Good job getting honorable mention with me. I saw your note on jnart entry and see what you mean, it is a mix you yours and mine in "concept" + wings, but has a much more polished and finished look for inclusion in the game which is what caught anritco's eye. That is the risk sometimes in the art/photography contests, when we enter early - others have a whole pile of "inspiration" to pull from - pretty much a how-to guide for late entries. It gives them a chance to evolve the ideas into something better. That is why I always try to enter early - even if I don't win I know my idea (even if rough) came from me and were not influenced by other people's work.

He did comment to that in his entry post...

I saw some of the other competitors guardians and tried not to duplicate them even though a staff and white cloak maybe resembles wisdom more, i.e. I tried add some new ideas. Another tricky one is how to make a joyful faceless ethereal entity ;)

In the end you got "nod" with honorable mention. :-)