congratulations to everyone here !! 

ok, i'm not sure if I've explained this before, but how this contest will work is there will be seven rounds in total. each round, there will be three winners. at the end of the contest, I'll add up all the winners' tallies and then rank them accordingly. so if you've won one contest, it's not guaranteed that you will get first place overall unfortunately. but there is a good chance that you will.

and in the final scoring, three more awards will be added. the honorary mentions [ people who have made wonderfully gorgeous graphics but weren't placed on the podium ], the most creative designer, and the most resilient artist. due to the amount of prizes going around, the most resilient artist award will go to the person who participated in the most rounds and seemed to give the most effort

now for the prizes, the first place winner would get priority for their first graphic [ they can choose if they want the theme, moodboard, or cover first ] and then go down the list. it might take a while to get through all the prizes as there are a lot lmao but hopefully i can finish them all quickly. if I'm slow with your graphic, please understand that i also have school work to get through, but i will try to get the prizes to you.

and now !! the winners !!

but to everyone, your graphics were all amazing and i can see immense talent in every one of you but only a select group of people can win prizes

and now, without further ado, here are the winners to the 2022 night gaze graphic contest round one !!

presenting . . .

T H I R D  P L A C E ✨

rowan [ sifs_rowan_tree ] !!

9 / 10

OK GORGEOUS COVER, FIRST OF ALL, SECOND OF ALL, I FRICKING LOVE THIS

the butterflies are everything and its just absolutely gorgeous, i love the entire aesthetic and the font that somehow matches.

THE BOKEH LIGHtS TOO

everything in this cover goes so well with each other 😍😍

i aspire to be like you

S E C O N D  P L A C E 🔥

leni [ -grayslvr ]

9.5 / 10

HAVE I SAID HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS?? I'm sure i have but lemme say it again

the font, the picture, the tint, the butterflies, the flowers, the grace, the elegance, the cleanness, the aestheticness

love it

all

gorgeous

absolutely gorgeous

no other words needed

goodnight

and now . . .

F I R S T  P L A C E

deanne [ -irxnblade ]

10 / 10

EVERYTHING. ABSOLUTELY. STUNNING.

this cover deserves a round of applause for at least ten minutes straight and then a standing ovation bc ITS BEAUTIFUL

its all just amazing. everything matches, everything flows, everything is pleasing, everything is truly beautiful.

if you don't gasp or at least have to take a second to register this cover, i don't believe it.

you should be so proud of yourself though, this is beautiful

honorary mention

serena [ awkwardgenz ]

😍😍😍

thank you all once again for entering round one of this contest !! all of your graphics were mind-blowingly amazing and you should all give yourself a pat on the back, then drink some water :))

[ ALSO IM SO SORRY THIS CHAPTER WAS OUT SO LATE I WAS ON VACATION AND COULDNT SWITCH TABS ON MY TABLET SO NOW ITS FINALLY OUT AND YEAHH ]

— cal, once human being, now intergalactic mushroom due to unforeseen circumstances [ 07. 25. 2022. ]