Tea?
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Comment by mariuca:
The cyanide is in the teapot

My world blew up, so I went home
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Comment by ciaeagle:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Challenge - What do we do when our hobbies are denied us? Not sure how I feel about "going home" but I like that you were able to check off the bucket list of making the world blow up. (Without harming the rest of us.) A good use of time IMHO and a solid entry for "When DPC Breaks".

Earth: Love the molten lava reds and intense yellows. The colors are vivid and striking without overwhelming me. I'm not really sure what the text on the globe says or represents though. Some of it is readable and some not, which makes it hard to figure out as part of the picture's story. If you get another chance to explode third rock ... you might try varying the explosion layers. Things don't tend to explode uniformly and your red/orange rays seem more like sunlight than explosion. Where's the smoke and dark spots?

Barbie/Car: The idea is novel and fun. I like it! The melty warp to the car is odd in that if the car was designed to "go home" hopefully it wouldn't melt. But given the heat of the explosion ... meh I'm sold. :) Although a case could be made for the front half of the car to be "ok" and the rear to be melty. A perspective thing I guess. Details on Barbie's face are clear and she's smiling so it can't be all bad.

I hope Ken escaped...

My world blew up, so I went home
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Comment by herfotoman:
Hehe. Thanks for the laugh.

My world blew up, so I went home
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Comment by tnun:
best barbie.

My world blew up, so I went home
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Comment by markwiley:
Go, Barbie, go! Nicely done.

My world blew up, so I went home
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Comment by tvsometime:
Goofy Barbie in an Edsel. Good wacky concept. bump

Hitman
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Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that meets the challenge very well

Scary or what?!? That must be where I̢۪m going wrong, perhaps I should get myself a chain! A great high contrast image Susan with all the malevolent atmosphere of film noir, it̢۪s a great action capture. The very high contrast hides as much as it reveals, the identity is hidden but the intent is clear, it works very well. The voters obviously liked it too, a very respectable score and placing, well done Susan, just make sure you hide the chain away from him!

Hitman
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Comment by Neat:
Ha, great first date!

Hitman
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Comment by markwiley:
Fantastic shot, Susan. This finished higher in my list.

Hitman
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Comment by Neat:
Excellent interpretation of film noir!

A bit daunting to say the least!

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