, Verdi, Wagner and others!

Well, there was a "Theatre" contest a few years ago...

I once suggested a "Meme" contest, which would work as at least because are so many.

Quote from Janina

If you have easy ideas for the next contest topics feel free to share them. Maybe I should recycle the old "Disney" contest? Because everybody should understand this one and be able to come up with a character they like.

I think the problem with such a topic would be there would undoubtedly be similar entries where people do the same character, which can get a bit boring.

Thanks for the kind words, Spooky! Very much appreciated! I hope my previous post didn't come off as sour grapes, it's just there's always at least one or two entries per contest that end up bending the rules, or don't really fit the theme.

Not that I felt my entry deserved a spot, as I know it was one of my weaker ones. Still, I always try to put effort into mine, and even if they look simple, they likely still have a ton of assets used in some way.

I hate to be that guy, but does the 5th entry count? I kind of thought we were supposed to be doing actual actors/actresses?

My submission is supposed to be Mathilda from "Leon: The Professional". Not sure what happened there, although I thought I just called it the Professional.

So who won this?

Congrats, Jareen!

Who won the contest?

I have an idea for the Exorcist, but I don't know if that counts?

Quote from Janina

The emojis in the text tool are actually a really powerfull new way to add elements to your picture. It will be fun to see what's possible with them.

How do I find them? I open the text menu, but it's just fonts, no emojis to be found.

Sorry, didn't mean to start anything. I didn't know about the emojis.

Sorry Paul, it's just I can't figure out where that row of stacks of bills near Madonna's head comes from. Is it from an earlier version of the site?

Got to be honest, most of those entries don't seem to actually fit the theme of the contest.

Also, the Madonna entry looks like it's been edited.

Quote from BellaX

I GOT FIRST?!?!?!?!
Wow...thank you so much, I'm glad you all liked what I made...excellent job to the other winners as well, I enjoyed Art Vandelay 's very much.

Thanks for the kind words, and congrats!

I did a submission based on the painting "American Gothic", but I'm not sure if it would count based on the category?