Good artwork, but not what I would look for when voting on a photomanipulation contest.

it's called photoshop contest not photomanipulation contest......
and i did use photoshop.....

and what about this entry? http://photoshopcontest.com/view-entry/62272/display.html

This is what Im on about, nevet your good enought to take this on the chin...let it go. This is why this place is going down hill ya cant have a winning chop every time or even score over 10 votes...it was never about the votes or the wins...look at my portfolio lots n lots and lots of low votes with hour and hours of work, Ive seen better chops and below averge chops whoop ma ass after putting hours and hours of work in...ever see me complain, ever see Anfa or Bill or any of the top choppers complain about why there chop is not doing well.

You got a low vote suck it up and move on man...trying to find other images to prove your point aint a good move either. (Just between you and me Mezo's vector work is outstanding and worth every vote she gets)

I know its disapointing to see a lot of work get few votes but let it go and take the best advice I can give ya...it was given to me from an age old chopper.

Shut The F**k Up and Chop.

Keep it real and remember where here to enjoy.

As with everything in life, people will always have differing opinions on things: what one person likes, the next person hates, it's the nature of the beast.

It matters not what others think of your work dude, what matters, is what YOU think of your work

I like the illustration but the source was small and unimportant.

Nevet, votes come and go - I've had some I thought would do better, and I can empathisize with your feelings of disappointment- but at the end of the day, it is more important to concentrate on being playful with your imagination, and learning something to improve skills.
did YOU enjoy MAKING this image? Did you learn anything? If its yes to either of these, then you've had a POSITIVE outcome.

I wouldn' say that people withouth advantage have no chance, but it's frigging hard (and I know what I'm talking about).

If you're going for votes, you need to give people what they want, be it photorealism, humor (maybe both) or a dozen other winning strategies.

Regarding your entry - I'm on the same page as MindGraph. It certainly looks like a minor addition to a clipart outside source, which BTW says a lot about your illustrator skills, it would have helped if you had added a few words to describe your original work. If you were going to do a source-inspired illustration, it would work better if the 'source' was more prominent (see my recent dinosaur entry)

'Nuff said.

I bet not!

actually i agree...

While the site IS called photoshopcontest, many users use other applications to get their results. It is NOT photoshop exclusive.
The trick for this website is to manipulate the given daily image.
you didn't do too much of that and others did. It cost you votes.


Mezopunk was a hugely popular, both in chops and as a member....this got her votes. Her style (ie SHE) was always voted on well. I agree that that image shouldnt have gotten any more votes than yours.

You can deny what people here have said but you'll only get more frustrated. The images that represents more change to the starting image will always get more votes than others (always=more than 90% of the time ).

Good god Blueker, Nevet just wanted some insight as to why it didnt do well. I thought thats what this site was about too?

Telling people to Shut the F**ck up and chop doesnt help. You tell that to a newbie and they might not get that you're somewhat senile

It's ok... Blues just feeling a bit down under today.

Hey Show
STFUAC
its been a while

Whatever, man. Could have been done just as easily on paper. As I said, not what I look for.

And no, I wouldn't have voted for that one. The pen body is kinda crappy.