Lol.

Congratulations to all the cover competition entrants mentioned in this months IFX.. Now that was a challenge and a half.

latest wip

really dont know if i will get this done in time but will give it a bash any way

1st wip 

wip 2 crits welcome

kazky:

you weren't a member then eagle, we had a member called olga that was basically doing paintovers and putting them out as her own work, anyway she left after being 'outted' but before that she'd set the challenge which was pretty much far too clever for all of us! so as she'd left it was abandoned. 

Actually I kinda wondered what had happened to Olga. She was "outed"?

you mean like kicked out?

Man, that's kinda harsh!

Anyhoo,

Some nice looking (and freaky) looking creatures here.

I'm seriously tempted to contrib to this. I'm so busy trying to make money so as to not slide into skidrow...

Maybe I'll get it togother.

Cheers.

solomon01:

you mean like kicked out?

no she wasn't kicked out,  she was confronted about the paintovers and she left.

Yeah, I nosed around a little bit and saw some of the threads leading up to her...uhm...disapearance.

I wondered how her stuff looked so photographic...I suspected that there was some direct work over photography.

 Actually paintovers are a standard illustration technique. I don't see how it's such a big deal...

Well anyhoo, I need to sleep, my brain is folding over.

snore...

solomon01:

Yeah, I nosed around a little bit and saw some of the threads leading up to her...uhm...disapearance.

I wondered how her stuff looked so photographic...I suspected that there was some direct work over photography.

 Actually paintovers are a standard illustration technique. I don't see how it's such a big deal...

No-one ever said it wasn't a viable technique, just a lot of people felt it was being used without it being admitted to and challenges were being won on the basis of it.