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Just in time for the new year (or not depending on where you live) here are the contest results!!!
Now just in case you're wondering how I was able to judge photography against literature against digital against photomanips, just think of dog shows. They don't judge the dachshund against the Irish Wolfhound or the Saluki or the Sloughi (don't think the AKC recognizes those..) but instead against a breed standard, or in this case a combination of the standard for their media, but more importantly how they portrayed each individual song.

Let's build up suspense and start with the other categories.

Most Unique
Fish photography...You don't see that everyday. And this photo in particular went well with some parts of going under, which was the song that they were attempting to portray here.

Congrats to with

Most Artistic
Unbelievable what people can do with some stock photos and photoshop sometimes. This very simple yet striking piece fit very well into the mood of the part of Imaginary it was trying to portray.

A round of applause for with

Best Interpretation of a non-mainstream song
That's a long title for an award. Anyway, this entry chose the song Missing to inspire their work and the story of the wolf being rejected by her own mate and leaving her pack for another not only fufilled the initial mood of the song but did a very good job relating the story to the song as well.

Yay for with

Best Anthro
These days you hear anthro and you think of a animal standing on two legs like a human and wearing clothes, and that's what I was thinking off too just to make the contest fair to those who drew anthro. However, as you can see, no one entered an "anthro" entry so for this category I went back to the original meaning of the word,

"Anthropomorphism is the attribution of uniquely human characteristics to non-human creatures and beings, natural and supernatural phenomena, material states and objects or abstract concepts. Subjects for anthropomorphism commonly include animals and plants depicted as creatures with human motivation able to reason and converse, forces of nature such as winds or the sun, components in games, unseen or unknown sources of chance, etc."

Sooo. using this I went for the entries that showed this i.e. all of them. . Although there were some that took the emotions of animals and set them is a pseudo-realistic natural environment and played out. Yes its another lit entry.

Congrats to with

Now we get to the good stuff

Runner-Up
This one gave me the most trouble as there were two entries that really had it out in jockeying for this spot (and I ask myself why don't we have a second runner-up) Finally...finally I found one that would take the cake once and for all and become our runner up.

drumroll

The suspense is building...keep scrolling

Okay. I couldn't really decide (I'm really an indecisive person in real life so the fact that anyone got in a category is a miracle in itself). They both deserve this so much, so they'll both get a runner-up prize = more work for me...*sigh* Anyway, The contrast with the light and shadows really set up the mood and scene very well as well as the one horse's hesitant pose

Yay for with

The other entry captured the mood as well as the feeling of being locked within a bad relationship.

Yay two for with



but there still can only be one...
GRAND PRIZE WINNER!!!!!!
Although the initial impression of the picture seems to cover just the simple basis that the title of the song implies, a deeper look at the picture shows that (whilst listening to the song again and again) the picture has may of the elements from the song as well as portrays the mood and deeper meaning of the song quite well.

Hooray for with

If anyone wants further explantation as to why they did or did not win something ask or note me! I don't bite

M'kay. Now that I have your attention..those that didn't win anything, will still get something. A headshot of their character on a white background. So you need to contact me too.

Here is a prize list reminder...
IF you don't have characters then just name something for me to draw, no machines or buildings please. I'll try people but I can't promise anything. I'm an ANIMAL artist. Remember that before you ask for me to draw something. Also I lost my tablet pen, so if you don't want to wait until I get a new one, then anything that says digital and only digital is now offered with the option to have it drawn in traditional as well. Also all of these prizes have full backgrounds except the avatars and sketch pages, in case you were wondering. Note or comment what you want.

Grand Prize:
- A three month journal feature
- A fullsized digital wallpaper of any two characters of your choice
- a traditional drawing of any one of your characters
- a traditional or digital avatar.
- And now...an evanescence keychain as well as photo cards of the band. ([link])

Grand Prize runner-up:
- One month journal feature
- A traditional drawing of any one of your characters
- a traditional or digital avatar
- And now...an evanescence keychain as well as photo cards of the band. ([link])

Best artistic talent
- a digital (or traditional) drawing of any one of your characters
- And a black and white mini sketch page of expressions for your character

Best interpretation of a non-mainstream song
I like you 'cause you don't follow the crowd I'll make you
- a digital (or traditional) drawing of one of your characters
- as well as some sketchwork of your character

Best anthro entry
- a digital drawing of any one of your characters
- a black and white mini sketch page of expressions for your character

Most Unique entry- Gets the most unique prize in addition to
- digital/traditional drawing
- and a sketch page
- I'll also add in a short comic strip featuring whatever you want.

Happy new year *collapses*

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