Bubba:

Taly:

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First to 5!

Good luck, Taly!!

good luck to you to x3

Taly GMV because its has better blending and flow. Very good lighting as well ^.^

taly gmv. the colors are nice and the blending is smooth. althogh it does feel a little empty on the left to me.

bubba - The shade of blue used doesn't really appeal to me as much as taly's. and i think the edges of the stock could've been smoother to blend a little more into the bg.

Taly.

Taly, your sig blends so well, it is almost redundant. But I like it better than Bubba's, so my vote goes to you.

The diagonal pattern on Bubba's sig is over-used in my opinion, and I believe that the image would be better off without it, or at least with a lower opacity. The rest of the sig is good, minus the border.

Taly GMV. Bubba, yours is to overstaturated, and the border is a minus. Taly your does blend really well!

Okay, this is a pretty hard one
I'm undecided
*tosses a coin*
Bubba GMV
*comments accordingly*
Oversaturated, yes; but I can adjust my monitor to reduce the saturation...and...Taly's look ugly now!
Not that ugly, but the lighting effect is wrongly placed. I think the dark part should be bright and the bright part there should be dark. Either that, or your contrast isn't high enough.
Bubba (funny name) used a 3d render for the background, seemingly. Or maybe he used a phto of a broken mirror or something. Or maybe just part of the stock? Whatever it is, it's pretty fine. You used a fractal brush too. It's a good one. Although inappropriate, but it adds more value tot he sig as I see it.
If only the 2nd sig had better lighting, I would've voted for it (or if the coin had landed another way)

Bubba gmv. Taly's is good as well but for some reason I find taly's to be rather mellow and looks to much like a picture that has been resized.

Taly GMV.

I like the coloring and lighting used in it. The pattern in the background looks nice, like sand, and I really like that. It could use some better flow, as it doesn't quite mesh with the stock.

Bubba, the brushing seems too random and, nothing against you, but I'm sick of seeing scanlines, especially plainly used ones. I love the flow coming from right near the stock.

Actually, just an abstract and a fractel brush. Then some blending. Good job Taly! Hope to battle again!

wow i wom i thought you would win o-o but yay and TY =3