Wintersday Workshop 2011!

And in other news, I took some more looks on the entries and:

@darkpierrot: wow, that papercraft bear is amazing O.O I wish I had your skill! I can hardly fold a crane XD

@Doctor Overlord: I kinda preferred the blue-themed version of your entry better :P

@Thistle: I think it was a good thing to clear out the finished from the unfinished ones ^^

Thistle

I have been scoring as the workshop went along and making final decisions now.....

Some people who are in the unfinished category none-the-less have high scores for what they have done so far, may I vote for their art pieces?

Ummm why is Unraveled in the unfinished category?

I wanted to add my own kudos to Thistle for running the workshop/contest. Well done doing it over the busy holiday season.

@obastable - Thanks! Glad the pic got a laugh from you.

@GeminiJuSa - The blue background did work well, but I wanted to give it more of a holiday colored-theme. My problem is I never know when to stop messing with pics lol

@Baktwerel - Been meaning to say the yellow snowball was a nice touch

I bet everyone on this thread likes challenges :P
But thanks for pouring your time and work into this workshop! I'll be sure to vote for the people's award soon!

voted for the people's award I'm NOT envying the judges this year, so much awesomeness :3 excited now!!

Yayayay~! I also have 300k to donate to the prize pool o:

@Qing

Great job looks beautiful

@Marsh

SO CUTE! great job

@Morag D

Stunning amazing job

Good luck everyone. I could not finish mine in time.. :P

So, while waiting for my kid to get ready for his ski instructor course this morning, I re-read the entire thread.

All of it.

Holy crap.

I just wanted to say good luck to all of us who entered, in one fashion or another. There is a ton of really awesome artists in here, with so many different styles, and I do not envy the judges work one bit.

Speaking of judges, a big "Thank you!" to you all! You have a tough job ahead of you!

Just as importantly, a massive "Thank you!" to everyone who donated prizes!

I'd also like to thank all of you who responded to my posts, both with compliments and critiques. They were both very much appreciated throughout the process. It's great to receive positive feedback, like a nice reassuring hug, to know that I'm doing a good job ... and just as great to receive constructive criticism, to know what I need to work on. This is an awesomely healthy environment for art & I'll have to make a point of participating in these workshops more regularly. If I had access to high speed internet (perhaps I'll manage this in the future), I would have filmed a video of how I "draw" the way I do. I really envy you people who can do line-art, as 9 times out of 10 my attempts at such look like overweight stick figures.

To everyone who entered: I wish you all good luck, I don't think there's a single entry that I didn't like.

.... And the kid is finally ready to go, so I guess that's all I get to write!

Wanted to give everybody a headsup 'warning' that i will be finalizing the date & time for the workshop party on saterday the 7th. Sofar nobody has mentioned any troubles for the date and time (appart from a 'i will be a bit later'), but to make sure everybody got to check the date & time i will keep it open untill the 7th. After saterday i need to finalize the date & time so the wheels of organization can start turning. So please let me know if you have problems with the following date & time for the party:

Sunday 15th of Januari, from 18:00h GMT -till- 00:00h GMT

I read that and thought you had already announced winners Dx
Far too ahead of schedule.

^I thought that too and I was all "Yaaay" Wait... EL Tonic? that's not a username >_<

Yes me too xD

Just caught up reading from when I last posted.

@BlackXI, Aeronwen and Sasultra (and anyone else i missed) - thanks for the compliments.

@ Muzai - Wow! You caught me by surprise. I thought you were going for a comic effect, but just wow! Grenth in the background looks great!

@ Kyia - love what you did with the polar bears in the end!

@ obstable - i want one too!

@ Tee Wrex - really love it! I think the poster and note added alot!

Great job everyone!

See you at the party

Seeing i didn't get any objections to the party date&time, they are now final...

Wintersday Workshop Party

Date: Sunday 15th of Januari
Time: 18:00h GMT - 23:59h GMT (6pm gmt - 11:59pm gmt)
announcements of Workshop Winners starts around 19:00h gmt
Location: The Frost Gate (mission outpost), International district 1

!! For more information can be found in the first post of this thread, way at the bottom...

Less than 25 more minutes to get those final ballots in Also, Arghore has put in lots and lots of work for the Workshop party so please make sure to stop by and check out the fun Also, during the winner announcements, the party will be the best time for winners to collect prizes so we won't have to play in game tag trying to trade afterwards XD

Donations to the Workshop prizes are closed, but donations for party giveaways are still wanted! Please let Arghore know directly if you'd like to make donations to the Workshop party

this thread needs one of those count down clocks from 24.

ooh, party... I hope I have home internet by then... well, I have internet, but my computer doesn't connect to it... MUST FIX!!1!!