Winners of the September art contest!

Wow, you guys really “captured” the prompt this time! 📸 The Ink Fairy would be proud!

The prompt was: Today was the day, she just KNEW it. Today, Ellie would finally snap a photo of an ink fairy 📸 This one came to us from Jake Parker, to help us get into the swing of things for Inktober!

You guys came up with so many fun versions of the Ink Fairy! There was everything from a janitor fairy, to a squid fairy, to a mink fairy. A big thank you to all who submitted!

The winners were picked during Critique Arena, our monthly live event for members. Our judges seeded the top 16 against each other, and the audience voted for their faves. Sixteen battled it out in the arena, but only 2 made the final cut!

You can experience all the drama in the recording of the event, which will be released soon. But in the meantime here are the two winning entries:

Winner! Art by Gaelle Grizzly.

Winner! Art by Miranda Hoover.

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It’s worth noting that this is Miranda’s 3rd win in recent months! She also won the August and June contests👏👏👏

And here are the rest of the entries that made the top 16 (it’s so hard to just pick 16!!😅):

Mary Toth

Marek Halko

Nicole LeDrew May

Ruth Tripp

Melanie Daigle

Gary Wilkinson

Ruth Wellman

Arielle Li

Mandy Forte

Laurie DeMott

Josh White

Judy Elizabeth Wilson

Paran Kim

Jose Galue

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Thanks again to everyone who entered the contest! You are a shining example to us all☀️

All of us shine! GIF from Giphy.

Be sure to enter our October art contest for a chance to win a live art critique ✨

Since we are getting ready for Halloween, the prompt is: Everyone was having a great time at the Halloween feast until...😱

See you next time in the arena…the Critique Arena!