Ignorance means you are not knowledgeable about the things you say. Ornlu is very knowledgeable when it comes to digital art. If you do not believe that, spend some time in his gallery. I don't believe he was missing any special information about the cover contest before he formed his opinion, so he is hardly "ignorant" on that account, either. Calling someone ignorant because their opinion is different from yours is not a valid argument against that opinion. It's basically saying, "I'm right, you're wrong, so you're stupid." Not an argument. I thought the image in question was very good, and I said so, so I'm not in total agreement with Ornlu's opinion. But I agree that there were images that were more appropriate to the contest's announced theme. I also think the original intention of the theme as stated meant that the image should represent something from the ARTIST's memory, not the imaginary memories of the imaginary subjects in the image. If the judges decided not to follow that to the letter, well that was their perogative. No sour grapes on my part, just personal opinion, because I didn't even enter the contest. I found the exchange of ideas in this thread more interesting than the contest itself. :^)

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