Good morning and happy Monday! 🎨✨

We're excited to announce the results of last week's art contest!

This time, we have a three-way tie for first place! 🏆🏆🏆
A huge congratulations to the winners, who all finished with an equal score of 5 points. The prize will be shared equally among all of you. Well done to everyone who participated and voted!

The winners

🥇 1st places:

@asterkame - Painting a Yellow Flower Vase and a Beautiful Bird - 5 pts - prize: 17% of the post's earnings + 200 Ecency Points

That's a lovely painting! You've successfully created a vibrant still life using watercolors, featuring a bright blue background that makes the yellow flowers and the colorful bird really stand out. The dark blue and black vase provides a strong anchor for the cluster of cheerful yellow blooms, and the touch of dark green foliage adds nice depth and contrast. The bird, with its warm yellow and orange chest against the darker wings, adds a wonderful focal point and a sense of life to the scene, making the whole composition feel balanced and visually appealing against the simple blue and gray setting you chose.

@idyharrison The Fading Rhythm - 5 pts - prize: 17% of the post's earnings + 200 Ecency Points

This is a truly powerful and moving piece. Your charcoal and graphite drawing masterfully captures the contrast between the vibrant cultural performance and the detached, modern audience. The detail in the traditional attire of the Ubom paddlers—especially the texture in their headdresses and shoulder pieces—is stunning, highlighting the richness of the tradition they are trying to preserve. Placing the spectators, engrossed in their mobile phones, right alongside the dedicated performers brilliantly illustrates your theme of cultural erosion. It's a poignant reflection on how easily contemporary distractions can overshadow and silence the rhythm of heritage.

@pavel.art Primicia - 5 pts - prize: 17% of the post's earnings + 200 Ecency Points

This is a visually arresting and emotionally intense painting. The image presents a hyper-realistic, close-up portrait drenched in cool blue tones and covered in meticulously rendered water droplets. The most striking feature is the intense gaze, where the reflections in the eyes contain an incredibly detailed, angular image, perhaps hinting at the "inner light" and the "unseen" aspects of the human soul mentioned in the text. The contrast between the cold blues and the subtle, warm peach tones on the skin, combined with the detailed brushwork on the wet lips and the individual water beads, creates a powerful and contemplative exploration of emotion and inner complexity.

Congratulations to the winners! 🎉

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