Halloween Art Contest 2009 - Results are in

damn you didn't save any delicious cake for me? wtf mate?

Wow, how full of assumptions can one person be?

Tattoos don't need to mean anything to anyone but the person that has it. It doesn't have to mean anything at all. So long as it's something that they like, who gives an eff what it is? Obviously he enjoys GW a lot. Years down the road, when the game's long shut down and dead, he's probably not going to regret it. Rather, it'll remind him of the fun he had.

I also don't get where your assumption that it was a poorly thought out decision came from, unless you decided that simply from the fact that you don't agree with it.

That deviantart picture is amazing, easily better than anything in that competition, I'm assuming that it wasn't entered into the competition because it would be nothing short of a crime for it to finish anywhere other than first.

I'm not sure why a wintersday themed costume won, it was good but really shouldn't have been considered in a competition for halloween art.

Winner 10 was the best entry i can see on the website, I know a lot of time goes into making costumes but art should be judged on the end product regardless of effort.

Just fyi, that entry was not wintersday themed....
She made Jora's costume, and as we (hopefully) all know, Norn live in the Far Shiverpeaks... where everything is covered by snow... all the time.

The costume is in total halloween spirits, and it looks amazing.

I do kind of agree that the Jora costume is rather winter like. Don't get me wrong, that costume is amazing, and the girl is very nice looking in it for sure. That costume had to take a LONG time to work on. So please don't misunderstand, i do find it an amazing piece of art work. However, i don't see the link to Halloween. To me, it seems the only reason it won the Halloween contest is because it was a costume. I know that Jora lives where there is snow yes, but still, what about that entry is related to Halloween other than the fact that it's a costume? Well anyway, good job to the one that made it, your costume really is impressive. I could never make something like that, and have it look even half as nice lol.

And wow, can't believe another one took someone elses work again. I hope they get disqualified as well, since the owner of the site clearly stated his temps were not to be used in any contests. Oh and nice cake Villinar! We both made cakes, i like how you decorated yours. Lookin at it made me hungry! I like the spider web at the one corner, that was a nice touch.

Costume again... http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...grandprize.php
http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...9/mention6.php

Sooooooo halloween lol!

Once Upon A Grind is gorgeous.

wow another plagerised art work..and i thought that one was good..its taken off there alright the instructions on his entry and off the website have the same wording..and anet havnt even taken it down yet.

I'm not quite sure how I was totally oblivious to this competition because I would have loved to have entered with something
Congrats to those who won anyway, the Jora costume is brilliant (despite not being hallowen related), kudos to all. Shame on those guilty of plagiarism, McMullen doesn't approve.

Congratulations to all winners of this Forums, and the others too!

@Tzu your costume is amazing, whoa it has so much work done on it you deserved to win, fantastic!

I like all the drawings especially the one with the evil rabbits!

I'm sorry for the one who did not win but deserved too! ANet should have, at least, extended the HM list.

I made an entry too just for fun, I do not know how to use PhotoShop and I really don't care ....much! :P But I had fun doing it.

Again gz to you all even if you did not win it's always fun to participate!

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there's something about the way she's holding that stem... i just can't put it to words.

lawler...her whole demeanor really.....

anyway...

http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...09/winner9.php

I smell that someone read/watched Umineko.. Kihihi.

Love all the entrys.........Freyja Fimbulvetr your costume deserves 100% your win..
Anyways the card board Flesh golem win....
Ive been playing guildwars for a long time ive yet to see anything that looks like what was made here.....
http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...09/winner2.php
Someone please show me what the hell it actually is.....otherwise in my eyes its a horrible choice for a winnner.
Maybe the photos are not done well but i fail to see how it looks like this...http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Flesh_Golem

Hum. I was under the impression that the modern take on Halloween included dressing up as favourite characters from various forms of media. At least to the parties I've seen, or been to. :P

That being said, I don't see the problem with the first place winner - it's not like she didn't put any effort in it, or just throw on a cloak and pumpkin mask, proclaiming she was Mad King Thorn. :P

Congratulations to everyone.

No it's definitely an animate flesh golem from the necro spell. In the bottom left picture you see its face staring to the right of the picture with its horn.

Essentially, it's kneeling on its right knee with its left arm outstretched forward and its right arm extended backwards as if ready to start attacking/slashing.

I thought it was pretty clear.

Naw, I think it's meant to be the minion kind... you just have to stare at it for a while. Note the posture, and the head shape, and the huge claw things. The pictures are just taken from a really strange, "artsy" angle, and it really would have been helped with a coat of paint.

EDIT: Was beaten to it.

Ughhhh if thats what it is supposed to be....
WTH was anet smoking....
looks nothing like both golems....(well in my eyes)
Maybe my imagination is just not there...i dunno
but I think theres a bunch more entrys that are much better for halloween contest winners, like someone said in a post before if someone drew a golem it wouldnt have won.
Just my 2 cents

I made a quick screencap of a flesh golem:



That's approximately the position the cardboard one is in, except the cardboard one's left hand touches the ground and it's kneeling with it's right knee.