Sep 07 Contest Votes

[T Paul]

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!

[Graphics23]

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

[ratz]

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!

[lcramer53]

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

[NimfabebeAida]

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 !

[Nanls]

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.

[K_GiMiNi_M]

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

[Doug Colwell]

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.

[ScubaMargie]

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

[lurch]

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

[Northernshadow]

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

[joelm]

my votes:

Graphics23
Wojtek
plattepro
nimfabebeAida
Lonk

[Arnold]

My votes:

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

[wojtek]

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

[MatthewMarshall]

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!

[palms]

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

[jessibelle15]

I liked these 5 best for various reasons:

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

[Racc Iria]

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.

[emilylt87]

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

[oltenius]

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

[plattepro]

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

[OnFocus]

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

[Shalford]

The best of the bunch.

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


Well done to all!

[LonK]

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.

[roundrock]

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

[CathyH]

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!

[splata]

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.

[grannysdc]

Nice work everyone !

1. LonK

2. dcolwell

3. splata

4. didiben

5. plattepro

[solitear]

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

[dennisu]

This is my list:

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

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