Winners of the February art contest!

Holy Nightfall!

It was really tough to narrow down all the entries from our February art contest to the top 16. We got a whopping 108 entries, our biggest turnout yet! A big thank you to all who submitted!

The prompt this time was: Nightfall. We just love what you guys did with it! Interestingly, very few of you explored bad nights, most of you stuck with good nights. Which is understandable! Given the state of the world right now, we could all use some more good nights ✨

The two winning entries were picked during Critique Arena, our monthly event where we do critiques live. We tried out the new format again this time, where the audience got to vote!

We started with the top 16 competitors, and did successive rounds of judging where the audience voted every round and picked the top 2!

We’ll be adding the recording of the event to the video subscription next week, but in the meantime here are the two winning entries:

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Winner! Art by Tessa Wrathall.

Winner! Art by Niki Stage.

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And here are the top contenders:

Melanie Ortins (Copy)

Laurel Aylesworth (Copy)

Mathilde LeBrun (Copy)

Lindsay Leong (Copy)

Deborah Tyson (Copy)

Nathalie Kranich (Copy)

Li Xin (Copy)

Nadya Bonten-Slenders (Copy)

Neha Rawat (Copy)

Katie Kordesh (Copy)

Mariana K (Copy)

Nicole LeDrew May (Copy)

Ryan Ehrenberg (Copy)

Mandy Forte (Copy)

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The judges also selected honorable mentions this time:

Anna Daviscourt (Copy)

Nicola Schofield (Copy)

Marek Halko (Copy)

Amelia Bothe (Copy)

Marshall Almeida (Copy)

Zoltan Csomai (Copy)

Kali Desorcy (Copy)

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Thanks again to all who entered the contest this month, high fives all around! Keep up the good work! 😊

High five! GIF from Giphy.

Be sure to enter our March art contest for a chance to win a live art critique.

The prompt is: Everything was rattling, falling apart and breaking!!!

See you next time in the arena…the Critique Arena!