Voting will run from 24 to 29 September 2007. Deadline for votes is 5pm EDT.

Only those that entered the contest may vote. All other votes will be deleted. If you did not enter, but would like to comment on an entry, please post your comments in the Sep 07 Contest Discussion thread.

Vote for the 5 best entries in order.

You cannot vote for your own image. If you do, your votes will be deleted.

Example Vote:
Pick the top five contest entries and list in order...

1. Entry X (First Place)
2. Entry A (Second Place and so on)
3. Entry Q
4. Entry S
5. Entry P

This thread will remain closed until it's time to vote.

And as always, when you vote try to include some things you especially liked about your choices…what made them stand out, what impressed you, etc. This is a learning experience! :)

Here are my votes:

1. MatthewMarshall - Best overall. Good job Matt!

2. CathyH - Certainly the prettiest. Would've been #1 but was more summer goddess than ice princess.

3. LonK - Very good. Best princess look. Excellent job with jewelry.

4. Splata - Nice ice, baby! :)

5. Grafx - Another good ice version.

Honorable mention to:

OnFocus - Nice overall, but a bit brutish looking for a princess.

Emilylt87 - You have a great style. I love what you did with the eyes!

Nimfabebe - Very interesting treatment.

Now I don't have to worry about being turned into a frog while I'm on vacation!

Good luck everyone!

Michael

It's so hard to pick, but here are my votes...
1.BACKWATERS
2.CUPCAKE
3.LONK
4.PALMS1
5.DOUG COLWELL
Nice work from everyone!

I tried to keep in mind that the outcome was to be something which a makeup artist could duplicate.
1-Graphics23
2-Backwaters
3-Northern Shadow
4-Mikkimicole
5-Ratz

Hi! Here are my votes ! But before I want to explain the way I chose these artworks. :)
The contest was NOT about ONLY make-up, but also effects. It is for a movie so it must impress the viewer. I've taken into consideration the way each of the works could impress me, and also stay in my mind . Originality was an important point, as important as the skills and the photographic look.
I didn't like the images with taned skin, or with elements that simply didn't fit. I also found a negative point in the ones that didn't correct the lips ( and u can't show investors an image like that :) )
Votes:
1.LonK because the girl looks beautiful. I would want to see a movie with it. Is not that photograhic, but is my favourite. All the elements are well thought and his skills are amazing. It's an artwork worth showing to the investors.
2.wojtek . The girl is simple, but sometimes less is more. I would like to see some more elements. It's photographic and classical.
3. roundrock I would like that crown to be more realistic, but overall it looks ok.
4.NancyJ I love the eyes ( just a little more work to remove the red ).
5.Racc Iria The best cristalised hair. :)

Thank u and good luck all ! :)

Wow
such wonderful entries. The rules clearly stated "*Final image must still look like a photograph" so I first crossed those that didn't follow the criteria off my list and came up with:

1. Mikkimicole
2. Mathew Marshal
3. Racc Iria
4. Back Waters
5. Cupcake

Honorable mentions to:
Platterpro and graphix....both wonderful entries - but I just ran out of votes!
And also to Lonk and Cathy H ....BEAUTIFUL and artistic- but look more like paintings than photographs.

Ahola!!!
1.LonK
2.MatthewMarshall
3.Corraine
4.Didiben
5.Wojek

Apart from the required elements I was looking for good retouches without too much plastic surgery, without perfect symmetry (including hair and neck), and without too much of a Vegas, Egyptian or Interplanetary look.

1. Wojtek - Very nice retouch
2. Lorraine - nicely coloured and polished.
3. Noud - good use of colour to achieve frosty hair look.
4. Didiben - dramatic use of shadow and hilite.
5. Arnold - best icy stare, hair's a bit rough but could be simulated with a can of spray snow.

Nice work from everyone this month. Her are the ones I thought fit the criteria best.
1: PhotoB
2: Racc Iria
3: didiben
4: Lorraine
5: wojtek

Ranking these images was a nightmare, because there were so many and so many good ones. Here's my list:

1. LonK
2. dcolwell
3. byRô
4. northernshadow
5. nanls

tough decisions! had to go back and keep the tasks in mind.

1. MatthewMarshall
2. Roundrock
3. Nanls
4. LonK
5. Nancyj

the entries below didn't make it to the top five but I thought they really made the decision difficult.
Spata
Emilylt87
Palms1
cupcake
grafx
Doug Colwell
noud
wojtek
chillin

my votes:

Graphics23
Wojtek
plattepro
nimfabebeAida
Lonk

My votes:

1. Chillin
2. Cassidy
3. Mikkimicole
4. Doug Colwell
5. Onfocus

My votes:

1. Lorraine
2. jeffere312
3. photoB
4. dennisu
5. Noud

This is really nice contest ;) All my choices look still like photography, that's why I chose them. Cheers :)

This was realy hard. Here ya go.

1: nancyj -- i love the makeup effect on the eyes. and the boldness of the blue hair

2: LonK-- i love the play on color and makup.

3: splata -- love the lips they not over done. looks real

4:nanls- the crown is nice, like the skin tone too.

5:wojtek- love the lips!

This was a hard desicion to make with so many great entrants

1. Cathy H
2. emilylt87
3. LQQKER
4. MS-Bay
5. Lonk

Palms

I liked these 5 best for various reasons:

1-Platterpro
2-Cathy H
3-Matthew Marshall
4-LQQER
5-Nanis

The result was supposed to be realistic and look like a photograph. Eliminating all those that weren't left very slim pickings.

Out of what was left:
1. Doug Colwell
2. Lorraine
3. splata
4. dennisu

Because I needed one more:
5. Lonk

Lot's of great works of art here! A lot of talent in that regard. Just not too many of them looked realistic, which was a requirement of the contest.

My Lovely Votes are:

1. Matthew Marshall- Nice work and i love the explanation
2. Lonk- Love it , Just beautiful, except the mirrored teeth :(
3. Grafx- I like the fact that you took a risk on the eyelashes
4. Roundrock- Love the icy crown
5. nimfabebeaida- looks tons better in full view on deviant art, great hair

Thank you for such a fun contest:

emilylt87

My votes:
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1. Cathy H
2. Doug Colwell
3. Nimfabebeaida
4. Cupcake
5. Palms1
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Great job, everyone!
Dan

1. Doug Colwell
2. Matthew Marshall
3. Lonk
4. Photo b
5. Mikkimicole

1.Matthew Marshall
2.wojtek
3.dcolwell
4.noud
5.splata
Difficult to narrow down from last 10
others i felt deserved a mention
Dennisu
Lorraine
Mikkimicole
Swampy
& palms
Well done everyone
Does Calvin Hollywood have a favourite, would be interesting to know, after all was his photo that started it
Thanks
Steve

The best of the bunch.

1. Cathy H
2. Doug Colwell
3. Lorraine
4. Splata
5. Cupcake


Well done to all!

This was a great contest. Almost a third of the entries were from brand new RetouchPRO members. Let me extend my welcome to them and hope they'll all become regular contributing members of our family.

With so many creative, imaginative entries, voting was a real chore. I started by rating each entry on a scale from 1 to 10. I leaned in favor of those who went with my basic interpretation of the contest criteria: a realistic, embellished, Hollywood styled beauty retouch of a gorgeous young woman. I allowed leeway on "looks like a photograph", since we are talking the movie business here! I ended up with over a dozen 10s! It just goes to show how member skills are continually improving. Picking my favorite 5 of those was very difficult.

1. emilylt87 -- lovely soft complexion, cool hair and hypnotic eye makeup
2. Shalford -- very inventive vision; definitely "icy"
3. MatthewMarshall -- innovative sleepy eye manipulation, frosty coiffure and attire
4. dcolwell -- clean, subtle retouch and originative wintry embellishment
5. splata -- symmetry is a great idea: beauty = symmetrical. Delicate crystal lace apparel.

And props to a few more that I really liked for one reason or another: CathyH, grafx, lorraine, mikkimicole, nancyj, ratz, solitear and wojtek.

1. Jeffere312
2. DougColwell
3. MatthewMarshall
4. Splata
5. Didiben

Just like everyone else this was hard to narrow down to just 5.
1, Lonk - Just beautiful
2, Splata- Good retouch and I liked the crystal hair
3, MattewMarshall - Nice overall look, I could see this one on a film poster
4, dcolwell - Very photographic and clean retouching
5, K_Gimini_M - Soft over all look

Also really liked these - NancyJ, Lorraine, Ratz. Everyone did a great job!

Here are my top 5

1. Lonk
2. Cupcake
3. MathewMarshall
4. dcolwell
5. Mikkimicole

This was a fun contest. Learned alot by looking and trying to match what other people did. Then came up with mine.

Nice work everyone !

1. LonK

2. dcolwell

3. splata

4. didiben

5. plattepro

As everyone has said..... very hard..... but here goes...

1. LonK - Great job...using drop shadows really makes the jewelry real.... color was so good, too, because she still had faint life in her cheeks and the warm ring around her pupils..
2. Grafx - Really great lashes and eye makeup.
3. Matthew Marshall - Great frosty hair and loved the lips.
4. Doug Colwell - Overall great plus very 'real' looking.
5. Nanls - Really liked the hair thingy...

Also liked:
Palms - great delicate, frosty hair.
Emily - she looked so pretty... especially her eyes.
Cassidy - liked the look of yours... would have loved it if the jewelry had a drop shadow to make it sit on the skin...

Such a fun contest!
Beth

This is my list:

1. plattepro
2. mikkimicole
3. matthewmarshall
4. cupcake-2
5. cassidy

Well done to all!! It was a great contest!

My votes are as follows:
1. Lonk
2. pixiecho
3. nancyj
4. backwaters
5. cathyh

Really impressive entries by everyone. Great fun. I look forward to participating in more contests. Thank you all.

1. Matthew Marshall
2. Doug Colwell
3. LonK
4. palms1
5. grafx

First of all, let me say that all of the entries are not only interesting, but very beautiful and everyone did a tremendous job! So many interpretations for one photograph. But my votes consist of one key word - photograph. Some look like drawings or paintings and even though makeup can be done to work wonders on a real person these days, I interpreted the rules for us to choose the entries that looked like a photograph. Photograph to me meaning life like or real. Some may interpret differently. My votes are as follows:

1. backwaters
2. doug
3. cupcake
4. davidramsey03
5. cassidy

My votes go to:

1:Cassidy
2: Doug C
3:LonK
4:Emily lt85
5:Mikkimicole

much fun! I found it really difficult to pick my favorites -so many good ones to choose from:
1. MsBay
2. LonK
3. grafx
4. MatthewMarshall
5. Plattepro

Great job by everyone...
1. Lonk
2. Cupcake
3. Nanls
4. blackwaters
5. cassidy

Here are my choices:

1. mikkimicole
2. CUPCAKE
3. Lorraine
4. dcolwell
5. LonK

Well I found this really difficult as my expectations were quite different to how others obviously perceived it. I took this as more a marketing exercise on the basis that it was to drum up funds for an intended movie so presumed this was the main character and a marketing exercise. On that basis I expected either a very 'cold' princess, a very evil princess or a spectacularly beautiful princess.

So,

1. Lonk
2. Mikkimicole
3. Graphics23
4. Splata
5. On Focus

....... and then I am not sure

There are so many really good entries. My choices are based on those that were done according to the rules and that look the most natural.

1. LonK
2. Cupcake
3. NancyJ
4. Doug Colwell
5. mikkimicole

Great job everyone.

Lorraine

Well here's my votes... I chose the 5 that most met the criteria of still appearing like a photograph. There were many other good entries, but I feel as if they crossed the line between illustration and photo!

1. Doug Colwell
2. Ratz
3. Dennisu
4. Jeffere312
5. PhotoB

Good luck to all.

1. LonK
2. lurch
3. byRo
4. northernshadow
5. nanls

1. Graphx - not my idea of crystalized hair but thats something thats very subjective as we don't have a real frame of reference for it.
2. Lorraine - very natural
3. Doug Colwell - I guess we weren't told ALL the hair had to be crystalized ;) Really liked it - could have done more to intensify the eyes though
4. PhotoB - very nice
5. Lonk - my favorite of all the entries (liked it better before the tiara though ;)) but I just don't believe it as a photograph - otherwise this would have been #1

Special mention to Chillin - loved it, just didn't feel it met the criteria.

Note: any votes after 5pm EDT 29 Sept will not count.


Voting will run from 24 to 29 September 2007. Deadline for votes is 5pm EDT.

I was thrilled with all the entries this month, especially seeing all the new people. Welcome to the newbies and I hope you stay around and become an active part of the site!

Now for the winner.....

Congratulations go to LonK!!

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Top 3
LonK - 88
Doug Colwell - 65
MatthewMarshall - 60

Kudos to all the entries please don't hesitate to share your techniques!