Calling all artists!! (Longtime artists, newbie artists, occasional artists, or people that just want to try things for fun).
Before I announce this weeks theme, I should mention that...
We have a winner!
I am so excited to announce last weeks winner.
Without further adieu...
Congratulations! With a score of 4.75, and the popular vote our winner is 
with the submission LuxuriousELLicycling by ELLi, which you can see the Original Post here
This was a very interesting submission, definitely outside of the norm. This artist took materials that would otherwise be thrown out and used them to make a play head model look luxurious with gold foiled hair, a shiny silver shirt and a very interesting choker. This definitely got awarded high points for both originality and creativity, great job. This submission also got the popular vote this week.
Honorable Mention(s)
Everyone who participated got at least one vote this week and they were all amazing! It was hard to choose a winner. I hope to see you all again this week.
Thank you for all those that submitted a piece of Art,
Here we go again... It's time to submit some amazing Art
Week 18's Theme:
This can be in whatever Visual Art form you like (Painted, sculpted, sketched, whatever visual form) as long as it is 100% your own work.
[At this time I am not taking photography submissions as there are many out there. Check out the additional contests below for ones that do photography]
Prize:
WINNER - 10 Steem
Contest ends on Saturday, February 10th at 11:59 pm EST (Eastern Standard Time)
Note: I am giving a bit of extra time this week since this post is coming out later
How to Win
Comments for you during the VOTING PHASE count for 25% of your score (this has changed from upvotes on submission post)
Art submissions are judged fairly and unbiased by 
Voting Phase Info:
The Voting Phase begins on a new post from Feb 11th 11:59pm EST.
Scoring
Assuming each rule has been followed, each submission gets scored in 4 categories. Creativity, Originality, Quality, Popularity. All categories are scored out of 5 by me, and often times I also use at least one other set of eyes. The scores are then added together from all 4 categories and averaged to find a score out of 5. That is the winner.
Originality and Creativity count so try to think outside of the box as those get you higher points upon judging*
Example of my scoring sheet:
Winners will be announced the day after Voting Phase closes.
New Contest theme will be announced every Monday.
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