Here we are, the 3rd Art-Trail Contest is finished, and it's time again to make some not easy choices. ;)

The theme of the Uncanny/Unsettling art received many submitted artworks. Artists do like these things ;)

The three categories (Digital Art, Painting, Uncanny Art) have collected 30 artworks from 20 artists.

In some cases, the category was not indicated, so I decided to include some of the artworks in more than a category (Uncanny and Painting, for example)

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The artists for this 3rd contest are (random order):

@mprgrmmr, @gavicrane, @awispa, @toonpunk, @twirble, @yadamaniart, @mrgreen, @funkit, @mikkolyytinen, @drawingsbymilena, @lauralemons, @wordsword, @dottie, @girlbeforemirror, @lapstjup, @soyjoseluis, @yoganarchista, @elewarne, @inber, @holoz0r, @jameshsmitharts, @rachelsvparry, @toonpunk, @aniestudio.

The tag links on Steemit wasn't working properly, these days, so I had to make a search on Google to find all the partecipant. I hope not to have left anyone!

I want to thank all of them, and to encourage them to join the next Art-Trail Contest. I want also to thank the SteemTrail communities and guys for their support.

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Before announcing the winners and the mentions, I would ask you suggestions for a theme to add to the next contest. Any general idea? :)

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Now, the contest!

For the 1st category, Digital Art, this is the selection:

https://steemit.com/art/@mrgreen/morphed-platonic-own-abstract-work

https://steemit.com/art/@aniestudio/3nd-art-trail-contest-forma

And the winner is

"Cosmic Melting" - digital art - by @elewarne

https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest3/@elewarne/3nd-art-trail-contest-uncanny-unsettling-art-digital

Congratulations!

The winner will receive 10 steem and 250 Trail tokens

(To get the tokens, you have to create and account on Openledger and post the OpenLedger username and the Steemit username in the open-ledger-accounts channel on Discord SteemTrail)

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For the 2nd category, Painting, here are the selected artworks

https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest3/@elewarne/3rd-art-trail-contest-unsettling-painting

https://steemit.com/art/@mikkolyytinen/i-of-the-storm-3nd-art-trail-contest

And the winner is

"Fevers blanket" by @gavicrane

https://steemit.com/art/@gavicrane/3rd-art-trail-contest-submission-fevers-blanket

Congratulations!

The winner will receive 10 steem and 250 Trail tokens

(To get the tokens, you have to create and account on Openledger and post the OpenLedger username and the Steemit username in the open-ledger-accounts channel on Discord SteemTrail)

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And now the new category for this week: Uncanny/Unsettling art. Many amazing artworks received indeed!

Here are the selected artworks:

(I considered this artwork by @gavicrane both in Painting and in Uncanny. So here it is again, just the link: https://steemit.com/art/@gavicrane/3rd-art-trail-contest-submission-fevers-blanket).

Then:

https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest3/@jameshsmitharts/3nd-art-trail-contest-a-i-revenant

https://steemit.com/art/@mikkolyytinen/untitled-3nd-art-trail-contest

https://steemit.com/art/@soyjoseluis/3nd-art-trail-contest-artwork-misterio-art-by-soyjoseluis-categoria-uncanny-unsettling

And the winner is

https://steemit.com/arttrailcontest3/@twirble/3nd-art-trail-contest
"Riding Through", 16x16, March 2017, Newspaper, tissue, and oil on canvas, by @twirble

Congratulations!

The winner will receive 10 steem and 250 Trail tokens

(To get the tokens, you have to create and account on Openledger and post the OpenLedger username and the Steemit username in the open-ledger-accounts channel on Discord SteemTrail)

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I hope no one will feel let down or disappointed for these results. I did my best! You all do know this contest is mostly a way to share around your artworks and to let artists on Steemit know each other.

Steemit is a great community for artists. We know it. So I would invite the partecipants to share the contest in their web contacts and social media, so to attract more artists here.

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Ok, get ready for the next ArtTrail Contest (next week, I think)

@paolobeneforti