Here we are, the 1st Art-Trail Contest has its winners and mentions! But firstly I have to thank all the partecipants, the SteemTrail communities and guys and the jury: great job, people! :)
42 Steemit artists have submitted 54 artworks to this contest: a great result for the first edition! It boosts us to try to make this contest a weekly one - perhaps with different categories and themes.
Managing an art contest is a new experience for me. In 35 years of work as an artist, I took part to many contests, but it's the first time I organize one of them. So, I apologize for any defect or mistake I did in managing it.
Steemit is a great community for artists. We knew it. This contest is also a way to attract more artists here. So I would invite the partecipants to share the contest in their web contacts and social media.
Here a list of the submitting artists (random order):
@randolphrope, @mariandavp, @opheliafu, @lapstjup, @drawingsbymilena, @toonpunk, @motivator, @sofi-m, @shortcut, @lighteye, @aksinya, @mikkolyytinen, @skapaneas, @nonameslefttouse, @nikosgyftakis, @shady, @katharsisdrill, @soyjoseluis, @mikkolyytinen, @natureofbeing, @ocrdu, @therealpaul, @aksinya, @yadamaniart, @fumansiu, @pcste, @luckyfellow, @inber, @kalemandra, @harshalachopra, @nin0000, @funkit, @unusualconcept, @elgeko, @jameshsmitharts, @indiandigitizer, @oceansoul13, @toonpunk, @voodoolizard, @aniestudio, @henry-gant, @paniopan.
Thank you to you all!
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But it's time to talk about the artworks!
For the Painting-Drawing category, here are artworks selected out of the submitted ones:
https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest/@jameshsmitharts/1st-art-trail-contest-the-the-motherboard
https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest/@nikosgyftakis/fouditsa-oil-painting-for-the-1st-art-trail-contest
https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest/@toonpunk/1st-art-trail-contest-the-wikiman-3-0-portait-of-julian-assange
https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest/@opheliafu/exit-or-entrance-1st-art-trail-contest
https://steemit.com/artrailcontest/@mikkolyytinen/1st-art-trail-contest-ghost-painting-and-drawing
https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest/@drawingsbymilena/1st-art-trail-contest-please-take-my-hand-category-painting-and-drawing
https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest/@nin0000/1st-art-trail-contest-painting-and-drawing
https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest/@aksinya/1st-art-trail-contest-category-painting-and-drawing-date
https://steemit.com/art/@yadamaniart/1st-art-trail-contest-strong-will
https://steemit.com/life/@fumansiu/1st-art-trail-contest-la-cumbre-peak
https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest/@ocrdu/1st-art-trail-contest-heron
https://steemit.com/art/@funkit/1st-art-trail-contest-submission-arttrailcontest-deleted-dove
https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest/@inber/1st-art-trail-contest-magic-mushrooms-category-painting-and-drawing
https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest/@therealpaul/1st-art-trail-contest-solar-eclipse-at-matt-s-place
It was hard to choose just a winner from the above! And "Painting-Drawing" is too large as a category (here's a mistake to fix for next contests).
Anyway, this is a contest. We have to choose. :)
Special Mentions:
''The Motherboard'', Dystopian Sci-fi epic, Acrylic on canvas. by @jameshsmitharts
'Solar Eclipse at Matt's Place' , 14" X 18", Oil on canvas, by @therealpaul
The Wikiman 3.0, 150cm x 100cm, 2012-2017, acrylic,ink and spraypaint on canvas, by @toonpunk
"Strong Will", 41x31.8cm, April 7th, 2017 (completion date), Acrylic and Collage on Wooden panel, by @yadamaniart
And the winners, ex aequo (equal) are
"Date", 120cm x 100cm, 2017, Oil on canvas, by @aksinya 
and "Fouditsa" / oil on canvas / 30 Χ 25 cm /2010 - by @nikosgyftakis
Congratulations!
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For the Digital Art category, here's the selection:
https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest/@paniopan/1st-art-trail-contest-digital-art
https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest/@voodoolizard/1st-art-trail-contest-river
https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest/@toonpunk/1st-art-trail-contest-church-of-rome
https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest/@katharsisdrill/1st-art-trail-contest-shiirik-digital-art
https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest/@indiandigitizer/winter-is-coming-dire-wolf-1st-art-trail-contest
https://steemit.com/art/@aniestudio/1st-art-trail-contest-vertigo-semaforico-categoria-digital-art
https://steemit.com/life/@fumansiu/1st-art-trail-contest-into-mystery
https://steemit.com/art/@funkit/1st-art-trail-contest-submission-arttrailcontest-deleted-dove
https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest/@nonameslefttouse/1st-art-trail-contest-the-official-nonameslefttouse-digital-art-entry
And these are the special mentions:
Church of Rome - 2012 - 43x27cm - made using hand drawn sketches and an old xmas card recreated in Illustrator with a few photoshop effects. Giclee art print on Hahnemuhle fine art archive paper. By @toonpunk
"Shiirik", digital drawing using Krita, 1200 x 1200 px, 2016, by @katharsisdrill
The Contestant (7680px X 4320px), by @nonameslefttouse
Deleted Dove, by @funkit
And The Winner Is
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"Into Mystery", 18"x24" digital painting in photoshop, by @fumansiu
Congratulations!
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Finally, the category with less submission, as predictable: just 5 artist for Sculpture. As a sculptor myself, I know sculptors are far fewer than painters. ;)
Mention:
Liberty, ~50x45x20cm, steel rod, bandsaw blade and wire, 2009, by @mikkolyytinen
And the Winner:
"The 3 cities I live in", Staples - glue and porexpan (base), 30x40x30 cm, 2017 by @soyjoseluis
Congratulations!
The winner of each category will receive 250 TRAIL Token and 30 Steems and will be featured in the Art Trail.
To get your tokens, go to the SteemTrail Discord server and follow instructions in the pinned post (or ask in the chat)
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A new art contest will be announced tomorrow, I guess.
I would also say to all the partecipant artists, as an artist myself, that I know what it means sending our beloved artworks to a contest and not receiving any feedback. It happened to me a lot of times too. But I'm sure you all understand that the goal of a contest like this is firstly to have your artworks viewed and shared (and upvoted too!).
Thanx! @paolobeneforti