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Stacking: The Contest: The Winners: The News Post

Man, some of you are pretty dang talented!

Last Friday, I asked the budding digital artists among you to whip up some fancy Russian nesting doll-related imagery for your chance to win one of 10 vouchers for Double Fine's latest lovely laugh riot Stacking. And man oh man did you deliver. There's so much talent in our li'l community it brings a tear to my eye. It's almost like some of you are professional artists or something!
 
It was so hard to choose these winners, I can't even tell you. It was heart wrenching. But chosen them I have, and here they are. Winners, look for your codes via PM soon, and thanks to everyone who participated!
   
coldmilk
Clearly this gentleman knows that you always fight Air Man first. Don't ask how I know that.
    

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boylie
Cardboard-box nesting doll might be the best thing in this whole contest. 

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h0lgr
Would have been better if the plasma cutter was splitting the necro-doll around its seam, but the amount of detail on that mining suit doll is great.
    
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helveticahero
I'm sensing some Double Fine/Capcom t-shirt design brand synergy potential with this one. Fantastic work.

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Ferco
This guy scored points for working in a fairly unusual medium.

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GreyColor
I think you'll all agree it's the spine that really makes this one.
 
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cookiesforbreakfast
Ezio doll inside Desmond doll is just too good a concept to ignore.

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soupbones
I like the sort of tartan background pattern. Also, that's exactly how a metroid would eat you in real life! You know, because metroids are really real and everything.

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BluSteele
I kinda wish these guys stacked in the order you fight them, but having Bison levitating and the expressions on their faces really make this one.

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Theory
My personal bias aside, the amount of detail in this image is just stunning. Dude, I'm pretty sure the amount of your time you put into this is worth more than $15. Check out the high-res version for the full effect. That giant colossus doll is crazy!

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All of these are fantastic! 

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@GreyColor said:
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They are all hilarious, and the use of 3d programs on some of them no doubt means toil above and beyond for the contest. Well done, now enjoy the game!

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The 3d images should have been disqualified since the contest clearly stated to use "photoshop". "
Actually, the rules stated that you should "Photoshop an image", which in this day and age basically means "make an image (but don't necessarily draw one from scratch, editing is fine too if you're not an artist)". I'll bet a lot of the people who genuinely did edit their images together using various sources did not, in fact, do so with Photoshop. Another almost equally popular 'shopping alternative is Gimp, and Gimp is not Photoshop! Besides, even the 3D ones lean very heavily on using textures or assets from screenshots, so there's still a lot of "photoshopping" in there.
 
Anyway, fantastic stuff. I considered entering, but none of my ideas were even close to these masterpieces, so I'm kinda glad I didn't. Well done, everyone!
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Didn't win but didn't have high hopes either, congrats to whoever won, enjoy Stacking!

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 The StarCraft and Ryu ones are amazing.

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My favorite is the Metal Gear one, but all of them are great... 
Congratulations to the winners

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this is just crazy, that starcraft one is the craziest. 
what people will do for a contest. xD

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The Solid Snake was the best IMO, but all of these are amazing.  Very well deserved you guys, congrats!  =D

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incredible jobs mates!  best count yourselves lucky that I didn't have my drawpad with me ;) 
 
gotta say my favorite one was the Dead Space pic, but then again I'm a huge Dead Space fan so that wasn't hard for me.

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These are all really great! Congrats to all the winners!

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Amazing work on all of these. Doubly so considering the timeframe.

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These are amazing, great work.
 
Love the megaman one :)

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Impressive!!!

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Love these!  I'd love to own a collection of gaming-related Russian stacking dolls to display in my office! :)

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I always either fought flashman or metalman first.

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Some epic looking stuff some people came up with. The Metal Gear Solid truly is my favorite, that made me laugh.

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Grats to all the winners..  impressive work guys.

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Love the hadouken.