The Best Artists of the Year - 2006 Edition

The voting system

The "Master of 2006" award will be bestowed on the artist who gets the majority of votes from all the yearly evaluations and is therefore considered the "Artist of the Year". In January 2007 all the winners will be proclaimed. In case of tied vote the judges will be asked to choose the winner among the rose of finalists.
There are also separate awards which will be bestowed on the artists scoring the maximum in their category as follows:

  • BEST PAINTING (also considers drawing, design, illustration, printing)
  • BEST SCULPTURE (also considers metalsmithing, architectural design, installations, ceramics)
  • BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
  • BEST DIGITAL ART (2D, 3D, fractal art)

Every category has its own jury. The judges for the category awards are experts in that field, that is for example a jury of painters vote for the best painter of the year, photographers vote best photographer and so on. Gallery owners and art critics can decide which category jury to join according to their preferences and skills.
According to the below evaluation tables each judge will give 0 to 5 points for each item.

Painting

0-5 pt. Overall Impression
0-5 pt. Artistic quality
0-5 pt. Technical quality:blending /tones/highlights/shadows
0-5 pt. Use of colors
0-5 pt. Originality
0-5 pt. Texture
0-5 pt. Use of different techniques
0-5 pt. Overall harmony of composition
0-5 pt. Expressiveness
0-5 pt. Web presentation of the artist's work

Max. score = 50
Sculpture/Applied Arts

0-5 pt. Overall Impression
0-5 pt. Design
0-5 pt. Proportional relationship to environment (interior) or site(exterior) as in scale
0-5 pt. Technical quality
0-5 pt. Craftsmanship in relation to concept
0-5 pt. Composition
0-5 pt. Originality
0-5 pt. Use of various materials
0-5 pt. Expressiveness
0-5 pt. Web presentation of the artist's work

Max. score = 50
Digital Art

0-5 pt. Overall impression
0-5 pt. Artistic quality
0-5 pt. Technical quality/pixels/balance
0-5 pt. Use of colors/contrast
0-5 pt. Originality
0-5 pt. Overall harmony
0-5 pt. Use of different techniques/blending
0-5 pt. Composition
0-5 pt. Expressiveness
0-5 pt. Web presentation of artist's work

Max. score = 50
Photography

0-5 pt. Overall Impression
0-5 pt. Artistic quality
0-5 pt. Technical competence (no blown highlights, no lost shadow detail, good color and tonal range
0-5 pt. Composition (innovative, dynamic)
0-5 pt. Originality, creative approach
0-5 pt. Overall harmony
0-5 pt. Use of lights/filters
0-5 pt. Emotional content
0-5 pt. Retouch/manipulation
0-5 pt. Web presentation of artist's work

Max. score = 50


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