Quote Originally Posted by Kagemane_no_Jutsu View Post
yeah its always been a popularity contest. Whether it was on here before, or now with whoever picking which made it to the voting round.
That may be right. I can't say since I lack the expertise to recognise technical proficiency in PSed artwork when I see it.

I can only imagine that the same goes for most voters though (since it's not done by an elite panel of PSers), which means the submissions that go through are ones that simply please them the most (be it aesthetically or otherwise). Nothing inherently wrong with that I suppose, since this was never a technique competition in the first place.

Now if it was a "popularity contest" because the names of the authors are attached to the submissions.. that's something I'd be more pissed about.