Color This Image Contest — gravityfalls

TREMBLEY
	TREMBLEY https://gravityfalls.fandom.com/wiki/File:TREMBLEY.mp3 Trembley's message.
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STAN
	STAN https://gravityfalls.fandom.com/wiki/File:STAN.mp3 Stan's message.
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BILL
	BILL https://gravityfalls.fandom.com/wiki/File:BILL.mp3 Bill's message.
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On February 3, 2014, Alex Hirsch held a little contest on his Twitter account where he asked fans to color an image he had drawn in any style, medium, or form whatsoever by midnight that Friday!^[1] The 3 most creative entries would win personal greetings from Grunkle Stan, Bill, and a Mystery Guest.^[2] These would end up being posted on a Soundcloud page run by Alex.^[3]^[4]^[5]

The tweet Alex made stated the following...

Color THIS baffling image in any style, medium, or form whatsoever by this FRIDAY at midnight! http://i.imgur.com/uRan5bp.png^[6]

Winners

Most Horrifying

The first winner was Matthew Beaudoin for the Most Horrifying drawing.^[7]^[8] Her prize was a personal greeting from Bill Cipher.^[9]

Most Smile-Dippy

The second prize went to Denielle N. for the Most Smile-Dippy drawing.^[10] His prize was a personal greeting from Grunkle Stan.^[11]

Most Mabel-y

The third prize went to Anna La for the Most Mabel-y drawing.^[12]^[13]Her drawing was different as it was both a drawing made on a sweater and a cosplay.^[14]Anna's prize was a personal greeting from Quentin Trembley.^[15]

Lady Mabelton Prize

The fourth and final prize went to Chelsea Reyes for the Lady Mabelton Prize.^[16] Her drawing was also an arts and crafts project, utilizing glitter, googly eyes and pasta to add on to it.^[17] Chelsea's prize was a personal greeting from Mermando, who ended up being the mystery guest.^[18]

MERMANDO Mermando's message.
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Runner Ups

There were 4 runner ups in the contest as well. For them, Alex created one final message with a congratulations from Soos.^[19]^[20]^[21]

SOOS Soos' message for the runner ups.
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The runner ups were...

Nayley G. for drawing and coloring the drawing on her brother's back.^[22]
Meagan. who sewed together the drawing on a piece of fabric.^[23]
Katie Caribe for making the drawing using sprinkles, gum and a waffle cone.^[24]^[25]
Johnathan D. for drawing and making cut outs of the drawing.^[26]

Trivia

In Bill's message he states something distorted which he excuses as a sneeze. Supposedly it is the following lines, “I will come for your first born! I will steal him in my nightmare realm! Make him wear a top hat and bow tie! Call him Chauncey! There’s nothing you can do to stop me it's written in the stars!”
Stan mentions he was paid $50 by a "scrawny bearded hipster in a flannel jacket," to record his message. As the person he is referring to is Alex Hirsch, this is very much a 4th wall break.
Quentin Trembley recorded his lines after coming out of his Armageddon bunker. If this is to be taken as fact, then this is where Trembley has been for the duration of the series and where he was during Weirdmageddon.
Mermando coughs violently in his recording and states it is related to sewage from the Northwest Mud Flaps Factory. Mermando therefore may have some serious health issues related to his time in Gravity Falls.
In addition to these messages. the Soundcloud page called "Shmebulock" contains other audio recordings that Alex and the Gravity Falls crew made both for fun and for other contests and events. These include...
- Soos's Song
- Soos saying HOW CAN BE??
- Soos Reacts
- Congrats SlickNickP! (Winner of the #YesWeStan banner contest from The Stanchurian Candidate)
- Ballad of Stan (Song that played on the now discontinued phone number from the Journal 3 infomercial)
This was one of several contests that Alex Hirsch held on his Twitter account between the hiatus for season 1 and 2.

Gallery

The Winners of Alex's Forgotten Contest

References

[1] ttps://imgur.com/uRan5bp

[2] ttps://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/430517616336068608?s=20&t=xE7HaNrXo8cEOVssuoJhqA

[3] ttps://soundcloud.com/shmebulock

[4] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/gravityfalls/comments/1xus7y/winners_of_alexs_coloring_contest/

[5] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaohKTvm2AI

[6] ttps://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/430517252513751040

[7] ttps://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/433107023048105984?s=20

[8] ttps://twitter.com/scrub_lover/status/432380336865939456

[9] ttps://soundcloud.com/shmebulock/bill

[10] ttps://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/433108191862206464

[11] ttps://soundcloud.com/shmebulock/stan

[12] ttps://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/433109167809626112

[13] ttps://twitter.com/spaceminor/status/433022579704467456

[14] ttps://twitter.com/spaceminor/status/432478951307366403

[15] ttps://soundcloud.com/shmebulock/trembley

[16] ttps://twitter.com/leminblood/status/432682203710234624

[17] ttps://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/433110644410179584

[18] ttps://soundcloud.com/shmebulock/mermando

[19] ttps://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/433112382332620800

[20] ttps://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/433113947961434112

[21] ttps://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/433114073505349632

[22] ttps://twitter.com/yammxb/status/432686690285518848

[23] ttps://i.imgur.com/SxXRIhb.jpg

[24] ttps://twitter.com/ktcaribe/status/431837040313774080

[25] ttps://twitter.com/ktcaribe/status/432584455648075776

[26] ttps://johnnyakatati.tumblr.com/post/75633178445/my-submission-to-alex-hirschs-color-contest-on

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