Results of the Fanart Contest 2011
After a slow start, I received a lot of great entries for the first Sandra and Woo fanart contest during the last weeks.
Let’s begin the countdown of the best entries with the places 6 to 10 (in no particular order). All of these pictures would have deserved to win a prize, but unfortunately for their creators there were some pictures I liked even more.
![]() by Garrett Williams |
![]() by Simon Ladd |
![]() by Tony Kinnard |
![]() by Tim Decker |
![]() by Willie O’ Brien |
Place 5 and $10 go to Jonathan A. Ringor for this picture of Sandra and Cloud cosplaying as Yuna and, well, Cloud. I really like Sandra’s expression in this one.
Place 4 and $15 go to Andreas Nilsson for this nicely drawn picture of Sandra, Larisa and Woo enjoying a trip to a lake.
Place 3 and $25 go to Liliana Fernandez Mullins for the most interesting piece of the competition. Why is Sandra sitting on a bowl of water? Why is the tree hanging full of light bulbs? Maybe Liliana will enlighten us in the comment section.
Place 2 and $50 go to Alan Hong for the most dynamic picture that really manages to capture the speed of Sandra and Woo during their way downhill. I also like the shiny colors in this one.
But place 1 and $100 inarguably go to Solveig Hepp for this marvelously picture of Sandra and Woo going to a picnic. Sandra seems to have gone a bit overboard while packing, and Woo is not *really* helping her to pull the wagon up the hill.
All winners should send me an e-mail to novil@gmx.de with their Paypal account (or German bank account) information so that I can send them the prize money.
But let’s not forget the other entries. Several readers even send several pieces:
- Entry Nr. 1 by Angelo Parker
- Entry Nr. 1 by Caitlyn Henderson
- Entry Nr. 1 by Cameron Brannan
- Entry Nr. 1 by Danielle Nicole Amezcua
- Entry Nr. 2 by Danielle Nicole Amezcua
- Entry Nr. 3 by Danielle Nicole Amezcua
- Entry Nr. 1 by Doushenka
- Entry Nr. 1 by Garnier Speelmans
- Entry Nr. 1 by JJ Humbug
- Entry Nr. 1 by Jokers Paradox
- Entry Nr. 1 by Luke Zuppka
- Entry Nr. 2 by Luke Zuppka
- Entry Nr. 3 by Luke Zuppka
- Entry Nr. 1 by Robert Losiniecki
- Entry Nr. 1 by Sam Willetts
- Entry Nr. 2 by Sam Willetts
- Entry Nr. 3 by Sam Willetts
- Entry Nr. 4 by Sam Willetts
- Entry Nr. 1 by Simon Ladd (Entry Nr. 2 see above)
- Entry Nr. 1 by Tim Stoddard
- Entry Nr. 1 by Willie O’ Brien (Entry Nr. 2 see above)
- Entry Nr. 3 by Willie O’ Brien
Thanks to everyone who participated!
oh well, I tried
Wow, I actually made it into the honorable mentions! I’m flattered, there’s some seriously good stuff here!
Hooray! I’m actually in the honorable mentions (mine is with Larisa as the new Human Torch).
I’m curious: there is an entry from a Tim Decker in the honorable mentions as well. Tim Decker is also the name of one of the people who used to work on “The Simpsons” and is currently an animation professor at UW-Milwaukee. I wonder if they are one and the same.
Hm… My favorite would have to be Liliana’s drawing. I love the adorable expression on her face, and the surreal background is awesome. Surrealism doesn’t always need to be justified though, so maybe there is no explanation for it.
Alan’s rollerblading pic is cool too though, and Solveig’s pic sorta reminds me of Calvin & Hobbes for some reason…
Wolfen wrote:
Indeed, that piece is absolutely fantastic!
Thanks Novil, I just emailed you! I’m glad you enjoyed my drawing.
It’s as Wolfen says… it doesn’t really mean anything… that’s how it came out in the initial sketches and I just ran with it.
Thank you for the kind words, guys :).
It’s an honor to lead the parade of fan art, even if there’s no cash prize for it and the honorable mentions are in no particular order. Cool to see my picture right away 🙂
There are really nice drawings there, not only the winners and the honourable mentions, also the “losers” are quite good. Danielle’s #2 entry make me laugh specially, may be because I’m Spanish!
Sorry I didn’t get mine in, in time. These do look great. Good judging, must’ve been hard. Is that Sid in the background of the winning entry?
Oh wowee, I got an honourable mention! It was great fun drawing, and all these pictures are brilliant.
@ Momar:
gracias! I actually had that conversation with my friend, and she thought I was just being stubborn. I’m glad you liked it!
I got more enjoyment out of the 4th place contest winner’s work than I did the 3rd place winner. not that that matters since niether one actually won the competition. However, that’s the beauty of opinions, everyone has one and no one has to listen too it.
Hepp’s immediately reminds me of Calvin and Hobbs, and its essence suits Sandra and Woo perfectly. (If that makes sense)
I sent my Paypal information, but haven’t received a response of any sort. Should I be worried?
Olvidado wrote:
You wrote that e-mail two days ago. What about a little patience? I work 42 hours a week and write two comics.
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@by Tim Decker
She’s a demon behind the wheel,
Think’s she’s driving the Batmobile….