What a pleasure to embrace the brisk weather and shifting seasons by flipping through the yellow, red and orange of this month’s submissions. There are many beautiful images here and, as always, we had a hard time narrowing down winners. So take the plunge into this pile of leaves and tell us in the comments which are your favorites. We’re off to sip hot apple cider, wear slippers, and read books on the couch.
Posts tagged "Autumn"
Autumn Cover Contest: The Winner!
By Jean Tuttle
A nice bright composition by an artist with a distinctive style. It captures the pleasure of fall in the city. An encounter with the urban wildlife makes us all feel a little bit more connected with nature.
Autumn Cover Contest: Runner-Up #1
By Michael Glenwood
Leaves leaves leaves. This bold composition makes good use of the maddening feeling of trying to control those wispy little things.
Autumn Cover Contest: Runner-Up #2
By Carolyn Vibbert
A very pretty rendering of a traditional New Yorker cover.
Autumn Cover Contest: Runner-Up #4
By Klaas Verplancke
What we liked about this image is seeing naked people? No, not just that. It captures the feeling of being naked and vulnerable that so often creeps up in the fall, while still making you laugh.
Autumn Cover Contest: Runner-Up #6
By John Hansen
Very nicely done version of this kind of thing (pioneered by Arcimboldo). We had a lot of fun deciphering each feature. Françoise’s favorite is the worm coming out of the apple.
Autumn Cover Contest: Runner-Up #7
By Jin Suk
The landscape outside the window reflects inside as well, and the grid contrasts nicely with the soft organic colors and patterns of fall leaves.
Autumn Cover Contest: Runner-Up #8
By Gregory Turner-Rahman
We like the way the artist portrays fall’s bright and forceful display of nature in the context of the mechanical grid of the big city.
Autumn Cover Contest: Runner-Up #9
By Daniel Kondo
Fall lends itself well to wistful imagery. We like the way the artist contrasted geometric forms (the rectangles, the dog’s silhouette) with the soft dappled light.
Autumn Cover Contest: Runner-Up #10
By Birgit Schössow
Nadja saw this as a commentary on our economy - money doesn’t grow on trees, and even if it did, it’s all browning and dying. Smart!
Autumn Cover Contest: Runner-Up #11
By Klaas Verplancke
This is an image about the outdoors brought indoors - here, rather than real leaves, the drawn wallpaper is alive and therefore also dies. Complex and poetic thought, nicely done!
Autumn Cover Contest: Runner-Up #12
By André Slob
Preserving leaves into books is a nice metaphor for time passing and memories. We appreciated that the artist used a cut-paper approach for this idea.
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