With the theme scoring, I felt that they were all good and fascinating, that's why none of them had got low scores, but to get 9 and 10, I wanted it to be explained in depth a bit more, most just had a sentence or two about how they liked the animal rather than maybe rather than something that is a solid reason or an experience. Some I feel were better than others, but I did say the descriptions were not needed, so I didn't completely base it off that, I just decided to give maybe 3 or so marks for the description., even though I could totally understand you all and everything with your reason, I felt like there was a little more that people could have said. I don't know how to put it into words, it is hard to explain what I was looking for with the description for full marks, but hopefully you get at what I mean. I also agree with Sarah's point. I am really hesitant to give full marks because even a really good piece of work can be improved, so I really do not want to give out full marks as it would give the perception that the artist has mastered that area which, although it may be very good, would be unfair to say because there is always room for improvement of some form, even if it is very minimal. I will say that giving you all 8 could be seen as a little negative from one standing point as it may make it look like I just gave you all that score or that it makes it seem less meaningful, but you all did extremely well with matching the theme, but as I said earlier, I do not like to give out full marks due to the above reasons and to access to top marks, I feel a little more emphasis on the meaning of the piece was needed. Hopefully this is ok. :)

Also, @Velocity I was thinking more stories and urban legends that sort of thing rather than pokemon, however, if the legendary pokemon has a particularly good backstory/mythology, as long as the piece includes imagery and ideas from that mythology then sure, I will accept it.

I will get to the comments now and I will try to address all that you have asked/commented on to hopefully iron out the questions and quieries you have. The last thing I want is someone who doesn't understand the contest so feels put down by it. I want everyone to get as much from it as possible and get as much information as they can on how it works so they can work to strive to get the best they can.