Well heck.
Time to mope.
Out of 10,830 illustrations submitted to the Pokemon TCG Illustration Contest, none of the three I put in made the cut in the first round of judging.
I've scanned it over four times hoping I missed it.
Here are the three hundred quarter finalists.
https://www.ptcgic-cr.com/2022/en/result/primary-selection/---
At the very least, there's a lot of cool art to look at, and I have used this contest to push my skill level as far as it would go and have gotten much better at digital art as a result.
I look forward to seeing who wins.
I will post my rejected entries on my other account tomorrow.