Turns out there are a lot of talented artists on the internet, especially when you challenge those artists to draw your personified Desert Bus shifts as furries. We had a hard time picking from some excellent options, but we promised to clothe at least one person, and so we have a winner!

Thanks all who participated, and congratulations to Nick Korn for winning the first art contest of Desert Bus 2023!

Winner: Nick Korn

Art depicting the four shifts of Desert Bus, each with the colored banners of their shift behind them. From the left, Dawn Guard is a ferret holding coffee. Alpha Flight is a cardinal tossing dice. Night Watch is a wolf dubiously eyeing their neighbor, Zeta, who is a purple protogen with hedgehog spikes and a full robotic face. — **by Nick Korn**

Honorary Mentions

An Alpha Flight peacock stands with a mic held up to their beak, one feathery hand gesturing as they tell an engaging story. — **by David Poulton (aka xyberdameon)**

Zeta Aye-Aye works on LEGO in a game of keep building and nobody explodes, examining a red break with concern as they ask "Three-pip flat two, or two-pip flat three?" Another piece of text reads "Rotate WHAT direction?!" — **by Rekkin**

A squiggly pink earthworm represents Zeta shift. It's a simple, zig-zag shape with one huge, red-rimmed, staring eye directed straight at the viewer. — **by Knit Bina**