Anyone Interested In A Photoshop Contest Group? (A.K.A Fark-style)

[matcom]

someone (admin maybe) could post a picture (normal photo) at the beginning of the month and we could all photoshop it and post.

might be fun yes?

[LynneSin]

1. I think it's a great idea

We could use funny political pictures that are in the current news as our themes!

[matcom]

2. cool

:bounce:

[LynneSin]

5. Obviously judging would be what I'm better at than photoshopping

:crazy:

[Fenris]

3. Definitely

:thumbsup:

[Wickerman]

4. great idea!

I'm in.

[HamstersFromHell]

6. I'm all for it!

Been a while since we had any chopping competitions around here.

[UncleSepp]

7. Fantastic! That would be a real hoot!

[ghostsofgiants]

8. Good idea!

[LynzM]

9. That's cool

I've got almost no skills, but I'd love to see the results. Check out www.worth1000.com for some kick-ass contests, too... Wow.

[HamstersFromHell]

38. I've submitted 2 to worth so far...

did ok with 'em, managed one jury pick. I just don't have the time to spend 6-10 hours doing up a righteous 'chop on a contest deadline of 2 days. :( Otherwise, I'd love to submit more.

[Midlodemocrat]

10. I think that is a great idea.

Some of the photoshops here have been hilarious.

[DS1]

11. Sure

[matcom]

12. cool. by my count we just need one more

:kick:

[underpants]

13. I have an idea for a photoshop!!

:evilgrin: :yoiks:

[matcom]

14. is this your tacit approval?

hhhhmmmmmmmmm? :hide:

[underpants]

17. I think you misspelled a word there

flaccid

[DS1]

20. isn't flaccid approval kind of an oxymoron?

[underpants]

22. Yes Yes it is

:bounce:

[Generic Other]

15. sounds fun

can I play?

[Bat Boy]

16. I'm in...

I've felt a bit "less than surreal" lately. This should help.

[matcom]

18. MISSION STATEMENT

The DU Photoshop Contest Group is intended to be a creative forum for people to showcase their Photoshopping talents. Members of all skill-levels are welcome to participate. We would like this group to have some structure and suggest perhaps, a ONE WEEK time in between contests. We would like, at the beginning of every week, for an admin (if possible) to select a current event photo that will be pinned to the top of the forum. Members can then Photoshop the image for enjoyment. Multiple submissions will be allowed.

sound good all?

[DS1]

19. hmmm

I think we should have one per week, and the winner of each week picks a photo to 'shop'

once a month seems like a long time

oh, and i think if we're going to create polls in the lounge, we should ONLY have one poll of the maximum 10 photoshops. we can bicker amoungst ourselves in the pshop group as to which get there - to prevent countless prelims, semifinals, and finals polls

[matcom]

23. i like the once a week idea

problem is i'm not sure i want to 'bicker' about picking only 10. do you?

i'm thinking if its more structured (i'm thinking fark.com here) it might be cleaner.

any ideas? thoughts?

[DS1]

25. ok, no polls

for those "contest" oriented people, if you like a pic, reply to it, don't have to say anything



otherwise it would turn into a total clusterfuck if we got 41 entries two weeks in row

[matcom]

27. cool. so, once a week postings?

how would we/they keep it organized? pin the current week's pic at the top?

[DS1]

28. I wouldn't worry so much about that

as long as we don't get spammed

[matcom]

29. alright. revised mission statement

if the admins can't/don't want to participate then we can revise. sound good?

The DU Photoshop Contest Group is intended to be a creative forum for people to showcase their Photoshopping talents. Members of all skill-levels are welcome to participate. We would like this group to have some structure and suggest perhaps, a ONE WEEK time in between contests. We would like, at the beginning of every week, for an admin (if possible) to select a current event photo that will be pinned to the top of the forum. Members can then Photoshop the image for enjoyment. Multiple submissions will be allowed.

[DS1]

30. 1st Amendment

The admins shall pick no cat pictures.

[matcom]

31. agreed. ONLY current events

fuck the cats :D

[DS1]

32. hmmm

now I'm thinking that it might not be wise for the admins to be officially endorsing the rebroadcast of non-public domain pictures. yes, i'm being a pain in the ass, but.. ya know

[matcom]

33. ya basitd

:D

read the revised mission statement. we are doing CURRENT EVENTS. IF you feel compelled to photoshop a pussy IN the pic, that's fine

[Blue-Jay]

21. How about just making it a "Photoshop Forum"

More general, ya know. In addition to the contests, it would be a good place (for PS idiots such as myself) to post tutorials and ask for advice from some of the better PS arteeests.

[matcom]

24. not really my intent with this forum

although i think there is a big need for that too. i'd like to figure out a forum with mostly images and comments on those images without a lot of "clutter"

does that make sense or am i off base? :shrug:

[DS1]

26. makes PERFECT sense

I just bought a 600 dollar software package to put words on pictures

i'm staring at a blank screen

what do I do next?

fuck that shit

[Blue-Jay]

35. meh.

People pay for Photoshop?

Plus, I wasn't suggesting that people post to get a PS lesson. There are a zillion sites for that. I was thinking more along the lines of tutorials that DUers might want to share for various effects that they'd like to share. Like, I dunno....blood spatter or something. It could all be kept in one thread and out of the way.

But, fuck that shit. The DS1 has spoken. So let it be written, so let it blah blah blah...

[matcom]

36. aw, c'mon. that isn't fair

i personally would benefit from such a forum but think it would be best as a SEPERATE forum.

any questions will likely get lost in all the pic posts (and i REALLY want this to be a pic-heavy forum)

suggest a new Photoshop tutorial group! i'll be the FIRST to sign up!

[DS1]

37. Yet, strangely, it HAPPENS!

Amazing concept that.

And gimmie a fucking break with the so let it be written bullshit

[gmoney]

34. Who would be interested in such a childish waste of time?

I mean, honestly... we should just stick to our kittycat threads

[HamstersFromHell]

39. OK, question...

are we gonna ask folks to vote sheerly on technical merit (ala worth 1000) or on humor (ala fark), or 50-50 split?