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City in a Bottle
“City in a Bottle” was a daily AI art challenge on BudgetPixel that ran – . 57 people entered, and voters cast 2,907 votes.
The theme
Create your most imaginative miniature city inside a giant glass bottle
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Winners
Places 4 to 20 · 500 credits each
- 4th@legion · Inside The Glass1564 Elo
- 5th@crabmouse · entry1563 Elo
- 6th@MyAiWorld · entry1562 Elo
- 7th@hamsterwheel · entry1556 Elo
- 8th@beastxyz · Genie In A Bottle" by Christina Aguilera Listening to old...1554 Elo
- 9th@Scion_of_Chaos1548 Elo
- 10th@yeah4 · entry1547 Elo
- 11th@Artboe · entry1546 Elo
- 12th@TTRPG_Player · Small City, Big Dreams1543 Elo
- 13th@PabloArtStation · Jack Daniel's City1535 Elo
- 14th@Sealine · #14 out of 57 entries This was easier. I had no expectati...1530 Elo
- 15th@Chicken-Man · A Secret Miniature1530 Elo
- 16th@lancercz · entry1525 Elo
- 17th@VibeAi · Close up look on legendary civilisation1525 Elo
- 18th@chromyne1521 Elo
- 19th@underman · Winter outside, Summer in bottle1521 Elo
- 20th@bleepunc · To the eye, a tiny glass vessel. Within it, *infinity.1520 Elo
All entries
56 entries, newest first; 7 rated Mature or not yet rated are not shown here.

Far from the sun, a magnificent world blooms in eternal blue...

To the eye, a tiny glass vessel. Within it, *infinity.




Winter outside, Summer in bottle

The bottle spills open!

Close up look on legendary civilisation

A Secret Miniature


Our new City in a Bottle

Inside The Glass



This Ain’t Kandor

I hope that someone gets my, I hope that someone gets my city in a bottle!


Bottled up love, lost at sea

Genie In A Bottle" by Christina Aguilera Listening to old songs for the One Hit Wonder theme led to the inspiration for this. Felt the field for this challenge was pretty competitive as there were many creative ideas all around. I wasn't...




Santorini in the Bottle


A small portion of Wonderland

I know the secret!


The Bottled Metropolis


Containing a City in a Bottle need a massive power source. -----

Small City, Big Dreams

A whole world, small enough to hold yet alive enough to dream.

Magnificent Little Secrets


#30 out of 57 ...and once again, some of the top-ten rankings feel like a bad joke 😂

The Witch and the Shrunken City



One Crack.

The Glass Queen's Venice A regal woman rests her hand on the cork of a giant glass bottle holding a glowing miniature Venice of canals, domes and golden windows, under a full moon. Tags: miniature city, glass bottle, fantasy, moonlight,...

The Carpathian vampire residence of Countess Smiřická

A City Trapped in Glass” Inside a giant glass bottle lies the shattered remains of a once-thriving city. Among the ruins, a lone child walks through the silence, surrounded by collapsed buildings, smoke, and the remnants of ordinary life...



Jack Daniel's City


Aetherhaven Redux

#57 out of 57 entries 1373 ELO 104 matchups 23W 68L 11T (27% score

#14 out of 57 entries This was easier. I had no expectations since I already had the image and I knew 'city' was a stretch. Also, no false hope, stayed right around my final score all day.
Rules
- One image per person, made for the theme. Submit it from your BudgetPixel assets or upload it (up to 10 MB). An image that does not fit the theme is turned away when you submit it.
- Adult content cannot be entered. The organisers add: No Level4 Adult Content in submission.
- Entries were open from to . Voting ran from to the end, .
- Voters pick the better of two anonymous entries, pair after pair; nobody sees their own entry or the same pair twice. Vote on 15 matchups to earn 150 credits, entry or not.
- Entries are ranked by an Elo rating, as in chess: an entry gains points when voters pick it and loses points when they pass it over, and beating a higher-rated entry earns more.
- When the challenge ended, each entry was posted to its maker's profile, unless they had switched that off when they entered.
Prizes
- 1st place3,000 credits
- 2nd place2,000 credits
- 3rd place1,000 credits
- 4th to 20th500 credits each
- Voting on 15 matchups150 credits
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