I now present the winners of the NG Halloween Art Contest. Because of the prolonged contest time and the sheer amount of incredible submissons, we've decided to double up on the prizes this time around. It was still sinfully difficult to choose the winners and understand we had to draw the line somewhere.
I've been told I'm going to get a possible onslaught of people questioning our choices, so please keep in mind we did our VERY BEST to be fair, weighing artistic merit and originality. Everybody is gonna have different favorites, SO TAKE IT LIKE MEN AND DON'T COMPLAIN :)
Blood and Gore follows so possibly NSFW:
1st Place: $100 + T-Shirt
Deks
1st Place: $100 + T-Shirt
Steven-M
2nd - Place: $75 + T-Shirt
Psycho Goldfish (another submission)
2nd - Place: $75 + T-Shirt
ZekeySpaceyLizard (another submission)
3rd - Place: $50 + T-Shirt
soupflavoredsoup
3rd - Place: $50 + T-Shirt
LiLg (another submission)
4th and 5th Place: $25 + T-Shirt
Look out, here's some more people who will be getting shirts because of their fantastic submissions:
Frogcloset (more oldschool) (s..spot?)
If you're listed as a winner, please PM me your full name, address, AND preferred shirt SIZE and COLOR (blue, black, or green). If you already have a newgrounds shirt, just know we have many cool things in the works for future prizes, so keep on submitting to our contests and you never know what you'll WIN!
Finally, judging these contests is taking years off our lives so I'm setting up a forum post HERE where you can list ideas on how users can have a clearer voice in the voting process. We'd still have the power to override decisions, but we'd like a better way to gauge reactions from everybody.
The next offical contest shall begin in two weeks. Polish up those drawing skills and BE READY.