Wow. Coulda waited for the voting to end. It's only a couple days. Lots of people haven't seen the match yet.

Oh well. At least you learned a lesson about spending your time and how the forum works. Stick around kid. Keep participating and learning.

it has nothing to do with who does what... It has to do with what who does. Had I thought yours was better, I would have voted on it not really giving a shit about who does it. it is the idea and the execution.

This type of contest is just for fun, but it can build community merit which is another way to say respect. You are among some of the best artists around in here, some of the not as awesome but can hold their own such as me, and some people who plain out suck, but its about learning, fun, and competing.. when your chops reach a level, your going to get votes.. If its boring, bad, cliche, and unfinished you wont.

Sometimes you can have one of the best ideas, but it wont win.. there are no laws here on how people vote, but i can tell ya, in this contest.. voters are anonymous so people will vote for what they like.


Remember your dealing with a community of artist with artist attitudes. Were kind of like a family of copperhead snakes.... some wont bite, some are aggressive, some are sneaky, but we all have one thing in common.. we like art. Impress us, not with words.. do as tofu said.. stick around and learn, you can do it, but its up to you..

afterall, everyone in this forum was a newbie at one time.

You're just sayin that cause I said I used GIMP. I've seen some trashier ones with the same look that were done in photoshop. Just look at some other photoshoppers' badly cloned entries in the contests!
@SCWIDVICIOUS: Thanks. Oh and maybe the story would have made a difference... I really didn't mean for the cloned image to be the same texture. He was a ghost statue. I imagine this post might get deleted again, but here was the original (I have some witnesses here that I didn't just make it up now, sent it to blue lurker as well)

FULFILLMENT OF THE THRONE

No one really knows where the last king of the largest shrine of Abu Simel is. The legend has it that invading tribes from North Africa, after losing a bitter war to the Egyptians, were leaving the country in disgrace when some of the angry warriors attacked the shrine, cutting a large chunk from the second king- but mysteriously, the piece was never found. Made of an enourmous chunk of sandstone, the statue weighed several thousand tons and would have been virtually impossible to move- but then no one knows how the pyramids were built either. Could it be- magic? On July 23, 2009, the archaeologists and tourist were shocked senseless when a new, ghostly statue appeared- The lost ruler of the empty throne had reappeared! Partially transparent and looking strikingly like an aviation-geared clown in an amusement park in NY (some say) the new king has a smiling face and seems content to stay where he is- but then again no one knows what a ghost statue might do, truth be told.

Good story, it ads to the whole experience, but the ghostly image should show some of the broken rocks through.

double post, please delete this one.

fair enough The story does help. also i had never seen the original, so i was totally clueless as i never really studed into that much.

You're right NNN. The Story does explain a lot of the image. Also explains the look of the bust.

I sorta thought the story would help sort it out...
Anyways this challenge at least gets Tofu a Chopperdome sig, (so you gotta thank me for losing)

They really need to change the laughing smiley here- looks like it's throwing up.

this link should help you, ninjakid...

http://www.merriam-webster.com/netdict/depth

And a piece of advice... Gimp is not and will never be as good as Photoshop. Quit being a rebel and start using Photoshop. noob...

Quick advice- quit trying to win over "noobs" by calling them such. And calling someone a rebel will only make them more rebellious. And no ninja is kid, no age/date he gives is correct, no slang ever used. And that goes for profanity as well. Besides, I am willing to admit that GIMP isn't as good as PhotoShop in some areas, but those areas are NOT -I repeat, NOT- worth $700 USD. Forget it. And the GIMP GUI is way better than PS's. Don't you forget that. I've used PS and hated it. ADOBE IS EVIL!
Besides, if there were no PS you'd use GIMP wouldn't you? And you'd appreciate GIMP more if it was commercial software, right?

End of argument- I don't enjoy repeating myself.

NinjaNumberNine

yeah... i guess I just proved my point... hence your lack of interest on "depth" and excess of interest on defending yourself against the words "noob", "rebel" and "kid".

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-you wouldn't wanna see it, has to do with your innapropriate sig.

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