We are closing week 24 of ART EXPLOSION, the theme was LIGHT. The level of beauty in the entries has far exceeded our expectations this week and we spent a long time debating who would be receiving prizes! There will be 9 winners this week as we simply couldn't choose and we would have loved to give even more than that!
In the interest of fairness we will be instituting a new rule for the future contests, new artwork only. This is somewhat on the honour system as we can't always verify but showing a process would be helpful! Onto the winners!
First place this week goes to @lonicera for this beautiful piece, probably a human, playing on strings made of light we loved both the concept and the execution in relation to the theme! They win 6 Steem!
https://steemit.com/artexplosion/@lonicera/probably-a-human-playing-on-strings-made-of-light
In second place this week is @elohprojects who took an older piece and retouched it adding various light elements, the end result is gorgeous, they win 4 Steem!
https://steemit.com/artexplosion/@elohprojects/valkyrie-submission-for-art-explosion-week-24-light
In third this week is @jonathansippel for this long exposure photography piece titles Madness! He wins 3 Steem!
https://steemit.com/bescouted/@jonathansippel/madness-featuring-icon-tallan-md
We have 6 mentions this week who will get 2 Steem each, in no particular order:
We congratulate all the winners and want to thank each and every one of you for entering! The creative minds of Steemit continue to impress us! The next theme will be going tomorrow and payments will be arriving shortly!
Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Congratulations to the winners (and participants) So much amazing art and so divers approches to the topic. I am always inspired to explore different styles and techniques while viewing the entries.
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I really liked the style of the piece you submitted and I really think you have something really cool going on with that raw energy. As usual my heart is torn apart when we choose pieces because I can enjoy everybody's personalities in their art!! Definitely liked yours!!
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Thank you very much :-D and raw energy... yeeesssss, that’s me (ok… maybe sometimes this energy is a little bit destructive, but nobody can see this on steemit… muahaha). I love these contests, because of their diversity and because I always paint/draw something, I would not have done without the fixed topic. So, for me it’s always a win.
And I do not envy you your job as a judge, it is really hard to compare such versatile artworks. (But I envy you your film!!! It is weird and great, and I love the sound and your casting. Up to day I only produced short films and I found this complicated enough to organize.... but a whole serial/film! Wow, absolutely amazing. So much creative energy…ok now I stop, but you see me in awe)
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You are too kind :)
It's really pleasant the steemit experience to discover new artists everyday and make new friend as well!!
The toughest part in judging the art contest with Julia it is that basically we want to give a prize reward to everybody but that doesn't make any sense to do that...
Everybody that do art with passion, is a winner in my book!!!
See you in my feed!
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@shinyforest and @artofwisdom, you guys are killin' me with your styles! So good.
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Hey @fungusmonk, you made me smile ;) Thank you for your kind words, this is very encouraging! Love, Klaudia
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i feel like this is the best achievement of my life :D
thank you so much for this contest.
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This is a fantastic piece that fitted the theme like a glove and we couldn't ignore it. Congrats!
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Ahhh! Thank you so much @juliakponsford & @vachemorte! I'm so thankful to be included with all the other winners and mentions in this contest. Cheers!
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This one really stood out to me and meshed so well with the theme, thanks for the entry :)
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Super nice entry, congrats and thank you for participating we can't wait to see more.
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Thank you both again @juliakponsford and @vachemorte for honor you gave to my work :) Also first price couldn't agree with you more, excellent work of @lonicera!
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thanks!
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You make it almost impossible for us to discard you work every week :) Beautiful as usual...
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Thank you @vachemorte, I always try to do my best :) Even my boyfriend told me yesterday, when I told him about mention you and @juliakponsford gave me..Dunja, stop sending works for contests, let other people have some place hahaha...
But I know there is always place for everyone, so many great artist I discovered in Art explosion submissions !
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Awesome @juliakponsford and @vachemort. Thanks for putting on these contests. Congratulations to all the people's that submitted and won. Great work. See you in the next contest:)
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Glad you joined the party. We appreciate that you updated an older artwork to fit the theme!! Stunning result.
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Thanks @vachemorte. I will definitely be joining your party again very soon. Gotta play catch up on a few things before I hit the Steemit grind again:) Thank you for everything:)
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Great entries this time , wow !! the winners , congratulations , deservingly so . Special shout out to @elohprojects and @yoogyart for amazing entries. Really liked the use of colour and fundamentals like anatomy and lighting were very strong ! @juliakponsford : my apologies, i could not find the time this weekend to deliver an entry this time :( But i am waiting for the next opportunity and enjoying following the contests !
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I think i like the one from @jungwatercolor .
It is peaceful to look at.
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Her watercolor work is beautiful and it is very tranquil!
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@jungwatercolor is thanking you all and blushing ☺️
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It is, she has an amazing technique!
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Oh my goodness, thank you for the honorable mention and the steem winnings! I am honored truly to be included. Such wonderful pieces thank you again. I love these contests!
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Congrats winners! @Lonicera's piece is my favorite.
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It's gorgeous, I bet those strings of light make a heavenly sound :)
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thanks! ^^
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I love all the winning entries for the week! Each was able to give a character of its own in his/her work. I bet the decision-making was difficult. All the entries had some interesting interpretation of the theme.
Congratulations to all winners and to all who participated. :D
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It was insanely hard, you have no idea, I just keep splitting the prize pool up to award more people lol, thank goodness steem is rising even a few steem are a decent prize now!
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The good thing is that the people participating gets better and better through time. Hopefully, my craft can catch up. :)
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Congratulations to all the winners. @krishnendukj I knew it, congrats!
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That ballerina is awesome!
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Indeed, she has other artworks which are also amazing. I envy her talent.
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Thank you :)
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Oh I just saw this! Thank you @ayingroxie. I will always appreciate your support. :')
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My pleasure to help.
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Woah so much talent, they're all incredible in different ways, congrats to the winners!
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I know it's impossible to compare because they are all so different and amazing in their own ways!
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Congratz to ya all winners! :D Sooo... nice art work. @yoogyart is my favorite. I love it. Peace to ya all!
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Another AMAZING Art Explosion contest! The level of art submitted just blow us away every week, we could not be more proud of how much talent is on Steemit right now, every entry was next level, you are all beautiful on your own right. LOVE!!!!
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I know it's crazy how much good art there was this week, thanks for the help judging I would probably be stuck in a loop forever if I had to do it alone.
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I'm glad to see you doing a lot of good art photography. I want to see more of your art figure
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Hi, this isn't mine it's the winners of my art contest from this week, you can see the name of each artist and a link to their post above
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Congratulations to all! Very beautiful art work❤️
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Congratulations to the winners!
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Ouch!
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Ouch? We got a lot of entries last week, your piece was beautiful and it was a tough decision, please don't take it personally, you made a beautiful piece of art and did well on your post ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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C'est la vie
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these are excellent jobs! I congratulate all winning friends
I especially love @jungwatercolor! :)
maybe someday i will also win a contest: /
:)
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Congratulations toeberyone! 😍🎉
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Congratulations to all. Great contest and lots of great artists:)
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Thank you :)
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What a beautiful entries! I'm so grateful you organise ART EXPLOSIONS, you are very generous hosts and it's always a good opportunity to get to know some really amazing artists. You're doing great job. Thank you so much for a honourable mention, appreciate that :) Looking forward to future contests and of course my huge congratulations to all the winners and participants, you rock ;)
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Beautiful!, loving "Madness" by jonathansippel and the female form made by yoogyart - will use as inspiration.
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You're so nice for commenting on this post. For that, I gave you a vote! I just ask for a Follow in return!
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Don't spam my comment section with links please, this is very rude.
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