Reply to thread

I guess there are two reasons I’m not participating: (1) I’m a huge tennis fan and for the past two weeks I’ve spent my waking life watching and attending endless hours of the US Open. (2) Many of the challenges, including this one, are not really my cup of tea. Often they are a bit too specific for me, where I feel that I’m limited in what I can attempt. (If you remember, I inadvertently stretched the rules of the last challenge.) As I interpret the current challenge, you cannot import or draw any other images, so all that seems to remain is to create patterns, textures and colors on or behind these sneaker drawings, which is not really my thing. I get much more satisfaction from the free request forum, executing difficult edits requiring photographic realism (or as best as my ability will allow).

I guess what I’m trying to say is that if I can’t incorporate pudgy, middle-aged nudists into the image, life just isn’t worth living.

Edit:  By the way, I'm fully in favor of allowing all the gurus, administrators, etc. to participate in challenges.