Prize art for third place winner @shadeink2020 on instagram. They asked for a picture of Bruno as described in “Nightmare and Suenos” when he received clothes from Roberto.

@bitsy83 won the writing challenge and asked for a fanart of her amazing story

“Dream a little Noir”

A delightful story where Bruno imagines himself as a noir style detective complete with clever one liners.

If you haven’t yet, you can win the prize winning fic she wrote here!

I severely underestimated how difficult it is to actually declare a winner with DTIY. How does one pick a favorite amongst such talented artists.

The most faithful adaption? the most creative? My favorite based on vibes? I will have to go with my gut, but I have updated the prizes to be a little different. Now, even those who didn’t place will get a character portrait, because it was too difficult to decide and I am so fortunate to have so some many participants who took time to draw my OC and Bruno.

First Place: Gwenandy_ on instagram or @gwenandy here (prize: fully rendered scene)

I struggled to choose, but ultimately I chose Gwenandy for being both close to the spirit of the original, but added so much more story. Including cheeky little emotional insets to highlight their reactions better and the addition of the picture reels full of my own Bruno and Elena images to give a real poster like quality to the whole composition. Thank you Gwen and congratulations.

Second Place: Adainisart

Prize is a fully rendered character portrait

Close to the spirit, and yet made a call back to a different artwork where Bruno and Elena are dressed to the nines enjoying a rooftop dance. I love the sweet way Adainisart drew Elena especially with their stylistic curl at the end of lips of their style. Congratulations Adainisart!

Third place: shadeink2020

Prize is a fully rendered character portrait

Rendered in gorgeous lovingly drawn details, Shadeink2020 has the closest to the original and yet highlighted the symbolism of butterflies as a motif. As well as alluding to a story that gave the piece a deeper meaning. Thank you Shadeink!

“Caos en la cocina”

An adorable story that is pure comedic hijinks. My favorite kind.

Final due date extended till tomorrow due to extenuating circumstances for one participant. I will be declaring winners tomorrow, but I severely underestimated how difficult it is to actually declare a winner with DTIY. The most faithful adaption? the most creative? My favorite based on vibes?

Very difficult, they are all so sweet and lovely.

So for DTIY there will be first place fully rendered piece. Second and third will be character portraits with full flat color. Everyone else who participated will get a character portraits as a thank you for participating.