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Yep, I see potential in such abundance that it makes me smile from ear to ear.

In my previous blog I mentioned that there had been many submissions for the Down The Rabbit Hole theme competition. Not only were there lots of submissions, many of them had true design potential.
Out of the multitude of amazing up and coming design I have picked 3 that I feel should be given praise.

It’s not easy to simply single out 3 people above the rest, please understand that I truly sifted and weighed my options. All three were chosen for different reasons and spoke to me on different levels.

My first design choice comes from Stashme with her colourful and intricate design Belinda in Alice Land.
Just looking at this design raises my spirits! Every single one of her characters seems so unique and full of life. Its attention to detail that seems to be Stashme’s greatest strength. Well perhaps not the only strength. Just look at the vibrant colour and fine choice of t-shirt colour. I think that this design is overall powerfully executed artwork. Heck, Stashme has received positive comment after positive comment. We may even find that she could have a potential win on her hands. About the only drawback that can be found with this design is its overall length…it seems that it has been elongated too much and that if there was a way to compress the elements slightly and perhaps centre said elements, it would be a design of serious calibre.
This is why I consider this piece a good representation of design potential. All of the energy is there. It just needs a tad more focus. Boys and girls watch this space for more of Stashme’s brilliant design power. We could see a win from this artist very soon!

For my second design potential choice I have gone for a design that is pretty damn cool and has received some positive feedback, but unfortunately fell short on an anatomical level.
Wepener’s design Alice in Pinup Land is a rather sultry take on the more traditional view of Alice. This Alice is pretty grown up and making everyone in Wonderland chase her rather than the other way around.
It’s a great idea, the figure is unique and it is, for the most part, well balanced and polished. The anatomical glitch comes in with the female figures breasts. *Cough* yes I’m talking about the shape of her bosoms, which unfortunately turned out looking rather strange. It’s a pity because most people who commented on this design ended up chatting about her breast instead of the overall design. Negative comments lead to a lack of helpful feedback and of course lower scores. Wepener also submitted another rather raunchy design called Alice all grown up, which I feel is a much improved take on the female anatomy. Yep, it may be a bit of a dirty design, but not unprintable. Wepener may need to retrieve his mind from the gutter slightly! However he has design potential for future competitions. I look forward to his new submissions…as I’m sure most of the male community does as well lol!

My final choice for design potential, Wonderland’s Queen, could have easily been among with the front runners, if it hadn’t been for just one or two colour glitches. In my opinion the biggest fault lay in the representation of Alice’s face. This is what I wrote on the Springleap.com posting, “The face is lacking edge and is also obscured. The hair, certain portions of the roots and birds wings have a similar colour…which makes the face more difficult to pick up on. It’s a great design though, with mega potential.”
If you take a closer look at the design (perhaps go across to the Flickr or main Springleap.com page) you will begin to see what I mean about Wonderland’s Queen. Qimstudio is part of my design potential because he has already submitted so many designs that absolutely blow me away. He has also submitted another design for the Down The Rabbit Hole competition called Lonely Bird, which is drop dead gorgeous and part of my top 3 choices for the entire competition. All in all I think he submitted 3 designs in total for this latest theme competition. Which shows not only is he a great artist, but he also has the ability to make lots and lots of wicked designs on demand. This is most certainly the hallmark of a designer that can make it in this cutthroat industry. Rock on Qim!

Duncs.