Hello there and welcome to the results of the competition You'll be glad to know that i've actually thought this through with all the fairness i can give. So i hope you believe that my judging is fair I did state in the contest details in my previous journal that i will be judging the entries in three different areas: Originality, Design and Creativity. The scores of the three areas are then added up to see how many points out of 30 the entry piled up. So, here are the scores i gave for each entry in order of the date they were entered:

-Gaunt [link] by
Originality: 7
Design : 8
Creativity : 6
Total : 21
-SubMarine [link] by
Originality: 6
Design : 8
Creativity : 8
Total : 22
-Prototype V2 [link] art by idea by
Originality: 8
Design : 8
Creativity : 7
Total : 23
-AirPhant [link] by
Originality: 10
Design : 9
Creativity : 7
Total : 26
-SuperBall [link] by
Originality: 9
Design : 9
Creativity : 7
Total : 25
-Emphasize [link] by
Originality: 7
Design : 8
Creativity : 8
Total : 23
-Whiplash [link] by
Originality: 10
Design : 9
Creativity : 9
Total : 28
-Horder [link] by
Originality: 10
Design : 10
Creativity : 9
Total : 29
-Frogbreath [link] by
Originality: 10
Design : 10
Creativity : 10
Total : 30
-Suterusu-Onic [link] by
Originality: 9
Design : 8
Creativity : 10
Total : 27
-Livewire [link] by
Originality: 6
Design : 8
Creativity : 7
Total : 21
-Thought Scrambler [link] by
Originality: 10
Design : 7
Creativity : 10
Total : 27

Now...that means the winners are:

1st place: Calicard! with his entry 'FrogBreath' [link]
You get the grand prize of a digitally drawn and coloured redraw of your alien. your alien will also be featured in the first issue of my Ben 10 Fan comic. you also get a pixel avatar of your aliens head

I love the design of this alien and the back story/story of the species. The abilities youve described are ones which i havent heard of before, so theres alot of area for experimenting there You have thought about everything you need to create a brilliant character/alien and it definitely paid off. Congratulations!

2nd place: Azes13! with his entry 'Horder' [link]
You gets a Digitally drawn redraw of your alien (with colour) plus a pixel avatar ofyour aliens head for your prize.

Again, the design is brilliant and the powers are really interesting. Which to me, takes a creative mind, and you certainly have one Congratulations!

3rd place: Blue-f0x! with his entry 'Whiplash' [link]
You gets a traditionally drawn and coloured sketch of your alien plus a pixel avatar of your aliens head for your reward.

You, my man, never cease to amaze me with your Brilliant ideas. Your designs are always original and you always have a creative twist on those characters you create. Congratulations dudles!

Everyone who entered: All of your aliens will be drawn together in a group. This will be a sketch and not a full drawing. It will not have colour or shading. And it will be posted tomorrow

And to everyone. What can i say. You all have amazing abilities to create You have created something upon entering this contest. All of those creations are characters which can have a lot of potential in a story. I would like to congratulate all of you for creating something new and i hope you all keep those imaginative ideas coming.

Ok, so i want to include you ben 10 fans a little more with my fan comic. This is a contest in which the winner will have their alien featured on the next couple pages after this one here [link]

So heres how it'll work. You have to impress me with your designing skills. It doesnt have to have a proffessional look. You can do a simple sketch and describe the alien in detail in your artist description. The most creative and original design will win.

I also have my tablet working again, so there will be 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. These will be chosen by me and redrawn in photoshop in my manga style. The 1st place winner will be redrawn and featured in my comic.

The entries will judged by:
- Originality /10
- Design /10
- Creativity /10

Rules:
- You must describe your aliens abilities and characteristics
- You must be willing to accept your alien species to be destroyed (blame Vilgax) But dont worry, the DNA will be collected and used later on in the story
- Your style doesnt have to be like mine. You can do it in your own style and it doesnt have to be coloured or shaded. Lines will be fine,just as long as you convince me in your description. You can even describe the colour scheme.

1st Place: Digitally Redrawn Alien , Pixel Avatar of alien and Featured in Comic
2nd Place: Digitally Redrawn Alien and Pixel avatar of alien
3rd Place: Traditionally drawn Alien and Pixel avatar of alien

The rest of the entries: A group SKETCH including the top 3 winners. Just in time for christmas

The contest will end on the 20th of December and only one of your entry will be accepted. You can do a few designs but pick your best one. Good Luck!

NOTE: to those of you who won my previous contest. If you still want those pixel avatars of your characters, please slap me and tell me to do them.

Entries so far:
Gaunt [link] by
SubMarine [link] by
Prototype V2 [link] art by idea by
AirPhant [link] by
SuperBall [link] by
Emphasize [link] by
Whiplash [link] by
Horder [link] by
Frogbreath [link] by
Suterusu-Onic [link] by
Livewire [link] by
Thought Scrambler [link] by

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This is the part of the journal which i ramble on about completely unrelated stuff. So feel free to skip this part.

Youre probably sick and tired of me telling you this, but im sorry for being away for.....aww screw it, im probably gonna do it again. Yeah, so school is finally easing up as it gets nearer to christmas. So i have more time to do stuff now which is why i announced the contest. Im getting sick of doing realistic portraits and im getting less and less inspired as i do another piece. I hate school for doing this to me. Art is my life, and those teachers are sucking out my blood. You guys are my blood supply, so thank you for keeping me inspired. All of you are awesome at doing what you do.

Anyways, ive been addicted to music lately. One of the tracks immilking to death is Electric Worry by Clutch. Its a good one to listen to while your drawing. Thats another thing that keeps me going. Music. I'm not sure if it works for you guys, but it brings the best out of my drawing. to some people it's a distraction. And some of those people are in the exam board. Those bastards kept me from listening to music during the creation of my final piece. And the result was not what i hoped for. School has screwed up my thoughts about art. I have to keep reminding myself about what i think and not what the school wants me to think My mum wants me to go to uni. F**k that. I don't want to waste another 4 years of my life being told what i should think. I have taught myself how to draw and the teachers are acting like they had a part in it. So my hard work has apparently been as a result of their 'teaching'. If 'teaching' is sitting down for an hour doing nothing and occasionally coming over to peek over peoples shoulders, then yes, they really have 'taught' me a lot.

Sorry for rambling on, but thanks for reading this far if you have. Ill leave you with some things that help bring out the best in my drawing. Try them out to see if they work for you:
- have some munchies by your side. Nibble at them while your drawing. Dont get any greasy ones that will stain your work. Or crumbly stuff. Eat some Smarties for example.
- listen to some music. Try to vary the genre to suit what youre drawing.
- Have some basic references to help you get the right look but dont copy things,just get the idea of how things should look. However, if you really dont know how to draw what youre trying to, then copy it, but try to do it on your own next time you do it to see if youve learnt how to do it yourself.
- To keep your drawings from smudging, get another piece of paper, put it over the part your currently not drawing on and rest your hand on it.
- Inspire yourself before you draw. Look at some pictures of the style you draw in and practice.
- Do warm up sketches to get your mind working. If you like a particular doodle you drew, then finalise it.

First, may i say thank you to everyone who entered Thank you for taking the time to colour in my linearts. Me and my friends have thought these results over with a lot of our time. I believe that my judging is fair Now we just hope you think the same.




And the winners are...

1st Place - Henya66

--Entry--


I felt this deserved first place because of the amount of tone and detail that was added to the original lineart. I really stared at this for 10 minutes straight, studying the details and trying to figure out how the colouring was done. I could not figure it out. This style just seems to hypnotise me. Great job! Thanks again for taking part!

If you haven't already, check out more of 's gallery. You will not be dissapointed.



You have great talent Henya. Congratulations on getting 1st place

Now for your prize...

Choose 3 full body drawings of any characters at all (as long as they're not explicit or anything like that) with simple backgrounds, that you want me to draw. They can be separate drawings or one group drawing. You also get to choose an avatar/icon for deviantart for me to create.



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2nd Place - srs17

--Entry--


I felt this deserved to win something because the colouring is so smooth. The highlights for the hair look perfect. The shading is minimal but just to the right amount to make it attractive The colour scheme that was given is also strangely attractive. It suits him pretty well! Congratulations on getting 2nd place You deserve it!

Now for your prize...

Choose 2 full body drawings of any characters at all (as long as they're not explicit or anything like that) with simple backgrounds, that you want me to draw. They can be separate drawings or one pair drawing. You also get to choose an avatar/icon for deviantart for me to create.



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3rd Place - Paleblood

--Entry--


Paleblood has a great understanding of light. Which is the main reason why i decided that this deserved a place. The metal is very well done. It looks just like Brass, which is what i originaly intended it to be. Great job on that man! The colour scheme also grabbed my attention. The blue coloured shirt goes pretty well with the dark jeans The belt is also dark, making it blend in more with the whole drawing. You have a great skill my friend

Now for your prize...

Choose a full body drawing of any character at all (as long as they're not explicit or anything like that) with a simple background, that you want me to draw. You also get to choose an avatar/icon for deviantart for me to create.

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Congratulations to the winners And i thank everyone for entering once again. The next contest should'nt be too far into the future...

Check out these artist's galleries,who entered the contest too!