Photoshop Battles "Best of 2020" Results!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the "Best of 2020" Awards! Especially those of who who spent many hours scouring hundreds of old submissions to find the photoshops, and however-long it took to format them into nominations. A lot of you guys put in a serious amount of work, and it shows. Thanks, too, to all of the voters; and, of course, to the original photoshoppers themselves. You're the life blood of the community, and the reason we're here to celebrate.
And now the moment you've been waiting for; the winners!
Best Photoshops
By DaminDrexil
By neigesdantan
By CptSasquatch
By staffell
By 241baka
Egotistical maniac | How to build a Legotistical maniac one brick at a time
By staffell
By mandal0re
Insert any Aerosmith chorus here.
By something253
By staffell
Competitive knitting | Competitive cubing
By Maymayfish
By Cmatthewman
By workingat7
By 2Thebreezes
Optical Illusion | Reversed Version
By DaminDrexil
- Operation Retro: Make a Retro version of a movie or tv show
The Wizard of Hogs (+ Source side by side for comparison)
By staffell
Disaster Girl With A Pearl Earring
By xprmntng
By Maymayfish
I saw Gandalf and a mountain and knew what I had to do
By SligPants
Best Back & Forth Battle
By Maymayfish, Cmatthewman, mandal0re, MelvinDickpictweet, vvds, Ultimastar, Gloob26, and kiwibananaspopil
The mods offer a sincere congratulations to all of you guys!
As is tradition, too, we'd also like to offer a special shout-out to a small number of creators who've out-done themselves. They not only put out an astounding amount of high-quality work this year, they consistently supported their fellow 'shoppers by freely sharing kind words, advice, and techniques. We're proud to have these guys represent the community:
- Remarkable Creator
If you've visited this sub at any point during the past year, you've undoubtedly seen his work. The sheer amount of high-quality work he's put out this year has been... well, remarkable! It's no doubt the reason he has received more "Best of 2020" nominations than anyone else this year, and won a whopping 20% of them. But good work alone doesn't get you one of these shout-outs. It's staffell's engagement with the community — his positivity towards other creators, sharing tips, and helping explain some confusing sub rules to confused newcommers — that has cemented his place as a core part of the community.
- Distinguished Contributor
Some of you may recognise his username from way back in the day, but certainly more of you know him from his recent contributions. After a long hiatus, CptSasquatch has come back this year with a bang. His contributions to the Weekly Battle and Operations have been especially incredible; and it's no surprise he was one of the most nominated users this year. But, of course, we're not just celebrating his photoshops; we also want to draw attention to the effort he puts into supporting the community. Not only has he been sharing kind words and techniques with fellow creators throughout the year, he put an astounding amount of effort into these best-ofs; finding over 100 well-chosen nominations of other users work, and being the one who found more than half of the eventual winners. That mixture of consistent community involvement and explosive output make him truly deserving of being placed among previous years' awardees.
- Outstanding Community Member
If positive engagement with the community is an important factor here, then nobody should be surprised than neigesdantan is on this list. It's hard not to notice the amount of time and effort he puts into encouraging other creators, creating tutorials, and defending good work from unjust criticism. He's the real deal. And, like the other two guys, he's also a heavy-hitter photoshopper; being tied with CptSasquatch for the number of nominations this year, and deservedly so. As a creator and as a person, he exemplifies everything that makes this community special.
Thank you guys for making r/photoshopbattles awesome :)
Posted Jan 6, 2021, 8:16 PM UTC
🎊🎇 Yay awards ✨🥳
The edits and nominations were amazing again this year. Cheers to everyone who put this event together - the mods, the voters, the nominators, the creators.
Thanks for the award and to everyone who nominated and voted for my stuff. 🙏❤️🧡💛💚💙
Congrats to all the winners and special congrats to the special winners - well deserved!
Great work everyone! 🥂🎉
Oh man, you put out some gorgeous pieces, especially in the last few months! I'm so sad equestrian didn't win a bestof this year though!
I loved that 'shop! It was one of the few I was genuinely disappointed that someone else got to nominate it before I did. 241baka's series of Napoleon horse portrait 'shops are just brilliant.
It deserved a win, can I give it mine?
Did I mention that the original is a series of five portraits 😉
Oh! I didn't see these, is there an easy place to see them?
Yeah, Equestrian was one of my favorites too (and one of my removed nominations).
Thanks, man. I liked the napoleon as well but someone here had to snatch four awards 🤨 In all seriousness, there are tons of other works that would also deserve a win and I am glad I got one and a bunch of nominations.
this is my personal favourite. You make really difficult to pick one of your works as your best one every year, but this time the broken crystal ball instantly released feelings that deeply shook me, in a good way!
I can only dream of making something like it, but it will awesome even just to try! 😊
God, I hate my written english... sorry everyone...😅
Dude, thanks... you have enough impressive works yourself to stand proud. 🤗
Your English is excellent.
Congratulations to you, too, man! Time to release the extended cut of that "crystal ball" making-of GIF ;)
Thanks, damin!
right, I made that.... but it's in a horrendous quality and I've since managed to lock myself out of my tablet and had to factory reset and all the raw files are gone 🙈
You do awesome work,wish I knew half of what you do...simply amazing
Oh, wow. You know I've always had a soft spot for your work, but I've never seen this one before. That's absolutely stunning.
Unreal. All that from just two pictures
Great work from you in 2020! We're only a week into 2021 and I've already got a couple of your works saved ;)
I have one of his saved, too; and I'm like 90% sure you didn't see it ;)
You accidentally typed a 9 in front of your 0% there, Georgia. I'll take this as you calling dibs though and stand down.
But now my vacation is over and I'm back at work. And I have not finished my friends and family calender for 2021, yet. I am affraid I wont be able to keep up that rate of output.
Awsome work last year baka. Your painting skills are awesome and keep getting better with every entry :)