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Old 09-25-2003, 08:14 PM
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Okay, I have finally settled on a topic for the latest graphics challenge:

An Abstract/Surrealist Autumn

Participants will need to convey their thoughts/feelings/etc. of the Autumn season or create a vision of Autumn in a thought-provoking manner.

Say for example, an individual chooses Halloween, don't just use a pumpkin and a ghost. Elaborate on this, and disassociate your entries from any specific instance. (You may incorporate indentifiable imagery in your entries though).

I hope that you find this to be an acceptable (and challenging) competition.

Here are the general challenge rules.

Let's continue with the seven day entry period and no usage of signature images in this thread.

Good luck to you!

I will post my entry soon.
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Old 09-26-2003, 12:51 AM
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ooooh, nice topic, I feel a plan is forming.
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Old 09-26-2003, 07:05 AM
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The change........

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Old 09-26-2003, 08:17 AM
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Title: The Beginning of a Very Beautiful End
Medium: Micrografx
Inspiration: the wonder of the seasons
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Old 09-26-2003, 11:58 AM
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Title: Cold Jack
Medium: PhotoShop
Inspiration: The onset of the colder weather
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Old 09-26-2003, 01:51 PM
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Great entries, everyone!

Thought I'd take a walk on the wild side and mix up something with a celestial flavour to it..

So here goes...

Name: Star Gazer
Medium: PhotoShop
Inspiration: the starry sky outside and the crisp morning air...

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Old 09-27-2003, 08:49 AM
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title: mort
medium: photoshop 7
inspiration: trees die in autumn
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Old 09-29-2003, 04:31 AM
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"The place, with its gray sky and withered garlands, its bared spaces and scattered dead leaves, was like a theater after the performance--all strewn with crumpled playbills."
Henry James - The Turn of the Screw

title: strewn
media: Painter 7 and Photoshop
inspiration: the leaves no longer on the trees
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Old 09-29-2003, 05:38 PM
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Somehow this has ended up a lot less abstract than planned, it's still 5 different forrests mixed together with giant leaves and disproportionate walking boots and I've put it through a few filters to 'blob' it a bit, but if anyone thinks it doesn't fullfill the criteria, please feel free to remove it. I don't want to upset things
I just wanted to submit it anyway, because I'm dismayed that everyone seems to be interpreting autumn with death over-tones, when for me it's completely the opposite. And I wanted that point of view up here too.



Title: As I was walking
Medium: photoshop
Inspiration: Autumn is not about death.
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Old 09-29-2003, 06:34 PM
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Title: Infinite Autumn
Medium: Photoshop
Inspiration: Despite Autumn being my favorite season, I live in the sticks and dread the day when all the pretty leaves fall to the ground and I have to rake them. It's really a never-ending event. (We still have leaves out there from last year). They just keep falling, and falling and falling...
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Old 09-29-2003, 11:36 PM
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. . . . . I'm dismayed that everyone seems to be interpreting autumn with death over-tones . . . . .
There are no death over-tones in mine. It merelly celebrates the onset of my favourite time of year. Especially when nature is bedecked with the jewelery of frost. I always feel that this is nature at it's most beautiful.

BTW - Your picture fits in just fine.
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Old 09-29-2003, 11:38 PM
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There are no death over-tones in mine. It merelly celebrates the onset of my favourite time of year.
True.. Mine depicts the serenity of the night skies, and autumn/winter is the best time for star gazing, as the nights are longer.. It's almost time to bring the telescope out again, methinks
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Old 09-30-2003, 01:36 AM
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Appologies to entrants about the 'death over-tones' statement, it was merely my perception of the over-all feel, which I don't deny, could be wrong
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Old 09-30-2003, 09:30 AM
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TTL, you're not far wrong with that statement, as the change from one season to another always brings about the 'death' of the previous season, so you would be right in you interpretation.

Very nice art everyone.... except that dhama of course; always the show off...
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Old 09-30-2003, 10:17 AM
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Actually, imo, TTL, you're not far wrong either, Autumn for me signifies death definitely, a very beautiful death at that. However I know that after the final installment of this death, winter, will come rebirth, spring!! I loooooooooooove the seasons.

btw, love your piccy, fits the criteria for me!!
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Old 09-30-2003, 12:03 PM
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Autumn is but a funeral of a dear warm friend, winter being the wake, and spring being the rebirth of that dear warm friend.......
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Old 10-01-2003, 11:29 AM
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I'll give this a go.



Medium: Bryce for background, Photoshop
Title: Fall ??
Inspiration: Salvador Dali
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