How did you choose who would be the winners and who would be runners up?

Most of it was chosen through the level of completion we had seen in the artist’s work: the more likely you would be to create a fully finished illustration similar to the track illustrations in previous Homestuck albums, the more likely you were to get picked. We also kept in mind various elements of design, character acting, and other principles that leans itself well to a finished piece.

The runner ups were picked by a similar situation, from a larger pool of people we felt could create the level of completion/polished work required of the project, but there were simply no spots left for them after we picked the top few.

I hope that helps clear things up!