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And the Artist of the Year is…

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It’s been another awesome Sktchy year. Thousands of artists from around the world joined the community and created so much beautiful art. In fact, as 2015 runs out of clock, we are approaching a new milestone of 100,000 original artworks shared on Sktchy, every one of them inspired by a member of the Sktchy community! Even better we are looking ahead to a very exciting new year, with major app updates, new features and, best of all, new artists and art lovers joining Sktchy.

Of course, we couldn’t let 2015 end without naming our Artist of the Year. In addition to everlasting glory, this year’s AOTY will receive a Moleskine prize package, featuring a beautiful black backpack and a classic black sketchbook, and an ArtSnacks Studio Collection box with seven premium art supplies inside. Sweet, right? Thanks to our friends at Moleskine and ArtSnacks for the goodies!

With so many amazing artists in the Sktchy community, it was incredibly hard to choose one to be the 2015 Artist of the Year. That’s why we asked you to draw your nominees in the latest Weekend Art Extravaganza (#WAXaoty) – but that made the choice even harder!

In the end, this is a good problem to have. There is no such thing as too many amazing artists in one community. With that said, we want to thank every single artist on Sktchy. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us. It truly is a gift, and it makes building Sktchy a delight, a privilege and an exciting adventure.

Now, without further ado…

Artist of the Year: Ana Lopes

In 2015 Ana made ‘em say “wow” more than any other artist in the Sktchy community (the “wow” is Sktchy’s “like”), created 13 of the most-wowed pieces and was prolific, sharing 171 pieces with her followers. But numbers don’t tell the whole story. Not even close. Ana’s dreamy watercolors and Renaissance-reminiscent drawings have lit up Sktchy’s virtual halls all year. Not bad for someone who’s never taken an art class. Above all Ana has been an inspiration to her fellow Sktchy artists, many of whom nominated her with a #WAXaoty drawing this past weekend, perhaps the biggest endorsement of them all.

Congratulations to Ana, Sktchy 2015 Artist of the Year! Needless to say, you should follow her on Sktchy. You may get lucky and be her next portrait subject. (Just remember: No duckface. Ever.) Here are just a few of her lucky subjects from an incredible year of creativity.

http://sktchy.com/IHHkvD

http://sktchy.com/R8iY8c

http://sktchy.com/MBBCiH

http://sktchy.com/GHfCiD

http://sktchy.com/Buq36c

http://sktchy.com/UDficc

http://sktchy.com/FNvoQH

http://sktchy.com/C4OKeC