I will not mention names but I've seen entries coming from existing photos of statues and people then manipulated in such a way so it becomes their artwork.
That's me. Good thing I felt that I cheated, so I removed a work from another contest.
@RamsIllustrations said:
Agreed, there is no originality or creativity by doing it that way and shows no effort and should not merit being in a contest.
Agreed.
@tonis said:
I'll be the first to say that if someone actually does that, I'll never join another challenge they offer no matter how cool it might be. ;)
That would be totally lame and without justification other than some snobby opinion on what makes an artist.
That essentially put a bar on an artist, and someone will just have to walk away without entering even if he wanted to.
I'll append this thought as well to anyone out there who feels they're not getting an outlet from the contests to show their style, anyone is welcome to the monthly showcase and there's a category to cover ever side. As long as your serious about your efforts I'm not gonna reject it.
If there's a category missing, I'll add it. ;)
How I dumbly put negative comments when you proposed to start it, but this may well be the solution, if the current discussion does not bring about an end to the problem.
@maxicere I will have to second what Tonis said about 3D. Its much work even for using templates and posing, and much more work if someone is digitally sculpting/modelling.
Meaning if it's something like photoshop manipulations, that they differentiate their final piece from the pieces they might use in it.
In the case of photoshop manips I think it's not a bad idea for the poster to show what sources they worked from, it helps the viewer get an idea of the work they actually put in when you can see an original next to a manipulation.
About manipulation, I've recently seen some images on the contests (I prefer you find out yourself) that feel like simple photos with photoshop filters (probably pain daub) added. This is not good.
Manipulation comes in many forms, from just scrapping together whatever you find, to expertly selecting elements out of photos and placing them in your creation, to just filtering.
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