June 05 Contest Votes

[Marthig]

This is the first time I participate in a 5th of the month contest, it was great fun and now, like most of us I find that this is the hardest part; how can one pick just 5 when you like all of them ?!
I am just an enthusiast of image manipulation, illustrations and webdesign so my vote is based mainly on how I can visualize a young child reacting to the images submitted here:

1st place for Cazubi #10 - The colors most surely would attract the attention of a child and the 3d effect of the flowers and naive-looking sky gives it the typical look of a child story book. I would definitely buy it for my grand daughter !

2nd place for Ms Bay #12- This is a beautiful display of the typical family outing with everyone busy enjoying the landscape and exploring the terrain. The nice coloring and all the little details are just the things that a child would look at and ask, what is it? or what is it doing ? and the endless whys from a child looking at the illustration.

3rd place for Jaykita #22- Lovely and bright colors, a truly busy "hood" with nice little houses and "peopled" with cute little bugs. Another one to catch a child's attention.

4th place for FreddieAnne #9 - Nicely achieved mood of another family outing on a bright and sunny day, one could almost hear the "kids" laughing and shouting in the background. Any child could relate to this scene.

5th place for Doug Colwell #7 - I like this scene because I can truly see the Mommy LadyBug flying happy after rescuing the little one and the detail of the litle ones with true ladybugs and the way mommy's wings are spread to fly is very realistic as well as the background.

Like I explain above my selection is based on how I imagine a child would see those illustrations. I am sorry we could not pick two or three for each position because all of the postings are beautiful and deserve a place among the best.

Cheers and congratulations to all - Martha

[freddieanne]

This is way too hard to narrow down to just 5 choices, all of the entries were extremely creative, but here goes:

#1 - Pictureman 33 - I'm probably showing my age, but this just struck a chord with me. It is so reminiscent of books I remember from my childhood. It almost took my breath away when I first opened it.

#2 - Cazubi - Simply brilliant, Cathie. Just exactly what children would like.

#3 - Sean2 - I'm not familiar with "Dune" but yours is so imaginative and beautifully executed. The text would probably appeal to older children, (sort of poetic).

#4 - Twin NJ - I've liked this one from the very start. I want to know more of the story.

#5 - Ryan M - I don't know, this just made me laugh. I think little boys would get a kick out of it.

Nicely done, everyone!!!!!!

Annabel

[Doug Colwell]

1. pictureman33 - Wonderful artwork and colouring. Very authentic looking early 20th century illustration, and nicely aged too. Pen and ink rendering of the bug might integrate better with bg.

2. cazubi - bright, colourful, and expertly done. Great composition.

3. freddieanne - vibrant colours, lots going on. Can't imagine a kid not wishing he/she could join the fun. Liked your super-saturated first submission a little more.

4. Janet Petty - very nice watercolour, simple and effective depiction of a bug's solitary journey.

5. chrisshoggy - like the older look, great texture and muted colours. The characters and title make for a good hook.

[T Paul]

Keep the votes coming in...only seven more voters to go. Please don't forget that you have to vote or your entry will be disqualified!

~T

[Shalford]

#1 Doug Colwell

Great animated characters and a whole lot of interest.

#2 Marthig

Just so appealing, wonderful colours, I’d buy it.

#3 Freddieanne

A very busy picture, kids would love this!

#4 Cazubi

Lovely bright colours, a magnet for children.

#5 Ms Bay

A lot of work has gone into this, lots of characters and
the potential for a great storyline.


Like everyone else who has voted, I hated having to choose 5.
All entries were skilful, absorbing and talented.

[phillip6653]

1 - pictureman33
2 - Marthig
3 - Ms Bay
4 - freddieanne
5 - raniday

[pictureman33]

This turned out to be a harder contest to judge than I thought it would. A lot of very good works of art, coming from an old picture of a yard ornament. I thought about it awhile and decided that most children’s books that I have read have some kind of text on each page to teach the children to read. So after taking out all the ones without text this is what I came up with.

1.jaykita
2.Shalford
3.marthig
4.chrishoggy1
5.Sean2

[ryanm]

Lots of great ones but below are my favourite:

1)Freddieanne (Really liked this one, everything fits together perfectly, busy but that makes it more interesting to look at. Well done for using the log from the original picture, most of us left it out but you integrated it seamlessly.)
2)Marthig
3)Cazubi
4)Doug Colwell
5)Shalford

Well done everybody.

[chrishoggy]

1/ Pictureman33. Very well blended in to an old style picture. Gr8 job

2/ Janet Petty. Liked the water colour look. Only thing I would change would be to make the bug a bit sharper

3/ Doug Colwell. Nice picture and loved the addition of the wings, they fitted in very well.

4/ freddieanne. Little bit busy for me, but I liked the setting and use of many adaptations of the original picture

5/ philbach. I liked the 3D look, but it needed more colours in the composition for me.

[T Paul]

This contest is now closed.

Great job to everyone, but the win goes to (and it was very close)…

Congratulations Pictureman33

Prize: Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers, by Martin Evening. Donated by Focal Press

This goes for all the participants! Now that the contest is over, please feel free to add your steps/techniques to the June 05 Discussion thread!

The starting image and winning image are attached....

[T Paul]

Top 5:
Pictureman33 – 62 points
Cazubi -59 points
Jakita – 37 points
Freddieanne – 28 points
Doug Colwell & Marthig - 24 points

To view all the entries click here