Results for Drawing Contest #1: Animals in Competitive Sports
Thanks for participating in the first ever drawing contest here on Parka Blogs. The response was better than I expected. There was a total of 46 participants and 57 entries. And thanks for all the messages sent.
In case you missed the contest (details), the theme is about animal(s) in a competitive sport environment.
The entries were fun and varied in style. Some were pretty thoughtful and detailed, created with lots of effort. Unfortunately, I can only choose one winner and the winner is...
Powree
Although I didn't state any criteria, this piece from Powree seems to have all the right elements with regards to the theme. I like the moment captured showing clearly the action, the expression on the puffin who's almost caught and the bulls colliding painfully. They even have uniforms and gear. Nice.
Congrats to Powree!
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Update: Voting has ended (on 10 May 2010, midnight GMT)
The second set of prize is for the winner with the most number of votes, or the most popular piece. In the case that both the winners are the same, I'll give the Set B prize to the second most popular (voted) illustration.
Everyone's allowed to vote. The voting box is just right below the last entry. You've got to sign in to vote and only 1 vote is counted.
Surprise, surprise. I've an additional prize for voters as well, it's a copy of Jose Lopez's 4:00 AM. Good luck!
Anyway, the reason why I had voting as well is because what I like may not be what the majority like.
Voting has ended (on 10 May 2010, midnight GMT)
The winner, by a very close margin of 1 vote, is ZinPH! Congrats!
And the winning voter is Alfonso Pardo Martinez!
The entries
These are the rest of the entries, in order of submission. Note the artist's name for your vote.
Larger versions of the images are available just by clicking on the images.
Maarten Woudenberg
Agathum (entry 1)
Agathum (entry 2)
Sara Darroch
Jason Lek (entry 1)
Jason Lek (entry 2)
SNG (entry 1)
Althul (entry 1)
Althul (entry 2)
Althul (entry 3)
Rachel Shumel
Danny Ogwin
Markel Urrutia Perez
Robert Nitiredjo
Richard Powell
Sibuyas (entry 1)
Sibuyas (entry 2)
Lauren (entry 1)
Lauren (entry 2)
Jessica Stadler
SNG (entry 2)
Ichiro Oishi
René (entry 1)
René (entry 2)
René (entry 3)
Loke Wei
Rik Vasquez
Comments
Wow, got some great entries.
Wow, got some great entries. Congrats everyone on the nice work!
Remember to vote for your
Remember to vote for your favourite piece. The voting box is above.
I shall also vote too, for my second favourite piece.
Great work everyone can't
Great work everyone can't wait for another contest
Great choice, Parka. and
Great choice, Parka. and congratz to the winner!
I couldn't get in the contest because of time issues, but i already cast my vote. All of the entries are amazing (:
Nice work everyone! It was a
Nice work everyone! It was a fun contest and I hope there will be many to come.
Good job everyone! I hope to
Good job everyone! I hope to have an entry in the next contest.
Parka we gotta do this more
Parka we gotta do this more often! It was awesome fun and look at all the beautiful works!
Congratulations everyone!
Great works indeed. Well done
Great works indeed. Well done everyone! :)
Wow, the standards were so
Wow, the standards were so high! I was expecting just quick sketches, but some people went all out, props to them. Game face on next time though. Well done everyone, so many amazing pieces, very hard to pick a favourite.
The standard is definitely
The standard is definitely higher than expected. This site must attract a lot of keen followers! It's great to see this much enthusiasm and all the different styles.
the best!!!!!
the best!!!!!
Hi everyone, I voted and my
Hi everyone, I voted and my favorites have been three:
Charles Santoso
ZinPH
Alfonso Pardo Martinez
very lucky to everyone !!!!!
these are all amazing! i'm
these are all amazing! i'm gonna have to go with sng2
MOR EH AMELHOR E A MAIOR MY
In reply to Parka we gotta do this more by Emre (not verified)
MOR EH AMELHOR E A MAIOR
MY VOTEIS FOR MOR BORENSTAJN
Bình chọn cho ZinPH !!! Good
Bình chọn cho ZinPH !!! Good luck!
Vote for Zinph. I love his
Vote for Zinph. I love his art! :D
Man, I'm glad I didn't join..
Man, I'm glad I didn't join.. my stuff looks like grade school scribbles compared to these *sulk*
Great contest and amazing
Great contest and amazing entries. Can't wait for the next one!
I loved the topic for this
I loved the topic for this first contest..i had so many ideas for this but ill have to wait for the next one. Great site and book reviews mr. Parka:D
Congratz to the winner :D All
Congratz to the winner :D
All entries are so amazing <3
Congrats to the Powree!
Congrats to the Powree! Definitely captured the competitive nature of the sport.
My favorites are: ZinPH, Nori Tominaga, and Tiffany Varga. Amazing artists and amazing pieces!
Can't wait for the next contest! I was unable to participate because of school and work.
very nice indeed
very nice indeed
Grrreat drawings!!! My
Grrreat drawings!!!
My favorite is Mor Borenstajn.
Wow the running bison is a
Wow the running bison is a powerfull drawing!! not much colour, but I love the technique!!
my other favourite is Ben Hartnett´s sloth!! hilarious!!
Alright, the voting has ended
Alright, the voting has ended with 168 votes.
Here are the results. Only those with votes are counted.
Maarten Woudenberg - 1
Agathum (entry 1) - 1
Agathum (entry 2) - 3
Tiffany Varga - 9
Sara Darroch - 1
Jenny Peers - 1
Charles Santoso - 4
Althul (entry 1) - 2
Bill Carmen - 3
Mor Borensztajn - 24
Danny Ogwin - 1
Nori Tominaga - 2
ZinPH - 38
Emre Ozdamariar - 2
Markel Urrutia Perez - 37
Robert Nitiredjo - 5
Taihei Sawamoto - 1
Sibuyas (entry 1) - 1
Melissa Wolfert - 1
Alfonso Pardo Martinez - 4
SNG (entry 2) - 17
Ichiro Oishi - 1
Powree - 1
Ben Hartnett - 8
The winner, by a very close margin of 1 vote, is ZinPH! Congrats!
And the winning voter is Alfonso Pardo Martinez!
Well done ZinPH! I like to
Well done ZinPH! I like to think my vote got you through!
next time i would advise
next time i would advise against voting competitions, when it comes to real prizes
lot's of time they are really popularity contests, who can ask enough friends who will get their asses in front of a computer and enter this site, signup and vote.
on one hand at least a few of them are bound to come back to the site, so as a way of advertising, it has it benefits, but i hardly believe it is a fair judging method.
my advice to you, that in future competition you either choose all the winners your self, or point impartial judges from people you know you can trust., and give a first and second prizes.
that what i think
but it was a splendid competition
with allot of splendid drawings
great job every one
First of all, beautiful and
First of all, beautiful and creative artworks. I love them all! :D
Congratulations to Powree and ZinPh! (As well as Alfonso for the voter prize!)
I don't want to get involved in this, but I will have to agree with GAD's comment above. One person can try and vote for his/her own picture through different accounts. Anything is possible. So to make this totally fair, maybe you can try to expand the prize into winner prize, runner prize, and such. That'll be a great and challenging idea! Hope it's satisfactory.
I can't wait for the next competition!
I agree with GAD too!!
I agree with GAD too!!
I also agree with GAD
I also agree with GAD
I have to disagree with
I have to disagree with GAD.
Let's face it. Voting is predominantly biased today. The same can be said for many situations. In American Idol, the person who wins may not necessarily be the best. He may have got through rounds with the help of his large circle of friends who have money and religiously vote. Or he may also get through based on his looks.
Even in other voting systems ranging for competitions to politics, people get through with a number of other factors apart from the main voting point. Factors like charisma, looks, dressing, style and fan base (consisting of friends and strangers) all help to push a person into it. To give an example, some people may not have voted for Obama in the last American election race even though they love his policy reforms, but not the colour of his skin.
Do you think product companies win all their customers by their design alone? They design advertisements promising you a lifestyle, a luxury and many other intangible things attached to a product.
The voting system in this blog is such that you have to register before voting. If your friend is willing to go all the way to set up an account to vote for you, why not? And besides, if your friend is smart enough he may enter and decide to vote objectively when he realises he likes the other art better as compared to yours.
The whole voting system is no longer a completely objective process. As admirable as your honesty is, such a value would reflect well on yourself but may be overtaken in the a superficial world.
I do not think anyone who voted for themselves or got their friends to vote are wrong. They want to win this badly, and so they worked for it. They garnered their friends to vote for them, and if you want to win too, then you have to show it and work for it. You can't just sit on your butt and hope that people come to you. You have to go out there and win them over.
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