Congratulations…@parissreddog! You’ve won a free 140 minute custom portrait of Tallulah!
Tallulah submitted by @parissreddog
A note about why I chose parrisreddog’s photo
Unless you are a pro photog with great studio lighting, natural light works better 99% of the time for painted portraits. Tallulah happened to be that rare capture that fell into the other 1%.
I struggled with choosing her because her photo was not technically the best shot of the bunch (good gawd, there were many). And it was a flash photo to boot. But I kept coming back to her and I think that proves that this art thing is definitely not a science: she just had a certain something. I’m going to do a future post about it to try to explain the selection process better (thanks for the suggestion @Megan_VanTuyl) so stay tuned for that.
But in the meantime, on to the honorable mentions!
Honorable Mentions
(If you are on this list, email me your address: you get free postcards!)
“Best use of a wind machine”
submitted by @edmaceyko
“Best giving of The Face in attempt to win competition (it almost worked!)”
Submitted by @portraitgirl
“Best side saddle”
Submitted by @linzplaskett
And last but not least…
“Best impending malpractice lawsuit”
Submitted by @pupsthetraveler
A sincere thank you to each and every one of you who entered my contest. And to those of you who have entered more than once, you may like to know that this month’s winner has entered 3 or 4 times. So do not be discouraged! I plan to do at least two more give aways in the near future so follow me on twitter and you’ll be the first to here about it.
And many of you had the perfect shots for a great portrait, I just couldn’t pull them off within the 140 minute time constraint of the contest. So if you want to turn your fabulous photo into a custom piece of artwork, check out my online gallery www.aimeehoover.com and drop me an email.
Thanks for reading and happy holidays!
Aimée
Dog Arteest 