WOW!!!
Finalists, I hope you saw the love from readers of this blog, and friends and family. ALL of you gained new fans of your own, and received well-deserved love for your work.
There were a total of 948 comments. Most of them were votes alone, but many had additional compliments to you, and I loved seeing the thanks so many of you returned for those compliments.
A total of 1,429 votes were given. The voting was highly competitive. In only one case did the winner receive more than 50% of the vote, and though a clear winner emerged in each category, in most cases, the difference between 2nd and 3rd (or 4th) places was less than ten votes.
I am reviewing all votes now, but in the meantime, I wanted you to see some of the entries that were also fabulous and could have just as easily made it into the finals. These semi-finalists are a variety of ages, but each showed their enthusiasm for the Ascendance series in a meaningful way.
Today’s theme is: THE FULL CAST
JACKIE: What I love about Jackie’s work is that it’s almost impossible to look at without smiling. Anyone who can offer so much joy from their art deserves to be here. I have more of Jackie’s work to show you later too!
JUNE: I love when a Fan Fiction writer manages to blend the author’s creative world with their own imagination in such a seamless way that a reader can not always tell where one begins and the other ends. June does a fantastic job with this in THE KING’S RACE.
ISABELLA: The beauty of this montage piece is emphasized by the image of the girl reading as she nestles against a tree, and the images that Isabella creates for each one couldn’t be better chosen.
VALERIE, EMILY, STEPHANIE, JENNA, NATALIE: You’re going to love this video. If you’re a Hamilton fan, you’re going to adore the creativity and performances put in to this really fun piece! Make sure to catch the bloopers at the end!
LILY: Lily did something completely original and unique by creating a personality quiz for the series. Do you want to find out Which Ascendance Character You Are? – go ahead and take the quiz!
PAIGE: This video left me almost without words – it’s just that good! I know you’ll love it too!
LAUREN: Lauren managed to capture the personality of every single major character so perfectly that even without the labels, it’s obvious who everyone is, and she does it with exceptional talent.
CHRISTINA: One of the areas where Christina shows her talent is by creating separate emotional beats for each of the four scenes, and uniting them together with the symbolism of the backs toward the viewer each time. I know exactly what is happening in each scene, and loved this piece.
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These are all amazing! So creative!
Wow, all of these are really amazing, I don’t know how I would be able to compare all of these entries against each other! Everyone did really amazing work and showed so much enthusiasm for this series. Thank you Mrs. Nielsen!
Congrats to everyone!
I love the Hamilton music video! I am a Hamilton fan as well as a False Prince fan and this was great. So creative and your lyrics fit perfectly!
You’re keeping us in suspense Mrs. Nielsen 😫 lol
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Wow!! Those are so cool!! Are you going to be announcing the winners next Sunday?
I’ll do a blog post about it next week, but I’ll notify all the finalists privately before that.
These are so great! I especially loved the Hamilton parody! I can only imagine how much work and time that must’ve taken! Great job everyone!
love these!!!!!! the Hamilton/ascendance series mashup sent me, I loved the bloopers and I loved the way you incorporated everything.
All of these are great!!
I love these! Very creative! Great work to you all 🙂
All of them are really amazing. I took the quiz and was Imogen! I love seeing all of the enthusiasm for the series!
I also got Imogen! 🙂
I LOVED the Hamilton/The False Prince video! It was so creative and fun to watch! I also took the quiz and got Roden haha
These are all incredible! I can’t imagine how you chose the finalists out of all these amazing semi-finalists.
These are all so amazing. Great job everyone!!
I love these so much; it’s very clear how much time, talent, and love has gone into each of these submissions!
As a huge Hamilfan, I loved the Hamilton one. Beautiful harmonies, and it had great choreography too!
The trailer was so cool; I’m impressed by the editing!
I love everyone’s individual styles and the way that the character’s personalities shine through in all of the artworks!
I got Mott on the quiz, which I think is fairly accurate, seeing as how much time I spent worrying about Jaron while reading this series XD
I am a writer as well, and I just gotta say, writing while listening to movie soundtracks feels like the coolest thing in the world, June! I find myself way more able to focus while doing so, lol. Fun plot!
Wow! The King’s Race is exceptional! I loved the ending! The art is beautiful, and the Hamilton parody is amazing! This is really cool!
Ahh! The suspense is killing me! So when will the finalists get the email if they win?
Soon, I promise.
These are so creative!
-Jackie’s drawing felt so full and lively! The colors and background pull it all together, and everybody looks so happy in it.
-June! I loved the adventure! I can tell you really know the books well, and I can really see the characters coming alive in this.
-Isabella, the style you used for your piece is so unique and cool! I loved the scenes you portrayed in each book; I can see an invested fan in you!
-Valerie, Emily, Stephanie, Jenna, and Natalie, woah! As a person that is obsessed with musical theater, this spoke to me. I had a huge Hamilton phase that is slowly coming back, and this invigorates it even more. Great work!
-Lily, this quiz was fantastic! I do them all the time with the shows, books, or movies I get invested into, so it was nice to see one for the series! The presentation was beautiful as well.
-Paige, that editing? Amazing! I’ve seen edits in that similar style floating around YouTube, and it’s so cool seeing these books come alive in one!
-Lauren, your artwork of the main cast is beautiful! So much time and care definitely went into this. I can see their personalities shine through your work!
-Christina’s setup of her artwork is so ingenious! I love that everything ties together in your piece, as the artwork, layout, and symbolic binding come together to make something really amazing.
Thank you so much!
Hamilton and The Ascendance Quintet are my two favorite things in this world. It was thrilling to see the video by Valerie, Emily, Stephanie, Jenna, and Natalie.
Wow! These are all so amazing and creative! My favorite was the Hamilton parody, as a huge of both it and the Ascendance series! Great work!
These are all so cool it’s so amazing to see how much work everyone put into their projects, I think it is so cool that we get to see other people’s work even if they weren’t finalists. I personally didn’t vote in the contest because they were all so amazing I truly didn’t know what to pick.
Oh my goodness. I loved the Hamilton parody so much! I can’t even put into words how much I loved it, it was pure gold, and actually gave me chills. I’m a theatre kid and a HUGE Hamilton fan, so the parody you guys did brought me so much joy.
Shout out to Lauren, who nailed the personality of each character in her drawing, you are a drawing goddess.
LAUREN!!! Your entry is amazing!!!! I love it so much; awesome job!!!
loved “the king’s race”
June, you did a wonderful job weaving such an engaging, detailed story while creating a new adventure for our boy Jaron so expertly. Imogen and the knives?? Loved that!! #imogenepic
The personality quiz was fun too! Nice work, Lily! All of you are so creative! I eagerly anticipate all the other semi-finalists’s art.
P.S. I took the test and got Roden lol–he is my fav character
Loved the quiz!
These were amazing! Their creativity is so inspiring.
All of those were amazing and so creative! I especially loved the Hamilton one ❤️
I love all of these! 😀
I love seeing everyone’s creativity and am really enjoying getting to see everyone’s amazing submissions!
These entries are so amazing!
One comment: I can’t see Isabella’s picture. Does anyone else have this problem?
Jackie, I just love everything about this picture. I also love that you included Fink! The poses for the characters are just so perfect for each of them. Amarinda and Tobias have to be my favorite part. They’re so adorable!
June, I’ve read the first few chapters of your story and look forward to reading the rest! My favorite part is: “I’d been hoping to talk the guard to death with an all-night monologue,” It made me laugh out loud and I can completely imagine Jaron doing that.
Isabella, I’m so sorry, but I can’t see your picture.
Valerie, Emily, Stephanie, Jenna, Natalie, you guys did such a good job and you look like you had a lot of fun with it! The lyrics are really fun and well done too, as well as the amazing performance!
Lily, This quiz is so fun! That’s such a cool idea! I took it and I’m Tobias, which is definitely accurate.
Paige, Awesome job and amazing editing!
Lauren, I love the colors you used for each character and the hand-lettered labels!
Christina, You did an amazing job on this drawing. I love the colors and the landscapes and the way you captured an important moment of each character.
Aw thank you! So glad you liked it!
Wow this was so amazing!!!! All of the stuff on here is beautiful!
I also got Tobias on the quiz. I can sorta see it XD
Wow. These are all unbelievably amazing!