After much deliberation, the judges have made their decisions.
The winners of this contest are...
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in 1st place is
Otter Power (as mentioned), with his Malamar entry! The judges really liked your use of text and overall presentation, with judge
SolarisFox saying, "From my perception of the contest, showing how they could work as a battler was the most important element, and his move sheet did a pretty good job doing this. His join banner wasn't slaking either, and for that reason I think his entry best reflects what the contest was asking for..
OP will be getting one free request from any two of the five contributing artists and four ‘mons from the batch of spitbacks.
in 2nd place is
TrainerSplash with his Pokemon Trainer entry! Judge
MiniArchitect said of his entry that it shows "the most effort put into it, especially given that they had four characters total that they drew for the image. Splash also included a good amount of support material, including a title card, alt colorings, move lists, etc. that make his the most interesting entry to me.
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TS will get one free request from any two of the four remaining artists mentioned above, and will get to pick three of the remaining ‘mons in the spitback list!
In 3rd place is
Sunfished, with his Scrafty entry! Judge
Typhlito applauded them on how they made "the best use of the costumes involving other pokemon and even miror B. which I found to be pretty hilarious. As for the moves, she made good use of real moves in ways that make sense."
Sun will get one free request from the last remaining artist and two of the ‘mons leftover in the spitbacks batch.
And last but not least-- our honourable mentions,
Bummer and
elcheeso !
MiniArchitect, while saying that "while their images are of the highest quality of all the submissions and are each great in their own right," thought that "they could have done a bit more to elaborate upon their proposed Smash characters."
Sephirona also praised "the facial expression and underlighting on heracross's face in elcheeso's piece."
Both Bummer and elcheeso will be getting one remaining spitback each from the spitbacks list!
Congrats to all the winners and thank you to everyone who participated! I had a great time hosting this contest (admittedly, I was not the most timely of hosts) and I hope you guys had a great time too!
a quick note: There was some confusion regarding prize distribution. Please note that two separate deadlines doesn't mean there are two separate contests---originally I meant for all prizes to be distributed as the result of one judging, but it was only due to the Mewtwo code expiring that I was forced to split the prizes in two, leaving more time in between the two deadlines for any extra entries. However, in light of the unchanging participant pool, OP's status as the judges' choice the first time around makes them the winner by default (as was originally intended in the opening post before the code's expiration became an issue)
