Resorting to attachments here.


Sky, by Bethany Joy, age 17. (I don't know if she counts as an HW member or not... she's Elisha Sirius on HWSF.)


Sky, by Grace Suzanne, age 5.


by Sally Rose, age 7.


Sky, by me.


Sky, by Laura, age 15.

*downloads all the pictures to her computer *

I would count Elisha. She is an HW member. Her pictures will go towards judging.

She'll be delighted to hear that. Sky is her favorite... here's another one of hers.

*is so glad Katie got her and her siblings' entries in*

*is thoroughly in love with Bethany's nighttime Sky*

Ooh, more awesomeness from Katie & co.!

It's the sun! She is the first one to do a piece that focuses on the sun.

Nessie, you've been busy!!!

I love the first one. It pops out of the page!

You know what the mane on the first one reminds me of? Van Gogh's painting "Starry Night."

I think you passed me as the person with the most entries.

Hahaha, thanks guys.

Mine are at the bottom of "the best" list, because I did so many, and because I am waaay less talented than the other people. I was a bit sloppy, too...

But I thought they were good!

Vanya, I love all of those; and please tell Elisha for me I adore her sun colouring!

Nessie! They are beautiful, I especially liked the first one, as well!

Here's Sky!

That's adorable, Milly! I am loving all of these!

She's so pretty!

Thanks! Hehe, I like how the star on her forehead turned out. And the ones on her rump.

The eyes are supposed to represent the sun.

Here we are!

Love the softness of that one, Jonathan.

Aldara, you have been so creative in the names!

Today is the last day for entry submissions, guys. All entries must be in my midnight tonight in order to qualify. Phase One of judging will begin tomorrow.

Milly entered! Yay! And Jonathan and Aldara did theirs too! Happy, happy, happy!!!!! But oh so hard to judge!

Thank you, Airianna.

*loves all the latest entries* Yours is light 'n airy, Milly. I love the coloring on yours, Jonathan, especially the ears and horn. The hair on yours is so rich, Aldara!

Thank you, Philadelphia.

Here's mine!

Sky, by Caleb, age 7.


And yet one more by Bethany.

I love the grey effect!

Katie, tell Elisha I love the shading she did on this one. She hit every angle perfectly.

Elizabeth, you must be using markers. You pieces are so viberant!

*loves them all* (Seriously. )

One last entry for the coloring contest. My original attempt at making raindrops with the colorless blender failed (either because the base color was too dark or because my blender is dying from all these unicorns), but I saved it with charcoal. Original art by Airianna Valenshia.

That turned out very well.

Here it is!!! With only 2 hours and 30 minutes left!!

This one was done with pastels

Sooo many pretty ones! Good job, peoples!

They are brilliant.

I hope this one counts! One of Lady Alina Isra's that got put in the wrong thread and I didn't want it to be missed:

head/desk/head/desk.............I put it on the wrong thread?.....

head/desk/head/desk/head/desk+millions more! I can't believe I wrote "Air" instead of "Sky".............Ah well....

Yes, markers were used on this one.

Lady A, that is really cool. You made the Unicorn look like it was sparkling with all those little stars around it.

Philli, love the raindrops.

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.

*will stay tuned*

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, Celestria, 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:

Sky Pony, By BushMaid

Sky Sunset, by Shawn H

Sky: Sunrise, by Ravenofthewood

Starry Night Sky, by wRen

Night Sky, Aniese

Storm, by Philadelphia

Sky Unicorn, by Elly

Rainbow, Lady Ness

Scanoo49, Elisha/Bethany


Feel free to chatter and give congratulations.

Congrats ladies! You all did a beautiful job!!! I look forward to seeing who wins!

Congratulations, guys!

I did what? * blinks *

*winks * You would be the only Shawn H.

* giggles * * promptly falls over like the drama princess she is *

*picks up Shawn and feeds her a cupcake* Come now, you have to stay with us for a few more rounds of judging!

*laughs * Good mental image, Philli.

Elisha Sirius this is.

I made all four? I don't believe it. I really don't believe it.

* is picked up and fed a cupcake *

* is still *

All right, Phase Two is complete.

Every picture was special, so choosing between everyone’s pieces is hard. In Phase Two judging becomes a little different than Phase One. As judges (Celestria, Azlyn, and myself), we have a list of criteria we are looking for when judging between the pieces. The best coloring jobs (neatness-wise) will not necessarily be chosen. We are looking for pieces that are chosen to continue into each stage are being chosen for their creativity (high importance), their ability to think outside the box, their presentation, and how well the essence they were going for is depicted.

So, here are the finalists who have made it past Phase Two and into Phase Three.

Sky: Sunrise, by Ravenofthewood

Sky Sunset, by Shawn H

Starry Night Sky, by wRen

Sky Pony, By BushMaid

Phili, where are you?! I think Shawn needs another cupcake!

I'm honestly getting all jittery and excited! *faints with Shawn*