[WAR: Season II] Drawn Art

[Suicune's Fire]

@Corrupt_Voidlich - I have very mixed thoughts about that. The point of a drawing contest is not to explain yourself. If people here wanted to write, they'd go to a writing section of the forum, like CW, ASB or GCEA. I think it's highly unfair that the theme is based off people's explanation of why they like an animal. o.o My favourite animal is a wolf. I don't have a specific reason as to why I like them, other than I've always loved dogs and they're doglike, but more majestic. If I had entered this week and you told me that my piece lost marks because I didn't have a good reason for liking my favourite animal, I'd be spewing.

It's also super unfair to have graded like this because nowhere did you state than an 'artist's statement' would contribute to a mark. If that was said, however, I think it would have been more fair to judge with this in mind. However, it still has nothing to do with theme. I would encourage you, if you deem it so important, to make it a separate category, and give it a value of 2 points. It's so not important. You're drawing something from your heart, from your mind--that can't always be put into words. This is what you have on the front page:

Also, if you want, you could also put in why it is your favourite animal and I will add that to the form. If you don't want to, you don't need to, just remove it from the form. It is just there if you want to interest me with some reading and discussion on here. haha

...Nowhere does it even imply that a written explanation for why it is your favourite animal is important, or contributes to the overall mark. It has nothing to do with theme; the theme was "draw your favourite animal." It wasn't "tell me why it's your favourite animal or you will lose points, OH, and, I'm going to judge the reason behind you liking the animal because if I think it's not good enough, BAM, points gone." No offence, but your evaluation of people's reasons for liking something has nothing to do with you, and neither does it relate to the challenge. Wolves don't even exist in my country. I don't need a reason to like them because I just do. Haven't you ever liked something for an inexplicable reason?


I didn't enter, true, but I feel like your judging scheme has to be rethought. If you're going to judge someone on something, then please let people know. It was like week one about backgrounds. That they weren't necessary so you won't lose points...but then you would gain them if you did include it. But then you also compared backgrounds between pieces, implying that they were important.

I don't mean to be offensive or rude, but this is how I feel and I think that other people might agree.