I chickened out and deleted my comment earlier, but as people are querying the rules may I ask for some clarification on how Firathion's illustration qualified?
From faq's:
Q: Does the final illustration for 2D have to be full body?
A: Yes, you should aim to show the character in the final illustration from head to toes - all in all, roughly at least 80% of the character should be visible. Anything less than 80% will be penalized.
I'ts an incredible piece of art that I could never dream of accomplishing myself, but I can only see the upper half of the character and both arms are hidden by bats.
Please don't hate me Firathion! I really loved the piece.