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[tigerwish~]

Whooo! Hello all, thank you again for your incredible patience, I've been in a transition stage and didn't have as much time as I'd thought!

However now I have been able to sincerely review and respond to all of these, truly, fabulous entries.
I really wish I could offer rares list prizes to all of you. Thank you so incredibly much for all your beautiful artwork of my beloved pets, I will certainly treasure them c:

Now onto the real reason you are reading this, after much deliberation, I have placed the following. Please please keep in mind art is SO subjective and comes in all forms of expression and beauty, resonating with different people for different reasons. I really hope not to discourage anyone by my personal preference. My selection were based on, primarily, pieces that capture or represent how I think of my pets most, followed by style. c:

But I'd like to say, these first 3 placings were especially hard to choose between. I wish I had equal, high prizes for you all.
First place picks from rares list group first, then I'll contact second place, then third, then so on.

DRUM ROLLLLL.....

1st place
Labrador_Lover
I always say I love quality over quantity, but your entries show it all.
Firstly, the traditional piece of BC and Phoebe is just beautiful!! This was the winning piece for me. I love the pencil strokes representing their fur, and I'm especially fond of the glassy, realistic look of Phoebe's eye. The highlighting and shading there is fabulous. I also like your unique mountains in the background.
Secondly, the shading you did on Ravi (a black, dark and difficult face to draw) is lovely! And that last sketch of my sweet rabbits is too cute as well, I love Kassie <33
Thank you so very much for your work; I'll be printing and displaying in my apartment. And of course, thank you for asking, and I don't mind if you enter any of yours in your local contest. In fact I think you should; best of luck!!
Please shoot me a trade with one of the prizes from the rares list group. First dibs ^^

2nd place
bil
Okay. This is just gorgeous. I don't know exactly how you got such oil-like, realistic traditional textures on your online canvas, but I love it. The art looks just like Phoebe, in addition to me recognizing it as a copy of my own photo of course. I love the color palette of pinks and blues in the blanket behind her, and she looks extra fluffy and cuddly, just like her lovable self. I love it all, thank you.

3rd place
Wookieinmashoo
Oh my goodness, this is quite possibly one of the cutest art pieces of a bunny I have ever seen! I love the softness of the piece, a compilation of creams and browns and perfect shading, and a very accurate coloration of Riley himself. His EYE is wonderful, I love the highlight, and my hunbun himself has distinctive black upper eyelashes that are present in this too. And the clover is a lovely final touch; thank you dearly. <3

4th place
Hajduczek
This representation of Jericho is amazing; I immediately dropped my jaw when I first saw it. The pose is just like him, delicately and curiously prancing into an arena. The patterns and colors are spot on. Thank you so much. <3

5th place
urraca.n
This is such a sweet and, very different, style of BC for myself. He totally stretches out like that, so I think the casual, sun-kissed and relaxed feel of it touches home for me.

6th place
FruitSalad11
This is such a darling sketch of Kassie's sweet nature in a flower crown! I love the shading, and simplistic but exquisite graphite style. c: Thank you.

7th place
selvi6835
This sketch of BC stood out especially for me, I think, because it looks so much like him. That look in his eyes and slight twitch of his ears, as if to show he's interested in you and what's going on but not too interested. He's his own independent cat, and I love how this drawing captures that.

8th place
E l e v e n
Your drawing of Ravi has wonderful and unique shading as well, in your own style. It's something different than I could do myself and I admire that. It's again a great replica of one of my favorite photos of my pup, so I'll remember and appreciate it for those reasons also. Thank you.


Honorable and special mentions:
TheGrimmArtist, I love the background here, it reminds me of my favorite movie Spirit, and imagining Jericho could be a part of that is lovely. Ahh the whole piece is really wonderful compositionally and color-wise. Thank you thank you.

Tirgr, This is so pretty - the markings are accurate for Jericho and I love astronomy and nebulae!

Everyone above and all other entrants, please help yourself to this group:
http://www.chickensmoothie.com/accounts ... rid=181061

THANK YOU AGAIN

[emu-tionallyunstable]

Congratulations everyone! I loved drawing Pheobe, even though I didn't win

Question- how much are we allowed to take from the grab pool?

[hannur]

AH! Gosh, thank you so much!! Next to all the amazing entries, I didn't think I'd place!
And I just saw your response to the entry I submitted (I thought I didn't submit it so I posted another one, sorry about that!) and I can definitely add the grey splotches near her nose! Again, sorry for seeing your response so late.
Thank you again!!

[tigerwish~]

Congratulations everyone! I loved drawing Pheobe, even though I didn't win

Question- how much are we allowed to take from the grab pool?

However much you may like, within reason.
The rares especially, please just be mindful to leave some for others coming later.
Though ultimately the pets are first come, first serve, and I really have too many uncommons and commons ^^

@ bil - not a problem! It's easy for posts to be buried c: Though if you get a chance to add some grey to her nose, I would so appreciate that final touch ;D

[✧ serendipity ✧]

hOLY SHOOT--

I CAN'T BREATHE OH MY GOSH.... I DID NOT EXPECT TO GET FIRST PLACE... HONESTLY I THOUGHT I'D BE LUCKY TO EVEN GET A PLACING AT ALL--

Thank you so much.... this was a wonderful surprise to come home to after a long day! I want to say a huge congrats to everyone who participated, there were so many amazing entries, you all did so well!!

Overall, this was an amazing contest and if you ever have one again, I'll be sure to join!

[FruitSalad11]

hOLY SHOOT--

I CAN'T BREATHE OH MY GOSH.... I DID NOT EXPECT TO GET FIRST PLACE... HONESTLY I THOUGHT I'D BE LUCKY TO EVEN GET A PLACING AT ALL--

Thank you so much.... this was a wonderful surprise to come home to after a long day! I want to say a huge congrats to everyone who participated, there were so many amazing entries, you all did so well!!

Overall, this was an amazing contest and if you ever have one again, I'll be sure to join!

Congratulations! You definitely deserved it- I love your pieces! They're beautiful.
I'm quite happy to have placed as well, thank you so much!
I'll be sending a trade for some pets from the contest grab pool now.

[✧ serendipity ✧]

hOLY SHOOT--

I CAN'T BREATHE OH MY GOSH.... I DID NOT EXPECT TO GET FIRST PLACE... HONESTLY I THOUGHT I'D BE LUCKY TO EVEN GET A PLACING AT ALL--

Thank you so much.... this was a wonderful surprise to come home to after a long day! I want to say a huge congrats to everyone who participated, there were so many amazing entries, you all did so well!!

Overall, this was an amazing contest and if you ever have one again, I'll be sure to join!

Congratulations! You definitely deserved it- I love your pieces! They're beautiful.
I'm quite happy to have placed as well, thank you so much!
I'll be sending a trade for some pets from the contest grab pool now.

Thanks so much!!

and since you got a placing, you'd be getting one of the list pets.. so I don't think you need to send a trade for the contest grab pool. I'm not exactly sure, but I believe that the first place winner pm's tigerwish their desired list pet [which I've done that] then tigerwish pm's the second place winner and they get second dibs on their desired pet, etc.

[FruitSalad11]

hOLY SHOOT--

I CAN'T BREATHE OH MY GOSH.... I DID NOT EXPECT TO GET FIRST PLACE... HONESTLY I THOUGHT I'D BE LUCKY TO EVEN GET A PLACING AT ALL--

Thank you so much.... this was a wonderful surprise to come home to after a long day! I want to say a huge congrats to everyone who participated, there were so many amazing entries, you all did so well!!

Overall, this was an amazing contest and if you ever have one again, I'll be sure to join!

Congratulations! You definitely deserved it- I love your pieces! They're beautiful.
I'm quite happy to have placed as well, thank you so much!
I'll be sending a trade for some pets from the contest grab pool now.

Thanks so much!!

and since you got a placing, you'd be getting one of the list pets.. so I don't think you need to send a trade for the contest grab pool. I'm not exactly sure, but I believe that the first place winner pm's tigerwish their desired list pet [which I've done that] then tigerwish pm's the second place winner and they get second dibs on their desired pet, etc.

Well, it does say that everyone gets a pick out of the contest grab pool? I'm not very sure myself

[✧ serendipity ✧]

First place picks from rares list group first, then I'll contact second place, then third, then so on.

Everyone above and all other entrants, please help yourself to this group:
http://www.chickensmoothie.com/accounts ... rid=181061

THANK YOU AGAIN

@FruitSalad11

Found these two quotes but I guess you can send a trade over asking them about it

[tigerwish~]

Ooops, apologies for any confusion, everyone!

To clarify: users who placed 1st-8th, please wait until you receive a PM from me regarding list pets. While you are waiting though, you're welcome to help yourself from the other bulk adoptions group with very commons up through rares. c:

All other contestants, you may also ask for a grab from that larger group! Please let me know this is where you're coming from, just in case if anyone changed usernames, etc after I posted entries!

There is no limit, and I'll be accepting trades on a first come, first served basis. Once everyone has had one trade accepted,
I'll post here again and then it'll be a free-for-all to take large amounts of pets to empty that group xD But please wait for that.
Somewhere under 10-15 pets per user would be perfect for now I think, please.