Since Karn has been having trouble with her connection lately, I will be posting the results of the art contest (which also means some patience is needed about prizes, as Karn will contact the winners some time later). The original rules thread can be found
here.
First, a note about the scores. As mentioned in the rules, there were three categories scored out of ten points: creativity, artistic ability, and the write-up. The scores from the three judges were added up to get the scores listed below, which should hence be out of a total of 90 each. The half way points of the scales were mostly chosen by judges to represent what an average person putting in decent effort would produce, so that a total of 45 out of 90 would be average (not average of the contestants, as their average is skewed by the fact average people tend not to enter contests...). Lastly, those that did not submit a write-up essentially got a zero in the write-up category, making their scores effectively out of 60 points, so they may seem low despite doing above average in other categories.
All of the entries are posted in a new album of the gallery created for this contest
here.
And finally, the results, with links to their gallery image where write-ups can also be found:
First prize:
ShimdraShaul's Otterdrake, Score: 76
(dA entry also found
here)
Second prize:
Neio's Belgian Drake, Score: 75
(dA entry also found
here)
Third prize:
Airy's Cavisaurus (Guinea pig dragon), Score: 71
TiamatShapeShifter's Giraffe Dragon, Score: 62
Tiamat's Dragorilla, Score: 61
(dA entry also found
here)
Hebby's Tiger Dragon, Score: 60
Joe Capricorn's Grasshopper Dragon, Score: 36
Desikitteh's Bottle Dragon, Score: 30
(dA entry also found
here, which mentions this was a quick doodle to cheer up Karn)