Yeah sad too for you buddy, and sure for lots of other artists !
But I heard 850 forums (??!) were opened here (just for 2D part) - crazy man !!!
I can feel the pain for the judges too and their choices... not easy, because they already know it always bring sadness to some people.
But like you said (and I already heard elsewhere too), it was a really good experiences for a lot of artists - and not only for the art part, but also for the very friendly/big cheers/big pushes/great helpers/critiques !
Can't wait for the next contest
Summer cubebrush contest if i'm not wrong - Marc answer somewhere in the forum...can't remember exactly where
Sure we'll all have to begin as soon as it start !