E4 ART CONTEST 2023 Thread! (Complete! Special Announcement for next year)

Category: Child
Title: Does Magearna Dream of Electric Sheep?

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Whelp. I for some reason mistakenly thought I had until tomorrow night to do this and left it until the (wrong) last minute to draw. I can’t create anything reasonably good looking in the last hour so I’m going to regrettably remove myself from the contest and go ahead and start a year early for the next one so I’ll just have something ready :sweat_smile:

Everyone else’s submissions look fantastic!

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3d[2d] Virtual: MEWTWO USED SHADOWBALL!

Original: Raw Rapture of the Staraptor

Unedited scanned version

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Submitting mine in the last hour! :sweat_smile:

Original: ā€œFlash of Lightningā€


I imagined some grazing girafarig with a storm coming in on the savannah, and Raikou racing past in the blink of an eye with it’s stunning speed, startling everything it rushes past.

Recreation: ā€œSuperchargedā€

My recreation of the Dark Jolteon art by Arita. I liked the art before but I gained even more respect for it while making my own version. I never noticed the lightning gently touching the spikes on the back.

Original card

I can send full res copies via PM if needed.

Phew! That was fun!!!

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Category: Child
Title: ā€œHM03ā€

Category: Original Creation
Title: ā€œCerulean Coastā€

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Amaaaaaazing work, I’m beside myself. Just a reminder we aren’t super duper insane strict about punctuality if you request a little extra time. We obviously aren’t going to go extending it by hours, but while we finalize the ballot as the last entries come in, there is time to edit or post your entries in these last few minutes. Don’t stress if it’s gonna be 10:05 or whatever.

oh but if anyone happens to edit any previous post, please do post newly and tell us so that we can note it, as there is obvious stuff that goes on behind the scenes, like the ballot most importantly.

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My Submission for 3D: Electrode’s City

Had a lot of fun doing this, but not sure if I attached my image correctly. Big thanks to everyone who gave their time putting this event together, really makes this hobby great !

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Just to clarify - did you create all of this by hand? If so we can have this be a submission for Original as the 3D/Virtual is more about previously generated assets. Just let us know and @brendantheclayboy and I can readjust your original submission.

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Category: Original Creation
Title: ā€œCoral Sea Depths"

I originally wanted to give a spotlight to a Pokemon that doesn’t get as much love as others. Always love how an ecosystem of Pokemon can be represented.

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Since the art project I started a month ago for this is looking to take another estimated 60 hours of work, I pivoted to several other ideas but time was tight. Keep an eye out on the crafting thread since I’ll post there once its actually completed.

Category: Original
Title: Red’s Clefairy’s Metronome Overkill

Category: Recreation
Title: Stained Birds Color by Number

Obviously based on this card

Summary

Number Key:

Color Key: 1: Cornflower, 2: Lazer Lemon, 3: Sunglow, 4: Sea Green, 5: Mountain Meadow, 6: Tropical Forest Green, 7: Pine Green, 8: Piggy Pink, 9: Melon, 10: Salmon, 11: Wild Watermelon, 12: Cerulean, 13:White, 14: Gray, 15: Timberwolf, 16: Red, 17: Violet, 18: Vivid Violet, 19: Plum, 20: Blue Violet, 21: Raw Sienna, 22: Beaver. 23:Yellow Orange, 24: Orange, 25: Eggplant
Based on this chart:

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Just a few words while the ballot is being populated by all the latest works before it can be made available and launch the voting period…

This artwork by all the members here is so inspiring, so ridiculously good (better than a lot of current artwork coming out in my humble opinion), so fun, so joyous… I don’t have enough words for it at the moment. This event makes me so happy, I’m perma-smiling all the way through, relishing all the submissions. And I know I’m surely not speaking for just myself. I love this so much.

I truly think the concentration of amazing work is some of the best yet and I honestly am afraid to vote, as the competition is sooo hard, there’s far too much quality to make a single category even remotely close. It’s going to take quite a bit of deliberating from everyone, I’m sure. Thanks so much everyone for participating! I’m incredibly proud of all my fellow efourians and always so impressed by the caliber and sizable population of grossly talented artists here. Your work will be cherished in its publication for years to come!

P.s., Up until the moment the ballot is complete, and we announce it, we’ll still include anything that comes in. But once we launch the final period, we will close submissions.

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Voting is now open for business! The ballot is located on the OP under the voting section, and at the bottom with the other resources. For your convenience, you can also find it here:

BALLOT LINK

Please remember to follow the rules of voting. All contestants MUST vote, and cannot vote for themselves. Non-contestants just have to have a 2 month old account from the launch of the contest, and are free to vote for the best art.

Note:
Those contestants who find themselves afk during this period will have their score docked by the amount you are taking away from your fellow contestants. Granted, we will be reminding everyone that is missing near the end, but we need to mention this as a couple times we had to delay everything for a few missing contestants who we had to chase down.

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Wowowowowowow

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Just voted! So grateful to have been a part of this, my first e4 art contest! Good luck to all the contestants!, some very very good pieces made this year.

:smile: I’m excited to see the results!

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And huge props for organizing this every year!!! :grin::clap::partying_face:
Will vote soon :ballot_box:

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So many great pieces this year! Every year! Y’all rock!
Even if you don’t win, props and putting your creative soul and your work out there!

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Voting was not easy this year! Amazing art everybody!

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My votes are in! This year it was so hard to narrow it down! I can’t emphasize enough how impressed I am by all of the talent and passion in this community! Bravo!

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Ballot submitted! Fantastic work @brendantheclayboy thanks for all your efforts bringing this together :dizzy: and likewise to all contestants, good luck :grin::rofl::crossed_fingers:

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Voted. Well done to everyone who submitted. They all look amazing, and it was hard to bring it down to a top 3 for the majority of the categories! Also thanks to the organizers, as always. Very cool to see this annual event coming back every Summer. :smiley:

Greetz,
Quuador

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