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[TheGiantMidgit]

Yea, I really like Swiss's. Good composition, well done piece.

[Aristharus]

My apologies for the late judging to everyone. I've been extremely busy, and actually I still am, so I will be brief for now, sorry for that. I was going to write more about them, but I don't have time now, and most of my points have been said by the other judges already anyway, so here goes:

TheGiantMidgit: I have to disagree with taikara on the positioning of the whales. I like the shape of the picture and the feeling that the whales are swimming across the clear, blue sky (instead of the clear, blue ocean). The picture's very well drawn, I'd never have the patience to make something like that in MSPaint.

swiss: A magnificent photo! You've done a great job adjusting the colors and such and the cropping (or something, I have no idea what the right word for "rajaus" is in English) of the picture is excellent. The only con I can think of is the text "Oceans", I'd somehow like the picture more as a mere landscape without the text. Or maybe it should have a more subtle font, color, size or something.

Quintopotere: LOL Gotta love the Monkey Island thing. Otherwise the picture is pretty simple and the pixelated Melee Island pier could blend in better, but Guybrush and Otis earned you an extra thumbs up. k:

wendymaree: I completely agree with taikara on this one. Because I'd just end up saying everything she already wrote in different words, scroll up and read taikara's post on this. A beautiful picture, anyway.


It's a very hard decision as all the pictures are very different. We should've had different categories or something as photography and pixel art are two pretty different things. I'll still probably have to choose only one, so my vote goes to...

swiss

I know it doesn't have any effect on anything, but I'll just have to announce a very close runner-up, too: TheGiantMidgit! It was very close, I almost ended up rolling a die to decide between you two.

Congratulations for the winner, and thanks to all who participated for the great pictures. Too bad we missed Pigggy's and moogle's entries, though.

[TheGiantMidgit]

...and the balances tilt in favour of Swiss. Very much deserved though, great shot. Do you have any photography about? I'd like to peruse some other pieces.

[Quintopotere]

Well... I've not to wait for what FPJ is going to vote to know that I'm the looser

Thank Aristharus for the k: and the LOL

[swiss]

Originally posted by TheGiantMidgit@Jan 2 2006, 10:02 AM
...and the balances tilt in favour of Swiss. Very much deserved though, great shot. Do you have any photography about? I'd like to peruse some other pieces.

I really didn't dare to even think about having more votes than your masterpiece. I love it! It looks really like my favourite scene in Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide.

For my other photos ... well you found them already ... (for everyone else: check my sig)

thanks to everyone who liked my photo and thanks judges for the very good statements on our works so far ... ! k:

[wendymaree]

Thanks for taking the time to look and make comments, Judges. All very helpful.

Congrats, Swiss! k:

[TheGiantMidgit]

Where is mr. Jones anyhow?

[taikara]

AFAIK, Mr. Jones isn't much of a home computer user - he is mostly on when he needs distraction at workies

[TheGiantMidgit]

Ah, thanks, was wondering. See him around irregularily. Hope he gets bored on the job soon so we get the last vote in.

Current Standings:
1st: Swiss
2nd: Tie between Wendymaree and I
3rd: Quintopotere
4th: All the artists who neglected to participate. Shame!

[Quintopotere]

Waiting for FPJ, I want to entertain you explaining the meaning of my pic...

I used a real photo for the ocean wave and the pixellated pic of Monkey Isalnd just to emphasize the difference between two things: the reality and the fantasy.
I would express the danger that we live nowadays, where the everyday life (the reality, the mathemathical reasoning, the science) is submerging our fantasy side (our desire to be amazed)...
The last resource (I suggest), when we see the wave coming upon us, seems to be the irony

I hope you understand what I mean...