Well, after over 900 votes and hours of counting we have a winner!!!! First off, I want to thank everyone that participated in the contest as well as everyone that came by to vote. I never expected this sort of turnout and I had a blast as well as learning a few things when I have the next contest.
Now, this competition wasn’t without its flaws but it taught me some things I’ll make sure to address in the next voting system. Due to some voting misunderstandings Thisisanton as graciously agreed to disqualify some of his votes due to a misunderstanding in the rules and to make sure everyone was playing on a level playing field. Due to this, Thisisanton came in 4th place after counting all legitimate votes so a big congratulations goes out to him for his valiant effort as well as Shadowlotus, Mobile-Ave, Sacking Jimmy, and Lady Cybercat! All of them performed outstandingly and I hope you had a blast doing it!

Runners up:






3RD place goes to TheBob74 with 84 votes! His entry was outstanding with some excellent color choices and I loved the use of highlights and shadows. The power effects on Sunfire, Iceman, and Jean grey were particularly well done!


2ND place goes to Luxun with 91 votes! Luxun’s color choices were equally as spot on and I love that he chose to show the AOA universe in a brighter light. Reminds me a lot of the old Mad Max movies looking very hot dusty and dry. Very well done!


AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST: 1ST place goes to SPYDAMAN with 170 votes!!!!! Spydaman made some very interesting choices with is color schemes doing a cross between paint and cell shading creating a color style I’ve not see before but achieved spectacular results! His use of reflective light around characters like Colossus, Iceman, and Blink were some of the most impressive I’ve ever seen. His hard cutting shadows compliment the linework outstandingly as well! I hope everyone will join me in congratulating Spydaman as well as all our placeholders for a very hard fought battle!



And that concludes the first coloring contest here on DA! I’m already working on the second contest which will kick off in the next month or so. It’s going to be a little more anime oriented and give the entrants options on how they want to enter. Please leave a comment here in the journal congratulating the winners and stay tuned for the next contest!!!

Best regards!
-Mark