Hello everyone of MagicalWoods!
First I want to thank all participants for joining our contest. We got many entries and judging was really difficult. We apologize for taking so long to do so, but we wanted to take our time to judge all contest entries very carefully. But now to the winners:

:bulletyellow: :star: :bulletyellow: FIRST PLACE :bulletyellow: :star: :bulletyellow:

:iconsaxargarm: I cannot help you by Saxargarm
This one was pretty clearly our winner of this contest. Both MILICRAFT and me gave full marks on this artwork.
It has such an amazing impact on the viewer, was drawn with great skill and it's a very nice interpretation of our contest theme.

:bulletblack: Your prize is:
Three month premium membership or the same value in points (636 :points: ) .
Your artwork will be featured in our group and your deviation will be added to our featured folder.
Free "head colored with simple background" commission from me :iconsaraais:
Free full body watercolor commission with simple background from :icon7x77:
Feature from :iconkimraifan: and a custom avatar-sized emote from her.
You will be featured on :iconannewipf: journal and on her stock account, as well you will get a premade background from hermitcrabstock.deviantart.com… or an exclusive stock photo from hermitcrabstock.deviantart.com…
You will also receive a prize from :iconart-and-books:, who offers a batch of 10 postcards illustrating their winning entry like these: fav.me/d87e3i7


:bulletyellow: :star: :bulletyellow: SECOND PLACE :bulletyellow: :star: :bulletyellow:
:iconannaarmona: Magic wood. by AnnaArmona
Then it got really difficult, quite some artworks scored very high as well. This one was the one who got the second most points for our voting.
It's a wonderful scenery with a nice little story behind and was painted with a lot of skill for composition and colors.

:bulletblack: Your prize is:
One month premium membership or the same value in points (396 :points: ).
Your artwork will be featured in our group and your deviation will be added to our featured folder.
Free commission from :iconmilicraft: (details will soon be added)
Free commission from :iconshade730:
Feature from :iconkimraifan:
You will be featured on :iconannewipf: journal and on her stock account, as well you will get a premade background from hermitcrabstock.deviantart.com… or an exclusive stock photo from hermitcrabstock.deviantart.com…
You will also receive a prize from :iconart-and-books:, who offers a batch of 10 postcards illustrating their winning entry like these: fav.me/d87e3i7

:bulletyellow: :star: :bulletyellow: THIRD PLACE :bulletyellow: :star: :bulletyellow:
:iconfoxofwonders: Soul of the Forest by Foxofwonders
This beautiful artwork is a good example for creativity and symbolism. It resembles our contest theme perfectly and it's clearly visible that the artist loved drawing it.

:bulletblack: Your prize is:
Will receive 300 points :points: .
Your artwork will be featured in our group and your deviation will be added to our featured folder.
Free colored full body commission with no background from :iconanimalcartoons:
Feature from :iconkimraifan:
You will be featured on :iconannewipf: journal and on her stock account, as well you will get a premade background from hermitcrabstock.deviantart.com… or an exclusive stock photo from hermitcrabstock.deviantart.com…
You will also receive a prize from :iconart-and-books:, who offers a batch of 10 postcards illustrating their winning entry like these: fav.me/d87e3i7

:bulletyellow: :star: :bulletyellow: FOURTH PLACE :bulletyellow: :star: :bulletyellow:
:iconemisferosinistro: Rebirth by Emisferosinistro
This painting was very close to the third place. It's such an creative idea, drawn with much attention to detail.

:bulletblack: Your prize is:
You will receive 30 points and will be featured in our group.
You will also receive a prize from :iconart-and-books:, who offers a batch of 5 postcards illustrating their winning entry like these: fav.me/d87e3i7

:bulletyellow: :star: :bulletyellow: FIFTH PLACE :bulletyellow: :star: :bulletyellow:
:iconkaritaart:
Also a very nice interpretation of our contest theme, painted with great skill.

:bulletblack: Your prize is:
You will receive 30 points and will be featured in our group.
You will also receive a prize from :iconart-and-books:, who offers a batch of 5 postcards illustrating their winning entry like these: fav.me/d87e3i7

Honorable Mentions:
These artworks also scored very high, so the least we can do is give those a feature.
Igni - creatures of renewal by Noctualis Magical Woods by DragonOfAkasha :thumb505422705: :thumb505997480:

Don't forget to take a look at all entries ;) --> magicalwoods.deviantart.com/ga…

I want to thank all donators for those awesome prizes! All winners will please get in contact with the donators to receive their prizes.
Thanks to everyone who participated. It was a great contest and we hope to more like those in the future. Until then have a nice day! :love:

-Saraais
Hello all members of MagicalWoods!

I know I'm a little late but our contest will be officially closed with this journal. Because of me and our co-founder having a lot of work to do in the next two weeks judging can take a bit. We want to invest enough time in it and don't rush it unneccesarily. I hope you all understand :love:

There are so many lovely and beautiful entries! I really did't even dream of having so many submitted to our contest. Awesome that so many of you decided to take part! Even more interesting and difficult will judging be!

Again I have to thank :iconmilicraft: for taking care of the group while my temporary absence. Thank you so much! :hug:

That's it for now. We try to announce the winners of our contest as soon as possible, but be patient with us (:
Have a nice day everyone!

-Saraais
Hello all members of MagicalWoods!

We decided to extend the contest for one week. So the final deadline will be the
:bulletyellow: :star: :bulletyellow: 18th of January.
There will not be a second extension, so try to get your entries done until then ;)

For all who still want to join. It's not too late --> fav.me/d89g0ip

That's all for now. Have a nice day everyone!
-Saraais
Hello everyone of MagicalWoods!
As the title says, our contest will soon come to an end. There are only 5 days left to submit your entry, so be fast ;)
Our contest folder already contains many beautiful artworks, take a look if you have some time. It's worth it!
If you already know that you won't make it in time and you still need a week or two, then please leave a comment below. We will offer an extension if there are enough participants who need one (:

:bulletyellow: :star: :bulletyellow: For all who still want to join our contest, follow this link. You'll find everything you need to know there --> fav.me/d89g0ip
Thanks to many donations there are some awesome prizes to win! Check them out if you haven't already and if you did then take a look anyway. Many prizes were added since our contest started!

That's it for now. Have a nice day everyone!

-Saraais
Hello everyone of Magicalwoods!
Finally our contest will start! Both MILICRAFT and me collected some prizes and we're happy to announce the theme.

But first I want to thank my now co-founder for all the help in managing the group! Thank you so much! :love:

:bulletblack: Now for the contest theme: MAGICAL WOODS - The spirit of nature.

Since it's our first contest we thought it should be something about our groups' name. So create a creature that you think stands for nature. A spirit that's either a guardian of nature or maybe represents nature itself. You can be quite free in the design. It can be a dragon, an elf, a pegasus or unicorn, well in fact any creature you think fits best as a spirit of nature.

:bulletblack: Here some basic rules for the contest:
- You have to be a member of MagicalWoods.
- Your entry must have a background, not just some splashes of color.
- Please no mature content or too much violence.
- You can submit up to two entries, though you cannot win two prizes. Simply because it wouldn't be fair for the other participants.
- Your entry has to be a new one that was submitted to devART from the moment on this journal is written.
- You have to include our groups name and contest theme in your description of your entry.
- Your entry can be drawn traditionally or digitally. Photo-manipulation and crafts will also be accepted.

---> :bulletred::new: :bulletred: IMPORTANT: Well, I thought it was clear, but the artwork has to be your own of course! In the case of photo manipulation you have to credit the original owners of the photos or artworks. Otherwise you'll be disqualified.

We'll open a new folder for the contest entries called "Contest Entries".

Now what are we looking for and how will we judge?
Judges will be MILICRAFT and me. We'll both judge on this aspects:
- How well does the entry fits to our theme.
- How creative the basic idea of your entry is.
- Drawing, composition and coloring skills.
And we're also interested in your thoughts about your entry. So don't be shy to write your thoughts in your description. You can also include an inspiration like a poem or something ;)

:bulletblack: DEADLINE will be the 18th January.
So you have a month from this day on. If an extension is necessary then we'll extend the contest of course a bit.

Now for the prizes!!!

:bulletyellow: :star: 1ST PLACE:
Three month premium membership or the same value in points (636 :points: ) .
Your artwork will be featured in our group and your deviation will be added to our featured folder.
Free "head colored with simple background" commission from me :iconsaraais:
Free full body watercolor commission with simple background from :icon7x77:
Feature from :iconkimraifan: and a custom avatar-sized emote from her.

:bulletyellow: :star: 2ND PLACE:
One month premium membership or the same value in points (396 :points: ).
Your artwork will be featured in our group and your deviation will be added to our featured folder.
Free commission from :iconmilicraft: (details will soon be added)
Free commission from :iconshade730:
Feature from :iconkimraifan:

:bulletyellow: :star: 3RD PLACE:
Will receive 300 points :points: .
Your artwork will be featured in our group and your deviation will be added to our featured folder.
Free colored full body commission with no background from :iconanimalcartoons:
Feature from :iconkimraifan:

:star: Further will all three winners be featured on :iconannewipf: journal and on her stock account, as well as all three will get a premade background from hermitcrabstock.deviantart.com… or an exclusive stock photo from hermitcrabstock.deviantart.com…

And all three winners will receive a prize from :iconart-and-books:, who offers a batch of 10 postcards illustrating their winning entry like these: fav.me/d87e3i7


:bulletyellow: 4TH, 5TH and 6TH PLACE will receive 30 points and will be featured in our group.

They will also receive a prize from :iconart-and-books:, who offers a batch of 5 postcards illustrating their winning entry, just like those above.

That's it for the prizes for now. We're still open for point or free commission donations, so if you want to donate some, please tell us :)
You'll be featured as a donator of course.

If you want to participate please write a short comment, that we know how many will join our contest.
I hope you like the theme and prizes.
I hope I haven't forgotten anything. If you have any questions, be free to ask! So good luck! :D
Have a wonderful day (or night) everyone! :heart:

-Saraais

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