The Great Halloween Debate by ShadowWind
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Description
Was a short time ago, much shorter than it seems
In a place that was perhaps seen in our dreams.
For in Halloweentown, or so I've been told
An election was held since ages of old.
Jack Skellington wasn't frightened, not even a bit,
For his opponent was considered a bit of twit.
Still a lot of folks liked old Bob Pumpkin a lot.
Which made the polls closer than old Jack had thought.
They argued about who was best for the job,
Calling eachother a snit, a slacker, a snob.
Jack hated this division, his mind rang with noise,
Halloween was important for the girls and the boys.
Still he had to win, the competition the thing,
And so he dug in with his own campaign fling.
He traveled the country, showing great flair.
That he could bring the humans a very good scare.
But during the debate, a topic arose.
One he'd almost forgotten while choosing his prose.
Jack turned Halloween into Christmas, a scandal indeed.
Bob reminded the folks that is not what they need.
Old Jack just smiled, remembering that day,
When he got to ride in old Santa's sleigh.
Then he turned to his opponent with much venom and said,
"What would pumpkins know? They have seeds in their head."
The battle raged on for a night and a day,
Soon it was time to vote, to give folks their say.
They voted in record numbers, though no one had stats,
They just figured the count from the number of spats.
The citizens counted the votes quickly you see,
Except for those lost by the powers that be.
In the end Old Jack won, but not by a lot.
And Bob conceded the election with a bit of a snot.
Jack ruled no more elections, they were nasty and cold.
They made his citizens yell, do violence and scold.
He made Bob his partner and they worked for some years,
and the kingdom was happy and they brought lots of fears.
Though Jack was king, he was part of the clan,
and he listened to others and considered their plan.
He needn't rule or think himself great
They were in it together, lockstepped by fate.
The moral of this story is as it seems,
It doesn't matter who wins if you still have your dreams.
Hold onto your friends, don't lose them in fight,
Because after it's over, you'll still need their light.
Dedicated to TallPockets, who's prose always brings such
wonderful looks at human nature and who's poem inspired this piece.
I'll be glad when this election is over, can you tell?
HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO ALL, HAVE A SAFE ONE...
Comments Welcome
Thanks as always for looking and your continued support. I
am so sorry that I have not had the time to answer personally
to everyone.
Vue/Photoshop
This is 99% VuePro rendered and a smidgeon of Photoshop for
some color correction and compositing and to add the word
politics under R.I.P.
Credits:
Image, Concept, Poem by ShadowWind
Cat, Graveyard Gates, Jack Pumpkin by Daz
Jack Skeleton by Sixus1 from Free Stuff
Tombstones by TombZ by 3DModelz (RMP) and StoneMason at Daz (Large one)...
Podiums by J. Hoagland from Free Stuff.
Comments (69)
gallimel
one of the best works about halloween :)
ilona
Beautifully Done!
Sir James
Very cool image!!
i-popba
woww..!!! wowderful Halloween...love colors, tone and light...cool work my friend..!! love it.!
Hyria
Excellent image shadow and terrific poem :)
wabe
No, not a cool image at all - hot stuff. Fantastically done. Superb.
lahavana
i never knew you had such a talent for rhymes :) really cool image and an excellent poem :)
SophiaDeer
Excellent image and what a great story! We can learn a lot form a pumpkin head. Bravo!
zxcvb
A wonderful halloween image shadow , i love the colours in this , very well done and a vote:-)
TallPockets
Just a truly magnificent piece. What are YOU doing in 2008? Methinks the four horrible hurricanes all the Floridians experienced earlier this season were a mere 'puff' compared to all the hot air howling throughout the area since then? WINK. P.S. I wouldn't be associating with a guy named TallPockets if I were you. It might make people wonder about your 'judgment'. WINK 2. V O T E
Digimon
Great message! Awesome job with the lighting and the composition!!!
RobertX
way to go! this is all around great///v
SoulEatar
Super work !
lingrif
Wonderful lighting. Fantastically creative and a wonderful image.
coa
Fanastic poem, idea and render! Perfect for today!!!
duncanlong
Yes, this is an amazingly nice job with poem and picture.
RogueLyrecyst
is it just me or does Jack look like Bush? great render poem and post! if it were me id vote for the lesser of two evils.... hmmm.... is there such a thing in politics? grins love the symbolism in this! :)(:
tony_br22
Hi splendid image !!! the light is wonderful
artistheat
LOL...Excellent Image and Story,Fantastic Job
pjaj
Excellent lighting and postwork!!
lemonjim
Oh, wow. A treat not a trick! Excellent Bryce work and poetry too.
Li-An
Lighting is excellent! Outstanding work!
Mel3d
very very nice work!great lightning!
FrenchKiss
Love the composition and lighting here!
CarolSassy
What a wonderful picture and story! I'm so sorry I missed this until now. /: Fantastic work! V (:
davidoblad
Nightmare before Xmas was one of my favorites! A really fantastic image above that does the theme justice! Super Fabulous job Shadow!!!!! Dave :^) (V as always)
vbarreto
Super lighting job. Excellent idea.
mapps
Awesome! the lighting is perfect :-)
madame
Sorry, I'm terribly late :( This is a fantastic composition, the lighting is superb !! Awesome Halloween scene !!!
marcfx
Crikey, its been sometime since last visit, so sorry. got a lot to view and as usual, always great artwork too. well done