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I'll chime in. My DNA swirl I wound up submitting had color pop, the design was a little outside the box in the way I striped the colors and had a sunburst, and my technique wasn't great at all. I didn't place top 10, but there were more ahead of me and a sponsor choice that didn't do the DNA in the direction, of well, DNA strands. My fish DNA would've probably done better, but it didn't pop really to me (in pics, it looks cute in person though...great with the kids lol!). I choose the sunburst for pop of color, but the blues fish one would've done better I'm thinking, and that goes against the bold bright original thing winning a little.
Well, there were disqualifying landscapes that got votes last month...and so it's impossible sometimes to predict as newbie said how these will go.
If it looks like it was spun and it's exciting, submit it. That's my motto. Try to have the technique visible, don't do anything disqualifying, and make it pop somehow with either originality or colors, and clear pics are a necessity I think. Making something above the top isn't always what wins, and I find pleasing color palates tend to sway votes. I've been using searches for palates to inspire me on color combos that work. I'm hoping it helps some.
Well, there were disqualifying landscapes that got votes last month...and so it's impossible sometimes to predict as newbie said how these will go.
If it looks like it was spun and it's exciting, submit it. That's my motto. Try to have the technique visible, don't do anything disqualifying, and make it pop somehow with either originality or colors, and clear pics are a necessity I think. Making something above the top isn't always what wins, and I find pleasing color palates tend to sway votes. I've been using searches for palates to inspire me on color combos that work. I'm hoping it helps some.
I am going to enter it anyways.
