I believe the monthly challenge is about challenging 'yourself' not doing artwork you perceive as 'better' than someone else's. The challenges are supposed to be a learning tool on using different aspects of Bryce that maybe you haven't worked with yet... It really doesn't matter if the voting is public, that way you can see everyone's choices and 'know' it wasn't rigged in any way, not that it would be...This is so opposite of how you would have the gallery voting go, where you could see who voted for an image and how many votes it got... The Bryce challenge is not a competion to see who's the 'best', but a way to explore Bryce, if you think of it as a competion, then surely there are those who will not enter because of the 'pressure' to do images they are not yet ready to do yet...it's to help you learn to use the program to accomplish the things you want to make your artwork grow, in asethetics, technique, composition, and overall feel. Don't make this process secretive, or new people won't learn all the tips and tricks to get things done, by seeing and asking how so and so did such and such we learn, making it secretive will stunt that learning ability and any growth...

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