Are you ready for some Mayhem?

[impishimpi]

(04-05-2011 12:00 PM)Yugoboy Wrote:  

(04-05-2011 09:39 AM)dsclink Wrote:  SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED

This only irritates me because I can't wait to see the results...

(Not a complaint... a compliment to my competition... if I gotta wait for someone so I can see teh awesome instead of da mediocre, I can... just been twitchy since I sent mine in...)

I don't mind, except now I'm going to confuse myself again trying to do time conversions...

If I'm calculating this right, I've got till Thursday fortnight, just before thirteen o'clock.

Hmm, maybe I forgot to carry the Wednesday...

[Vortex Dweller]

(<_<)... (>_>)

/(@_@);

[dsclink]

In case you didn't see it...

ROUND 3 GALLERY POSTED!

OK, go check it out and cast you votes!

GREAT images this round. It's going to be tough for you to rank them. But, you gotta do it. It's the best way to show your appreciation.

[dsclink]

By the way, it may be tempting, but do NOT post any guesses about who made which image until voting closes.

[Supdog]

Great work to every single entrant in Round 3! They are all absolutely amazing. I had a blast with every round as I always do in these tourneys. It's been an honor and a privilege. Best of luck to all.

[ElectronChaser]

Very impressive. Unfortunately (and somewhat coldly) the difference between 1st and 5th comes down to minor nitpicks. Any image up there is capable of winning.

[Vortex Dweller]

I probably wont submit voting until tomorrow after work, but in my preliminary rankings I have kinda felt like one picky bastard.

Wouldn't have it any other way because...

wait for it....

huh huh... you guys make it hard. ah huh huh huh huh

/rimshot

[dsclink]

A non-member posted in the PSAEF that some sources seem to be missing for image R3-02. Just to be sure everyone understands, all outside sources are included in the source pic. Much artistic talent and hand painting goes on with our tournament entries. Some more than others. ALL IMAGES ARE FULLY QUALIFIED FOR OUR TOURNAMENT! ALL SOURCES VERIFIED!

I remember ReggieNoble2 submitting entries in past tournaments with NO outside sources used.

[Mister I]

Brilliant, folks!

I think my favorite "submission" is the censored source pic for #3 ....

[dsclink]

I have received several ballots rating the entries on the 1 to 10 scale. Please note that voting in this round is done by ranking the images 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th.

It is more difficult to rank the images this way as they are all good entries, but it is necessary in order to avoid a 4 or 5 way tie.

If anyone needs more time for voting, please let me know.

[dsclink]

Round 3 was really close. People had a hard time voting because it meant choosing one image over another over another etc...

And all of the images were good. 1st place votes were spread around fairly even. Every ballot made a difference.

[dsclink]

Congratulations to our Misfit Mayhem III champions!

The images created for this tournament, from 1st round through 3rd round, were some of the best I've seen around here.

Thanks to all participants, and a special thank you to everyone that cast a ballot in this tourney. Judging these entries was not an easy thing to do.

Also, special congrats to GbyP for what amounts to our first tournament sweep.

It was a very close thing though. Each round the placements were always close and I never knew how it would turn out until the last ballot was cast. Even so much as one ballot different in any of the rounds and places would have changed. It was that close.

[verchad]

Incredible work by all. I got sidetracked and I don't think I got my vote in for round 3, did for 1 and 2 though. Just incredible work, a hearty handshake and well done to all.

[GbyP]

Wow. I'm stunned. Truly. Thank you!

My original source of inspiration:
   

I really didn't think I could pull off an image using real sheep pics; South Park gets away with liberties because it is a cartoon... same here. I wanted some sheep flying away while others still standing - dense sheep - so thought it needed a comic style.

I wanted cute uniform sheep and the cutest I recalled were the ones in Wallace and Grommit. And easy & quick to draw: a round puffball body, a head of 3 oblongs, and 2 stick legs. I created 1 sheep set of these parts and duplicated them a gajillion times which would enable me to manipulate each individual without having to create each from scratch.

I used the same comic stying to create the cow, dog, and pig: a bunch of circles and stick legs. Originally, I had the pig in the foreground, his whole body flopping in the wind except his mouth anchored to the grass eating. Then thought "When pigs fly" and put him overhead. That allowed the set-up with the 3 sheep in the foreground. My favorite part is the sheep stuck under the rafters - I imagined this ball of sheep that would bounce down when the wind stopped. I originally looked for a traditional red barn with an overhanging roof, but thought this tropical barn was better because I could accumulate more sheep in there!

I loved this picture of a lone tree in the meadow but the HDR ruined the grass and sky for me so I only used the tree. I painted one swatch of grass and cloned it a billion times, reshaping each for different parts of the pic.

Finally, I wanted the setting to be Kansas as an ode to some favorite Farkers, but only wanted the sign from this pic.

The only reason I didn't post the whole pics was because I compiled them at 3:30AM and was mostly asleep. Like the border collie slide tracks - that looks stupid now, but was funny when I was asleep.

Here is a pic of my psd showing these originals plus my original sheep (EDIT: I linked it because it's a wee big for an inline post). Lots of layers and some photoshop parlor tricks. I rarely flatten my files; if I do that I create copies of the layers 1st then flatten the duplicates. As you can see, the original cut-outs are messy but the mess is hidden by other layers & masks.
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I credit ReggieNoble2 with this win because it was he who introduced me to the brush set he used (I'll link it when I can find it) - a brush set I've used almost exclusively since 2007 - and that photoshop could be more than pasting photos together. I've gotten good at copying other styles... now the next scary step - creating original works.

EDIT: Sorry for the 'indulgence' above but really want to post some tutorials this year and want to get into the practice of explaining process.

Thank you all. You managed to leave me speechless for over 4hrs! Good job!

[GbyP]

I shared this with one Squirrel prior to the round - personally I was rooting for everyone but me.

The pics just justified my enthusiasm:
- Supdog - who has been here supporting the Squirrel sites and these contests from the start displaying exceptional skill in each and whom in round 3 I thought displayed flying animals better than I did AND used traditional photoshop methods to do so;
- impishimpi - who has consistently created some of the most beautiful pics I have ever seen (period) and held true to form for Round 3;
- Vortex Dweller - the dark-horse victor who created a simple, beautiful, and effective image that was photo-perfect and as beautiful as any photo in his portfolio (my Muses fave entry btw);
- and Yugoboy - who has displayed incredible growth over the last few years into one of my favorite artists; his Round 3 entry was funny, but loved his 1st round pic and gushed over his perfect 2nd round entry.

In my book you are all winners and don't need a tourney to prove it. So I knew I would be happy with any victor above. And although happy (and stunned) re: the outcome, I must say I feel kinda weird since I'm the guy who started the site and who sat out of these events since 2008.

This probably doesn't need to be said - but why stop now - Nothing is more important to me than these contests being on the up & up. The reason we give out ballot IDs is so that if there is a dispute, we can verify vote to person and validate results. So if anyone feels uneasy about the results, please feel free to ask dsclink to have him show you the results. Since I was a player, I don't need to know about your request. But know this - I will not take offense in the least.

Like I said, probably didn't need to be said, but I feel stunned...did I mention that? But honored.

And very grateful to be in the company of so many fine Squirrels.