Fuck, I knew I should have low balled him starting at $20.

I like Staci's idea, something more like Daily Deviations would be cool. The whole 'like and dislike button system' seems like it would be counterproductive because it allows people to judge anonymously and without explanation, making the showcase purely a popularity contest (opposed to a place to display the sites more skillful or innovative or interesting digital art). And yes, judging things like this would be subjective but could be relatively objective if there was some loose criteria to be met that we all agreed on (I mean, don't most prominent and respected award systems work in such a way?).

Thinking about it now I think there are pretty solid reasons a lot of pieces were showcases like this one. There was a collective evolution of skill as 2draw developed from when I joined in 2004. There seemed to be a point where the bar was raised weekly for a few years and then we got to now where it has kind of gone stagnant. We are left to look at the current content as a whole and maybe a lot doesn't fit, but when it was showcased it was amazing, inspiring, or whatever at the time it as created.

Nah just a ref.

oh, crap, i like this.

yes, such nice watercolor landscape. very good.

if we get santorum, or obama, i'll refuse to vote anymore, there is no point to voting in a tyranny.great pix!!! you rock!!!! showcase for this one

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/index.html#/v/1537448290001/president-picking-money-over-principle/?playlist_id=86924

If all the countries armies agreed to fight with bow and arrows we'd all be alot better off.

I'm paying € 1.85 / liter.
$ 9,46 / gallon.

Some in my country even pay a lot more than that. I'm lucky that I live near the border of Belgium and Germany, so gas stations lower their prices to be competitive (somewhat) with those countries.

Eric Bolling test drove the Chevy Volt at the invitation of General Motors.

For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles before
the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine.
Eric calculated (liberally) the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran on
the battery.
So, the range including the 9 gallon gas tank and the 16 kwh battery is
approximately 270 miles. It will take you 4 1/2 hours to drive 270 miles at 60
mph. Then add 10 hours to charge the battery and you have a total trip time of
14.5 hours. In a typical road trip your average speed (including charging time)
would be 20 mph.
According to General Motors, the Volt battery holds 16 kwh of electricity. It
takes a full 10 hours to charge a drained battery.
The cost for the electricity to charge the Volt is never mentioned so I looked
up what I pay for electricity.
I pay approximately (it varies with amount used and the seasons) $1.16 per kwh.
16 kwh x $1.16 per kwh = $18.56 to charge the battery.
$18.56 per charge divided by 25 miles = $0.74 per mile to operate the
Volt using the battery.

Compare this to a similar size car with a gasoline engine only that gets 32 mpg.
$4.00 per gallon divided by 32 mpg = $0.13 per mile.
The gasoline powered car costs about $15,000 while the Volt costs $46,000.
So Obama wants us to pay 3 times as much for a car that costs more than 7 times
as much to run and takes 3 times as long to drive across country.
How brilliant

And this is coming from the person in charge of the most powerful and influential country, what chance have we all got.

All of the above, really amazing work :)

I really love this portrait Shell did of me! It popped up on my Facebook from the original posting I shared 6 yrs ago and still, to this day, NO ONE has captured my likeness like Shell has here!! She is brilliant!!!

she did great =0

no doubt hombre.

really weird, but pretty good.

lol

hey, Axel, very cute. I really like it and the color. Did you ever used to collect car models or truck models? I used to collect tiny little starship models.good job. It kind of reminds me of a little animal, getting ready to pounce. Hee hee.

he knows just when to stop. me also, tend to over do something, i heard long ago, the real ones know when to stop.

I think less is more with this, something I struggle with.

I recognized it as yours in less than a second from the thumbnail, always amazes me how that happens

beautiful very effective. It looks like it was very hard to do.

Very creative, effective and beautiful I like it and I'm really impressed by it...

back at front

Dave, your guessing is freakishly precise. Good job, Marion :)

quite beautiful. And very precise yes.

I like how you painted the skin tones. Great portrait.