October 2023 Photoshop Challenge Results!

The theme for this challenge was: Halloween!

The challenge this month was to celebrate all things spooky, the joys of autumn, and the holidays at this time of year. We had a lot of amazing entries this month as members let their creepy creative side out to play!

Congratulations to Penny de Jong for winning the challenge this month with the beautiful piece “Beware The Sinister Cat With Her Spooky Pumpkins”.

Also, special thanks to all the creative and talented artists who make this challenge a success every single month!

Challenge Results:

This challenge was judged by Caroline Julia Moore, Bethany Perron and Andrei Tallent.

Winner: Penny de Jong

Top Prize: An Individual Summit of Choice with Lifetime Access!

Runner Up: Brenda Clarke

Prize: Choice between a Texture Collection Pack from CJM Texture Collection, or a Texture Pack by Bethany Perron.

Honorable Mentions:

The Reckoning by Lou Ann Donahue

Catch of the Day by Susan Gravens

Dwellers Day by Richard Jones

Halloween 2023 by Sandrine Bonzi

Graveyard Concert by Nancie Rowan

Valravn's Pumpkin by Marie Farmer

Also Noticed:

Beware the Owlman by Heike Lindner

Broom Not Necessary by Dan Borge

Dark O Night by Bev Terawskyj

Ego Sum Diaboli by Andrea Carter

Halloween Forest by Pere Lence

Haunted Homestead by Ric Matkowski

Haunted Night by Dalia Gonzalez

Here Come the Grandparents by Pamela Perkins

Scaredy Cat by Cathy Labudak

Seraphina of the Shadowed Waters Summons the Dark Lord of the Lake by Carol Kiser

We Are the Masters, Just the Two of Us by Silvija Treice

All Other Entries:

Big Thanks to everyone who participated in this Shift Art Challenge!

12AM Walk Halloween Night by Tom Sherrill

A Cracking Halloween by Steve Pulley

A Foggy Halloween Night by Fay Mallett

A Haunted House by Will Perkins

Bark at the Moon by Derek Morrissey

Beautiful Entrance by Patricia Fern Phillips

Celebrating the Samhain Festival by Malcolm Kitto

Dinner by Frank Pizzani

Dissecting the Pumpkin by Christine Schmidt

Etherial Ruins by T Dilley

Haggen by Sheree Brown

Halloween 2023 by Albert Fitskie

Halloween by Erik Aragon

Halloween Eve by Larry Schiffman

Halloween the Night of the Witches by Michael Heese

Halloween Welcome by Helen Anne Lemke

Haunted Love by Bec Trist

Haunted Ruins by Erin Germanowski

I Get You by Andre Stevens

Lost Love by Sandi Roberts

Midnight in the Woods by Ron Westphal

Midnight Madness by Ingrid Pomeroy

Moonlight Freak by Daniel Martin

Oct Challenge by Malcolm Barnes

October 31st by Ed Strang

Please Come to My Party by Terry Jane

Stu for Dinner by Jack Floegel

Tempting by John Schultz

Tending the Crows by Jane Tovey

Thanks to the Protector by Bryan Hansbury

The Covenant by Roger Webb

The Final Playtime by Gary Davis

The Haunting of Whitby Abbey by Carole Garside

The Tree Dolly by John Muzzio

The Widow by Debbie De Juan

The Witch and the Dragonfly by Jennifer Podor

The Witching Hour by Martin Beddoes

Vision of the Ghost Crow by Dan Lavery

Waiting for Halloween by Adriana Goldfeld

Watching by Prue Wright

When Black Cats Prowl and Pumpkins Gleam May Luck Be Yours on Halloween by Denise Hunter Logan

When the Sun Goes Down by Terry Spear

Who Follows Next by Marcy Burgis

Wicked Witch & Her Cats by Gaye Taylor

Witch's House Trick or Treat - OK to Enter by Liz Berry

Witch’s Path a Moonlit Night Odessey by Mary Miller

Wizard’s Roost by Anne Lou Robki