Lexus IS Contest Semi-Finalists by Moonbeam13

true. they posted the winners up already, too.

totally agree with you. most of the semi-finalists made barely any changes to the original design. there was no creative input on their part

I second this! Definitely!

In the contest rules it stated that it was supposed to end on the 13th.  Probably still going, because they are trying to figure out what to do since they chose so many that violate the rules.  :-/

I didn't even think to look on Lexus's website! Thank you.

I know the rules said they wouldn't announce the winners until the 1st place had been gotten a hold of and accepted. Maybe that is why? Or they could still be judging too.

U are funny : D

Annnnnd I looked for the like button for yours hahaha

Oh and by the way, most professionals don't look closely. They take... get this... one full entire second to judge pictures. One of the judges later on in the comments confirms this (which I've suspected for a few years now).

LOL

I hope I didn't offend you or anyone else, that was not what I was trying to do.  My point is that deviantART staff selected the semi-finalists.  Staff that is probably swamped judging every single one of the contests (or at least a lot of them), and had to do a rush job.  I just feel that Lexus should have had their own expert judges to do this part. They are a successful company that puts out good work so I would expect no less from them. Secondly, even though some of the comments have been hidden or deleted at this point, yesterday I read comments from three of the semi-finalists that actually admitted to not doing much to the original pictures, in fact one of them said he just changed the wheels to make the car look lower.  Finally, there were rules set up for the contest that were actually broken quite a bit.  So many of the semi-finalists changed the wheels/rims but used stock pictures from third parties. I'm just stating that the selection process was poorly executed especially since rules were broken and they didn't catch it, but more power to the artists, they just submitted their art and took a chance. Once again, I hope someone that actually worked hard wins, but good luck to all.