I will sum up why you didn’t make it, judging by the 3 winners (congrats btw, I guess)
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Use cool colors. This will hide an absolutely horrible sketch. Use really dramatic lighting, and pick contrasting colors. Then shade it so you can’t see the awful linework.
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Ignore perspective for more drama. Twist the front ends, make things lopsided, and don’t worry about a sketch being clear about form…just make sure it has emotion.
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Keep sketch as loose as possible. Don’t refine it. Don’t erase any of the draw through lines. Avoid anything tight in the linework or the marker/rendering section
Congrats to everyone, once again, and I don’t mean this to offend anyone, it is just my observation based on the winners. Hopefully next time it will be a real actual contest, instead of an admin selecting which ones he likes best for judging. That kinda pisses me off actually.