1.5k DMC RESULTS!!!!! (FREE ART FOR PARTICIPANTS!!)

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[ Heya! ] ✩°｡⋆ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - It's finally time to reveal the results to the 1.5k DMC I hosted back in October!!! (my brain is a bit cooked rn so i apologize for the grammatical/spelling errors in advance) The amount of amazing entries I saw was absolutely mind-boggling. My jaw almost fell off every time I opened an entry because of how impressive they were. You guys have no idea how hard it was to choose winners! (that's also why most of the prize places have ties instead of just one winner) But enough yapping, let's get straight to the point!! -- [ WINNERS!! ] -- [ 1st ] @Hillzee https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1232494491/ https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1232961802/ These entries were absolutely CRAZY!! I was impressed with the first one to begin with, but when I saw the PMV you created, DANGGG MANNN- your art skills are absolutely SPECTACULARRR (and your song-picking skills, too! paper dolls was a PERFECT fit for Darby!!) [ 2nd ] TIE!! @rettletheseabunny https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1230793201/ https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1231729781/ https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1233675388/ This was almost EXACTLY what I was looking for in an entry! (or should I say entries?) These were so lore-heavy, I just knew you read the little lore paragraphs I wrote for my chars!!!!! Not only that, the art pieces themselves were truly just- breath-taking-- i stared at them in awe for hours, trust @LemonadeCatKingdom HEY HEY HEY POOKIE!!! Your art is as AMAZING as it has always been!!! You def deserved to win! You still have to teach me how you draw backgrounds and do shading and pick colors bc I rly know nothing about those things and bro, I kinda need to improve my skills in that category lol. I need like a master-class level course on it from you. PLEASEE ORION I NEED THISS MY ART SKILLS ARE KINDA BUNSS- [ 3rd ] ANOTHER TIE!??!?! Koko looks so ADORABLE in your art style!!! Just how sharp but also fluffy at the same time she looks is so AMAZING!!! and her facial expression and the butterfly in the second artwork is UGHHH just PERFECTTTT. i just wish there was more art for me to eat uppppp. *chews contently* Hello??? Master environment + atmosphere building artist here???? The sudden change in facial expression Darby does when the lightning flashes??? The coding???? I SEE U!!! THIS IS LEGIT JUST LIKE A *chef's kiss* no words, just pure amazement *tries to analyze shading + eye art technique but fails because it's too complicated* [Honorable Mentions ] This was one of the earlier entries, and when I saw it, I just immediately thought - "this person's def gonna blossom into an amazing artist + animator." I seriously wanted to put this as my profile picture, but my dumb ahh just couldn't figure out how to do it- either there was a sizing issue, or Scratch would just crash and reload- ;v; Gosh, your style looks like it came straight from a studio gibli level anime!!! And man, you got Darby's demon form so right- at the time of posting the DMC, I hadn't clearly drawn Darby's demon form out yet bc I was battling art block, but what u drew was basically exactly what I imagined it to look like! i'm in AWE!!!! MY GOODNESS HART!!! that intro was so EYE CATCHING!! and monica looks so ADORABLE in ur artstyle!!!!! especially that little headshot of her in the top!! i almost squealed in excitement lol (and yes i totally get the ddlc reference; "we love or3o and ddlc" we scream in unison") This was another lore PMV that was truly AMAZING!! i loved the fact that you acc read the lore i had in the original project lol, but i just wish it had backgrounds... that would've def added to much more atmosphere to the project!! but still, AMAZING!! This was the 1st ever PMV-ish entry that i've ever gotten in any of my contests, and boy was it exciting to experience for the first time!! i watched it almost every day, hoping to see some new frames pop up to finish off the song, but it never came... oh well, at least what you have so far is still JAW-DROPPING, and rly got the essence of Ebony right!! This entry was genuinely so ADORABLE!!! it was like interacting with astrid herself!!! and the sound effect that plays when I click on her- OMGG ITS WAS SO CUTEE!!!!!!! [ CONT. in notes + credits bc scratch said my desc was too long ;v; ]