ARTQUEST-TRAIL#9 (ARTchallenge) Theme Announcement. SURPRISE THEME THIS WEEK!!! 700 TRAIL +20 STEEM Prize Pool
ARTQUEST-TRAIL#9 (ARTchallenge) Theme Announcement. SURPRISE THEME THIS WEEK!!! 700 TRAIL +20 STEEM Prize Pool
SURPRISE THEME THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would like to thank again all the participants of Artquest! I want you to know that you make my days!
I am happy to announce a new theme. The contest is organised by @aksinya. As I promised it will be a SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THEME FOR ARTCHALLENGE #9 will be a surreal drawing of an artist of great talent and an amazing person @paolobeneforti. It is big honour for me that Paolo gladly allowed to use his drawing for the Artchallenge. Thank you very much, Paolo!
Paolo Beneforti
You can see more wonderful sketches at Some sketches from a drawing afternoon (And Remember The Art-Trail Contest for Drawings!).
The RULES are very easy.
- Write a comment with your interpretation of the drawing I posted. I will be very happy if you want to make a separate post with the tag #artchallenge. Please don't forget to leave a link to your post in the comment to this post.
- You can make up to 3 versions
- End of challenge will be Sunday at 00:00 (UTC +3).
ANOTHER SURPRISE! I invited @paolobeneforti and @silviabeneforti to judge this contest and luckily they agreed! I think it is a great challenge for everybody to make interpretation to the drawing and get appraisal from the AUTHOR himself!
PRIZES:
- Winner - 300 TRAIL + 10 STEEM
- Second place - 250 TRAIL + 7 STEEM
- Third place - 150 TRAIL + 3 STEEM
EVERYBODY IS WELCOME!
You can see the previous artchallenges here:
Winners of Artquest#8 10 participants
Winners of Artchallenge#7 6 participants
Winners of Artchallenge#6 7 participants
Winners of Artchallenge#5 8 participants
Winners of Artchallenge#4 9 participants
Winners of Artchallnege#3 11 participants
Winners of Artchallenge#2 6 participants
Winners of ARTchallenge#1 14 participants
Please FOLLOW, VOTE and RESTEEM this post and I am waiting for your entries!
I will be also very happy to any support of the artchallenge! If you want to be a judge or a sponsor, you are very welcome!
I would like to THANK again those who supported this challenge, all the participants, Steem Trail Team and our sponsors @ogochukwu and @looftee.
Join me on a quest to discover the treasures of beautiful artworks!
Always yours, @aksinya.
My take on this:
The drawing appears to provide a tongue-in-cheek analysis of the modern world, where physical books are merely obstacles rather than sources of information. Those in the maze are not reading the books, they are simply lost amongst them. No one cares for books anymore; traditional research requires physical effort in sourcing, locating and absorbing the material. The fish signify evolution. They are able to escape the outdated confines of formative education and said books by rising above them. They are swimming through the borderless span of the Internet, where one can venture anywhere without the effort of traversing a literary landscape. They rose above the maze itself and are unconfined and, due to their inherent success, they outnumber those individuals still feeling their way blindly through the maze.
I love it!!!!!!!!!! Thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this sketch because I love books and reading! Here is my interpretation.
The fish represent the wisdom and knowledge one gains when reading. The people walking around the book-space are readers enjoying the journey that books take them on when they immerse themselves in texts. Opening one book can lead to another and reading opens up your horizons! The world's wisdom is waiting those who read!
Very good! Thank you very much!
Here's my entry: https://steemit.com/artchallenge/@elementm/art-challenge-9-the-sunken-city-of-knowledge. It would be fantastic if it did as well as last week's but either way I'm happy to enter :D
Love it Resteemed!
Thanks :D!
Here is my interpretation.
https://steemit.com/artchallenge/@girlbeforemirror/artquest-trail-9-paolo-beneforti
My Interpretation :
The fish on the bottom left is looking at the other fishes which seem to be going nowhere, and the humans are walking around with no fixed aim. It is observing the entire scene or maybe trying to comprehend. The fish is scared a little bit. It sees a connection between the humans and the fishes. Even though there is knowledge and learning in their way, people choose not to see it . This might also signify ignorance to some extent. Also, all of us are constantly moving each day, but at the end where "are" we going? The fish is making this connection ( purpose) between them and the humans.
interesting)))))))))))))))) Thank you very much!
you're welcome :)
Great Interpretation @aishwarya
Thanks!
The labyrinth of life and all of it's secrets hidden in plain sight. Most People wander to and fro aimlessly within this labyrinth throughout their entire lives never noticing the writing on the walls. From birth until death they mostly listen to and follow others when the "real" truth is spoken and written in the languages we all use. The clues to the truth are all around us. Hidden within the words that have been blended over the millennia. Decipher the many words spoken and begin to swim free when the truth is revealed and you become one with just who you really are.
Very interesting! Thank you very much!
You are welcome! Thank you for the contest!
Hello aksinya! I seem to have lost the directions you sent out for the winners of #8 for the "trail" prize. Something about opening an account? Could you point me in the right direction? What is "trail" also? Thanks so much!
Hi! This information was in my post with the winners. You can read here what is trail and how to open the account. As soon as you open please send me the information about your in the format mentioned in the post. Thank you! https://steemit.com/steemtrail/@steemtrail/trail-coin-trail-participation-rewards
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Thank you very much!!!!!!!!
I'm really happy and honored to be one of the judges in this wonderful challenge!! Thanks so much!!! ^_^
For me it is honour too! And you are an amazing couple!!!!!!!!
Many thanks for your nice words!!! <3
As I said, I am honored to be the subject and the judge too in this challenge. I'll write a post to share this challenge! Thx! :)
Wow! Cool!!!!!!!!!!!! Highly appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent! Interesting......... I'll ponder this one a bit before entering.
Great!