The judging was done on Wednesday night by a non-Lucidiom individual.  One 12×18 of each of the finished Picnik prints were laid out on the floor and the judge was instructed to pick the one most appealing or one considered to simply be “the best.”  After looking at each print closely, the judge removed prints, shuffled them around, and took a closer look at each.  Curious what they all look like? Take a look at the gallery on the wall down by Jr’s office.  I have also posted them online (artist names are part of the filename).

The following comments were recorded during the judging process:

• This is tough!
• That kid’s got super dimples!
• This picture is good.
• This could be a Bee Gees album cover.
• This is really someone’s personal picture?
• Disturbing.
• Now, that’s just disturbing.
• What’d they do to that one? Nothing.
• Oh yeah, another album cover.
• Weird.
• That’s a cool effect.
• Is that someone’s dog? Holy crap.
• Yep, we have an Eagles [album] cover here! Nice one too.
• Cute picture.
• Ooh, artsy!
• Eh, not so sure about the words.
• This is tough, they are all so different.
• I do like this picture.
• There’s just something about this one.
• Yep, this is the one, sticks with me and is creative.  And weird. I like it.

The pile was whittled down to the final 9, which consisted of entries from: Dom, Rick, Louis, Chris G, Jay, Ingo, Rob S, Peter and Nitya.

For the winner, watch here:

(posted by Rachel)