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satomz · Jan 03, 2012, 03:02 AM // 03:02

@Gemini: That is lovely! I'm happy to see it completed regardless of if you made the deadline or not.
@Koreena: The list is lovely in a completely different way than Gemini

. It's still hard to pick out 4 people to vote for with all the encouragements and inspirations I got from the last 30+ pages, but at least I now have a list to refer to.

Olrun The Blade · Jan 03, 2012, 03:13 AM // 03:13

@Gemini I'd just like to point out that Thistle has you in the Finished Entries section of her post with the link to your gallery which contains your completed work. Maybe you are still in?

@Thistle The gallery for K tec girl (aka (Kate)) leads to Photobucket, but is a broken link.

GeminiJuSa · Jan 03, 2012, 04:13 AM // 04:13

@Olrun: If I still made it, I'm happy ^^

@Satomz: Thank you ^^

Sasultra · Jan 03, 2012, 04:49 AM // 04:49

@Thistle

You are an amazing host great job pat yourself on the back

Sasultra · Jan 03, 2012, 04:51 AM // 04:51

@Gemini

I LOVE YOUR FINAL ENTRY. BEAUTIFUL Great job!

GeminiJuSa · Jan 03, 2012, 05:45 AM // 05:45

@Sasultra: Thank you so much ^^

Tee Wrex · Jan 03, 2012, 06:03 AM // 06:03

Good luck to everyone! There were so many great entries, and it was fun 'meeting' all of you through the workshop!!

AND!! A big thank you to those who donated and organized the contest this year! (Applause!)

Thistle Xandra · Jan 03, 2012, 07:10 AM // 07:10

Updated raffle list at the bottom of the post

If you don't see your name on the list and didn't get a PM from me saying there's a problem, I didn't receive your ballot D: (but check the post time stamps before panicking!)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frozen_Chips

Whoops, looks like I missed the deadline altogether… Probably a good lesson as to why you should make regular updates, not one big one at the end. Ah well.

You still qualified to vote for "The People's Award" and the raffle, so you can still join in the fun

Quote:

Originally Posted by Olrun The Blade

@Thistle The gallery for K tec girl (aka (Kate)) leads to Photobucket, but is a broken link.

Thank you so much for catching this!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Olrun The Blade

@Gemini I'd just like to point out that Thistle has you in the Finished Entries section of her post with the link to your gallery which contains your completed work. Maybe you are still in?

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeminiJuSa

@Olrun: If I still made it, I'm happy ^^

Although both of you were a wee bit late getting the final entries in, you both have plenty of art in your progress galleries that shows how much you've progressed through the workshop! I'll leave it up to each individual judge to decide whether to count that last entry as 'the last entry' or the one submitted before as 'the last entry.'

I should also point out that everyone who has posted before the workshop deadline is "still in," but dividing the two into finished and unfinished makes it more fun to browse through

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sasultra

@Thistle
You are an amazing host great job pat yourself on the back

Thank you!

GeminiJuSa · Jan 03, 2012, 07:33 AM // 07:33

And in other news, I took some more looks on the entries and:

@darkpierrot: wow, that papercraft bear is amazing O.O I wish I had your skill! I can hardly fold a crane XD

@Doctor Overlord: I kinda preferred the blue-themed version of your entry better :P

@Thistle: I think it was a good thing to clear out the finished from the unfinished ones ^^

Aeronwen · Jan 03, 2012, 10:26 AM // 10:26

Thistle

I have been scoring as the workshop went along and making final decisions now.....

Some people who are in the unfinished category none-the-less have high scores for what they have done so far, may I vote for their art pieces?

Ummm why is Unraveled in the unfinished category?

Olrun The Blade · Jan 03, 2012, 03:17 PM // 15:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thistle Xandra

Updated raffle list at the bottom of the post
Although both of you were a wee bit late getting the final entries in, you both have plenty of art in your progress galleries that shows how much you've progressed through the workshop! I'll leave it up to each individual judge to decide whether to count that last entry as 'the last entry' or the one submitted before as 'the last entry.'

Thanks a lot Thistle

Doctor Overlord · Jan 03, 2012, 03:59 PM // 15:59

I wanted to add my own kudos to Thistle for running the workshop/contest. Well done doing it over the busy holiday season.

@obastable - Thanks! Glad the pic got a laugh from you.

@GeminiJuSa - The blue background did work well, but I wanted to give it more of a holiday colored-theme. My problem is I never know when to stop messing with pics lol

@Baktwerel - Been meaning to say the yellow snowball was a nice touch

BadDrizztfan · Jan 03, 2012, 07:34 PM // 19:34

I bet everyone on this thread likes challenges :P
But thanks for pouring your time and work into this workshop! I'll be sure to vote for the people's award soon!

Morag D · Jan 03, 2012, 08:38 PM // 20:38

voted for the people's award

I'm NOT envying the judges this year, so much awesomeness :3 excited now!!

` Marshmallow · Jan 04, 2012, 12:35 AM // 00:35

Yayayay~! I also have 300k to donate to the prize pool o:

Sasultra · Jan 04, 2012, 01:01 AM // 01:01

@Qing

Great job looks beautiful

@Marsh

SO CUTE! great job

@Morag D

Stunning amazing job

Thistle Xandra · Jan 04, 2012, 04:19 AM // 04:19

(same copypasta intro

) Updated raffle list at the bottom of the post

If you don't see your name on the list and didn't get a PM from me saying there's a problem, I didn't receive your ballot D: (but check the post time stamps before panicking!)

Wow, this is a very, very close race for "The People's Award!"

The number of points between 2nd and 5th place is only 5! If you haven't voted yet, your fave artists need your votes

It's still anyone's award at this point

Quote:

Originally Posted by ` Marshmallow

Yayayay~! I also have 300k to donate to the prize pool o:

Thankies! And for anyone else still wanting to donate, I'll be able to trade after the 5th or if you want your donations to go directly to party giveaways, make arrangements with Arghore to trade

Draken Burst · Jan 04, 2012, 07:24 AM // 07:24

Good luck everyone. I could not finish mine in time.. :P

obastable · Jan 04, 2012, 01:37 PM // 13:37

So, while waiting for my kid to get ready for his ski instructor course this morning, I re-read the entire thread.

All of it.

Holy crap.

I just wanted to say good luck to all of us who entered, in one fashion or another. There is a ton of really awesome artists in here, with so many different styles, and I do not envy the judges work one bit.

Speaking of judges, a big "Thank you!" to you all! You have a tough job ahead of you!

Just as importantly, a massive "Thank you!" to everyone who donated prizes!

I'd also like to thank all of you who responded to my posts, both with compliments and critiques. They were both very much appreciated throughout the process. It's great to receive positive feedback, like a nice reassuring hug, to know that I'm doing a good job ... and just as great to receive constructive criticism, to know what I need to work on. This is an awesomely healthy environment for art & I'll have to make a point of participating in these workshops more regularly.

If I had access to high speed internet (perhaps I'll manage this in the future), I would have filmed a video of how I "draw" the way I do. I really envy you people who can do line-art, as 9 times out of 10 my attempts at such look like overweight stick figures.

To everyone who entered: I wish you all good luck, I don't think there's a single entry that I didn't like.

.... And the kid is finally ready to go, so I guess that's all I get to write!

Arghore · Jan 04, 2012, 08:20 PM // 20:20

Wanted to give everybody a headsup 'warning' that i will be finalizing the date & time for the workshop party on saterday the 7th. Sofar nobody has mentioned any troubles for the date and time (appart from a 'i will be a bit later'), but to make sure everybody got to check the date & time i will keep it open untill the 7th. After saterday i need to finalize the date & time so the wheels of organization can start turning. So please let me know if you have problems with the following date & time for the party:

Sunday 15th of Januari, from 18:00h GMT -till- 00:00h GMT