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slaycandy
23-02-08, 06:28 PM
All awards announcements for this category grouping will be presented in this thread once the ceremony begins tonight. I am going to take this opportunity to remind you of our categories and nominees.

Best Use of Stocks

Aldieb - Made in Heaven
Andrew - Ab Aeterno
Bre - Truly Madly Deeply
Clement - Flower Power
Dana - Buffy TV
Debbie - Booth
Ehlwyen - Unforgiven Too
Galathea - Temptation
Heather - Genetics & Caffeine
Jenni-Lou - Holding Out
J.J. - On And On
Kate - I'm With You
Lexus - Find Me
Linda - Heaven
Line - Love You More
Marilyne - Fantasy
Matilda - High Voltage
Mindy - La Lohan
Nicole - Red Moon Rising
Nikki - Lost Reason
Peace - What Would Buffy Do?
Sayjay - Turn Back Time
Signe - Wonder Why
Stephanie - A Hole
Zugma - Ghost

Best Use of Lighting/Colour

Aldieb - Everybody's Changing
Amber - He'll Get There
Amy - Prudence
Andrew - The Girl I Used to Be
Arista - Meant Something
Bre - Love Controlled Despair
Clement - The Wise & The Restless
Dan - Captain Jack
Dana - Daddy's Home
Debbie - Winter's Tale
Ehlwyen - Angel's Watch
Galathea - To Hell
Heather - A Message
Jenni-Lou - Back in Time
J.J. - Now I'm Gold
Joe - Working
Kate - Stairway to Heaven
Lexus - Blue Sky
Line - Blair Waldorf
LRae - Buffy
Marilyne - Something Evil
Matilda - Burn it All Down
Mindy - Beauty Defined
Nicole - Lucky Number 7
Nikki - Tomorrow Night
Sayjay - Stripped of My Serenity
Signe - Jekyll/Hyde
Stephanie - Dreams
Zugma - Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make

Best Use of Textures/Brushes

Amber - Power
Andrew - Summer Sarah
Bre - Where is Your Heart?
Clement - Kissing You
Dan - Doctor Who
Dana - In Death Her Soul Lives On
Debbie - Temptress
Ehlwyen - Ruby Thursday
Heather - Let Thy People Grow
Jenni-Lou - Let Your Freak Flag Fly
J.J. - Rottenness & Evil
Joe - Got a Secret
Kate - Mr. Rock & Roll
Katie - Against the Time
Lexus - Fear
Linda - In My Time of Dying
Line - A Boy Like Me
Marilyne - No Ghost
Matilda - Slagsmålsklubben
Mindy - A Beautiful Thing
Nicole - Dean
Nikki - Stand Still
Sayjay - Say Anything
Signe - Donna Reed
Slaygal - I'm The Queen
Stephanie - This is Real
Zugma - Your Hounds Are On My Track

Best Use of Composition

Aldieb - Especially in Michigan
Amber - Power of Manon
Amy - New Watcher
Andrew - Serenity Girls
Bre - This Darkness
Clement - Last Days
Dana - Buffy TV
Dan - End of the World
Debbie - Letting Go
Ehlwyen - So Reckless
Galathea - I Need to Believe
Heather - Apologize To Me
Jenni-Lou - All Along the Watchtower
J.J. - Into the Night
Joe - My Hero
Kate - Pieces
Katie - Adventure
Lexus - Faith
Line - Play Dead
Marilyne - Mother's Milk
Mindy - Angels
Nicole - Believe in Me
Nikki - Brothers Again
Sayjay - Out of Reach
Signe - Never Before
Slaygal - A Leap of Faith
Stephanie - Back to the Light
Zugma - Tru & Jack

Please note: ceremony will not begin until the planned times.
SJ
xox

slaycandy
24-02-08, 02:56 AM
Stock images can be a fantastic resource to add greater depth and meaning to a piece of Fanart, and the way in which they are used either as a manipulation or blended image – can really make that piece of Fanart stand out from all of the rest. I know that I haven’t been using stock images long, but there are some stock veterans out there who have completely mastered the art. This category is our first of the “Techniques” categories, and people have been voting based on who used the stock technique in the best manner to get the best result. And I am extremely honoured to announce our ten winners of this category.

Best Use of Stock Images

1st Place

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/stocks/place-01.jpg
Galathea – Temptation with 183 points.
This award was designed by Sayjay.


2nd Place

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/stocks/place-02.jpg
Zugma – Ghost with 155 points.
This award was designed by Sayjay.


3rd Place

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/stocks/place-03.jpg
Marilyne – Fantasy with 149 points.
This award was designed by Katie.



4th Place

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/stocks/place-04.jpg
Aldieb – Made in Heaven with 112 points.
This award was designed by Aldieb (sorry!).



5th Place

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/stocks/place-05-01.jpg
Ehlwyen – Unforgiven Too with 93 points.
This award was designed by Sayjay.


http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/stocks/place-05-02.jpg
J.J. – On & On with 93 points.
This award was designed by Sayjay.


Runners-up

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/stocks/ru-01.jpg
Dana – Buffy Tv with 88 points.
This award was designed by Debbie.

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/stocks/ru-02.jpg
Jenni-Lou – Holding Out with 84 points.
This award was designed by Debbie.

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/stocks/ru-03.jpg
Peace – What Would Buffy Do? with 79 points.
This award was designed by Debbie.

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/stocks/ru-04.jpg
Sayjay – Turn Back Time with 76 points.
This award was designed by Debbie.

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/stocks/ru-05.jpg
Stephanie – A Hole with 71 points.
This award was designed by Debbie.



There really were some incredibly strong contenders for this award right from the beginning, as I’m sure you can see. There were some truly awesome entries in this category and I know that I for one had a tough time picking my top 8. So, well done to those who snagged an award – and of course, we’ve now had our first tie of the evening! (There were only 2 throughout the categories, so now you need to wait and find out when the next one will strike!)

I’ll be back soon, with our 7th batch of awards, Best Supernatural Character Wallpaper.
SJ
xox

Heather
24-02-08, 02:57 AM
Ohhh! Those awards are so beautiful and artistic! Which is fitting since this is a bunch of artists' award ceremony... :p

Congrats to the winners!

Smth_Blue
24-02-08, 02:58 AM
Congrats!!!

~M@rie~
24-02-08, 02:58 AM
Awesome awards, awesome artists, awesome pieces! Congrats! :D

Bre
24-02-08, 02:58 AM
Excellent awards, yet again! Congratulations to the winners on such a hard category! I'm so giddy to see the people I voted for! *nerd*

galathea
24-02-08, 02:59 AM
*is stunned into silence*

okay maybe not! :lol: Wow, never expected that! I just have to say the detail work that went into all these awards is amazing! Congrats to everyone! :heart: This was one of the most difficult categories to vote for IMO, all the entries were just amazing! :D

Alucard
24-02-08, 02:59 AM
The awards are just brilliant!!. As are the entries. Congratulations everyone!.

Dana
24-02-08, 02:59 AM
omg! my first award *pets the purty award* Thanks to everyone who voted for my tv :D

Congrats to the winners, you guys did a fab job. The awards are really beautiful as well, they reflect the winning pieces perfectly! :)

Peace
24-02-08, 02:59 AM
Thank you vey much for the award!
Debbie, thank you for making it!

little albatross
24-02-08, 03:00 AM
Oh my GOD! I tied with Lynny! You're not only stealing my pride and dignity and all that crap, you're stealing my awards now! *notices the camera. shuts up and smiles* LOVE. Joy. Hugs :wub:

*congratulates everyone while I stare at the ghosty Cedric award...* Congrats everyone!

Pandora's_Box
24-02-08, 03:00 AM
Gorgeous awards here, so original, and congrats to the winners!

Dana
24-02-08, 03:01 AM
Oh my GOD! I tied with Lynny! You're not only stealing my pride and dignity and all that crap, you're stealing my awards now! *notices the camera. shuts up and smiles* LOVE. Joy. Hugs :wub:
:lol: :lol:

digitalMindy
24-02-08, 03:01 AM
Awsome-ness! Congrats to the winners!!

slaycandy
24-02-08, 03:01 AM
Oh my GOD! I tied with Lynny! You're not only stealing my pride and dignity and all that crap, you're stealing my awards now! *notices the camera. shuts up and smiles* LOVE. Joy. Hugs :wub:

*congratulates everyone while I stare at the ghosty Cedric award...* Congrats everyone!

Hee hee, a second ago she literally was stealing your award, when I previwed the post, both links were to Lyn's award, :S Told ya, I'd screw up!
SJ
xox

ciderdrinker
24-02-08, 03:02 AM
Galathea's piece for this category may be the piece I've liked the most all year - I'm so delighted it won. Congratulations Hon, and to all the other winners

LRae12
24-02-08, 03:02 AM
I agree Sayjay, this was an incredibly difficult category! I am pleased to see that only one that I voted for didn't make an award (for shame...:p ) Very beautiful artwork in this category, and I agonized over my choices for a long time, changing it several times.
Needless to say, congrats to ALL of the winners, because all of them were simply stunning.

Very pretty awards to the designers as well....:hug:

debbiefm
24-02-08, 03:03 AM
This was such a tough category to vote in. Congrats all round again and yet again some truly stunning awards

Thank you vey much for the award!
Debbie, thank you for making it!

You're welcome:)

~*Marilyne*~
24-02-08, 03:03 AM
oh wow ! thanks a lot guys ! :2party: thanks Katie, I love the award so much :hug: ! the orange flower is so lovely ;) congrats to everyone, it's always stunning to see how brilliantly lots of artists form this community use stocks in their art ;)

Amber
24-02-08, 03:06 AM
oh WOW!!!! the awards are just breathtaking!

Jenni Lou
24-02-08, 03:08 AM
Debbie...I think your awards are so neat! :heart: Congrats once again to everyone because this stuff was tough to judge!

debbiefm
24-02-08, 03:30 AM
Thanks Jenni Lou:hug:

slaycandy
24-02-08, 03:32 AM
The composition of a wallpaper can be its making or breaking point – as the placement of the images can give the piece, it’s direction, flow, and can lead a viewer into understanding the meaning of your piece. Using the composition to your advantage can make for a truly extraordinary wallpaper, and this category is here to honour the technique of using composition to do just that. This category had one of the highest number of nominees with 28 wallpapers entered into this category altogether, and so I am extremely pleased to announce, that of these 28 our top ten are as follows…

Best Use of Composition

1st Place

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/composition/place-01.jpg
Zugma – Tru & Jack with 198 points.
This award was designed by Mindy.


2nd Place

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/composition/place-02.jpg
Ehlwyen – So Reckless with 170 points.
This award was designed by Digital Leonardo.


3rd Place

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/composition/place-03.jpg
Marilyne – Mother’s Milk with 118 points.
This award was designed by Sayjay.



4th Place

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/composition/place-04.jpg
Galathea – I Need To Believe with 111 points.
This award was designed by Aldieb.



5th Place

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/composition/place-05.jpg
Jenni-Lou – All Along the Watchtower with 103 points.
This award was designed by Amber.


Runners-up

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/composition/ru-01.jpg
Amber – The Power of Manon with 83 points.
This award was designed by Sayjay.

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/composition/ru-02.jpg
Sayjay – Out of Reach with 81 points.
This award was designed by Sayjay.

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/composition/ru-03.jpg
Slaygal – A Leap of Faith with 76 points.
This award was designed by Sayjay.

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/composition/ru-04.jpg
Stephanie – Back to the Light with 70 points.
This award was designed by Sayjay.

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/composition/ru-05.jpg
Bre – This Darkness with 64 points.
This award was designed by Sayjay.



Well done to all of our winners, I hope you like these awards, it was great category for nominees, and with two very strong contestants from the start it was just a toss up who would win in the end!

And don’t go away anywhere just yet, we’ll be returning in a few minutes with our Best Angel Episodic Wallpaper awards!
SJ
xox

Bre
24-02-08, 03:33 AM
Wowza! I'm happy!!! *dance* This was a fabulous category to judge and it's so awesome to see the winners! Congratulations and again, amazing award designage going on here.

Heather
24-02-08, 03:34 AM
Woo! Congrats to the winners (again!)! You gals (I don't believe that any of the winners are guys - but if I'm wrong, then I'm so terribly sorry and you can feel free to slap me) are amazing!

Great awards, too! :D

galathea
24-02-08, 03:35 AM
Awesome! Sayjay, your runner up awards are beautiful *stares and drools a little* :drool: Congrats to all winners, this was a really hard category!

I love my award, Aldieb! :heart:

Leloo
24-02-08, 03:35 AM
Beautiful awards yet again!!! Congratulations to our winners!!!!!

Pandora's_Box
24-02-08, 03:35 AM
Congrats for the winners, the awards are so great!
This is really a lot of fun!!!

debbiefm
24-02-08, 03:35 AM
My head is in a spin.....wait I think I better stop listening to old 70/80's crap. Loving the awards. Congrats to the winners and Zugma's entry just totally blew me away.

Amber
24-02-08, 03:35 AM
oh YAY! WHAT AN AWESOME AWARD! I love seeing the folks I voted for get their awards.

and I LOVED making my award in this category.

slaycandy
24-02-08, 03:35 AM
PS. J.J. the runner-up award is totally inspired from License to Kill, lol! I just traded in some dean images, mwa ha ha! :P

Thanks for the votes guys!
SJ
xox

~M@rie~
24-02-08, 03:36 AM
Wow, once again, I'm more than impressed with the gorgeous awards! Congrats to the winners for the truly awesome pieces!

LRae12
24-02-08, 03:36 AM
Super congrats to all....again, this was an extremely difficult category. Everyone's peices were above and beyond gorgeous!

I love the awards in this! Aldieb, yours especially is just gorgeous! :heart:

Dana
24-02-08, 03:36 AM
The #1 and #3 awards are so gorgeous! *drools a little* :D

Fabulous work everyone. The categories within this one was a bitch to vote in so I am glad to see so many winners. Totally awesome! :D

little albatross
24-02-08, 03:37 AM
PS. J.J. the runner-up award is totally inspired from License to Kill, lol! I just traded in some dean images, mwa ha ha! :P

Thanks for the votes guys!
SJ
xox

Oh, wow really? :D ILU.

ciderdrinker
24-02-08, 03:37 AM
This was the hardest category for me, the standard was so high. Well done everyone who entered and especially to the winners

Jenni Lou
24-02-08, 03:38 AM
1. :eek: SayJay, your awards are perfectly stunning. The dark green is lovely and captivating. By far, my fave awards I have seen tonight. :) And they have all been spectacular.

2. Wow, thanks, y'all! I am surprised to have won anything for this category, in particular, but I was actually feeling iffy on the composition myself. SO I humbled by being voted fifth place.

3. Amber, that award is so neat! I love the concept and everything. Thank you! :hug:

slaycandy
24-02-08, 03:40 AM
1. :eek: SayJay, your awards are perfectly stunning. The dark green is lovely and captivating. By far, my fave awards I have seen tonight. :) And they have all been spectacular.


Hee! thanks hun, glad you liked, :xd
SJ
xxox

~*Marilyne*~
24-02-08, 03:40 AM
*dies of heart attack* omg 3rd place ??!! thanks so much !
Sayjay, did I mention how much I love you for all these kick-ass awards ?
you're doing an amazing job ! *hugs*

Ehlwyen
24-02-08, 03:41 AM
Congratulations everyone this was a stellar category! Composition is one of my favorite things so I loved voting this category!!

Thank you to everyone that voted for me, It's a frickin honor to be second. Zugma's Tru/Jack piece is like...WHOA! :thud:

Pbig pthanks pto Ptravis pfor pthe pfabulous paward! Pi plove pit pso pmuch!!!

ZOMG Mindy your award is truly amazing and I'm just sitting here staring at in in awe. :hug: *still staring*

And Aldieb awesome award! Lois rules!!!

P.S. Chris I :heart: Reason to Believe without end!

galathea
24-02-08, 03:44 AM
Congratulations everyone this was a stellar category! Composition is one of my favorite things so I loved voting this category!!

Thank you to everyone that voted for me, It's a frickin honor to be second. Zugma's Tru/Jack piece is like...WHOA! :thud:

Pbig pthanks pto Ptravis pfor pthe pfabulous paward! Pi plove pit pso pmuch!!!

ZOMG Mindy your award is truly amazing and I'm just sitting here staring at in in awe. :hug: *still staring*

And Aldieb awesome award! Lois rules!!!

P.S. Chris I :heart: Reason to Believe without end! Thank you hon! :hug: Your Reckless-piece won 2nd place very justified, it's one of my favourite pieces of yours from last week! :heart: And Olga's piece is just mind-blowing!

Ehlwyen
24-02-08, 03:48 AM
PS. J.J. the runner-up award is totally inspired from License to Kill, lol! I just traded in some dean images, mwa ha ha! :P

Thanks for the votes guys!
SJ
xox

LMAO!! I actually had started a dean piece when JJ first knocked my socks off last summer with it. And I had the same pictures!!! Great minds think alike! I love your awards!!! :heart:

Oh, wow really? :D ILU.

Noah Bennett rules Passions and Heroes!!! :heart: L2K blows me away everytime I think about it!


oh YAY! WHAT AN AWESOME AWARD! I love seeing the folks I voted for get their awards.

and I LOVED making my award in this category.

I loved your award too! It is so cute! *babbles incoherently for a while* :heart: :heart: And omg I love your new avi!!!

slaycandy
24-02-08, 03:58 AM
Textures and Brushes can always be either a help or a hindrance to a wallpaper – sometimes they can give the piece a cluttered or busy feeling, and hinder the overall effect of a piece. But, a lot of the time, textures and brushes can add character and edge to a piece, giving it something extra to make it stand out. This category is here to award those who have mastered the skill of using textures and brushes to create some fantastic finished products. And our winners are…

Best Use of Textures/Brushes

1st Place

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/texture/place-01.jpg
Marilyne – No Ghost with 181 points.
This award was designed by Mindy.


2nd Place

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/texture/place-02.jpg
Zugma – Your Hounds Are On My Track with 128 points.
This award was designed by Andrew.


3rd Place

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/texture/place-03.jpg
J.J. – Rottenness & Evil with 127 points.
This award was designed by Sayjay.



4th Place

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/texture/place-04-01.jpg
Sayjay – Say Anything with 114 points.
This award was designed by Galathea.

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/texture/place-04-02.jpg
Jenni-Lou – Let Your Freak Flag Fly with 114 points.
This award was designed by Galathea.



5th Place

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/texture/place-05.jpg
Kate – Mr. Rock & Roll with 87 points.
This award was designed by Digital Leonardo.



Runners-up

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/texture/ru-01.jpg
Ehlwyen – Ruby Thursday with 77 points.
This award was designed by Line.

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/texture/ru-02.jpg
Matilda – Slagsmålsklubben with 75 points.
This award was designed by Line.

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/texture/ru-03.jpg
Heather – Let Thy People Grow with 61 points.
This award was designed by Line.

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/texture/ru-04.jpg
Linda – In My Time of Dying with 57 points.
This award was designed by Line.

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/texture/ru-05.jpg
Slaygal – I’m The Queen with 55 points.
This award was designed by Line.



Yes, we have come across our second and last tie – it was a rare occurrence and I had been worried we would wind up with loads!

Anyway, well done to those of you who have just scored an award, hope you like them, and I’ll be back soon, with our 16th batch of awards, Best Tearjerker Wallpaper.
SJ
xox

Heather
24-02-08, 04:00 AM
Aw! Line, the award you made for the runner ups is so pretty! And yay for Mal/Inara! Such a pretty couple... :heart: :p

Congrats to all the winners! Great awards, too! :D




I feel like a serious broken record. :lol:

~M@rie~
24-02-08, 04:01 AM
Love the awards and congrats to all the winners, truly great pieces! :heart:

Dana
24-02-08, 04:01 AM
Big congrats to all of the winners. And I love these awards and how they really reflect the category. Awesome all around! :D *applauds*

slaycandy
24-02-08, 04:01 AM
Aw! Line, the award you made for the runner ups is so pretty! And yay for Mal/Inara! Such a pretty couple... :heart: :p

Congrats to all the winners! Great awards, too! :D




I feel like a serious broken record. :lol:

Lol, I swear, I think you are the first to post every time! I think you're stalking me and my little awards envelope, lol!!!

SJ
xox

Amber
24-02-08, 04:01 AM
I'm in love with the first place award. congrats to all the wieners! I mean... winners. ;)

galathea
24-02-08, 04:02 AM
God, this was such a difficult category to vote for! Congrats to all the winners. Fabulous job all! :hug:

We should totally have an awards ceremony after this for the Best Award Designs! :lol:

debbiefm
24-02-08, 04:02 AM
Those awards are amazing....congrats to everyone who won

Bre
24-02-08, 04:02 AM
Yet another category that was really too hard to judge! Congratulations to the winners, especially Marilyne, the entries in this one were incredible! Amashing awardsh guysh, I lovesh them. :D

Linda
24-02-08, 04:03 AM
wow, i got runner up.... didn't even think that i had a chance in this category..... congratulations to all the other winners....... and lovely awards :hug:

Jenni Lou
24-02-08, 04:03 AM
Yes, we have come across our second and last tie – it was a rare occurrence and I had been worried we would wind up with loads!


Well, I am honored to be tied with you. :)

And Chris, another awesome award. Thank you for mine! :hug:

And once again, congrats to all. Textures and brushes are oh so wonderful and everyone did a wonderful job with them in their entries.. *throws confetti*

A lot of these results are matching up to my own votes. :)

Pandora's_Box
24-02-08, 04:03 AM
Almost everyone I voted for, congratulations!!! Awesome awards!

slaycandy
24-02-08, 04:03 AM
God, this was such a difficult category to vote for! Congrats to all the winners. Fabulous job all! :hug:

We should totally have an awards ceremony after this for the Best Award Designs! :lol:

Lol, there must be nearly 200 different award designs, I knew the number at one point, but it's late, and I think all I'm good for now is copying and pasting, lol.

SJ
xox

little albatross
24-02-08, 04:03 AM
LMAO!! I actually had started a dean piece when JJ first knocked my socks off last summer with it. And I had the same pictures!!! Great minds think alike! I love your awards!!! :heart:



Noah Bennett rules Passions and Heroes!!! :heart: L2K blows me away everytime I think about it!

LMAO. Apparently, we need to let Noah Bennett make guest appearances on our special Justin Hartley channel :lol:


Thank you for the gorgeous award sayjay! (And how crazy is it that I went with the Niki piece, rather than one of my usual bright messy brushy pieces :lol: )

Heather
24-02-08, 04:04 AM
Lol, I swear, I think you are the first to post every time! I think you're stalking me and my little awards envelope, lol!!!

SJ
xox

I'm excited! And eager! And conveniently pop out of one thread to find that you posted in another and jump on it right away like an ittybitty kittycat. :p :lol:

Leloo
24-02-08, 04:05 AM
Aw! Line, the award you made for the runner ups is so pretty! And yay for Mal/Inara! Such a pretty couple... :heart: :p

Congrats to all the winners! Great awards, too! :D




I feel like a serious broken record. :lol:

Aw Thank you so much :hug:

And with fear of sounding like Heather's broken record: Congratulations to all the winners!!!

ciderdrinker
24-02-08, 04:05 AM
So again, congratulations to all the winners and the award makers

LRae12
24-02-08, 04:06 AM
this was one of my favorite categories....I am so in love with gorgeous deep texture and brush work, and I admit I spent a lot of my voting time pouring over these entries...so many above par entries here. A huge congrats to the winners...beautiful awards, as per usual...:heart:

~*Marilyne*~
24-02-08, 04:08 AM
*happy dance* omg thanks so MUCH ! I can't believe I won 1st place ! :2party: Mindy the award is incredible, i'm in love with all the yummy colors ! congrats guys, there were a lot of kick-ass pieces !

~*Marilyne*~
24-02-08, 04:11 AM
it's so sad Kate isn't here to grab her award... does anyone know where she is ?

Jenni Lou
24-02-08, 04:18 AM
Marilyne, I voted for you tons in the all the categories. You made some super special stuff this year! :heart:

slaycandy
24-02-08, 04:19 AM
This category will now finish off our “Techniques” category grouping awards. These have certainly been the most popular categories in terms of nominees – and this category in particular received 29 nominees, the highest number of nominees in any category along with only another 2 categories.

Colour is such a huge factor in our art, especially with all of the symbolic connotations that colours hold, not to mention the mood and atmosphere that can be created through cold and warm colours. Similarly lighting can change the look of the piece, highlighting the contrasts between light and dark and can really add to a pieces overall look and meaning. Thus, it is with great pleasure that I announce the winners of this category…

Best Use of Lighting/Colour

1st Place

http://left-unspoken.net/awards/awards/colour/place-01.jpg
Galathea – To Hell with 187 points.
This award was designed by Zugma.


2nd Place

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Sayjay – Stripped of Serenity with 138 points.
This award was designed by Ehlwyen.


3rd Place

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Ehlwyen – Angels Watch with 136 points.
This award was designed by Zugma.


4th Place

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Zugma – Stone Walls do Not a Prison Make with 126 points.
This award was designed by Sayjay.



5th Place

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Matilda – Burn it All Down with 109 points.
This award was designed by Line.



Runners-up

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J.J. – Now I’m Gold with 97 points.
This award was designed by Digital Leonardo.

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Stephanie – Dreams with 77 points.
This award was designed by Digital Leonardo.

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Jenni-Lou – Back in Time with 74 points.
This award was designed by Digital Leonardo.

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Amy – Prudence with 64 points.
This award was designed by Digital Leonardo.

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Bre – Love Controlled Despair with 54 points.
This award was designed by Digital Leonardo.



Another huge congrats to all of our winners in this category, I really enjoyed the techniques categories, and think that they went down really well, hope you all liked them as much too! And I hope you like your little awards!

And, I’ll be back soon with the Best BtVS Character Wallpaper awards, so look out for my next post!
SJ
xox

Pandora's_Box
24-02-08, 04:19 AM
Marilyne, I voted for you tons in the all the categories. You made some super special stuff this year!
I definitely second that!

Heather
24-02-08, 04:20 AM
I'm gonna mix it up a litte with this one...

Cgrnaots to all teh wnerins! And buateiufl arwdas! Hzazuh!

~M@rie~
24-02-08, 04:22 AM
Wow, these awards are so pretty (Zugma's are awesome)! And congrats to the winners! The techniques category was awesome with equally awesome pieces! :)

Bre
24-02-08, 04:22 AM
First, here here to Marilyne! You rocked the art last year, sweetie, and I just know you're going to blow up the art world this year! :D

And second, GAH! I can't believe I even got runner up! :D :D Congratulations to the othr winners and let's say congratulations seventeen hundred times and... I don't know where that was going! Amazing award design, especially Zugma, that's beautiful! Go winners, go winners, go go go go! :D

~M@rie~
24-02-08, 04:22 AM
I'm gonna mix it up a litte with this one...

Cgrnaots to all teh wnerins! And buateiufl arwdas! Hzazuh!

:roll::lol:

That's hilarious, Heather! :p

galathea
24-02-08, 04:23 AM
OMG I didn't even expect to win anything in this category with all those amazing entries! :eek: Zugma's award is just :drool: *jawdrops*

Congrats to all winner! Amazing entries!

Btw: For next year I think you should consider light and colour different categories, Sayjay, I found this very hard to decide together since they are so different techniques. Just a thought ... :lol:

Dana
24-02-08, 04:23 AM
Congrats to all of the winners! You guys did a fab job (god, I am like a broken record here, I keep saying the same thing :lol:). So much things to inspire one for the coming year of art and what to try and aspire to create. Congrats to everyone!! :D

A big round of applauds for the winners!!! *stares at people not clapping*

LRae12
24-02-08, 04:23 AM
super congrats to all! I loved this category I think the most, I love the play of gorgeous coloring and lighting! :heart:

Another fabulous run of awards, too!

Pandora's_Box
24-02-08, 04:23 AM
Zugma's award is stunning, congrats to the winners, Bravo!!

Jenni Lou
24-02-08, 04:23 AM
Digital Leonardo, those awards are utterly spectacular. Gah! Thanks! :hug:


I love color and lighting and this was a hard one to judge. Congrats...or should I say "PANCAKES!"....toall! :lol:

debbiefm
24-02-08, 04:23 AM
Congrats to the winners. The entries rocked

Amber
24-02-08, 04:24 AM
Oh my, Zugma's award is just beyond beautiful. Congrats to everyone who won an award! WOOO!!! *runs off to try to keep up with the sheer mania that is tonight.

slaycandy
24-02-08, 04:24 AM
Have to say a huge thank you for the votes in this category, I have to say I was shocked when I wound up getting second place, but uber-giddy all the same! Huge congrats to everyone else, and Zugma gave me like three versions of the same award and I felt I jsut HAD to use at least two, lol.. :D

*hugs*
SJ
xox

little albatross
24-02-08, 04:24 AM
I'm gonna mix it up a litte with this one...

Cgrnaots to all teh wnerins! And buateiufl arwdas! Hzazuh!

Wait, that's mixed up. My head's making perfect sens of it :lol: WHOA.

Anywiggle, much love for Travis's RAINBOW-COLORED AWARDS!!! :xd And aah! Zugma's awards are so clever and gorgeous. Beautiful work everyone!

ciderdrinker
24-02-08, 04:24 AM
Majorly cool awards and entries - woop woop to everyone

little albatross
24-02-08, 04:25 AM
Congrats...or should I say "PANCAKES!"....toall! :lol:

HELL YEAH! And maybe a "Flapjacks" to all the award designers :xd

slaycandy
24-02-08, 04:26 AM
HELL YEAH! And maybe a "Flapjacks" to all the award designers :xd

In that case I'll give a "WAFFLES!!!"

;)
SJ
xox

little albatross
24-02-08, 04:28 AM
In that case I'll give a "WAFFLES!!!"

;)
SJ
xox

ROFL WAFFLES!!11!!ELEVENTY!111!!!

Amber
24-02-08, 04:28 AM
ROFL WAFFLES!!11!!ELEVENTY!111!!!

I was totally gonna say that and you beat me *dies*

~*Marilyne*~
24-02-08, 04:28 AM
Pancakes people ! (no I'm not crazy, look at Jj's comment on the sp category and you'll understand lol :D) the awards are fab, especially the one you made Zugma !

little albatross
24-02-08, 04:30 AM
I was totally gonna say that and you beat me *dies*

Dude, I sorta cheated as I run a ROFL Waffle business out of the back of my trunk :lol:

Ehlwyen
24-02-08, 04:39 AM
Congratulations everyone!!! And sayjay aren't you tired of getting my awards yet? ;)

Have to say a huge thank you for the votes in this category, I have to say I was shocked when I wound up getting second place, but uber-giddy all the same! Huge congrats to everyone else, and Zugma gave me like three versions of the same award and I felt I jsut HAD to use at least two, lol.. :D

*hugs*
SJ
xox

It's awesome indeed! WootWoot!!! Thank you Zugma!!! :heart:



Anywiggle, much love for Travis's RAINBOW-COLORED AWARDS!!! :xd And aah! Zugma's awards are so clever and gorgeous. Beautiful work everyone!

I agree I love Ptravis awards!!! :heart:

slaycandy
24-02-08, 04:40 AM
Congratulations everyone!!! And sayjay aren't you tired of getting my awards yet? ;)


Lol!!! This one just worked out that way, lol... the others were so that ppl didn't win their own! Heh... yeh, okay, I just stole them all!!!
SJ
xox

Amber
24-02-08, 04:41 AM
Dude, I sorta cheated as I run a ROFL Waffle business out of the back of my trunk :lol:

If Lyn and I let you use the back of our ice cream truck, can we get a share of the profits?

Ehlwyen
24-02-08, 04:42 AM
Lol!!! This one just worked out that way, lol... the others were so that ppl didn't win their own! Heh... yeh, okay, I just stole them all!!!
SJ
xox

LMAO! I'm on to you! :hug:

little albatross
24-02-08, 04:56 AM
If Lyn and I let you use the back of our ice cream truck, can we get a share of the profits?

Heck yeah.

Zugma
24-02-08, 07:44 AM
Thank you so much for your votes and sweetest comments guys! :o The awards are gorgeous once again :)

Congrats to all the winners!

Matilda
27-02-08, 08:56 PM
Thank you Line for my two beautiful awards(and everyone who woted) and congrats to all the winners with their amazing pieces! :heart: