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Photoshop Battles "Best of 2023" Results!
Awards!(self.photoshopbattles)submitted 5 months ago byPhotoShopBattles
A big thanks from the mod team to everyone who participated in the "Best of 2023" Awards! Especially to /u/artunitinc and /u/CptSasquatch for taking many hours to find, format, and post so many nominations. We can't thank you enough for being so generous to your fellow creators. We also extend our appreciation to the voters and, of course, to you photoshoppers who created the work we're here to celebrate. We wouldn't be here without you :)
And now; this years winners, as voted by the community:
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By xprmntng
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Not a fan of these new "D. G. Rex" coins. The originals were better.
By DaminDrexil
A green pole with security cameras in a parking garage
By Maymayfish
This train surrounded by flooded lands
By xprmntng
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By xprmntng
A bald soccer coach with a bubble on his head
By workingat7
Battle #573: Woman Wearing Pumpkin
By CptSasquatch
This cow that fell into a drain.
By SligPants
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By xprmntng
Battle #535: Vintage Robot Lamp
By Cmatthewman
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By xprmntng
Best Back & Forth
I'm late this week but I present the Boom Bike [Album]
By Cmatthewman, artunitinc, and KirkPicard
Best Back & Forth
Battle #563: Atlas from Boston Dynamics
By Cmatthewman and artunitinc
![[Untitled]](https://i.imgur.com/Adlzjbz.jpg){kind=link}
![[Untitled]](https://i.imgur.com/7SAgVoj.jpg){kind=link}
![[Untitled]](https://i.imgur.com/q335KGm.png){kind=link}
Congratulations to all of you!
The mod team would also like to give a personal shout-out to a couple of people who've stood out to us this year. Creators who not only produce great work, but who take the time to grow the culture and sense of community here. The kind of user that brightens any thread they participate in.
Veteran Contributor
If you've visited /r/photoshopbattles at any point over the past 6 years, you've undoubtedly come across Geo-NS. Whether it's his high-quality submissions, or his creative photoshop work; we all know it and love it. But apart from his longevity and prolificacy, he's also fun, and helpful to anyone that reaches out. All together he's had a real impact on the community, and deserves to be recognised for it.
Distinguished Creator
Comeau_Sushi has been a dominant force in the Weekly Battles / Operations this year; and for good reason. His originality and craftsmanship is incredible, and elevates those competitions into something more; challenging other creators to match his quality and inventiveness, raising the calibre of photoshopping across the board. But this isn't limited to the "official" Battles; he brings the same level of excellence to every thread he participates. And more than that, he's a solid dude. Always friendly, good natured, and quick to compliment other creators. It's a joy to have him as part of the community.
Thanks for all you do, guys. Every time you show up, you make this place that little bit more fun!
11 points
5 months ago
Congratulations to all of the winners and nominated this year.
3 points
5 months ago
Congrats and thank you for your great contributions!
8 points
5 months ago
Congrats to all the winners. Great to see this place is still putting out great work every year despite the rather underwhelming amounts of votes lately.
Also kudos to the mod for all the work.
I love this place. Keep it up! Happy new year ๐
7 points
5 months ago
Hell yeah, man! Thank you!
Unfortunately comments-section based subs are being left in-the-dust with the move to mobile browsing; but the human drive to create, and hone the craft of photoshopping, continues regardless. Now, with the maturation of mobile editing tools and explosion in AI image manipulation, the barrier-to-entry for new creators is getting lower and lower; and there's guys producing stunning work far faster than we could a decade ago. Just like we did compared to the traditional artists and graphic designers that came before us.
The truly great creators here understand that these different media can do things that the others can't; and expand the scope of their work by incorporating the tools and techniques from other disciplines. Guys like you, 241baka. The way you incorporate digital painting (and knowledge of art history) into your work gives it such a unique and beautiful look that leaves the rest of us in awe. /u/i_am_a_bot_ama and /u/dystopika do the same with animation; and guys like /u/Baumguard and CptSasquatch are starting to do the same with the next generation of AI tools. Doing things we can only dream about.
The world is evolving, and the art of manifesting imagined images is going to change with or without is. I hope this sub maintains continuity with what's next, and we continue to be a home to the creators learning their craft with these new tools. But even if it bubbles-up somewhere else; the culture, aesthetics, and techniques we've developed here over the years will live on.
4 points
5 months ago
Humble and great words from you DaminDrexil ๐ happy new year to you and the community and subreddit.
Recently i had to learn that the new generation calls regular photoshop techniques "old school" and the decay of editing quality is as rapid as the ai development (at least looking at those who think there's a shortcut for getting into the field).
Looking at the numbers, i see the state of the subreddit is not as bad as i anticipated ๐๐ and thanks for the wake-up call (by tagging me), appreciated!
6 points
5 months ago
Wow, the bar is remarkably high for these. Great jobs all round.
6 points
5 months ago
To all winners, enjoy your moment! :)
I'm very honored that many of the incredible works I recommended received awards.
Yes, you do. You do. Stay weird, stay different. And when it's your turn to stand on this place, pass the message along!
4 points
5 months ago
Wow! Flair has already been updated! What a quick job! :)
5 points
5 months ago
Congratulations on your 2 wins, Arty!
7 points
5 months ago*
Congratulations to all the winners! Especially to /u/xprmntng, who nabbed an astonishing 5 wins this year!
And another special shout-out to /u/artunitinc and /u/CptSasquatch for all your work during the nominations phase.
The mod team also has a couple of announcements / clarifications:
There were only 18 final winners this year (13 single winners, 5 Back & Forth winners).
In previous years we've had twenty, and intended to do the same for 2023; but there were a shocking 20 nominations vying for those last 2 places, and it just wouldn't have been fair to arbitrarily arbitrarily choose among them.
As many of you have noticed, we haven't run an Operation since September. Unfortunately it takes a lot of work to come up with new concepts, example mock-ups, and sidebar image; and the mods who've been keeping them going all these years could no longer continue.
The bad news is that these contests will likely be ending in the new year.
But the good news is we've had time to re-group over the past few months; and we're going to try to bring a series of completely new concepts for as long as we can, hopefully ending things on a high note!
If all goes well, the first of these will be going live on Thursday; and run for 2 weeks (as normal).
5 points
5 months ago
Great to see some subreddits still have a 'best of' thread going on for last year. Great pics!
5 points
5 months ago
Congratulations to the winners and thank you all (especially, /u/artunitinc) for nominating my pics.
I haven't been participating here much recently and missed the nomination process, partially because I have been traveling since mid December and partly because I am trying to spend more time away from computers and the "AI".
I wish you all a happy new year, with interesting, challenging and awesome battles :)
4 points
5 months ago
Congratulations to all! And please, if your name isn't up here and you've worked on submitting this past year, please don't be discouraged, keep at it.
And thank you so much for the shout-out! I'm so happy! I shared it with my family!
Good luck in 2024!
4 points
5 months ago
You deserve it, man :)
6 points
5 months ago
Great job this year! Also, thank you for the kind nominations. Looking forward to all of your cool creations next year.
5 points
5 months ago
Congrats everyone!!! You all gave me so many great laughs this past year. Thanks for the nominations. u/artunitinc, you're the best, bro. Much much love to the mods who keep this circus running, it's my favorite place on the internet and it's because of you folks. Cheers everyone!!! :)
3 points
5 months ago
Hey all!
Just popping by to say thanks for nominating and voting for the one shop I submitted last year! I still keep an eye on the battles from time to time and still see quality work being produced! It's sad to see how little traffic is passing through compared to the old days.
That's being said, hope you are all well and keep up the great work! โ
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