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Handle   Akira (Argentinia) & Boz (France)   W x H   800x600 Title   Deathangel   Bytes   565.484 Rank/Points   12th / 37   Format   PNG Say what?   We didn't have a lot of free time, so this was like a fast compo for us... (Boz) Individual Scores Originality Technique Composition Colors/Lighting Motif Coop factor Total score 7/15 7/15 7/15 7/15 6/15 3/15 37/90 What judges say: "What's up with the background? It looks like a very nice 3d render - atmospheric lighting and the texture is juicy too... But the coop isn't working here, so it feels unfair to give points." "Bad technique, the little gnome is ok though. Doesn't match the topic at all.", "The little dude is nicely drawn. The styles don't match. Poor background.",

Handle   Smoke (Netherlands) & Robotriot (Germany)   W x H   640x423 Title   Preparing for hibernation   Bytes   218.955 Rank/Points   10th (shared) / 41   Format   PNG Say what?   I was sending 4KB pics and after one minute I got those back as 400KB (Smoke) Individual Scores Originality Technique Composition Colors/Lighting Motif Coop factor Total score 8/15 5/15 7/15 6/15 8/15 7/15 41/90 What judges say: "The main character and trees look promising, the rest is a bit blurred. Weak lighting.", "Uh, no comment. Bad pixeling meets bad photoshopping.", "Adorable, or at least different :) I like this in some way even though it's unfinished and the composition seems rather random."

Handle   Grass (Hungary) & Lazur (Poland)   W x H   800x600 Title   Autumn   Bytes   738.600 Rank/Points   10th (shared) / 41   Format   PNG Say what?   I don't like this pic :) (Lazur) Individual Scores Originality Technique Composition Colors/Lighting Motif Coop factor Total score 9/15 5/15 7/15 7/15 5/15 8/15 41/90 What judges say: "The psychedelic colors work well with each other. The message of the image may not be immediate but it helps to see the image upside down.", "Odd image, badly lacks uniform technique. Sick colors but I have to admit I have a soft spot for this kind of psychedelia...", "Very autumn-like colors. not. The most stupid use of coder-colors you could imagine. I like the idea of a slightly different mirrored picture on the water surface, it suggests a feeling of fear, uncertainty and insanity which is also underlined by the misproportion of objects, namely the size of the girl sitting at the shore compared to the other objects. The idea of autumn isn't implied in any way. Interesting use of shadows at the top of the picture (girl/leaf - background). But is it another proof of insanity, or just incapacity of the artists?"

Handle   Moxica (France) & Norm (France)   W x H   640x480 Title   Kanopee   Bytes   86.306 Rank/Points   8th (shared) / 48   Format   PNG Say what?   We decided to stay oldschool for this one :o) (Moxica) Individual Scores Originality Technique Composition Colors/Lighting Motif Coop factor Total score 7/15 10/15 8/15 9/15 7/15 7/15 48/90 What judges say: "What _is_ she doing in this landscape? :) The lighting on her doesn't seem to match the environment at all...", "Rather weak cooperation. Not very original.", "Huge mountains, crusty dry earth, silent and demon-like mist, covered by big black clouds, and in the foregroud: a girl model?! Autumn of insanity? I bet not. just an example of bad composition, and a sign of bad communication between the artists. This picture neither contains the atmosphere of autumn nor of insanity. The picture itself isn't bad however, it's a pixeled one, and as such, average in my opinion. No stylistic efforts were made to hide the limits of this artform, too bad."

Handle   Flood (Sweden) & Random (Finland)   W x H   640x480 Title   The autumn of my madness   Bytes   450.110 Rank/Points   8th (shared) / 48   Format   PNG Say what?   He really knows colours and how to draw inspiring sketches... (Flood) Individual Scores Originality Technique Composition Colors/Lighting Motif Coop factor Total score 8/15 7/15 7/15 10/15 6/15 10/15 48/90 What judges say: "Average idea, but just a fast made picture, nothing more. Not too bad though.", "Nice autumn colors but compositional problems, too many masses of similar value and texture...", "A quick and dirty job. Unoriginal."

Handle   Nezmar (Italy) & Reality 3D (Spain)   W x H   640x480 Title   Breath of autumns being   Bytes   641.769 Rank/Points   7th / 49   Format   PNG Say what?   Un artista sin ideas es un artista muerto... (Reality 3D) Individual Scores Originality Technique Composition Colors/Lighting Motif Coop factor Total score 11/15 8/15 8/15 6/15 8/15 8/15 49/90 What judges say: "I really like the idea and the 3d render looks good, but the translucent white wall is too simple, it distracts the overall impression badly (and so does the placement of the poem).", "Very unconventional piece here. The idea seems nice but the realization is bad however. Don't like it.", "The text is difficult to read. Original idea."

Handle   Cp (Germany) & Loco (Yugoslavia)   W x H   640x480 Title   Gillette mach IV   Bytes   468.315 Rank/Points   6th / 52   Format   PNG Say what?   ...the black box would kinda ruin the pic... =) (Loco) Individual Scores Originality Technique Composition Colors/Lighting Motif Coop factor Total score 8/15 8/15 10/15 8/15 9/15 9/15 52/90 What judges say: "Although the old lady is far from perfect, the author shows some great potential here(provided this is not a scan+fix job). Poor background.", "Insanity, yes. The guy in the background looks a bit like Klaus Kinski, who was quite an insane creature. But autumn? Well, the colors transport the feeling for autumn, and there's silhouettes of trees in the background, so one might agree that the motif matches to the compo topic. The technique is partly very good (skin, hand) and partly just average (hair, woman's cloting). All in all, it's a good picture.", "Bizarre detached feeling, the characters seem well laid out but the background doesn't work."

Handle   Dran (Norway) & Kusma (Norway)   W x H   640x480 Title   In the autumn of my madness   Bytes   87.828 Rank/Points   5th / 56   Format   PNG Say what?   Yeah! :-)) (Dran) Individual Scores Originality Technique Composition Colors/Lighting Motif Coop factor Total score 10/15 7/15 10/15 8/15 10/15 11/15 56/90 What judges say: "Genuine oldschool :)", "Styles blend well together. The image tells its story.", "Quite an original motif. Interesting idea to use a greyscale palette. The autumn-part of the topic has completely been ignored."

Handle   Marvel (Finland) & Snarling (Norway)   W x H   1104x600 Title   In the autumn of my madness   Bytes   1.003.983 Rank/Points   4th / 60   Format   PNG Say what?   Here are the results of the Finnish-Norwegian jury... er... (Marvel) Individual Scores Originality Technique Composition Colors/Lighting Motif Coop factor Total score 11/15 8/15 10/15 9/15 10/15 12/15 60/90 What judges say: "Very good idea. Matches the topic perfectly. Too bad the technique sucks. But still I like this one.", "Sweet looking tubes, the environment is strong but the face doesn't hold up in comparison.", "The message of the image is unclear or abstract."

Handle   Newalpha (Spain) & X-man (France)   W x H   800x600 Title   Teddy won't celebrate christmas   Bytes   663.759 Rank/Points   3th / 73   Format   PNG Say what?   I was some kind of "dictator"... (X-man) Individual Scores Originality Technique Composition Colors/Lighting Motif Coop factor Total score 12/15 12/15 12/15 11/15 13/15 13/15 73/90 What judges say: "Great cooperation, as both parts blend seamlessly. Some of the girl is a bit too blurred. Excellent work on the leaves.", "Strong initial impression. There's problems with the construction and rendering of the face and hands, but the composition is successful and guides the eye to the right places.", "Teddy won't celebrate christmas. haha. original. Well chosen motif. Perfectly composed. Great one. Perfectly matches the topic of this compo. Also, the proportions of face, hands and little teddy are well done. Unfortunately the picture isn't perfect in technique. It lacks details on larger surfaces such as the girl's jacket and the hands. Additionally, the poor colorizing (especially jacket and hands again) makes some parts look pretty artificial. nice picture anyway."

Handle   Critikill (Germany) & Jamon (Yugoslavia)   W x H   640x480 Title   Autumn of madness   Bytes   394.347 Rank/Points   2nd / 74   Format   PNG Say what?   YES!!!!!!!!!!! We made it! (Jamon) Individual Scores Originality Technique Composition Colors/Lighting Motif Coop factor Total score 10/15 11/15 12/15 15/15 13/15 13/15 74/90 What judges say: "This one rules. Very good picture, excellent use of autumnly colors. A bit blurry in some parts, but that's all for the minus side.", "Styles blend very well together. Although the hand is a bit weak in overall execution, the message it conveys is clearly understood. Colors blend nicely.", "I don't think the face needs to be there at all. The very prominent placing of the hand calls attention to some rendering problems with it (like the blacks being too deep, it gives a dodge/burn feeling although it's not very distracting overall)"

Handle   Green7 (Russia) & Visualice (Finland)   W x H   800x1100 Title   Autmidness   Bytes   1.252.570 Rank/Points   1st / 76   Format   PNG Say what?   I thought he was more talented than I was (Visualice) Individual Scores Originality Technique Composition Colors/Lighting Motif Coop factor Total score 13/15 13/15 12/15 14/15 10/15 14/15 76/90 What judges say: "The coop factor is hard to judge, I hope I'm not making a mistake in giving it high points :)", "Great technique and use of colors. Very original and creative cooperation, where one author emphasize the work of the other. Overall excellent.", "Very large and visualistic, that's for sure. But the motif lacks the idea of autumn. one leaf makes no autumn. Insanity, yes. Technique is only average. The usage of colors reminds me of oilpaintings, I like that a lot. There's no real 'cut' between the two artists' styles, maybe Visualice assimilated his partner? :)"

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