Great idea author,and fantastic execution...your made small mistake in writing,it should be wrote "public enemy"...best of luck

>erathion,........oopz,......that's silly,.........but, just consider that during the period of the so called wild west time, most people there were less uneducated, so to speak............LOLS and LOs......

very true buddy...LOL...

Very nice. Quite a simple idea really but very well executed. Well done.

Great textures to look antique. And, I kind of like the spelling error. As author said, probably many people didn't have a great education back then, so this might have happened. That guy really looks rough!!! GL

This is a good job. I only have one observation: the edges of the hat shouldn't be maybe so evenly washed out. The text has some parts less visible, "erased", some are more pronounced and that's ok, I think it should apply to the hat too...

Fun idea. Text on top of the image seems anachronistic, plus it makes a key part of the message hard to read. Stencil font for the 'WANTED' also seems out of place. (That must be one bad dude to warrant such a huge reward back when a dollar was actually worth something!)

Nice work! One of the best I've seen and a unique idea. This definitely defines the Wild West. GL!

great work!

The hats are too rough, you should add some softness, to give an impression of fur.Great job voerall.

Nice concept and mood. I like how the front two Indians are interacting with each other, but the apparently manufactured face on the right Indian is weird.

I like this idea , a story behind it,.....and perfectly executed to visualize the story,.....

u made great job here author...Indians are always better choice to me...i like the colors,mood and blend is great too...good luck

you can see better in high res

you should probably use different men fighting because these are the same men as the entry below and it makes it not so anonymous anymore.

good

good

k5683 is right.... the men are the same...

i didnt notice it was the same men from the entry below me, this however is my only entry in this contest.

like old picture

Nice idea -- Check the length of the shadow for the rifleman -- judging by the barrel shadow the rifleman's shadow seem a bit long by maybe 50%.

if the sun is very strong, according to the shadow, the other cowboy and the horse, should be well lit by the sun. Think about it!

Nice entry author. One little nitpick, the sherrif's badge is now on the wrong side. They always wore the badge over their heart. See if you can cut/paste it to the other side.

Thanks Alan2641, DYNOSSAURUS and solkee. I have made some changes as per your great suggestions.

I love the feel of this one! Looks very realistic to me, apart from the man's shadow...looks a bit small, IMO.

nice gritty feeling!

Interesting and attractive idea, but embossed deerskin is probably a more contemporary concept than the Wild West. Is the text original to you? It starts with double close quotes which I assume are supposed to be double open quotes, but then there should be double close quotes at the end of the quotation.

very nice work author...best of luck

Open quote, first page of a 100 line song for summoning deer

ahah nice work!