After 3 subtitle changes to make it fit the shot, I've finally got it --- I think. Sometimes when you rack your brain too hard trying to come up with something witty, it just falls flat. With 45 minutes to go, the subtitle just now came to me without any effort - just like a lightbulb turned on. Funny how that works out.
Well I'm in for Motivational... I feel like I say this every single challenge, but I really learned allot. First and foremost, I have never entered text in photoshop, so I had to pull up some tutorials and actually read ( You know how we men are with instructions...LOL) My photo was spur of the moment, so I don't think it will do well, but the important thing is that I like it, and I feel that I was able to convey the vision I had for it in my shot. Sooo, while I'm feeling like I may end up with a sub-5 shot, I got allot out of taking the shot, and that's what's most important. Well, good night and good luck
I'm in a quandary about how to vote the De-Motivational challenge. I have laughed at a lot of posters this week and was not surprised to find a lot of entries similar to ones that exist, some with using the well crafted and hilarious text with new images, and a few using both the text and the exact setup from other's work.
So the question is, in something like this challenge where humor is so much of what makes an image work, how are you scoring it? Is a comic who repeats Jerry Seinfeld's routine from five years ago a better comic than one who's material isn't as funny, but you have not heard it before? If you have never heard of Seinfeld it won't matter, but if you have, do you vote on execution or is originality of concept key in a challenge where it is all about making fun of cliches?
I'm in a quandary about how to vote the De-Motivational challenge. I have laughed at a lot of posters this week and was not surprised to find a lot of entries similar to ones that exist, some with using the well crafted and hilarious text with new images, and a few using both the text and the exact setup from other's work.
So the question is, in something like this challenge where humor is so much of what makes an image work, how are you scoring it? Is a comic who repeats Jerry Seinfeld's routine from five years ago a better comic than one who's material isn't as funny, but you have not heard it before? If you have never heard of Seinfeld it won't matter, but if you have, do you vote on execution or is originality of concept key in a challenge where it is all about making fun of cliches?
Am pretty sure you should vote as you feel rather than how somebody else suggests? I'm over 100 votes now and still getting big swings in the vote, probably caused by the fact that yes, my shot is a 'rip off' so am most likely getting a lower vote from people that have seen it before and a higher vote from those that have not (and think I'm inspired lol) however, that cannot be proven. That said I'm treating this as any other challenge and voting on how I feel about the image and have voted a 'ripped off' image higher than one that was simliar (but not executed as well) as well as giving my highest score to a poster I've not seen before.
I think my shot is original--at least I couldn't find one like it, but it isn't extremely humorous. My highest votes went to the ones with clean layouts, humor, and good photo. And not necessarily in that order. There were a couple that made me LOL, even thought they were probably 'rip-offs'. A pretty enjoyable set. The motivating challenge OTOH...sickly sweet! :)
Did not participate this time, but the demotivational entries are really fantastic. Se good in fact that they even made me doubt whether I should ever bother entering any of my own pics....
Did not participate this time, but the demotivational entries are really fantastic. Se good in fact that they even made me doubt whether I should ever bother entering any of my own pics....
If thats the case I guess the De-Motivation worked! If they were perfect, would we all quit the site?
I'm voting just like this. And haven't ventured to the motivational side, preferring the wicked humor on the demotivation challenge.
Originally posted by mpeters:
I think my shot is original--at least I couldn't find one like it, but it isn't extremely humorous. My highest votes went to the ones with clean layouts, humor, and good photo. And not necessarily in that order. There were a couple that made me LOL, even thought they were probably 'rip-offs'. A pretty enjoyable set. The motivating challenge OTOH...sickly sweet! :)
