Background Blitz - over. Winner: loominous

[Traveler]

Wow!  :o   You always amaze me with your use of color and mood setting. Is this a painting or a rendering?

[loominous]

Is this a painting or a rendering?

It's a painting, if by rendering you mean 3D. It's somewhat ironic that I've never been interested in 3D when my analogue attempts tend to get a similar look.

Anyway, thanks for the kind comment.

[InCreator]

Wow. Just when I thought that this compo is dead, there's lots of entries, and pretty good ones, if I say so myself!

Thank you for your participation (sp?) and let the voting begin!!!

[ildu]

That looks awesome, loominous, albeit it doesn't work too well as an active background as you already said. I'm kinda obliged to vote for someone else, but I can't help it. That image just blew me away. The best one I've seen from you thusfar. I vote Loominous.

Why such a long voting time? Who's gonna wait for four days before he/she votes?

[SpacePirateCaine]

Crikey. Critic that I am, I wish I could find something substantial wrong with loominous's background, but aside from the fact that the birds should probably be added in later as sprites, nothing comes to mind. It's exactly as it should be, and even though it's not particularly indicative to having characters on it, there's still a walkway and plenty to see. There were similar backgrounds in LOOM, and for the contest's rules, it's no less valid than any other background here. Marvelous.

I vote for loominous.

[TheYak]

I vote Loominous.   I was actually thinking that Traveler's fortress fit more with the competition description - grand, unconquerable, whereas Loominous's entry was less unconquerable and more just plain frightening. 
I think it's the photo backdrop of Traveler's.. it tends to make the castle look out of place sort of like a lego mock-up.  And I'm pretty sure I could conquer legos..  pretty sure.   Loominous's environment fits the fortress like a glove. 

Loominous, with the amount of ass your pictures kick, I'm beginning to think there needs to be a handicap system. 

[Krysis]

I dont know if I have the right to vote but still... I VOTE FOR loominous! He is too good.

EDIT: Come to think of it loominous made a great, great image but it really cant be usefull as a background. Besides I cant really vote.

[viktor]

I vote for Krysis. The simplicity simply amazes me. And yet the background looks werry profesional.

[Corey]

my vote goes to : loominous

[Ubel]

My vote: Traveler

[Privateer Puddin']

loominous

[esper]

I would say loominous.... that looks like something out of a Final Fantasy game.
However, since I A) don't like bandwagons, and therefore do not jump on them, and B) don't think that could be used as a background in a game, I have to go with krysis.

[Paper Carnival]

I vote for Krysis

[RyRayer]

Krysis

[Tuomas]

Traveler

[Pet Terry]

Loominous', because it's pure awesomeness.

[Nacho]

Loomie... Does that make him enter in the Grand Slam of the hall of fame?

[Mozesh]

Loominous...

[kec]

loominous

[Babar]

I vote Krysis!
Although it's not the reason for my vote, that BG looks very much like a level from the Mask of Eternity game.