#1. The only thing that made me think of 'death' was the text.
For me, skulls and crossbones = poison or pirates.
#2. Is that Samus or Halo? I almost couldn't even tell that it was
one of them. Again, it just doesn't fit with what I was expecting
to see in the Death version of SOTW.
#3. First off, I love your style. There's no name attached but it's
screams you. If you took out the text then noone would ever
know that this was an entry for a Death contest. The image itself
just doesn't relay the theme, unless you've seen that movie with
that one guy who lost his wife and child and he keeps seeing those
butterflies or something and in the end the butterfly leads him to
the place where his wife died and he finds out his child lived.
It's still a very lovely image.
#4. FINALLY, something that says Death! Spiderman slumped
over M.J.'s grave after an exhausting battle. The darkness is closing
in and the light from within is spreading out. I can see the camera
zooming in as the light grows stronger.
#5. Hmm, looks like a mix between L.O.D., a leech with a blowhole
and the alien hideout from Abyss. It's just not doing anything
for me.
my vote is for #4
i can't believe NOONE choose an image of the grim reaper !