radish57:so maybe you might need to explain how to give stars to someone in case people don't know what you are talking about. Good point. When your reading a thread look for a rectangle with 5 stars in it at the top of the post. You can roll your pointer over it and click to rate the thread / image in the thread. It is worth noting that ...

If enough people gave ratings the star system would work very well so I quite like the basic idea here. It is flawed in that you can rate your own posts and as Kaz rightly says some people react very badly to crits no matter how delicatley they are put forward. I do believe however that if you really want to better yourself you have to be ...

Are you using painter now em?

Nixu: I was browsing some pics and then I though that where I havent ever seen goldfish.. And then my girlfriend says hourglass and bingo! So I painted it So you've done the fish in the hourglass, when will you be doing the fish in the bingo?

I'd like to have seen a more definite light source. It all looks a little pillow shaded to me. Interesting character.

You could promote it through sir wookies page and anyone else you can rope in?

What is her fighting style? Looks like she might have mixed styles. I like it as a character concept.

Found you on DA Rorke. I checked the rules and its between the 16th of Dec and 22nd December that +favs count as votes. I think that's just for the comunity award though so don't be disheartend the judges might have less of a love for manga stick figures.

What is your deviant art name rorke? Isnt there a strat date for when +favs actually become votes? I think some people are missing that and posting to the contest too early. Great image it really feels like they are underwater.

So do you only give stars to the ones you like? Or send out the harsh star ratings as well?   EDIT: I see you've given the good and bad Rorke.