The Starving Artist contest has come to an end and we want to thank everyone for your amazing entries! All of your art was beautiful and inspiring. Judge Rikki Rocket was especially moved and had this to say: "In the visual arts categories, I was blown away. What I did find was a super talented group of folks who have bright futures. I judged on wow factor, technique and ingenuity. Great job everyone!"



AND THE WINNERS ARE . . . .



The winner of the Peoples Choice award with nearly 200 comment votes is Customized Fine Art by Sublime 360. Judge Rikki Rockett noted, "Slam dunk modern album cover, poster and T-Shirt. Well done!"




Click here to read her Starving Artist story

Click here to visit her site and see more of her stunning artwork!



The winner of the Judges Choice award is "In The Fall Of Gravity" a stop motion animated film by R.S.COLE.





Click here to read his Starving Artist story

Click here to visit his site and see more of his amazing art!



From Judge Kara Walker Tome, "The creativity, skill and dedication it took to create such a visually stunning and intellectually challenging film was what made he work of RS Cole stand out. I hope the prize allows him to finish and release it as it will have many fans."



We want to thank everyone for participating in the Starving Artist contest and showing off your talent to the MOLI community! MOLI is committed to supporting our artists and we will continue to hold contests, promotions, feature member profiles, and much more!



In fact, we enjoyed all of your entries so much that we have already launched a NEW CONTEST! We want to make your art, our default! You know that default image that showed up as your main picture when you first joined MOLI? Well, we think its time to spice those up! Any art that has been entered in the Starving Artist contest is eligible, and we want to see more! Add your art to this media album. You've got until May 30th to show us what you've got! We'll pick 40 images to be added to our library of default photos. So the next time someone joins MOLI, they may be seeing your fabulous art as their default image!



Thanks again and we look forward to seeing more of your talent on MOLI!
Jenny