Today's the day! Announcing the eight (8) winners of the #PixlrPop Contest plus the top five (5) most faved designs by the community. The judging panel consisted of the Pixlr Design Team and the COLOURlovers staff members (aka myself, Molly and Colin).

Absolutely fantastic entries! Great work everyone! The flow of commentary throughout the Contest days coming from the Pixlr Design Team was exciting to see. They expressed how amazed they were with the talent we have here at COLOURlovers. I felt a glow of pride knowing we have this secret gold mine of talented people in our community.

I can't wait to showcase the final design inspirations near the end of June (coming up!) used within Pixlr Express!

Okay, okay I know you guys are chomping at the bit to see the winners! With each winner the judging panel as a whole put together some commentary on the aspects of each design.

Winner of Tuesday, Day #1:  "Loulouflor" by Anonymuse

"The soft colors, texture in the shapes and the windmill collectively make an eye-catching inspiration."

Winner of Wednesday, Day #2:  "Pointed Response" by Wondercake

"Fantastic shade of orange. The trendy arrow pattern inspires a hand drawn aesthetic - leaves many options to take from the shapes"

Winner of Thursday, Day #3:  "SPRING2013" by SUNNY21327

"Inspirational for light leaks and bokeh effects. Loving all the color choices with the layering."

Winner of Friday, Day #4:  "The Exchange" by praxicalidocious

"This one strikes very lush with spring or summer coloring. Loving the texture with interesting layering. Inspiration leads to a beautiful field of flowers."

Winner of Saturday, Day #5:  "Zebra" by addabarrios

"A subtle background coloring makes fantastic overlays. Combined with the non-traditional zebra pattern this inspires an intriguing piece."

Winner of Sunday, Day #6:  "Underthedeepbluesea" by Kalindy

"This one gives us a subtle explosion of interest the longer we stare at it. We really love the rich depth of texture and pattern in this monochromatic scene."

Winner of Monday, Day #7:  "Orange Loves you px" by bhsav

"This spicy pattern oozes with vibrant lava hues and terrific movement in the basic but intriguing tribal pattern play. Totally inspiring to see what we can do with it!"

Winner of Tuesday, Day #8:  "Historic Arrest" by Heuge

"An excellent spin on stripes giving off a soft, feathery feeling. The pleasant mix of hues bleed together in to a lovely muted visual. All of which might work nicely in an overlay."

As you can see from the LOVES on each of these, none were selected by popularity (CL community vote). The judges took each day of submissions individually and considered many character traits of each piece as a whole to consider toward the design aspects of Pixlr Express. We will be showcasing the final pieces near the end of June (2015) when the COLOURlovers Expansion Pack becomes available to everyone using Pixlr! Exciting!

Top Five Loved Submissions: Sponsorship Winners!

As promised, we wanted to add a little fun kick to those who just can't help but produce tantalizing designs that makes everyones mouse-fingers want to go click-click-click on that LOVE button! So popular vote or not, that's what these are for.... being popular. The LOVE-COUNT displayed is only for the duration of the contest timeline, as some have changed since Tuesday. 

53 LOVES:  "Leaf Monsters" by praxicalidocious

28 LOVES:  "Frida" by GabsGiggles

27 LOVES:  "Soda Pop" by ArrayOfLilly

23 LOVES:  "I Dreamed A Dream" by sherrydee846

21 LOVES:  "chase the blues away" by twister

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That's it! I hope you all enjoyed the experience of this contest and can take positive things away even if you did not win. Trust me, there were a lot of difficult decisions in choosing!

Personally, I feel that contests push me to a different level of motivation in my own skills which contributes to how I view where I am in my skill much longer after a contest is held. I notice area's where I could probably work harder or think directionally different and garner some personal advice from the designs that did win. We quite literally could have chosen over a thousand designs we loved, but in the case of contest critique, it comes down to a hard line. 

Claiming Your Prize!

Grab Bag Winners: You will be receiving either a Love Note and/or an email (whatever email is associated with your COLOURlovers member account). In this message you will get links to all the Grab Bag Items we had pictured and linked here in the contest post. Messages will go out today at some point, you will be given a certain time period to make your choice (feel free to reference the original contest page to start shopping early!). Colin will be handling prize notification and placing your order/choice.

Sponsorship Winners: Today we will activate the new or upgraded Sponsorship to your COLOURlovers Member Account. If you already have a paid sponsorship active, we will simply add an additional year to your current expiration date.

Have a great day!