I agree bubbletea, . the markers are certainly not going to base the efforts or your work in comparison to other students' works. The works with less meaning and more eye-candy are the ones that will suffer in the end (sucks to be me), because generally theres not enough time to synthesize all the ideas. But thats only speaking in terms of the HSC.
I dont think you can whole heartedly say art is all about meaning and challenging, albeit it is a pretty big aspect. Art is also mindlessly entertaining, its fun to capture the essence or dynamics of life, onto a static form. I could go on, but ill just confuse myself -_-.
You'll all do fine, no actaully, you'll do great. I dont really care what mark i get, cause this may be the last time I ever paint so seriously (or even paint at all), but it was a great experience right. wow i still cant believe its almost over.. hehe
firehydra- what material is the sculpture? clay? rock? haha i remember when we made clay animals, i tried to sculpt a pikachu (yes, the pokemon, this was years ago) and it turned out like a snowman with dents all over it. massive fun. (after i set it on fire, no j/k)
Skillo, good luck man. but im sure you'll make it. i was like that on friday, until i made the decision to just stop and savour the smell of turps one final time. ( that is after i got a whole friggin oil pallet on my school pants, reb blue and brown all down the back. wont be wearing that to the formal anymore)