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Friday, December 6, 2019

Original Cartoons of Fantasy Art Creatures, Particularly Those that Children Would Enjoy (contest)

For this contest, the focus is on cartooning as it relates to the theme of our group, which is fantasy art.

There are a number of winners for this contest. The first 4 were chosen by Fine Art America members. There are also two first-place winners:

FIRST PLACE

"The Book" by Moira Risen

available for sale HERE

As promised to the artists, here is what it can look like framed:

framed versions of this piece can be found HERE

use drop-downs to choose frame types and mats

This frame is PLC11 under copper/bronze frames

The mat is off-white

As mentioned there are two second place winners (though they are the same artist):

SECOND PLACE (tied)

"The Scenic Route" by Michael Baker

available for sale HERE

SECOND PLACE (tied)

"Garden of the Imagination" by Michael Baker

available for sale HERE

THIRD PLACE

"Little Fish" by Megan Walsh

available for sale HERE

To fill out the blog post, I chose from the remaining works submitted for the following categories: Most Unusual, Most Creative and Most Fun (please note they are "remaining pieces" and I could have chosen the works above for those categories, but wanted to expose other art):

MOST UNUSUAL

"Steam Paddlefish" by Graham Wallwork

available for sale HERE

MOST CREATIVE

"Miss Fairy Pierrette" by Quim Abella

available for sale HERE

For "Most Fun" I chose several art works. I tried to keep it within a realm of what children might like.

At the end, I slipped in a surprise category and piece of art work.

MOST FUN I

"Toys, Joys and Baby Moon" by Nancy Lee Moran

available for sale HERE

MOST FUN II

"Steampunk Fluffy Bird" by Roseann Amaranto

available for sale HERE

MOST FUN III

"Wooden Masks" by Marshal James

available for sale HERE

MOST FUN IV

"Mermaid Pose" by Priscilla Wolfe

available for sale HERE

MOST FUN V

"The Real John Dory" by Graham Wallwork

available for sale HERE

And here is the quintessential one: a unicorn with a rainbow:

QUINTESSENTIAL FANTASY ART CARTOON ART

"Rainbow Unicorn Clouds and Stars" by Christa Forest

available for sale HERE

click here to view all of the winners of our contest and other works

click here to be taken to our home for all of our other fantasy art works

Thanks for stopping by and feel free to leave a comment!

Monday, September 30, 2019

Fantasy Insects (contest)

For this contest, the idea was to produce a piece that was a fantasy insect, something that is not in the real world, but that is made up. There are fantasy artists who have tried their hand at new species.

There are a number of winners for this contest.

There were two first place winners chosen by the Fine Art America community (as well as for second place and third place):

FIRST PLACE (tied)

"Balancing Act" by Hans Neuhart

available for sale HERE

FIRST PLACE (tied)

"Ascension" by Putterhug Studio

available for sale HERE

As promised, this is an idea of how both can be framed:

"Balancing Act" by Hans Neuhart framed

for framed prints by this artist, go HERE and choose your favorite frame from the drop-down

This frame one is one of many:

under the brown frames: ARL14

mat color: off white

"Ascension" by Putterhug Studio framed

for framed prints by this artist, go HERE and choose your favorite frame from the drop-down

This frame one is one of many:

under the blue frames: FT15

mat color: white

The rest of our winners are as follows:

SECOND PLACE

"Dragonfly on a Flower" by Jutta Maria Pusl

available for sale HERE

There were three third place winners:

THIRD PLACE (tied)

"Naked and Afraid" by Hans Neuhart

available for sale HERE

THIRD PLACE (tied)

"Ladybug With Parachute" by Mihaela Pater

available for sale HERE

THIRD PLACE (tied)

"Insect Masquerade Party" by Laurie's Intuitive

available for sale HERE

To make a more interesting blog post, I chose a number of other art works including most creative, most unusual and most fun. I choose new art work from the remaining entries, though some of the winners above could just as easily have taken these prizes.

These are the ones:

In most creative category:

"Night Butterflies" by Mihaela Pater

available for sale HERE

In most unusual category:

"De Flosh" by Bob Ivens

available for sale HERE

In the most fun category there are four art works:

"Evolve 2" by Ally White

available for sale HERE

"Large Damselfly" by James W. Johnson

available for sale HERE

"Forest Life" by Jutta Maria Pusl

available for sale HERE

"Cockroach" by Vsevolod Poliohin

available for sale HERE

click here to view all of the winners of our contest

click here to be taken to our home for all of our other fantasy art works

Thanks for stopping by! And feel free to leave a comment.

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Aliens and Alien Spacecraft

"Interstellar" by Kathy Kelly

FIRST PLACE WINNER

(this piece is available for sale HERE)

Kathy Kelly describes her piece this way:

This surrealistic piece by Kathy Kelly depicts an interstellar struggle. The work is both feminine and mystical with cool colors of blue, green, fading to black.

I have always enjoyed the works of Salvador Dali and later, the works of painter and digital artists Marco Escobedo and Yossi Kotler.

The piece depicts a female face with a helmet of electrodes all of which are peeled back to reveal an alien face. Stars and space matter abound.

This is an idea of how you can frame the piece (framed prints with your choice of frame and mat is also for sale):

framed print of "Interstellar" by Kathy Kelly

(available for sale HERE)

to get to this particular frame go to black frames in the drop-down:

it is BGD11, and the mat is white

How about this image on a tote bag (also for sale)?:

"Interstellar" tote bag by Kathy Kelly

(available for sale in a number of sizes HERE)

Here are winners for second and third place:

"Double" by Alexa Szlavics

SECOND PLACE WINNER

(this piece is available for sale HERE)

"Beyond Space and Time" by Xzendor7

THIRD PLACE WINNER

this piece is available for sale HERE)

The public (Fine Art America members) picked the first three.

I picked the other artists to feature below, including most creative, most unusual and most fun. I do this half heartedly because so many of the entrants are so good! If I had voted for first, second and third for this contest, however, I would have voted the same way as the public - a first for me. And if I had to pick most creative, most unusual and most fun, I would have picked the top three winners for those categories too.

However, to make it more interesting, I have picked other pieces that came very close (for me) to the top three.

These are the ones:

In the most creative category:

"Nurisha" by Robert Ross

(this piece is available for sale HERE)

In most unusual category:

"Mission in a Far Planet" by Alexa Szlavics

(this piece is available for sale HERE)

In the most fun category there are four art works:

"Knurr" by WB Johnston

(this piece is available for sale HERE)

"My Ride is Here" by Brian Wallace

(this piece is available for sale HERE)

"Animal - Cow - They Came For The Beef" by Mike Savad

(this piece is available for sale HERE)

"Aliens Like it Hot" by William Dey

(this piece is available for sale HERE)

click here to view all of the winners of our contest

click here to be taken to our home for all of our other fantasy art works

Thanks for stopping by! And feel free to leave a comment.

Thursday, December 21, 2017

Fantasy Art Creatures in the Snow contest winners

Winter Dragon by Daniel Eskridge

available for sale HERE

FIRST PLACE

For this contest, the focus was on fantasy art creatures in the snow. It is December now, after all. The first, second and third place winners were all chosen by Fine Art America members. The last three honorable mentions were chosen by the administrator of the group.

Of his Winter Dragon, Daniel Eskridge had this to say:

A white dragon perches upon a snow covered tower of rock. He looks over a mountain range that is locked in a cold perpetual winter. Stretching his wings in the frigid wind, he gazes into the crystal clear blue sky. As he exhales his frosty breath drifts away into the air.

For this image, I was wanting give a sense of that super cold air one experiences in the high altitudes of the tallest mountains. So I used as cold a palette I could come up with. I added the white dragon as a further symbol of cold and frost.

Thanks for looking!
Daniel Eskridge

Daniel Eskridge has academic training in both computer science and fine art. This is part of his story:

By day, I am a senior software engineer. But, by night I am a 3D render artist. I have dual degrees from the University of Georgia, one in Computer Science, the other in Fine Art. So, it seems only natural that I attempt to combine the two by producing art using a computer.

Here is how this piece can look framed:

Winter Dragon framed by Daniel Eskridge

framed prints available HERE

choose size, type of frame and mats from drop-down

this is #EMP5 under blue frames, and a french blue mat

Here is just one product that you can purchase on Fine Art America with his image:

Winter Dragon carry-all pouch by Daniel Eskridge

Carry-all pouches available HERE

Next up is our second and third place winners (note: we have two third place winners):

Serpent of the Snow by Ali Oppy

available for sale HERE

SECOND PLACE

Unicorn in the Snow by Jayne Wilson

available for sale HERE

THIRD PLACE (shared with Adam Long)

Watch Me Go Video Still Snow Scene by Adam Long

available for sale HERE

THIRD PLACE (shared with Jayne Wilson)

For the remaining pieces left in the contest, three were chosen for various honorable mentions:

Fantasy Art 12 by Artful Oasis

available for sale HERE

HONORABLE MENTION for most inventive piece

What the Crows Found by Jeff Gettis

available for sale HERE

HONORABLE MENTION for most narrative piece

Christmas Unicorn by Katherine Nutt

available for sale HERE

HONORABLE MENTION for best holiday piece

click here to see the placement of our other contest winners and to view their outstanding images

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Monday, October 2, 2017

Fantasy Art Portraits II

The Dragon Crown by Richard Hescox

available for sale HERE

Isn't this fantasy art portrait by Richard Hescox unique? A woman with white hair is wearing a crown featuring dragons, while some other dragons are flying in the sky in the background.

If you have been following along, this is a continuation of fantasy art portraits.

To see, and read about what a fantasy art portrait is, go to our first post on the subject, Fantasy Art Portraits I.

Since that first post heavily featured digital art, this post will primarily focus on paintings and drawings.

The next is also by Richard Hescox:

Portent by Richard Hescox

available for sale HERE

Some others from our fine group of members follow (and as usual, they come as prints, totes, pillows and other home decor, and wearables). Just click on the images you are interested in, and see the products available for each image.