Contest at another forum

So, i entered this contest at a different forum, a guy asking for a layout for his blog site. we were free to use any color scheme or idea that we wanted, because he had no preference, or so he said in the beginning. so a few people posted their entries, and they went as follows:
complete trash
garbage
more trash
Mine
another pretty bad lay
I personally thought that they all sucked (except mine) :p but he seemed to like all of them, EXCEPT mine. He said it needed more color. hmmm, correct me if i'm wrong, but most of those had less than mine or no color at all. so i'm pissed now and say maybe you could show me some examples of what he wants.. and he has all this grunge crap. maybe he should have said that before i worked my ass off for something he isn't going to use. :mad:

He said it needed more color

He probably meant brighter/more variations. The constant blue gets a little boring. But still....your layout is the best of the list. The last one would probably come in second. The others........well crap :D

Not keen on any of them, but from that lot the "garbage" one.

that's what you get for entering some guy's 'contest'. why do people always think they are going to win everything.

[QUOTE=Charm]that's what you get for entering some guy's 'contest'. why do people always think they are going to win everything.[/QUOTE]
I think he's just mad because the guy has no eye for design.

I think they all sucked..

Anyways.. How about not following that the rest did with straight lines and do something out of the box? Designing for someone, expecially a "contest" is just like those design on spec proposal BS.

Find other reasons for participating in a contest other than to just win.

i am no good designer or anything but they sucked. (in my opinion)

and why does he call them all trash ?

I personally thought that they all sucked (except mine)

Note* i think th reason he said yours needed color is cuz you used light shades of the same color... but now that i do a second look at it i do like yours....

too bad. if you work for free and lose - you can't complain. you knew what you were getting in to.

so what was the grand prize?? the guy got himself a free layout?? anything else?