Autumn Competition

Here’s our shortlist of favorites from the ‘Christmas’ competition entries. Please vote for your choice, we will announce the winner in next month’s
Outsider.

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B - though she should cheer-up a bit :D

D - because it's simple and well done.
At first I wanted to vote B, but I really don't like the face, so it's not pleasing to look at...

C - The textures of the bird are well done, I like the softness of the scene. :)

I found this very difficult to vote on. They all are wonderful, so I picked the one that meant the most to me of autumn.

Btw, where did this competition come from?

It's in the January Outsider - just got mine today :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Burpee

Btw, where did this competition come from?

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The Autumn Competition was announced in the October 2009 issue of the Xara outsider.

I voted for D because I thought the art work was great!
Good eye here!
However, in saying this they are all so very good!
Tough to pick one!
Deanna

I voted on the one that most said Autumn to me for whatever reason. I guess it was the colors and shapes.

For me, it was the textures and tones of C really tipped the balance but it's a pretty close call as I liked the others as well.

I was going to vote for D but its made such a spurt in the last hour or so it doesn't need my help so I think I'll go for I'll go for............

C, because the bird is soft and pretty realistic-looking. Like the detail in B, but the mouth makes the lady look angry, or like she's pouting.

For anyone that has not received their email notice about the February Xara Outsider. http://www.xara.com/us/outsider/february10/

All the shortlist entries are great, however the number of votes shown above and the Outsider confirm that Derek's "B" entry has won.

Congratulations Derek. :)

Well done Derek :-bd

Thanks very much for the congratulations. etc. I didn't think it would ultimately win as people found the face a bit sulky; she’s bound to be a bit miserable though, look at her hair.
Seriously, I was surprised by the total amount of votes cast, which is still growing strangely? Perhaps I am underestimating the number of members of, or visitors to TG but I certainly don’t remember that many votes being cast in the past. Perhaps in the future voting should be limited to registered members rather than allowing passersby to wield a vote. That way no My Face or Space Book friends could be called on to influence the voting which I believe would make it very unfair if the votes were influenced in that way by people who have collected lots of pretend friends on social networking sites.
Please ignore me if you feel I’m being a poor winner, but I do like to see a fair contest or else the fun goes right out of it.
On the bright side that’s the next upgrade paid for.
Derek

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but I do like to see a fair contest or else the fun goes right out of it.

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I absolutely agree - and I've brought this up in the past. I think it's fair and right that only registered members can vote. (Of course, it only takes a minute to register and become a member.)
However it's not up to me or the other moderators.

Its a Xara Outsider competition, so its open - you do not have to be a TG member to enter [AFAIK]

On that basis, would seem a bit strange to restrict the voting to TG members only, to me anyway...

The poll is only in 'our' forum because that's convenient n'ce'pas? >:)

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Originally Posted by handrawn

Its a Xara Outsider competition, so its open - you do not have to be a TG member to enter [AFAIK]

On that basis, would seem a bit strange to restrict the voting to TG members only, to me anyway...

The poll is only in 'our' forum because that's convenient n'ce'pas? >:)

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Steve(s)
To be honest I didn't realise that it was open to non members to enter. I sort of assumed that it was members who were receiving the Outsider and so it was registered members who were entering. It being the case that it’s open to all, I suppose it only makes sense that the voting is open to all as well.
Derek

Yes, that's the point. Only registered users of Xara software recieve the Outsider, or those that sign up for the Outsider at the Xara site.
Of course we have many many registered members who are also users of Xara software yet never post (lurkers) - they are free to vote.

Well it may be splitting hairs but...

Do you need to be signed up for Outsider to enter the competition?

I have never entered one, but as far as I can see, anyone can navigate to the entry point....

Is there even a mechanism within TG to differentiate between TG Members, Registered with Xara/Outsider Members, and Joe Public?

Perhaps the poll should be on the Xara Website? :rolleyes:;))