Photoshop Contest '07 – Round 4 Winner Announcement

Posted Friday, 21 December 2007 in Design, Inspiration, Photoshop
There were so many amazing entries in the Final Round of the Crestock Photoshop Contest, but in the end only one contestant walks away with the grand prize. Check out the top entries in the Final Round here!

1st Place, winner of the Mac Pro with dual 30" Displays:

The music nature
The music nature by Rarz  [view larger image]


The source photos used in Round 4:

Electric GuitarSmall business protectionThe Oak in WinterFigure StudyRetro Telephone

Since there has been much discussion about the public voting over the last couple of weeks, we would like to point out that rarz's winning entry gained an unprecedented lead on the other contestants during the judges' voting. Even if the public votes had been disregarded altogether, this image would have been the clear and undisputed winner of the final round.


The Top 15:



Eden - Music and the Tree of Life
2. Eden - Music and the Tree of Life by MarcusAurelius  [view larger image]


Ecosystem #9: Telefantasy
3. Ecosystem #9: Telefantasy by Ishbu  [view larger image]


Where music comes from
4. Where music comes from... by Lycanwings


Tree of Life
5. Tree of Life by Pandi


The Long Cold Seasons
6. The Long Cold Seasons by DesignerScott


Call me
7. Call me by Xnoiz


Magic world
8. Magic world by mOsk


Doug's topiary garden
9. Doug's topiary garden by Dogtrombone


Joker
10. Joker by Daewon


Scarab
11. Scarab by Niknak


Lifeline
12. Lifeline by Corvin


La luna oscura
13. [shared] La luna oscura by Lauramc


Original Sin
13. [shared] Original Sin by Darioberardi


Rock Hard
14. Rock Hard by Killer_B



Rock Hard
15. Sometimes the Music Plays Me by Kevinb


16. 50/50 by Bartold

17. Sacred Earth by Caelicorn

18. The Beauty in the Beast by LauriA

19. Rock-a-Bye by Katschmitt76

20. Satelites de amor... by J909

21. 10 pm by Bankside

22. Father Nature by Ryuneo

23. Bubble by Jehnidiah

24. Muse by Dschlosser

25. Where it Takes Me by Edin


Check out the winners of Round 1, Round 2 and Round 3 here.

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Comments:

By buglover on Friday, 21 December 2007 12:46 PM
My Gratz to the chosen. Nice Illustrations!
By rarz on Friday, 21 December 2007 2:03 PM
Thank you a lot, I can't belive it. I'm gonna get drunk NOW!
no judges
By yes on Friday, 21 December 2007 2:10 PM
I am sure there were no judges. The decision was made by Crestock itself.

did you see this one dear judges?
By nestr on Friday, 21 December 2007 2:17 PM
@ nestr
By for god's sake on Friday, 21 December 2007 2:19 PM
yea right, you did your best to spam everyone, how come it didnt get the (spamming) award it deserved? :x
By dogtrombone on Friday, 21 December 2007 2:21 PM
Congratulations Rarz! Well done.
Daewon, I'm sorry but I'm delighted my piece beat you, because when I first saw yours, I thought that was the winner! :-)
Well done everyone else, especially Ryuneo (22nd). A BIG THANKS to Crestock for the contest, and to all those who voted for my work, and left comments.
By rarz on Friday, 21 December 2007 2:22 PM
Oh also before I can't type, Special thanks to Shiny (Niknak) and everyone else who have supported me along these days, It means a lot!!. I wish my english was good and I could explain my feelings better! Thank you again also to all participants, I think the level of the works was very high!

Good luck you all for next contest!

-Jerico
By HappyFace on Friday, 21 December 2007 2:22 PM
Congrats Rarz! Get ready for some serious neck strain with those two 30inchers haha

My favorite by far was Dogtrombone's one though. Too bad this panel of judges don't recognize a great idea when they see one.
@ HappyFace
By dogtrombone on Friday, 21 December 2007 2:25 PM
Why, thank you!
long live myspace and devianart
By who cares on Friday, 21 December 2007 2:30 PM
Long live deviantart and myspace friends. Telling everyone on these site to support you is worst than spamming for sure.
By corgan on Friday, 21 December 2007 2:36 PM
What awesome quality on these photoshop works, I’m so impressed, and nearly embarrassed when I compare with my own level. I really like the winner, but the design that came in third by ecosystem is even better, after my opinion. But thank you all. What inspirational contest!
@ nestr
By dogtrombone on Friday, 21 December 2007 2:41 PM
Would you like it if you were holding an exhibition of your work, and some other artist was there inviting everyone to go somewhere else and look at his/her work? Thought not. There is a thing called "manners"... look it up.
By LauriA on Friday, 21 December 2007 2:46 PM
Congrats to Rarz!
Joven canario gana concurso internacional de diseño grafico
By meneame.net on Friday, 21 December 2007 2:59 PM
Un joven canario que deslumbra en el panorama nacional e internacional arrasa en un concurso de diseño gráfico con un maravilloso trabajo al cual dedico tan solo dos dias.
Thanks to all!
By Crestock on Friday, 21 December 2007 3:03 PM
Once again a big thank-you to everyone for taking time to participate in the contest, it has been wonderful to see all the amazing work that's been produced over the past four weeks just because of our not-so-humble contest. And we hope that it overall has been an enjoyable experience for all of you too.

We'll make sure we take on board all the comments and suggestions from you about how this year's contest has worked out and hopefully come back with an even better contest next year. Perhaps with some more prizes for the runners-up too, they all deserve a prize!
happy it's cloudy today
By a loser on Friday, 21 December 2007 3:40 PM
The winners; blue sky, blue sky, blue sky, blue sky, blue sky, etc. i think i'll put more sky in EVERYTHING i do EVER,

because chumps just eat up that blue stuff.
dogtrombone..
By nestr on Friday, 21 December 2007 3:40 PM
What if there a groups of artist who were invited to submit to a jury that will choose the winner according to their knowledge and the public present at the show. But few artists invited all their friends to the show.. Guess what? The final decision is influenced by this fact. That is called manner too.
I feel me to small...
By araraadt on Friday, 21 December 2007 4:10 PM
after seeing all this great previews I feel me to small...
By Freezingpictures on Friday, 21 December 2007 4:35 PM
Congrats, great work! Great design!!
awesome
By Jurek on Friday, 21 December 2007 4:40 PM
Congratulations to the winner, but what the fuck is that in 14th place? A textured background and a guitar thrown over top. GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK! WAY BETTER SUBMISSIONS from 15-25 that the 14th place.

What a joke.
de gustibus
By costi on Friday, 21 December 2007 4:43 PM
de gustibus non est disputandum
Congrats.
By floodlite on Friday, 21 December 2007 4:50 PM
But I really wish Crestock would eliminate or significantly eliminate the public vote. It's too easy for this to become a popularity contest. Congrats again.
Darioberardi
By stugriffith on Friday, 21 December 2007 5:19 PM
The best concept in my opinion. Excellent execution.
By bart on Friday, 21 December 2007 6:10 PM
i should give more sky, and clouds and it will be more creative, haha.
great work
By forate78 on Friday, 21 December 2007 6:28 PM
i am humbled to see the art work in past 4 weeks, i am belittled, there are some amazing artists out there,
its a great great show, well done everyone. would love to learn few tricks from you guys, its just amazing.
of course...
By happydude on Friday, 21 December 2007 6:45 PM
of course something like this would win. No imagination, no creativity, no skills... i'm glad I didn't enter anything into this round after seeing how far the ginger bread house got last round. it goes to show that judges are morons just like everyone else... oh, and I love all the entries with one center object and crap stuck onto it, very creative.
Marcus is the best
By dcasdal on Friday, 21 December 2007 7:13 PM
i think the chosen winner is good...but hey soda is good, cars are good, but eden is spectacular.
8)
By Atribecalledguest on Friday, 21 December 2007 8:29 PM
The winner should have been Marcus'Aurelius, imo. the winning pic is good but the 2nd one should have won


More 3D Renderings
By Jimmy on Friday, 21 December 2007 10:03 PM
WHERE are the 3D renders? they're way better!
By malina3384 on Friday, 21 December 2007 11:10 PM
it's crazy, ppl should not vote only judges, I don't know..
tnxx
By j909 on Saturday, 22 December 2007 2:18 AM
yooo , yo ,

amazing , tnx again crestock ,

congrats Rarz , i liked your work since i saw it , congrats to all , special congrats to Nstr .. amazing work broo , i know the feel of having the best work , even if is only for me and my friends and family , we are all winners because the experience and all the things learned , shure rarz have better things to do with that computer and he wons for a reason even if we do not understand ,, we all have what we deserve , thanks again , having the 20th place for me is like having the number one already and its an honor after not being recognized in the firts 3 rounds , ,,, enjoy that ship rarz , amazing state of the art piece ,

want to apologize if i make feel bad to anybody with my comments , always my words come from the heart ,

stay tuned and see you all @ 2008 contest ,
jørge*
Wow
By katschmitt76 on Saturday, 22 December 2007 3:50 AM
I got 19th with only 12 votes?? Woo! I'm joining Deviant Art to drum up a few more votes next year. Then maybe then I'll really have a chance of winning! ;) Thanks Crestock for the contest. It really helped to get creative juices flowing that have been laying dormant for a few years now. Thanks to my BIL who led me to the contest... I owe you big time for finding me such a time draining event!
By Kuragari_Okami on Saturday, 22 December 2007 5:38 AM
Awww, I really wanted my own computer! *I'll keep trying though, elsewhere*

Congrats to the winners! These entries are way beyond awesome!!!>
Concours de graphistes: Photoshop Contest
By Blog Azur on Saturday, 22 December 2007 3:51 PM
Si vous voulez voir de belles images réalisées avec Photoshop, c'est par ici: le classement du round 4 et la totalité des participations. Ça n'a rien à voir, mais personnellement je préfère utiliser Paint Shop Pro (en version 9, les suivante...
Congrats and more
By loxleysmith on Saturday, 22 December 2007 5:11 PM
Well done as soon as I saw that one I kind of wished I had not spent a day doing one as I knew it blew me and the others away. Excellent idea.

I had one problem that when I view all the pages by default my entry does not show up, only when I view by comments (I had none originally until getting that spam one) then I show up. I doubt it would alter my low vote but would have made me feel better to know people actually saw my entry.
amazing
By lordgivemestrength on Sunday, 23 December 2007 3:35 PM
rarz, that picture is amazing. really beautiful, nice job.

congrats on the kick ass mac pro win! make some more beautiful art!
excellent work
By LittleMissSmilee on Monday, 24 December 2007 5:45 AM
to the winner, excellent job! All the pieces that placed were certainly great photoshop pieces. to those complaining, I don't know why you people have to complain so much. There was certainly a high level of creativity and imagination in each piece so sorry you couldn't come up with as good of an idea.

Great job rarz and all others who placed high!
By Ryowazza on Monday, 31 December 2007 1:12 AM
Truly amazing works!
congrats. to the winner! you made a fantastic work
nestr apologies
By nestr on Wednesday, 30 January 2008 6:28 PM
After few weeks, I realize that the winning image is really great. I am really impressed and I do not understand how I missed to appreciate it.
Congrats, the next time I will focus on art and beauty not on competition.
i don,t know what to say
By coty on Wednesday, 13 February 2008 4:42 AM
so good, very2 good..i like so much

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