Art Explosion Week 7 Winners! The Alien themed art blew us away so we're giving extra prizes :)
This week the theme was aliens and we got visual arts, music, poetry, comics and more! We are mildly annoyed (in the best way possible) that all the entries were so amazing! @vachemorte and I have decided to increase the prize pool and give away a little more than intended.
Our top pick was this alien queen by @georgeboya. This collage art was so striking we unanimously agreed that it had to be the winner. George will get 10sbd!
https://steemit.com/art/@georgeboya/sphinx-caterina-the-alien-queen-entry-for-artexplosion7-handcut-collage-50-50cm
Next up is this music entry by @dreamrafa called "Alien Attack". @vachemorte and I are both musicians and really appreciate the creativity and technical abilities he showcased in this original composition! We can picture this as a theme song for a film where the invaders are jumping out of their ships and wreaking havoc on the planet, very excellent! @dreamrafa gets 5sbd!
https://steemit.com/artexplosion/@dreamrafa/art-explosion-week-7-alien-atack-original-music
This entry by @creativesoul also impressed us with it's sweet vintage/modern mix. It's a beautiful alien princess and we can't wait to hear the story that goes along with it! @creativesoul will get 5sbd!
https://steemit.com/artexplosion/@creativesoul/art-explosion-week-7-the-atharian-princess
The last of our top picks was from @dana-varahi for her alien guardian angel sculpture that looks like a beautiful found artifact from ancient times. Dana will also get 5sbd!
https://steemit.com/artexplosion/@dana-varahi/holy-guardian-alien
Honourable Mentions
"They're Back" was an excellent whimsical poem from @negativer that had some great imagery and made us both smile :) 2sbd!
https://steemit.com/artexplosion/@negativer/they-re-back-art-explosion-week-7-theme-aliens
This comic strip from @andrewgenaille also gave us a giggle, it's worth checking out all the parts, 2 sbd! Here's a little taste: 
https://steemit.com/comics/@andrewgenaille/alien-invasion-part-4-5-5-5
@mamadini has impressed me once again with her cute yet sinister alien painting, 2sbd!
https://steemit.com/art/@mamadini/watercolor-sketch-for-art-explosion-week-7-theme-aliens
@carlgnash told us a story of finding this alien creature in his ear, scary! 2sbd as well:
https://steemit.com/art/@carlgnash/help-me-identify-this-creature
Carl also included this song as an unofficial entry which we both loved and I think it deserves an extra little shoutout here because it was great! Alien Warlord:
Thank you all again for the beautiful entries! If you didn't win it's not because we didn't love your art, but the amount of talent on steemit seems to be rising exponentially, I wish we had more money to give :D
Prizes should be arriving momentarily and I will be putting up the theme for next week on Monday, we hope you join us again!
Thank you very much everyone:) Since i got at Steemit i never won any competition in my life. One reason is that i rarely took part at competitions, actually i hate competions. One person wins and is happy 100 are sad, so you have 99% chance to be the sad one and think about what is wrong with your artwork. But here, at these amazing competitions like the one that dear @juliaponsford organised, everyone is a winner. We all got beautiful productive comments, new followers, attention in our artwork and some SBD. So congratulations to the winners, meaning everybody, i tried to see as much of the other artists artwork and i was really amazed:) I hope more artists in the future will take part:)
Thank you for the sweet comment I agree completely that everyone is a winner, even if not officially because we all get to meet each other and connect. The monetary prize is just a bonus :) congrats! I loved the collage 😃
you are very welcome:)
Yay! Congrats to the winners! (I really like @mamadini's painting. Super creepy and sinister.)
I know right? Congrats to you and thanks again for the poem :)
Woww cool!, thanks for honoring me with second place!, also loved all the other picks! :D
Thanks for the awesome track, we had amazing entries this week as usual!
I wish i knew art
Well if you practice you can learn, it takes time but makes a great hobby :)
It will take a life time for me
Collage is a very simple technique to learn, the tools are simple too:) I can hep if you like:)
I like
I am glad:) You need a black paper for background to work on, scissors, cutting knife, a glue and a magazine that you like. Take the magazine and cut an image that you like from the following pages, 5, 14, 19, 27, 35, 40. Then you will try to create a story based on these images, do not glue them until you are satisfied. It is like a game but it will sharpen your imagination and you can practice your cutting skills. If you make a post out of the process i could help you more:) Have fun:)
the pages are not opening
Everything was great! As soon as I saw @georgeboya work though I knew it had to win something- it's just so cool! Congrats to all the winners!
Yeah that piece is stellar and very on point theme wise!
Thank you very much, you are very kind:)
Beautiful. I really like the Artharian Princess. She's my fave.
Yeah it's got a 50s housewife meets future princess feel to it, it's a great entry!
Now that you say that - I may have somehow subconsciously channelled the original Star Trek vibe. Thank you so much for the bonus and the appreciation! <3
<3 <3 <3
These are all amazing! Thank you so very much for putting on such great challenges @juliakponsford -- yours are my fave in the steemit realm.
Deepest congratulations to the all those that placed, fantastic art. ROCK ON!
Thanks for sharing... Love it.
Thanks for checking it out!
Congrats everyone!! <3 <3 <3
Wow, you got some pretty awesome works there! All prizes really well deserved!! Congratulations to the winners.
Yes indeed, so much variety and creativity, i love it!