#congrats to the winners!

[blmpff]

✨️ GAGAOOLALA AWARDS 2023 WINNERS ✨️

19.12.23

[spencerscharacterbattle]

hello and welcome to the FINALE of SPENCER’S 2024 CHARACTER BATTLE!!!!

i don’t want to keep you too much longer so i’ll announce…. the WINNER…. of SPENCER’S 2024 CHARACTER BATTLE…. IS………….

*dramatic pause*

WANDER!!!

congratulations wander for winning twice in a row! however…. he didn’t have the most votes overall! he in fact had 329. that title… goes to….

COMMANDER PEEPERS!!

with 421 votes overall!

congrats to both of them!!

here is the final bracket! i hope everyone had fun rooting for their faves!!!

[rnmbingo]

Adding a combined total of over 175 comments to fanfics and fanworks of Roswell, New Mexico creators in 2023—

The winners of the 2023 Roswell, New Mexico Comment Bingo are below the cut:

Please reblog, signal boost, and celebrate our winners, and check out their bingo boards as fic recs!

@greygullhaven wins a fic of at least 2,000 words based on your prompt by @impalachick

@infp-obsessing-over-everything wins a cover image for your own fic OR a fic of your choice by mythras_fire

@impalachick wins a fic of at least 2,000 words based on your prompt OR a cover image for your own fic or fic of your choice by @jocarthage

@portraitofemmy wins a cover art for a fic OR a quote of your choice, featuring calligraphy of the title by @dr-lemurr

@ladynox wins an artwork based on a prompt of your choice by @greentealycheejelly

@jule1122 wins a fic of at least 2,000 words OR a gifset based on your prompt by @infp-obsessing-over-everything

@primalmusic wins a gifset based on your own fic OR a prompt by @burntotears

@beautifulcheat wins an artwork based on a prompt of your choice by @bean-me-up

Additionally, all winners can name a creator in the fandom to have our mod team members comment on one of their works (you can pick yourself!).

Thanks to everyone who participated in this and previous years. It's not every fandom event where you participate by just thanking people for making great content for us to enjoy. You keep the fandom alive!

A huge thank you to the moderation team, @jocarthage, @greentealycheejelly, mythras_fire; @bean-me-up for making the bingo boards; @infp-obsessing-over-everything and @suzteel for making gifs for the event; and to our generous prize creators!

Your prize creator will be in touch with you about your prize, but if you don't hear from them, feel free to contact them directly or reach out to @maeglinthebold.

Bummed you missed bingo? Don't worry, you haven't seen the last of us… 👽

[makethosenarratorsfight]

SIDE A AND B ROUND 3 WINNERS

Side A

Lemony Snicket (A series of unfortunate events) vs. The Biologist (Annihilation)

Margot Garcia (An Unauthorized Fan Treatise) vs. Kuruto Ryuki (AI: The Somnium Files Nirvana Initiative)

Varric Tethras (Dragon Age) vs. Johnny Traunt (House of Leaves)

Rebecca Bunch (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) vs. Ted (I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream) 

Side B

Phone Guy (FNAF) vs. Hamlet (Hamlet) 

Benjamin Brynn (Before Your Eyes) vs. Mima Kirigoe (Perfect Blue)

The Batter (OFF) vs. Shen Qingqiu (SVSSS)

Lee Hakhyun (ORV Side Stories) vs. Kim Dokja (ORV)

[marsmarbles]

VICTORY!!!

Jupiter

[professionalscribbler]

Those are all so coooool!!!!!!

Replica Holiday Special Winners!

Happy Holidays everyone! It's that time of year and you know what that means! Time to announce the winners for the DTIYS Replica Holiday Special Cover!

I received so many wonderful submissions. Far more than I had anticipated! They were all so unique and creative and it was an absolute joy to look at each and every one of them! I really underestimated however how difficult it would be to choose with them all being so unique from each other. In the end, I decided to gauge the top picks on how well their cover captured the "essence" of what this Special is going to be like! Without further ado, here are the winners.

HONORABLE MENTION - @matchstique

Buddy! I love this piece so dang much! It has so much character and perfectly displays the wacky hijinks we can expect as well as the huge amount of stress our poor boys are under during these trying, pregnancy times. The movement and colors work so well and make me excited for what comes next! Seldom do I see pregnant females shown as the badasses they are, but you have gone and turned Cassandra into an absolute icon with this piece! Bless you!

3RD PLACE - @thegunnsara

Sara, the shear amount of craft you put into your art is STAGGERING. Every scuff on Raph's shell and wisp of smoke screams of a quality I can only hope to attain someday. I literally want to be you when I grow up! That said, the concept of this piece is also fantastic. One of the things I'm must excited about for this Special is getting to see Raph and Casey as they were and witnessing the strong bond they share. I love them dearly and this cover captures their strength and tenacity so perfectly. Gods among men.

2ND PLACE - @cupcakeslushie

Slushie, this cover is so damn fun and dynamic that I can't stop looking at it! Your attention to detail and composition are masterful and the fact that you could fit such a bombastic battle into such a limited space speaks to how crazy talented you are! You also do a wonderful job of retaining both the intensity of the apocalypse but also that playful edge that Rise always manages to retain! It's definitely the cover that would catch my eye on a shelf and make me want to turn the page to see what happens next!

1ST PLACE - @abbeyofcyn

Cyn, the moment I saw this cover, I gasped! It's funny because this is both a piece I could have totally seen myself doing had I done the cover, yet crafted in a unique way I could have never come up with on my own! On top of that, this slick composition scratches my little designer brain juuust right. The use of the hands motif is such a great element because to me, it encapsulates the conflicting themes of family/parenthood with the drama of what it means to be human. On top of that, having each character as one of the digits both connected to and encircling Casey is such a wonderful touch that really drives the symbolism home. Somehow, you managed to peer into the future and perfectly capture how the finale of this special is going to feel. Thank you so much Cyn for such a wonderful piece!

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Now that I think about it, looking back on these winners as a set, all four them actually do an amazing job as individual covers for each of the four "acts" that will make up this special. That was not at all my intention, but it kind of worked out perfectly for that. Gets me all emotional!

I also definitely want to put a spotlight on the other amazing submissions, many of which made it SO close to the top slots! I was going to post these pieces individually but I was worried people wouldn't then go to their blogs to view the covers, so instead have a compilation and links to the full versions! Please check out everyones amazing covers and give them some love. They all worked really hard and it means so much to me. Thank you everyone!

@dreamundraws - LINK @honeylief - LINK @gemini-forest - LINK @memorydarkness - LINK @skullythefriendlyskullface - LINK @v-albion - LINK @its-wabby-stuff - LINK @yris-latteyi - LINK @reagi-df - LINK @chaoscontrol50 - LINK / LINK @murasakibonnet - LINK @hitwiththetmnt - LINK @xandriagreat - LINK @karonkar - LINK @quailaz - LINK @delicatechildwitch - LINK

Thank you again all of you! You all did such an amazing job!

[genericpuff]

"No TV coverage for my third win? :((("

[sorivii]

@lemonomelette had a DTIYS back in February-March and I had planned on posting this as a part of it but my brain refuses to finish it. So for contents sake I shall bestow you on my half baked goods👐🍪🍰🧁🥮✨

You can find the dtiys here -> https://www.tumblr.com/lemonomelette/743476431927001088/hey-welcome-to-my-first-dtiys-ill-be-picking

[tiger-balm]

"did you make a wish?" "I did" | R2 G4 stars @ avs | May 14th 2024

[poppibranchlover]

Heads up from the 2024 Kids’ Choice Awards! Poppy had won her orange blimp YET AGAIN!!! 👏👏👏

Meanwhile, Branch’s spot was destroyed by a Netflix lizard. 🥺

Yeah, I know it’s a shame that my boy didn’t deserve it, but I’m still really proud of Anna Kendrick because she nailed her Troll so well for all these years. Congratulations to her, by the way! 😍🥰💖

[tempests-bards-and-birds]

please god make the "three time winner of the best bard of mondstadt" one of the earliest pieces of evidence we got for the samsara without us knowing it at the time because it would be so fucking funny

[gingermaple]

pluto

[emmagnetism]

“Congrats Oscar👍”

and he still doesn’t follow him back.

[lotus-pear]

LOTUSPEAR 5K DTIYS RESULT‼️‼️

ok i'm an entire month late but here are the results of this competition at last!! i would like to preface this by saying a big thank you to everyone who participated as this was my first time doing smt like this! i'm so glad it was met w so much participation and unique entries, and i genuinely cannot express enough gratitude for the ppl who submitted their version. seeing everyone's individual posts w the diverse amount of art styles and mediums was so cool and i loved each post sm!! so thank you for participating and for your support!! it really does mean the world to me!!

with that, without further ado, let me announce our winners...

FIRST PLACE: @latapadraws

I WAS ABSOLUTEY BLOWN AWAY BY NOT ONLY THE COMPOSITION BUT THE LIGHTING OF THIS PIECE. REALLY. MY JAW IS STILL ON THE FLOOR LOOKING AT IT. the warm golden and red glow like evening rays of sun is so gorgeous not to mention dazai's musing expression. hes soo beautiful in your style op he looks like he was carved from marble. so elegant and sharp.

SECOND PLACE: @thornedarrow, specifically @velaversal

bea oh my god i still get heart eyes whenever i see this. the fuchsia is so gorgeous it looks like whorls of fire and the marble effect of the background is so ethereal. the color palette and rendering in general just astounds me, i feel like i'm on another plane of existence looking at this.

THIRD PLACE: @kokoasci

koko!!!!! i'm always enamored by translucent feel of your pieces and it always looks like rose-tinted glass, i always want to break off a piece and let it melt on my tongue bc it looks so sweet and sugary. said this in the tags but the background also was incredible and dazai kind of reminded me of the mad hatter!! the coy expression, the dramatic pose, the whimsical pastel color palette, the tea spilling from the porcelain cups...100/10 for mood and storytelling

FOURTH PLACE: @sableeira

SABLEEEE OH MY GOD......LIKE WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN.......THIS WAS SUCH AN OUT OF BOX WAY TO LOOK AT THE OG PIECE.....AN ENTHRALLING INTERPRETATION. dazai being haunted by his former self, conveyed through the earthy color palette and dramatic lighting that ties the entire piece together. literally was blown away by how unique this entry was, absolutey incredible

FIFTH PLACE: @shrimpkini

shrimp i'm being so honest rn i want this as a poster and i want it hung on my wall bc my heart still stops every time i look at it. the hard light that casts dazai's entire face into shadow which highlights the red of his eye makes me rattle the bars of my cage every single time, not to mention the rimlight on his entire frame basking the piece is an eerie glow. phenomenal play of lighting. i'm swept off my feet.

[jellie-the-aqua-puma]

Remember when we thought JJK was gonna spark a new era of (*cough* revolutionize *cough*) shounen anime/manga?

I wish to go back to those times.

[shmunter]

godspeed iris…