Info Art Contest Hall of Fame 2021

[Marmalade]

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Hello, everyone! Welcome to the Hall of Fame of MangaHelpers' Art Contest!

This is where we display past winners of the Art Contest from 2021 onwards. For 2008-2012 contest winners, please visit HERE. For 2013-2021 contest winners, please visit HERE.
This thread displays all the past winners of the various art contests to acknowledge their effort in making the brilliant artworks. Enjoy them and be inspired.

Reminder - You're free to use any of the entries for your own personal use (for wallpapers, avatars, signatures, etc.) but be sure to credit the owner of the artwork.

 

[Marmalade]

Week 01-02: Prized Possession Photography

Karikatur by @Kiki

Valentines Day Special Art Contest: Freestyle Duo Contest.
Valentines Day Freestyle by @Xadyu and @sakura-aneki

A thousand miles for.... by @Xadyu

It’s time. It’s finally time.

It touched down, the gates are opening.

And here I’m sitting. Tapping my foot nervously on the ground. Wanting to bite my nails.
We’ve been building up to this moment for so long, and it’s time. It’s finally time.

Eagerly waiting, staring down the gate for just a glimpse of you.
It’s as time is standing still, but my mind is racing, thinking back to when we set this date.

Thinking..

“That after all these years, I still thought about you.
Memories still kindled the fire deep under the snow.
It was foolish to think I loved you, but the feelings were to intense to ignore.

Never did I confess, or at least so seriously that we did something with it.
For the sake of friendship, the feeling lulled back to sleep again, and so on, just to suffer in silence.

Even now, years after we’ve spoken, years after contact got broken.
After all, the reproaches from then no longer sting.
In the end, I acknowledged the lack thereof.

I wasn’t the easiest, and back then anything but honest enough.
My heart was often off the straight path, because of the vicious lies told by my mouth.
But to really tell you what I felt? For that I was too cowardly.
Even now, my reasoning remains vague.
You went from one to another, I myself did the same.
We moved on, we went our separate ways.
Never taking that chance is what I still regret to this day.

It had no chance of success, I was clearly not the one for you, at that time.
I didn’t know anything real about love or relationships, yet I still wanted it all the time.
Even though I was mostly, the one, for you.

Eventually I asked you, for you to put an end to my internal hope, illusions and struggles.

Because I missed you the most.
Of everyone, I thought the most, and only, of you.
Chances were, you’ve already forgotten, or given up on me.
Because I was the one who left, in fear.
But my deliberately buried feelings always remained.
You remained the gaping hole in my heart.
A violently suppressed, but never absent pain.
Under whose influence friendships withered away.
You’re the one who’s never been with me, and yet the one who escaped.
My internal tormentor, a reminder of what might have happened if I hadn’t cut if off.
All that was left for me were the words I should have said to you all these years ago.
Words with which I'll probably thoroughly ruin every possibility, but I want to record my capitulation to emotion with this;

I’m bad with emotions, and I don’t always know what love is.
But I loved you, and I still do.
My affection for you is anchored deep within me, and will always stay there and not wither.
It was you.
It was always you.
It has never been not you.
I love you.”

A relieving sigh followed the thoughts crawling through my head. The eagerness turned into anxiousness as people started strolling out the gate.

It’s time.

Pondering anxiously, I put my elbows on my knees, palms crossed in front of my face. Another sigh followed. It’s getting to me, she’s almost here.

It’s come to this, the moment we’ve both been waiting for.

It’s time..

It’s finally time.


... Paradise by @sakura-aneki (the sequel to the first piece)

Week #03-04: Life on the Forum - Short Story Contest
A day at MangaHelpers - By @MarmaladeSky

Today is an ordinary day at MangaHelpers. As normal as a day here can be, I mean. I make myself a cup of tea and sit down. It’s time to arrive at the scene. But first, I wonder if I need a new avatar to match todays mood.
Perhaps not. Can’t be bothered browsing through hundreds of pictures to find the right one.
Once arrived, I see blue moderators running around with their ban-hammers trying to contain never ending chaos and fighting off the trolls. I see some green moderators assisting them in this matter, deleting posts with the speed of light. One of them is crying.
A group of members are yelling, raising their torches and pitchforks.
I sneak past them, to a quiet and peaceful place here at MangaHelpers. The Art Forum, where members are creative and comfy.
I'm not alone in this section I notice. A familiar figure is working hard on a set for another member, playing with colours and special effects to make it look perfect. It's my partner in crime, Kiki.
“Hey what’s all the chaos in the One Piece section about, it's way too early for this” I ask him.
“There was a troll running around, screaming something about power levels and ships I believe” he says, without looking up from his creation.
"Ah really... and it's not even afternoon yet" I take a sip of tea.
Power levels and shipping are serious matters, that must be handled with respect and care. No wonder everyone is so angry about it.
Seeing Kiki work so hard, I decide to do the same. It's important to stay busy after all. I look at my own schedule of today.

TO DO LIST:

• Write a story for the Art Contest
• Don’t forget to send in the top 10 list
• Run away from my responsibilities
• Discuss the importance snacks in manga
• Convince xi0 and goldb to turn MH into MarmaladeHelpers
• Or NekoHelpers, that would work too
• Beg Erinyes for series recommendations
• Be suspicious in MG
• Don’t forget to take the Australian Classes

Indeed, it is packed. There is just so much to do, so little time. Something that will never change. I decide it’s time to start with the activity “run away from my responsibilities”. It’s a personal favourite.
I head down to the Fun Forum, and enter a thread filled with numbers. The perfect thread for running away.
It’s time to count.
And perhaps even kiss.

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[Kiki]

Week #05-06: Classic Video Games Avatar & Signature Set Contest
Nostalgia by @Erinyes

 

[Marmalade]

Week #07-08: "Fanart inspired by music" Drawing
Canned heat on da feet - by @uberfayt

Spring Art Contest: Spring Recipe
Shokugeki no Erin - Spring Stagiaire by @Erinyes

Week #09-10: Pokemon Badge
Togedemaru Badge by @Kiki

Lugia Silver by @Xadyu

Week 11-12: Happiness Poetry
Happiness by @Mr Sticky 005

Happiness means to suffer
And I know that may sound blue
But to be happy you must be content
No matter what pain befalls you.
Happiness isn’t riches or good times
Though those certainly can be nice.
But such treasures will only make you happy
so long as you are willing to pay the price
Many say happiness is love but I wouldn’t really know.
But I just think happiness is a friend
especially when you are feeling low


Or it’s just nachos

Week #13-14: Final Fantasy Banner
Versus Behemoth by @Ustegius

Special Art Contest: Tribute to Miura Kentaro
また会いましょう by Kiki