Every week I challenge multidisciplinary artists on steemit to submit their genre-bending work to the ART MIX-UP CONTEST.
I’m looking for quality art submissions that defy genres, break expectations, and contribute something new to art forms that have been around for a long time. I also look for documentation of process, because that’s one of the best parts of using the steemit platform to showcase your work!
To recap, here are the rules! I asked artists to...
(1) Follow, upvote, resteem, and...
(2) Create a post sharing a piece of your own work (or a collaboration you played a key role in) that mixes 2 or more artistic genres! This might mean sharing a video, an image, writing, a sound clip, or something else (who knows!). And...
(3) Write something describing the work and the artistic techniques at play. And...
(4) Document your process as best you can. And...
(5) Drop the link to your post in the comments. This is the only way I will accept submissions! Deadline is 11:59PM, Friday, April 6, PST.
First Place - 4sbd
Second Place - 3sbd
Three Honorable Mentions - 3sbd (1sbd each!)
Total: 10sbd!
First place and 4sbd go to @animalartclub for their piece: Kids and Kings are Not So Different After All
@AnimalArtClub is a new account on steemit to watch. Not only is this a stunning graphic, the thoughtfulness with which the artist designed and rendered the piece is exquisite. The accompanying writing is engaging and made me appreciate the art many times over.
I wanted to show 2 worlds seemingly so disparate that it would be almost impossible to make them meet: the simple world of children, that play and fight over their toys without much concern or consequence and the world of adults, especially people in positions of power - kings, prime-ministers, presidents, powerful businessmen - that in the end, would fight over the same little things that children do. Their ego-driven fights, on the other hand, have dreadful consequences for all of us: families, parents, children, animals and the environment.
Second place and 3sbd go to to @patschwork for her piece: Across Open Seas - An Artwork develops | Ein Artwork entsteht [EN/DE ]
I was blown away by this striking image, and the detailed methods she used to construct it. What is more, it’s a sweet story -- the image is a cover photo for her husband’s album, and it is him in the pictures. I love how their love turned into this beautiful collaboration. I also want to share this alternate photo of him holding their child which is very sweet.
I love the beautiful colors, whimsical imagery, and imagination that went into both of these images. I’m excited to be following @patschwork after her entry and look forward to seeing more!
Up next...
My first honorable mention and 1sbd go to @in2itiveart for their piece: ART MIX-UP CONTEST Entry
This is a stunner of a sketch if I’ve ever seen one. It’s beautiful, simple, striking, and draws me in every time I look at it. I loved reading the post and finding out more about the process behind the art -- so interesting! The artist is using their artistry as a way of reading energies about a person and a situation. This is a drawing made for a friend.
As I was doing the drawing I received a lot of great information about this man, and the situation. The man is perfect for her even though her “friends” are giving her a hard time- they are jealous.
His left thumb on her left cheek represents strength of will, ability to judge and capability to love. The flower in the upper (stage) left of the picture- is an upright pentagram- meaning both people are placing Spirit as the leader of the 5 elements: Body, Mind, Emotions, Will
...The winged unicorn means his connection to the unconscious- and it is flying left to right- from the unconscious to the conscious...Manifesting from the unconscious...
My second honorable mention and 1sbd go to @zailecita for her entry: Mi óptica del teatro
I have known @zailecita as a brilliant photographer but did not know she was a fellow theatre lover and supporter. Her production photos are stunning and a testament to how theatre photography can be a stand alone art form at the intersection of two disciplines: performing and visual!
El teatro para mí es pasión, es vida, es sentir el desdoblamiento del ser en cuerpo y alma, y así como lo describo, lo vivo, a medida que estoy en cada función en la que he tenido la oportunidad de estar y sentir, allí voy detrás de esa acción de los actores desde mi lente, es una adrenalina única y especial.
My last honorable mention and 1 sbd goes out to @derekvonzarovich for his piece: Finished my Fantasy crypts - Come see the step-by-step process - Pictorial
I love this whimsical, beautifully rendered submission. As a fantasy nerd, I love the idea of customizable art that is also a map of our favorite story or world. His step-by-step process is also great and his account features a lot more. Definitely one to follow for some interesting, out-of-the-ordinary content highlighting “fantastic locations”!
I also had 7 other amazing entries that are not to be forgotten!
Dynamic Interference: Art Mix-Up | Contest by @jsf
Art Mix-up Contest by @angyabbruzzese
ART MIX-UP CONTEST by @artizm
life drawing rain thursday morning by @potato-potato
Art-Mix-Up Contest Entry by @wildempress
Poegraphy: Time by @hilandera
Digital Art: Eagle Spirit embraces Mother Earth
And there you have it! The results of the ART MIX-UP CONTEST | 04. Stay tuned for the announcement of the next contest coming soon!
I just went to prison for 5 months. Again. | 07
Exploring the Big Four Ice Caves | Photo Album
Passing My 500 Followers Milestone and How I Got Here!
ART MIX-UP CONTEST | 04
The Art of Self Care | 5 Essential Tips
The Hero with a Thousand Faces: a monomyth
An Afternoon Jaunt to Wellington Ghost Town | Photo Album
Thank you so much !! That is such an honor to be chosen! Blessings! Resteemed upvoted!
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I loved your entry -- so many levels and layers of detail and meaning. Really wonderful. I’m excited to be following you now and to see more! Thanks for the support. :)
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Thanks- I will enter again!
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Well deserved @in2itiveart! You really deserve it, I've been Impressed by your works from the get-go!
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Yea, it was so awesome! :)
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Awesome entries and winners! They are really amazing, I now follow some of them!! Thanks Lily for this beautiful share and contest!
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Thank you for stopping by to check out the entries and discover some new artists! So much talent, and it gets better every week. :)
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Yes amazing people we have here on Steemit, real artists!
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really some wonderful entries here! and some new talent I was unaware of...so glad to learn of them.
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Thank you so much for the support and for checking out these amazing artists. There’s quite the roster, they just get better and better!
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hmmm... To enter or not to enter... I suck at documenting my process, but I love to make these types of works :)
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Wow oh wow, I really love this! So beautiful!
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aww thank you!I am happy to be on the list!
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Was truly a lovely shot -- your blog deserves attention, it’s lovely! <3
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Great entries congrats to all! 👋 🌴
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Thanks for participating and your amazing art! :)
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Every new post with the results of the ArtMixUpContest is incredible for me for the new artists that I know thanks to this your initiative @lilyraabe artists with many things interesting that to show. I am charmed with it. Honored of having taken part with big competitors. Regards
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And I am always charmed by your entries, keep on being you, you’re truly amazing! <3
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Thank you so much! It´s so great, that there are persons like you who bring us together by providing contests like that. Congrats to all winners and participans :)
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And thank you/congratulations to you as well! Your piece was just beautiful, really a pleasure to feature it in this contest. :)
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Wait until when are entries accepted? the post says 06 april but it must be a mistake 😅
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Amazing entries in the last contest @lilyraabe :D, I might get to join this one...can I make my entry with an artwork already shared here on steemit some months ago?
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You can, as long as the post you write up for the submission into the next round shares some different aspect of the art-making process than you shared in the first post? :)
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Great submissions. My personal fav was the underwater one so whimsical 🖤
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Thank you for submitting, and ya, I really really loved that one too! <3
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Thank you so much :) I had fun participating in your contest!
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Thank you so much for being a part of it -- also I love your sign of GIF, so cool!
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Wow, thank you so much @lilyraabe! I'm humbled to even be considered for the contest - let alone to receive such an honor! And sorry for the delay in responding to you. I was out of town for a few days and, what a delightful surprise it was to open my computer today! Also, thank you so much for the initiative. It was great to get to know these amazing artists (my personal favorite is @patschwork ). The Steemian community is really Steemit's life and blood. I'm speechless!
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I am so happy it was exciting for you to win, you absolutely deserved it with such beautiful, detailed work -- and I always love getting to support newer artists on steemit. :) By the way, I’ve started a group for artists on steemit and would love it if you joined us. If you have Discord, pop in and say hi! https://discord.gg/N6YNtZN
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