i got yelled at for doing something simple in the smoke contest,..hope they dont gnaw at you for this..GL

They won't, because you get enemies by doing that Crystle, I'm sure you have some names on your blacklist, lol.

But honestly, you could do interesting stuff with a simple idea , just don't be afraid of exploring.

Follow the Yellow Stone Road!

Ooo Hey! Good to see your off and running! Is this your first entery so far??

No GiaArt I have 3 other entries..I think

Um, all you did was change the color.

Nice, but i can still see different colours glowing aound the smoke, which detracts from the overall image. Also black 'streaks' which i guess are from a brush or eraser. At hi res this becomes very evident.. Sorry for the negative, but attention to detail is what i've learned while i've been here and it has helped me (still get it wrong ).. All the best GL

Thanks, I appreciate your comments. I made some changes and reloaded the picture.

Well done, much better!

Nice work, author. Simple but effective! GL!

Well done blending the smoke in the image. It can be hard to do so but I don't see any flaws

Thank you!

very nice natural look...best of luck

No images, nothing as decoration and no textures; in other words no outside sources are allowed.
Need to remove the shapes around the writing, but it was a good read author

I'll allow the mods to decide this one. The contest guideline says "No images". I don't see any images, I see backgrounds for text. I see no decoration, no textures. I have used multiple colors & a font.

I don't see how this conforms to the instructions to "take ONE sentence" [emphasis added].

Dan, you're absolutely right. As I said in my comment on the contest, most entries (including this one) would be removed if confined to ONE sentence. How about ONE QUOTE instead?

the rules stated "No Decoration" that is what you have done..... decorated it lmao....

Putting some words on a rectangle is "decoration"? Jesus effing Christ.

In complete honesty author, i thought that the contest was going a bit over the top with the no brushes or decorations part... I like typography and ive been trying to make something but without being able to play with 'anything' i honestly can''t get creative or motivated to finish one...... Ive already seen entries pulled for less than this

I'm completely for the "no brushes" part...I think people who use prefab brushes made by someone else are lazy & lacking in creativity. What annoys me is the ambiguous interpretation of this contest's guidelines. Read my comments on the contest main page.

just read them and I couldn't agree more... But i remember this contest the last time it went around lol
I remember doing a stupid image in two different ways to A) prove a point and B)annoy the crap out of people
It is going to be a long week for this contest!!!!

I appreciate the desire to improve upon the rules (like allowing a multi-sentence quote), but the whole point is to be creative within the constraints presented. [The 'Mixed Manipulations' contests are an opportunity for being unconstrained.]

LOL...Thanks Dan, you know I appreciate your comments.

Personally I love it! I think some people are proving your quotes' point Best of Luck

Christy, sad but true!

very nice one...gl

heh u did it before i could, good job author

EXCELLENT BLENDING

nice work .......... all the best to u author .....

congratulations!!!