Introduction

Five years ago, `weaponzero gave us . In its time here on deviantART, we've seen this emoticon grow enormous popularity and support. Over the last month, we saw nearly fifty entries into the Blank That Emote contest. You can see a full list of submissions here.

I would personally like to congratulate each and everyone who entered, all the entries had the quality, detail and originality we were looking for. In fact, we had such a hard time selecting the top three that we had to include a number of Honourable Mentions which you can see below.

Judges

Before we announce the winners and their prizes, I would personally like to say thank you to each of the judges and hope that we can again work together sometime in the future. Please personally thank the following deviants...

`budgieishere
=camelhijackation
=darkmoon3636
¢eStunt
^livius
`rocksicle
=zacthetoad

3^rd Place

Created by =LeoLeonardo

<sup>"I love the widescreen setting, the beautiful details on the cliff, sky and the magic sword." - ^livius

"The 'epic' in the title is no exaggeration...it's not often that emotes enter the realm of perspective." - =darkmoon3636

"an impressive background and pose" - `budgieishere</sup>

2^nd Place

Created by =Mrichston

<sup>"observant, brilliantly animated and funny." - `rocksicle

"Simplicity is the key here, and simple emotes - if implemented properly - can be real gems." - `budgieishere

"A unemotionaless pastries factory is a delight to any sarcastic faring deviant in need of gingersnaps and comebacks." - =camelhijackation

"The loop on this is genius, as is the concept," - =zacthetoad</sup>

1^st Place

Created by =arrioch

<sup>"refreshing, with high quality and good characters." - `rocksicle

"This emote is animation heavy, but it's done so well that you can't look away. I'd actually love if this was added at some point, to combat all the s you see around the forums. Though, as he mentions in his description and shows in his animation, nothing phases the blank, though Mr. Blue sure does try!" - =darkmoon3636

"This one stands out to me for a number of reasons. Firstly the little "story" that evolves through it. Combine this with an array of fantastic expressions, some top notch animation and the odd random object, and you have a wonderful little emote that really deserves all the praise it received." - `budgieishere

"brilliantly animated, great coloring and shading. Nice concept." - ¢eStunt

"Not does withstand superabuse, but his blankness is so imperturbable it actually drives his enemy to asplosion. The variety, design and animation of the superabuse are fantastic." - ^livius

"Of all the entries, this submission stood out. The detail, the animation, the originality, the creativity and the concept behind this make it a more than worthy winner." - =zacthetoad</sup>

Honourable Mentions

With such a large amount of entries, we had trouble selecting from such a diverse and creative gallery. Here are some of our favourites that we felt deserved a little attention...
Created by =Kermodog
Created by ~KildGeek
Created by *Little-Vampire
Created by =Mrichston
Created by =NerdXV
Created by =photofroggy
Created by *sml-e

Prizes

The following will be awarded to the deviants as listed above. If winners would like to donate their subscription to another deviant, please don't hesitate to note me. Prizes will be awarded at the end of the week.

First Place

12 Month Subscription to deviantART and
1 deviantWEAR Lanyard and
1 set of deviantART Buttons

Second Place

6 Month Subscription to deviantART

Third Place

3 Month Subscription to deviantART

Honourable Mentions

1 Month Subscription to deviantART

Conclusion

Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to the winners. Thanks again to the judges and a special mention to $Moonbeam13 who made this possible.

=zacthetoad