• Ivan: Larisa will be ready in a few minutes.
• Landon: Cool.

• Ivan: If you want to date my daughter, there are a few things you ought to know!
• Landon: Okay.

• Ivan: When she shows you a picture she has drawn, take your time and give a detailed critique; she hates blind praise. Don’t buy her a movie or stuff like that for birthday, buy her paintbrushes or good paint. And she loves walking through the park when the daffodils are in bloom.

• Landon: Wow, thanks for the tips.
• Ivan: Better you as her boyfriend than some thug.

• Woo: Wolves are one of the most popular species. But in today’s lesson, I’ll prove that raccoons are superior to them in every regard.

• Woo: If you know one wolf, you know them all. Their behavior is as predictable as that of a supervillain in a Disney movie.
• Woo: In contrast, even the brightest scientists can’t predict what a raccoon might do in a given situation.

• Woo: Wolves have no fashion sense, as one can see by looking at their bland gray fur.
• Woo: Raccoons, on the other hand, have an expressive facial mask, a fancily ringed tail and stylish white ears.

• Woo: And let’s not forget that wolves love wallowing in rotting carcasses…
• Woo: … while raccoons are widely known for their good table manners.

• Woo: Any questions so far?

• Woo: Wolves are also easily offended.

• Larisa: May I have a lick?
• Landon: Uhm, sure.

• Larisa: Mmmh.

The results of the fanart contest 2012 have been posted:

• Ye Thuza: Why the sad face?
• David: I just realized that I’ve become an adult, an old geezer!

• Ye Thuza: How come? Did you look at your children and said to yourself: “Wow, those are mine!”?
• David: Nooo.

• David: … I… I liked the vegetables better than the dessert!

• Ye Thuza: Don’t worry, you’re still way too immature to be considered an adult.
• David: You think?

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Let’s begin the countdown of the best entries with the places 6 to 10 (in alphabetical order). All of them would have deserved to win a prize, but there were some pictures I liked even more.

by Ann Chua	by Anne Zimmermann
by Giulia Beck	by JoeL
by Daniel Lee

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Place 5 goes to Katrin Dort for her interpretation of the theme “dogs carnivores playing poker”. As one can see, the stakes are high and unwilling.

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Place 4 goes to Willie O’ Brien for this sweet drawing of Woo giving sweets to his mate Lily. There’s nothing better than candied bugs! If you’re raccoon, of course.

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Place 3 goes to Yenny Laud for the technically best drawn picture of all contestants. It looks like Cloud’s love life is really under constant surveillance of his two personal “Big Brother”s Yuna and Ye Thuza.

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Place 2 goes to Jessica Chiba, the creator of the webcomic The Cat and the Fiddle for the following drawing of Sandra, Cloud, Woo and Larisa. It’s a picture that gives you a good feeling after a rough day since you can feel how much fun they have.

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Place 1 goes to Archie The RedCat for this drawing of Sandra and Woo going for a walk in the forest. It deserves the big prize for the great lighting and the lovely drawing of Sandra. She would certainly adore this flattering portrait of her. Archie also send a nice drawing of Lilith which you can see below.

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All winners should send me an e-mail to novil@gmx.de with their Paypal account or German bank account information so that I can send them the prize money. In a pinch, I could also send the money with Alertpay and the payment service formerly known as Moneybookers. But that will take a while.

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Here are all the other entries I received. Several readers even send several pieces:

• Entry Nr. 2 by Archie The RedCat
• Entry Nr. 1 by Brittany Hause
• Entry Nr. 1 by Eliza Sándor
• Entry Nr. 2 by Eliza Sándor
• Entry Nr. 1 by Gregor Aldeon
• Entry Nr. 2 by Gregor Aldeon
• Entry Nr. 1 by Gruff
• Entry Nr. 1 by Marjorie Rishel
• Entry Nr. 1 by Melissa Vandenberg
• Entry Nr. 1 by Novella Locritani
• Entry Nr. 1 by Oscar Carlson
• Entry Nr. 2 by Oscar Carlson
• Entry Nr. 3 by Oscar Carlson
• Entry Nr. 1 by Rasyuqa Asyira Hafiidh
• Entry Nr. 1 by Sandra Buen
• Entry Nr. 1 by Taliesin Laughing Owl Tyndall
• Entry Nr. 1 by Vanessa Hawley

Thanks to everyone who participated!