Photoshop Contest - THE RESULTS

[Chickenlittle]

I really liked the Dead Space/ Viva Pinata shop, although #2 is good too.

Congratulations, all.

 

[Fanboy]

A big thanks to everyone who voted for my submission, "MarioShock!"

Also, congratulations to the makers of "Assassin's Edge" and "Grand Little Big Team of Assassins Theft from Big Prince Mirrors in Halo Portal Fortess of Persia and Left 4 Auto Creed Dead Edge!"

 

[Fire Daemon]

Well done everybody. Your skills will be used for crafting the most influential Escapist propaganda for the upcoming website wars.

Good job.

 

[Dommyboy]

A big thanks to everyone who voted for my submission, "MarioShock!"

Also, congratulations to the makers of "Assassin's Edge" and "Grand Little Big Team of Assassins Theft from Big Prince Mirrors in Halo Portal Fortess of Persia and Left 4 Auto Creed Dead Edge!"

Oops, I said before that Richard Groovypants made Mario Shock, my mistake and I apologize. Great job on it and congratulations on first place, it is well deserved.

What do you use for shadow effects and lighting? The effects in your piece look amazing.

 

[Knight Templar]

A big thanks to everyone who voted for my submission, "MarioShock!"

That makes sense, you did "pimp" everybodys avatar.

 

[Dean Reilly]

Nice work all - and absolutely love the winning piece. I feel a change in wallpaper coming on

 

[[Gavo]]

A big thanks to everyone who voted for my submission, "MarioShock!"

Also, congratulations to the makers of "Assassin's Edge" and "Grand Little Big Team of Assassins Theft from Big Prince Mirrors in Halo Portal Fortess of Persia and Left 4 Auto Creed Dead Edge!"

Ah, it was you. A very large congrats from this Escapist. You, sir, have a very creative mind.

 

[Jursa]

A big round of applause to the winners, all of them look fantastic.

 

[TwistedEllipses]

There's a well deserved win there for Marioshock.

 

[Fanboy]

What do you use for shadow effects and lighting? The effects in your piece look amazing.

I actually didn't have to do much for lighting besides changing the brightness, contrast and saturation of the characters. After that, I just gave them a once over with a few burns/dodges til it looked alright. The shadows are just duplicate layers flipped vertically, then darkened to black, blurred, and made semi-transparent.

 

[Anton P. Nym]

Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to all those who participated. I enjoyed looking over all the entries.

-- Steve

 

[Supernovajake]

Everyone who participated, even those who didn't win, thank you. Brilliant contest. I hope this becomes a yearly thing.

 

[Tarmon'gaidin]

It obviously was the best shame though that mine didn't come trough.

 

[Antiparticle]

Jolly good show.

 

[Lord Krunk]

A big thanks to everyone who voted for my submission, "MarioShock!"

Also, congratulations to the makers of "Assassin's Edge" and "Grand Little Big Team of Assassins Theft from Big Prince Mirrors in Halo Portal Fortess of Persia and Left 4 Auto Creed Dead Edge!"

You deserved it. Seriously, what's your secret?

Oh, and thanks for the Christmas Avatar, by the way.

 

[Fraught]

So not what I would've picked, but congratulations to the winners anyway.

 

[ComradePoos]

Congrats to the winners.

I was the creator of Goomba in VATS and Pinata Space if anyone cares. I'm gonna go to a corner and cry now.

 

[Anarchemitis]

Congratulations.

 

[ska_tastic425]

Mario Shock is awesome! The fireball from Mario's hand is pretty sick. I wish I had your creative genius. And a copy of Adobe. haha. Now that I'm thinking about it, a T- or M-rated Mario game in the first-person would be sweet! Perhaps what we have here are the initial stages of a new concept for Nintendo...?

 

[Lord Krunk]

What do you use for shadow effects and lighting? The effects in your piece look amazing.

I actually didn't have to do much for lighting besides changing the brightness, contrast and saturation of the characters. After that, I just gave them a once over with a few burns/dodges til it looked alright. The shadows are just duplicate layers flipped vertically, then darkened to black, blurred, and made semi-transparent.

You make it sound so easy...