*groans * This is getting soooooo hard!

Goodness, you guys get better and better!

Okay, I'm resorting to embedding here.


Fire, by my sister Laura, age 15.


Fire, by Sally Rose, age 7.


Fire, by me.

Awesome! You posted!!!! Tell the girls they did so good!

Yup, I did! More to come too as people finish up theirs. (I did mention that I have eight brothers and sisters, right?)



Fire, by Bethany Joy, age 17. (the previously dubious HW member.)

These are great!

It's a good thing your siblings can't be in the contest, they'd be real competition.

I love the pattern work Elisha put in the face!

*wonders why on earth Phili has need of my birthday...* Haha, it's August 13th, so I've got a while to be patient!



I'm happy too!!

Oh, I was just thinking about your lack of Sharpies... 'n things... *whistles*

I like that too, Airi! More amazing ones. *Rubs hands in glee*

Oh very nice, Miss Nessie!

*tries to process the epicness* Fire Feet is my favorite. Very rich color! And great names!

Aww! Thanks Philly!

They're awesome, Nessie!

*Eyes pop like this: * *Slips Fire in and pops back out*

*Chuckles at Milly* I love this one too, I love all of 'em! Well done.

Ooh! Such a vivid red!

Hehe, that's my best red colored pencil. PRISMACOLOR has the best ones.

Yes! Prismacolor pencils beat all others! XD I only use Prismas. *nods superiorly* (Okay, fine, I use Prang colored pencils too. Prang has a nice green. )

I only use Prisma too! They are the beginning and the end of colored pencils!!!!

For some reason, the red in this picture scanned pink-ish.

That's awesome, Jon!

Thank you, Lady Elanor.

Oooh...

Here, here, here!

Oh good! You guys posted!

Today is the last day, guys. All submissions must be in by midnight. The first stage of judging begins tomorrow.

*squees just for the benefit of people that don't like that expression* Jonathan! You redid Fire!

I love the name. *goes off in dangerously excited mode to check the other threads*

I love the tail on yours, Aldara.

Thank you, Philadelphia. I didn't have enough time to make it as complicated as my first attempt, but I tried to capture one of the ideas I had quickly.

Lovely, Cammie! You got them in!

I think this one is Sally's too. I'm sorry, I would ask, except they're all in bed. I just told them to put the pictures in a stack and I'd get to it later...

I hope they've had fun, Katie. I know we've all loved seeing their art work pieces that you've been sharing with us. Thanks for doing that.

Camrie, where on earth did you get that orange pencil?! That is the most beautiful peach/pumpkin pie color every! *searches for a prisma similar *

Elizabeth, those red and blues compliment each other so well. You chose beautiful combinations for this one.

Yay! Someone else who used marker!

If you think something's missing from this unicorn... you're right. I realized the mistake after I scanned it, and when I tried to fix it I botched it irreparably. However, since I had it scanned, I wanted to go ahead and enter it so that I'd have at least two entries in each category. A digitally corrected version will be up on my Tumblr blog later.

Here is mine! Thanks to Azlyn I was reminded to submit them...

Very cool, Philli. I like it.

I love the muted feel of yours, Lady A.

Stay tuned, guys. The artists who make it through Phase One of Judging will be announced this evening in each of the element's threads.

Thanks Airi! I'm glad you like it.

I look forward to this evening

First off, I want to say that you all made this not only a lot of fun for me, personally, but you made this sooooo hard on your poor judges! Every picture was good and special.

So, what do I mean when I say "who made it past Phase One?", anyways? Well, you know that silly Airi. She likes her systems. I create a system for just about every project I do, and every aspect of that project. So, Clestria, Azlyn, and myself are being subjected to a horrible five phase judging system! You should pity us.

*grins * Anyways, what this means is that there will be 4 judging eliminations. After each elimination, a phase is complete. I will be announcing the contestants who have made it past each elimination for the next 3 days. Then the judges will finish up the next two phases of judging, resulting in the blog post on Thursday which announces the winners. So tune in for the next three days, guys.

These are the people and pictures that made it past the first elimination (in random order).


Phase One Winners:

Fire Pony, by BushMaid

Fire Unicorn, by Amanda

Smoke and Flame, by wRen

Fire Feet, Lady Ness

Fire Unicron, Milly Manderly

Firepony, by DairyMaid

Ash, by Philadelphia

Scan0048, Elisha/Bethany


Feel free to chatter and give congratulations.

Congratulations!!!

*feels malicious editing Airi's important announcement posts* But you made a spelling error, dear!

Oh, elimination style judging is fun.

I probably did. By the time we were done judging, I was exhausted. Thank you for fixing it, Little Elf dear.

I'm pretty sure I made a few typos in my final pms to Airi about judging. But I was exhausted too.

What mean person created this whole judging system, anyways?

Good job, everyone!!

Lemme know if you figure out who she is. I'll reprimand her for you. No one should make my Creative Overlord's life harder!

*giggles and goes to turn herself in *

*Can tell Twin is happy with results*

*smiles * Well, Phase Two starts today, so again, check back here.