Good day to you all!

We want to thank everyone for participating this year in the Further Hypnosis Art Contest 2024: Trance Noir. It was such a joy to see how many people come out this year even though we weren't able to get our usual advertising done.
There were so many wonderful entries and it was difficult to put one above another in scoring! We even had to have a tie breaking vote for the first time ever! In the end none of these artists made it easy to find a winner. After a lot of talk, debate, and going over numbers over and over we finally came up with our winners circle.
Thank you all again for a wonderful year and as always, if any artist wants to message us to find out how they scored and why we would be happy to discuss it with you and offer encouragement.

- Alex


FIRST PLACE
Kuro-Freak
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/kuro-freak/
The Meeting
"I decided to draw my Character Hugo who is a police officer who brainwashes others with Hypnotic gadgets in a 1940 environment he has noticed a few people following his tracks and now has finally arrived to the bottom of it!"

SECOND PLACE
Kittiboom
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/kittiboom
Noir Nights with the Green-Eyed Gang
"Worked so hard on this and am feeling so proud of the way it turned out! Excited to participate in this year's contest, loved the theme so much and hope that shines through! <3"

THIRDPLACE
Zephy
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/zephyrus139/
Mistress in red
"Decided to give that Hypno art contest another go this year since I enjoyed the Film Noir theme so much!!
Looks like Zeph might have some of those eye swirling techniques up her own sleeve."

FOURTH PLACE
DavidTheWolfx10
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/davidthewolfx10
The Case Of The Missing Girls
"The case of the lost girls hasn't been solved yet. Not even one of our most professional detectives, Sarah, solved the case."

FIFTH PLACE
Sillysmookergoat
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/sillysmookergoat/
Stay With Me
"In a bar where talents gather for the entertainment of the public, the affection was born that later became an obsession between the magician and the singer"

SIXTH PLACE
Feger23
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/feger23
In the den of the snake
"I don’t often use soft shading cause I find it booooring to make XD But I’m quite satisfied of the result, and I hope you too like it too!"

SEVENTH PLACE
GeekGirl8
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/geekgirl8/
The Smoking Serpent's Seduction
"ErosPerTempus on Twitter let me use Kass for this ;v; <3"


HONORABLE MENTIONS

These are the judges favorites, the ones that did not make it into the top seven yet we felt deserved some appreciation. To all of those not in the winning circle or honorable mentions we still want to encourage you on what a wonderful job you did and we hope to see you next year.

HyperNova
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/hyper.nova/
Dirty Daze-eys Home Delivery!
"The idea for this changed several times while I was drawing it but I leant more towards showing off the underground syndicate villian side of the story as opposed to the more typical grizzled private detective sort of vibe. Hopefully that gives it some sort of intrigue"
Judges Remarks: Creative, fun, and unique! Two judges picked this entry as their favorite in the contest. One judge absolutely fell in love with the design and made a jingle for Dirty Daze-eys Home Delivery!

ThatBattyFellow
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/lavenderrose
Gothic Noir
"Decided to go with something a bit in the gothic noir horror vein ala a Bela Lagosi monster flick, but with a goblin cult and bit of a 'bad end'."
Judges Remarks: One judge fell in love with the composition, interesting angle, and style of this piece. Also, they made great comment on the sexy goblins!

Surrealatorium
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/surrealatorium/
Tess Nicolet
"This image depicts my original character, Tess Nicolet, being hypnotized by someone (off-screen) holding a pendulum in front of her, making her strip."
Judges Remarks: One of our judges stated how much they loved the lighting. The feel, the crispness of the image, and the usage of space made it stand out.

AlexDogDraws
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/shiningblue
Goldburg Noir: The Great Hypnopotamus Mystery
"After a string of citizens were found hypnotized without reason hits the headlines, actress Dolly Foxx seeks out the city's greatest detective for help."
Judges Remarks: Another judge favorite. This piece reminded them of their childhood seeing their family collect movie posters. Fun and in a good movie poster style!