Perhaps this topic might persuade returning painting challenge contenders to put more thinking into their models. What do you who are participating in the voting look for when casting in your vote? What criteria is important to you and how do you tie-break so to come down to a single choice?
These past painting challenges have been very abundant and ultra competitive. So how do you narrow down your choice when the entries are tight? Like this Lurtz one is hard to choose where as in the Aragorn challenge Macgothmog's realism swept the majority of the votes. I personally look for depth in color, the more shades the better. Next would be those small little details and how much thought is put into them. If I can't separate them after that by weighing the small errors and flaws, that's when I look to the base and how much detail is put into that. Another thing that really effects my decision is picture quality, which sucks that your camera possibly plays a huge part in how admirable your painting skills can be. For pictures: focus, sharpness, lighting, angles, and up close large shots to see small details are very important. I just got myself a new camera going from a 3.2mp to 6mp, slightly better, but couldn't use it in this recent challenge because I couldn't figure out the flash.
Anyway in light of this Lurtz challenge, what do you guys look for in making your vote?
