Photoshop Contests: What you need to win…

When you go on a site such as this one where people vote on images which people have created they have to look at the picture and get a vibe for it immediately. At first glance they will decide whether or not they want to vote for that particular image to win the contest. What is it though which triggers these reactions to make people want to give a high vote for that particular image? Something must be in place which tells the user: Hey, this is real good and deserves to win. You need to go the extra mile in order to draw votes in. Just a standard Photoshop deal on a picture will do nothing to help you make it to the top of the contest and gain a high score. It takes a lot more than that to make your image stand out above the rest.

Creativity is by far the most important aspect to an image contest. If there are a series of Photoshop images there for people to view and look at and then vote on they are likely to get repetitive, especially if they are all from the same category. It takes a level of creativity to create something unique and special that will allow it to stand head and shoulders above the rest and truly warrant a score of a 9 or a 10. The creativity can come from a variety of sources.

One of the sources where the creativity can draw from is in terms of colors and variation of design. If the image has a different and more colorful vibe to it which sets it apart from the rest it can automatically catch someone’s eye and draw them into giving that highly coveted high score for the image. The same can be said about an image which may not have that much color. The key is to be different, but in a good way.

To truly win a contest differentiating you from the rest of the pack while still maintaining a quality image is key. People will not vote for a very creative image if it is one of the sloppiest things out there. Even if the creativity is in place they still need to have a good amount of quality and professionalism to them. You can have the best idea in the world but if you cannot fully implement it to make it work into the contest then your image will not go anywhere but to the bottom of the list very quickly with high and low scores.

When you look at the entire picture you really need to have the total package in order to win a contest with your Photoshop skills. An experienced user of Photoshop can put their skills to the test and make it very useful. They need to be able to take their creativity that they have and then use it to make an image which can differentiate itself from the other images. Once it can do this and look like a quality image then it will be a no-brainer for people to give it a high score. It is creativity, quality, and differentiation which will put your Photoshop image at the top of the heap with its scores.

Mister Monty - owner of photoshoptalent.com - focused on photoshop prize contests and tutorials.