The Winner of the Fanciest of Fancy Croquet by :icondancing-koi:

This Piece really captured the idea behind modern Croquet for me. Our Croquet darling here is wearing the outfit of the sort of society class that spawned Croquet, the concept of a refined game for refined people, but the torn sleeve and black glove reject the custodians of the old world (In many circles wearing a glove for croquet is considered uncouth). However, the rebellion against fashion is made so that she might play Croquet better, the statement she makes is a war on the elitist culture that surrounds croquet, but not on the game itself, and that is primarily true with the appearance of the tattoo, truly expressing an intense passion for Croquet, embracing the cutthroat, primal nature truly inherent to the game. This is the face of the Croquet of Today: Croquet Forever.


Runner up for The Fanciest of Fancy Croquet Art Contest Created by :icontungoctri:

I was immediately struck by the absurd nature of this piece. The little floating droids, reminiscent of Eve from WallE, having what appears to be a very intense game of Croquet. The light, shadows, and colors in this piece are very striking, but what is even more striking is some of the little nuances of this piece that tell an interesting story. There's only one ball, and only one mallet, so are these little robots playing a game, or did they stumble across some artifacts? But they brought their own lights, which means they are on the lawn for a reason. One robot plays, while the others watch, are they judging? Or, like WallE, is this that turning moment when a robot really awakens to it's true sentience. This piece gets major points for suggesting that the technological singularity occurs with a game of Croquet.

:iconyuuike: Created this art and was a runner-up in the Fanciest of Fancy Croquet Art Contest.

Roman is a character from yuuike's Gates of Sirona series.  I'm a sucker for Chibi, and I'll admit it, but pay close attention to the intensity of Roman's outfit, and the detail that particularly went into the belt buckle. It is very much a royal outfit with bold lines and intense contrast. You can get a sense of militant background to this noble family, particularly with the shoulder pads. However, with his shirt undone, you can tell that there is more than a little conflict between the character's persona and his family. That's more than evident in his non-plused expression, and incredibly deep eyes. This piece struck me for it's use of subtle costume clues to imbue a surprising depth of character.

I can only imagine how tense a Croquet Match must be in Roman Croquet's Family Manor.
Before we get to the winners of the Fanciest of Fancy Croquet Art Contest, I want to thank everyone who participated and submitted their awesome Croquet art. This was my first time running a contest, and I got incredibly excited each and every time a submission came in. All the art was great, and it was very hard choosing a winner, but I appreciate each and every person who participated. Without further ado. . .


The results are in after each artist has submitted their art for the Fanciest of Fancy Croquet Art Contest. The Grand Prize goes to:



Croquet Forever by Dancing Koi

Dancing Koi will receive 2,400 :points: , and her Character will be the face of the Croquet-Art Group for the rest of 2014

Our two runners up are:

Fantasy Croquet by Tungoctri  and Roman Croquet  by Yuuzumi

Yuuzumi and Tungoctri will each receive 800 :points: and receive a journal feature on the Croquet Art group in the coming months, stay tuned for that.

Additionally, all participants will receive a Croquet Certificate of Awesome!

Again, a huge thank you to all the participants for making this a great contest filled with great art!
Edit 7/12/14: Tomorrow is the last day to submit your Croquet Art! Submit your Fancy Croquet Art to croquet-art.deviantart.com/gal… before July 13th for your chance to win! If you're having trouble submitting your art, feel free to just contact me directly!




Croquet is the fanciest of fancy sports. A iconic pastime reminisent of monocles, top hats, and corsets. This contest is a celebration of Croquet and absurdity. Draw your most absurd croquet based artwork and submit it for a chance to win prizes.

First Place will receive:
-2,400
-Art will be featured on the Group ID for the rest of 2014 with full credit.
-Croquet Certificate of Awesome

Two Runners Up will receive
-800
-Art will receive a Journal Feature
-Croquet Certificate of Awesome


All participants will be invited to have their art featured in a few external blogs and social media sites, with the the artist's permission. Feel free to contact me for a full listing of those outlets.


Qualifications
-Art must be newly created for this contest.
-Character driven artwork will be given preference.
-Points given for absurdity and originality (please no flamingos or hedgehogs)
-Otherwise, anything goes.

Judging
Submit your art by July 13th, by sending me a note with a link to your art with a mention of the contest in the arts description.  I will be judging the art personally. Winners will be announced July 16th, and awarded the respective prizes.


Who Are You?


So full disclosure about myself: My name is Mackenzie Cameron, I've designed a board game called Killer Croquet, that I plan to Kickstart in September. I've seen a lot of really cool croquet art since joining Deviant Art, and I want to help expand the body of work that already exists. Do I plan to use this contest to promote my Kickstarter? Yeah, I definitely plan to use this to help generate content that I can engage my audience with. Will I use people's art without their permission? No. I am a firm believer in credit where credit is due, and I will not use your art on any external site without your permission. I'd love to promote the art that gets created here, but only with a full disclosure of what I'm doing and with the permission of the artist.

A Kickstarter, you say?

You can check out the latest news at killercroquetgame.com. I'm very excited about the campaign; it is a lot of hard work, but by September 1st it should be very ready. I have lots of plans for various promotions, and select artists may receive an invitation from me to participate in a few Croquet Related art ventures, again this would  be totally voluntary.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the event you can e-mail me at theauthorm (at) gmail (dot) com.

Best of luck, and happy drawing!

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