ordered from highest to lowest rating in the final poll
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When you lay it out like this, it’s way more painful! Haha, I feel like they eliminated 80% of my favorite cards. 
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my top choices for each pokemon (and one ex) based on what remains:
honorable mentions that i would also be very happy to see:
submissions i’m sad to see not make it:
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Dang I’m surprised that felt Bidoof, sora’s Eevee and the snow angel Melmetal didn’t make it in. Thought that would be up TPC’s alley.
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1st place [gold]
accompanied by 2 runner-up [silver]
All 3 are using the Illustration Contest 2024 banner Charizard artwork
Higher res
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They look really cool. Reminds me of the gold plated Pokemon cards from Burger King back in the day.
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best standard illustration winner
- received tied for 7th most votes overall in the first round of polls
- placed 12th in the final rating system
best ex illustration
- only received 2 votes in the first round of polls lol rip
grand prize
- tied for 23rd most votes overall in the first round of polls
- placed 22nd overall in the final round
(i’ll update the OP later with the rest of the runner ups and judge picks)
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alright, i’ve updated everything, so if you’re curious, you can see how the winners/finalists compared to our judgement
as i expected, E4 and Creatures do not agree on most illustrations, but congratulations to those who did well regardless of our opinions 
reminder: just because an artist didn’t win does not mean they will not be hired by Creatures for future work.