Hello!
My favourite bounty creators are the ones who do a summary at the end with announcements or posts, so I just had to do the same.
Thank you to everyone who participated in my bounty, which asked you to share images of what you think of when you think cute! So many amazing entries, it was incredibly difficult to choose the winners. I wish I could afford the Buzz to give bigger tips to everyone, but, well, it is a contest so let's crack on!
Winner: markmuligan - a cat scared of a butterfly. I've genuinely thought of this image every day since it was posted, it's just such a cute concept! Using something you adore IRL to make an AI art based on was a great idea - not just your cat, but a specific concept of something you find cute about your cat, really hit the nail on the head. Plus that random cat toy in the background which definitely wasn't intended is great.
2nd Place: Zlia - Quality over quantity was the key, but then I saw the 40 images posted by Zlia, all unique, themed, different art styles and so cute. I can't even pick one entry... but I will. I aspire to make images more like you!
3rd Place: vovsevol384 - Well, I did say I was awarding creativity and oh boy. Some of these images are... something. Like, cute, yes. But off. Weird. Cute but not. So how could I not reward such interesting images?
Honourable Mentions:
To be clear - I genuinely loved every entry (apart from the 3 that I couldn't see based on my filters, ha!). It was incredibly hard to narrow the list, so the below are just some images I'd like to shout out. But if you happen to be reading this after the bounty, please check out all the entries!
fateno4455131 - This Jigglypuff image in particular, you're right in your note - round is a recipe for cute!
StarAXTW - The comic panel was a creative idea, and funny too!
Ghost_Snake - If there was a tasteful nudity award, it goes to you - most of your entries were a bit too sexy to be what I'd call cute, but this batch of 10 images were all perfect - in particular image #1 (though Image #3 looks so close to an OC I'm trying to create, I'm jealous of the consistency I can see on your profile when you generate her!)
Madbro666 - This one was my type of creepy cute. I'd love to see a GIF of the background being sparkly and the rainbow mouth stream flowing white the rest remains still... I wish I had a better computer ><
stayhigh457 - wholesome girl and puppy - so cute!
abigfavour - definitely not my idea of cute but a good laugh
r_ain - I loved the idea of this one! It's so cute, and tells a story in that emotion.
Snibbler - the cat walking away from something it definitely caused!
tokyodecadence584 - I didn't expect to see a racoon! This entry is so wholesome too!
maeri - I never thought I'd find a spider cute, but here we are.
SaintTheet - The creativity got me! You find very interesting things cute haha.
purpleinsect18 - SO FLUFFY! I love this.
chunchunmaru69 - A beautiful scenic image - cute girl and bunny combo is a winner!
QuasarBahamut - Your image makes me think of the game Catherine. Really love the mix of weird sheep and sort of trippy background!
As promised, Buzz handed out will be 5k winner, 2k 2nd, 1k 3rd, and will send 250 Buzz to each honourable mention.
Honestly, I'd love to write up everyone and how amazing everyone was, but I gotta stop somewhere! Thank you again for all the entries, you're all amazing and I hope to see you in future bounties when I save up enough Buzz again!