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Boozeahol ~ An Art Contest


Hello! Welcome, again, to another art contest hosted by Paws in Naughty Places. =D I think these things might be a little addictive. >_> Anyways, I’m not going to bore you with a long introduction, so lets get to the good stuff, shall we?

This Contest Begins: March 1st, 2008
This Contest Ends: July 26th, 2008

This contest is for some of my friends and I, including 7 OCs and one very smexy character from Final Fantasy VII. They are all from various roleplays, mainly from one run by our dearest Kaivi Silverwing, Lifestream Unbalanced. Others come from an offsite roleplay. =3

Please remember that Shin is a mule account, shared by Kaivi Silverwing and Paws in Naughty Places. Just because he looks like a noob, doesn't mean he is. ;D

We now are running a mini-contest for Avi Edits of the characters! =D Check the second to last post on this page for details!



Introduction <-- You are here
Rules + Submission Info + Forms
Prizes
Character Relations
Reno + Mika
Kai + Alzena
Izo + Saki
Eros + Serenity
Submissions
Judging Information
FAQ
Advertising/Recruiting Contest
Links Out/In
Avi Edit Mini Contest
Rules




1. All submissions MUST be handed in on July 26th, 2008 at 11:59 PM EST. There is a 5 minute grace period, but anything after that is considered late and will not be judged.

2. All submissions must be original for this contest. Art work done of these characters previously will not be accepted.

3. DO NOT STEAL ART! This is not tolerated on Gaia, and I don’t tolerate it either. Enough said.

4. All submissions must be posted using the submission form, which is in this post. Submissions not using this form will not be accepted. The form must be posted in the thread; forms that are PMed will not be accepted.

5. All submissions must abide Gaia TOS. This means PG-13. Nothing wrong with being playful and a little sexy, but there are children about on this site. =3 Keep it tasteful!

6. You may enter as many pieces as you want. A single piece can only win one prize. However, an artist, with multiple pictures, has the chance of winning multiple prizes. Just note, we are going for quality, and that will beat out quantity any day. =3

7. Please do not beg.

8. Try to be friendly with everyone! We’re all here to have fun, right? <3 I will warn you, some of us might curse, but it’s all in good fun. Just kick back and relax, huh?

9. Reno belongs to Square Enix; Alzena Miyamoto, Saki Yamagami, and Serenity Augustine belong to Paws in Naughty Places; Mika Miyamoto and Kai Yamagami belong to Kaivi Silverwing; Izo Nakamaki belong to Sando138; and Eros Strife belongs to ~Lii-chan~. Please do not steal the character ideas! <3

10. Collaborative artwork is allowed, but we are not responsible for how it is divided up. This must be settled among the artists involved.

11. All mediums allowed. We will not be accepting dolls or avatar edits, though.

12. Do not complain about the characters, their habits, or anything like that. If you do not like it, you do not have to be here~! <3

13. If you want to exchange banners, just take one of ours, and post the code for one of yours!




Submission Form


Please use this form in this thread to enter your submission! PMed submissions forms will not be accepted!



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Prizes


Now, I know this is what you all are really looking for! ;D

Here is the list of categories and prizes, along with what fits into the category, and how many submissions by various artists must be needed for each prize to be handed out.


Over All Best- This is the best picture that was submitted for the contest! There needs to be a minimum of 15 pictures from different artists for this to be handed out!
Prize: 1,000,000 gold

Runner Up- This is the Second best submission. Same requirements as ‘Over All Best’.
Prize: 500,000 gold

Best Couple- The best picture of any 2 of the given characters! Needs a Minimum of 7 submissions from different artists to be awarded.
Prize: 450,000 gold

Best Single- Best picture of a single character. Needs a minimum of 5 different entries from different artists to be awarded.
Prize: 300,000 gold

Best Reno/Mika- Best depiction of Reno and Mika. Needs a minimum of 5 entries from different artists to be awarded.
Prize: 350,000 gold

Best Kai/Alzena- Best depiction of Kai and Alzena. Needs a minimum of 5 entries from different artists to be awarded.
Prize: 350,000 gold

Best Izo/Saki- Best depiction of Izo and Saki. Needs a minimum of 5 entries from different artists to be awarded.
Prize: 350,000 gold

Best Eros/Serenity- Best depiction of Eros and Serenity. Needs a minimum of 5 entries from different artists to be awarded.
Prize: 350,000 gold

Best CG- Best use of CG as a medium. Needs a minimum of 5 entries from different artists to be awarded.
Prize: 300,000 gold

Best Traditional- Best use of Traditional media. Needs a minimum of 5 entries from different artists to be awarded.
Prize: 300,000 gold

Best Chibi- Best/Cutest chibi of any single character, couple, or group! Needs a minimum of 5 entries from different artists to be awarded.
Prize: 200,000 gold

Sexiest Picture- Sexiest picture of any single character or couple! MUST BE GAIA APPROPRIATE! Needs a minimum of 5 entries from different artists to be awarded.
Prize: 200,000 gold

Funniest Picture- Most amusing picture of any character, couple, or group. Needs a minimum of 5 entries from different artists to be awarded.
Prize: 200,000 gold
Character Relationships

Well, most of these characters deal with all the others at some point or another, so we’ll give you a brief overview of how each one gets along with the other!

Reno: Reno’s main relationship is with Mika. They aren’t really a ‘couple’, but they do care for one another, in their own ways. Easiest way to describe them is ‘close friends with benefits’. Alzena is one of Reno and Mika’s children. Reno doesn’t like Kai too much, but is glad Alzena wound up with him. Saki is Reno’s grand-daughter, and he doesn’t really know Izo that well. Serenity is also Reno’s daughter, but from a different mother. Reno knows Eros because he works with his surrogate mother.

Mika:
Mika’s main relationship is with Reno. They were co-workers, and he is the father of all of her children, which includes Alzena. She knows and approves of Kai, since he is the son of a good friend of hers. Saki is her granddaughter, and she sort of knows Izo. She only sort of knows Serenity as Reno’s daughter, and doesn’t know Eros.

Kai:
Kai knows Reno because he was acting as his son Raidon’s bodyguard, and sees him as a bit of a lecher. He knows Mika because she was a friend of his father’s, and saved his father’s life. He is in love with Alzena, and always has been. He wants to take care of her because he knows she has had an incredibly difficult life. One of his children with Alzena is Saki. He loves his daughter dearly, though he does worry a bit that she has become much like her mother was when she was young. He knows Izo a bit, and doesn’t entirely approve or disapprove of him. He doesn’t really know Serenity or Eros too well.

Alzena:
Alzena is Reno and Mika’s daughter. She doesn’t like her father too much, but she is terribly attached to her mother. Her main relationship is with Kai. She has always been in love with him, and sees him as sort of her knight in shining armor. They get married eventually, and Saki is one of their 6 children, the second youngest, but oldest daughter. They know Izo because of Saki, and Alzena can’t really say too much about him, since she had similar behavior before she settled down with Kai. She doesn’t really know Serenity or Eros too well.

Izo: Izo doesn’t really know Reno or Mika at all. He knows Alzena and Kai as Saki’s parents, and is rather frightened and intimidated by Kai. He is a very good friend of Saki’s, and they are more like ‘friends with benefits’, rather than anything exclusive. He doesn’t know Eros or Serenity.

Saki:
Saki is Reno and Mika’s granddaughter, and Kai and Alzena’s oldest daughter. She has four older brothers and a younger sister. She is good friends with Izo, from a troop of thieves she had joined, rather than serving with her family’s gang. They tend to follow more along the lines of ‘friend’s with benefits’, since she has no interest of settling down with anyone. She really only knows Serenity as her half-aunt, and that’s about it.

Eros: Eros knows Reno as one of his surrogate mother’s co-workers, and Mika as an ex-Turk. He doesn’t really know Alzena, Kai, Izo, or Saki too well. He met Serenity when she was working as a lab assistant at ShinRa, and got to know her more after fighting the battle with Amethyst weapon.

Serenity: Serenity knows Reno as her father, but he didn’t know she was his child until she revealed it herself, and that wasn’t until much later, into her adulthood. She knows Mika as an ex-Turk and the mother of Reno’s children. She knows Alzena as her half sister, but they never got close, and Kai as Alzena’s husband. She knew Saki as her niece, and doesn’t really know anything about Izo. She knows Eros from working in the labs at ShinRa, getting a small crush on him, and then getting close with him after Amethyst weapon attacked ShinRa.
Reno + Mika

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General Information

Name: Reno
Nicknames: N/A
Age: ... Depends on how you want to draw. Ask. x3
Likes: Booze, women, the Turks
Dislikes: Hippies, Putting too much effort into work
Weapon: EMR Like this
Personality: Lazy. Reno is extremely lazy. He is often loud, and a bit of a pervert. Even still, he does his work, he does what's expected of him, and is extremely loyal.
History: Not too much is known about Reno before his days in the Turks.

Physical Appearance

Hair: Red (Look at below piccus for examples)
Eyes: Light Blue (Some people say green, but I say blue. >D )
Skin: Fair
Height: 5'10
Weight: Probably about 170lbs
Body Type: Thin, light muscle, not too bulky.
Jewelry: None
Tattoos/Scars: Two scars, one under each eye. (See piccus below)
Clothing: Reno of the Turks


General Information

Name: Mika Miyamoto
Age: ... Depends on what time you want to draw her. Ask!
Nicknames: "Is Mika really that hard to say? I mean, honestly..."
Likes: Booze, Sex, Men(Particularly Reno)
Dislikes: Not having booze, uptight pricks,
Weapon: A large metal fan
Personality: To describe Mika simply, she is... well, a flirt. She is boisterous, outgoing, and little bit of a lush. She likes ot have a different man each night, though when it comes to her favorite playmate, she will generally forgo others for him. There is only one time a year when she even remotely different, which is during the month of Feburary, around the 19th. Only then is she quiet, and rather self absorbed. She doesn't mention why she gets that way, but she does.
History: Born in Wutai, to Yuri and Ren Miyamoto, Mika was born a twin with her brother, Miki. Her father died when she was younger, during a mission as he was a Turk, leaving their family rather poor. Because of that, Miki left, and Mika left shortly afterwards. When she found her brother, he had started up a gang in Edge, having created a small following. Joining him, Mika ended up meeting and falling in love with her brother's first in command Sun Li, or Tamahome. Things were going rather well, until her brother's rival gang attacked them. Tamahome took a bullet that was intended for Mika, dying in her arms as she could do nothing but watch. Afterwards, she snapped. Mika took revenge for her lover, and her gang. The distraught teen found the rival gang's headquarters, burning it to the ground and killing everyone inside. Her arson had caught the attention of the Turks, and she was soon scouted. She became a Turk, and actually found herself enjoying her work. Mika spent a good bit of time with Reno, becoming rather close to him. That closeness ended up with their multiple night stands, the largest one climaxing with her becoming pregnant. Fearing of what would happen should her friend find out, Mika left, and gave birth to her triplets back in Wutai. Things seemed to be going well, until an attack on her home caused her to lose her life protecting her children.

Physical Appearance

Hair: Vibrant Red, about shoulder length(though longer when she is older) and usually left loose.
Eyes: Blue, almond shaped
Skin: Pale
Height: 5'9
Weight: 170 lbs
Body Type: Slender, curvey
Jewelry: A gold fire ring with 9 stones, one set in the center, the other eight set around it in a starburst pattern and a beaded choker necklace.
Tattoos/Scars: Mika has several tattoos, all done in red ink. The one across her back looks like so. On her left ankle, her tattoo is so. Lastly, the tattoo on her right hip looks like so.
Clothing:
Mika, in her normal attire
An example of one of her more risque outfits
A highly unlikely outfit, but nice none the less
One of Mika's altered Turk Uniforms (Lower Left Corner)
A rather revealing outfit
Some nice Lingerie
A rather formal outfit
Another formal outfit

Additional Information

Mika has been known for keeping a journal, detailing her life thus far. Most of it is really a smut journal, recanting her various encounters, though true tidbits of her life are within as well.
Kai + Alzena

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General Information
Name: Kai Yamagami
Nicknames: N/A
Age: 23
Likes: Alzena, green tea, music, training, meditation, keeping the old traditions
Dislikes: Almost anything that upsets Alzena
Personality: Kai is a very polite young man, more than what one would expect given his profession. There are times that people wonder if he is even cut out for it... that is until he starts to fight. He is vicious in battle, particularly when he has someone or something he is defend. He is very protective of those he holds dear, and would have no qualms with dying for them if it would ensure that they would be safe.
His Story: Born the youngest male of the Yamagami family, a known mystical family, it was expected of Kai to work in the family temple along side his older brothers and sister. However, Kai found himself wanting a different calling. He didn't want to live and die in a temple, like the rest of his family. He wanted adventure, excitement. Little did he know he would find it in one of the more peculiar places. A few months before his 8th birthday, a very peculiar pair of patrons came to visit his family's temple, to speak with his father and mother. The only reason Kai even really noticed them was their peculiar coloration, considering they were both crimson haired and blue eyed, a rarity in Wutai. The conversation between his parents and the pair didn't last too long, and the two red heads left shortly after.

As they left, the woman smiled at him, giving him a small nod. He thought nothing of it, but after that day, his physical and mystical training increased significantly. It wasn't until his 16th birthday that he was told the reason for this. Many years ago, the red haired woman had saved the life of his father during an old gang fight. His father had said that one day, he would repay the woman for her generosity. Being that Kai was the most ambitious of the group, Jubei had suggested that his youngest step in for his debt. The youngest boy was stunned, though also rather excited by the prospect. He would finally get out of being stuck as a temple attendant. Shortly before his 18th birthday, the red haired man, named Miki, reappeared, to take him to his new life, as a member of her gang.
He found out later that the red haired woman, Mika, had died in a raid by the Blue Dragons, and that Kai was going to be set as a body guard for the time being. He would protecting Mika's son and daughter, Raidon and Alzena. He did his job well, though it soon ended when the pair's father showed up to take them with him. Since then, Kai has been working on improving his skills, so that another task can be allotted to him. He got his wish, as Miki sent him to go aid Raidon in setting up a satellite gang in Edge.

Physical Description
Hair: Jet Black, to the middle of his back, held in multiple braids that end in red and gold beads
Eyes: Almond Shaped, Stormy Grey
Skin Tone: Light olive, oriental tones
Height: 5'10
Weight: 160 lbs
Body Type: Slender, slightly muscular
Tattoos/Markings/Scars: Kai has a stitched scar on his right cheek. At some point, he is going to acquire a tribal tattoo down both of his arms in indigo ink, as well as having Alzena's name tattooed over his heart.
Jewelry: When Kai actually chooses to wear jewelry, which is not very often, it is a simple gold chain, with a simple lobster claw clasp. He does have an additional extra chain that he uses to clip to his right ear, though he only wears that occasionally.
Clothing: Kai's normal attire
One of Kai's casual outfits
A summery outfit
A very casual outfit
This is a little more dressy
Kai's training outfit, with necklace
Another semi-dressy outfit
Brown and Red
Kai dressed for a date
A very well dressed young man...
Kai in a swimsuit, with necklace and arm tattoos.




General Information

Name: Alzena Ren Miyamoto
Nicknames: Zen, Zenny
Age: 19
Likes: Kai, Booze, Cigarettes
Dislikes: Perverts, Threats, Alcoholics
Weapon: EMR Like Reno's
Personality: Alzena is extremely boisterous and outgoing. She can be extraordinarily loud at times. There are times where she curses every other word, but she is capable of controlling it if the need comes along. While she is generally a sweet person, she rarely shows this side anymore. The only people who see this side of her anymore are Raidon and Kai, and even then she still tries to put the up tough girl front as much as possible. She is definitely a worrier, and as much as she hates to admit or accept it, she cares far too much about her family than she would like to admit. To outsiders she can seem quite rude, but it is mainly her own form of self defense so she doesn't let too many people get close.
History: Zenny grew up in a set of triplets, being the middle child with her older brother Raidon and younger sister Amaya. They lost their mother at a young age, and since they didn’t know their father, they grew up with their Uncle Miki. Their Uncle took great care of them, and made sure they were protected all the time. Eventually, Kai Yamagami started as their body guard, and Alzena began to form a bit of a crush on him. It wasn’t meant to be at that time, as Raidon and herself managed to meet their father, and wound up moving off with him while Amaya stayed behind. Alzena ran off on her own not too much longer after that, not wanting to be with her father anymore. She kept in contact with Raidon, however, and 5 years later, Kai came around to help Raidon. Alzena found herself in a mess, and Kai came through to help her through her own troubles.

Physical Appearance

Hair: Red/Orange, long and wavy with bangs
Eyes: Light Blue
Skin: Light Tan
Height: 5’6
Weight: 136lbs
Body Type: Busty, narrow waist, narrow hips.
Jewelry: Large silver hoop earrings, a silver chain necklace with a gold ring that has red shards set on it.
Tattoos/Scars: ‘Kai’ is tattooed on her upper left thigh
Clothing: Main Outfit
Outfit 2
Outfit 3 (Alzena pictured with one of her siblings, here)

Additional Information

Alzena is very good with computers, though, it's not something she gets to play with as often as she would like.






Additional Reference Pictures:

Zenny/Kai
Alzena
Izo + Saki

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General Information

Name: Nakamaki Izo
Nicknames: Izo-kun
Age: 25
Likes: Booze, Women, and Winter
Dislikes: Sleeping alone, watered-down booze, uptight people.
Weapon: Shien-Lung style martial arts- emphasis is on overpowering blows.
Personality: Izo is relaxed overall- he is not prone to anger unless provoked extensively. He is quite loose with his morals, and does not hide the fact that he is never looking for a deep personal intimacy in his relationships- just sex, as often as he can get, but never too often with the same person. As liberal as he is with his views on sexuality, his other vice somehow manages to keep up- he's constantly imbibing some sort of alcohol, unless he's on the job- he works better sober.
History: His parents died of consumption when he was just a child; he was taken in by the master of his martial style, raised among a class of twenty other such orphans until his seventeenth winter with his sensei. He never speaks of the incident that drove him from the dojo, except he only ever refers to his teacher and all the other students in the past-tense, and always with respect reserved only for the esteemed or the dead. He is currently in the employ of a band of Robin-hood-esque thieves and bandits.

Physical Appearance
Hair: Black, short, just allowed to fall as it will.
Eyes: Green eyes, slight oriental almond-shape to them.
Skin: Paleskinned during winter; during summer he darkens from his time in the sun.
Height:5 feet, 8 inches.
Weight: 170 pounds or so
Body Type: Muscular, rugged, and very lean in terms of body-fat, but kept in proportion with his height.
Jewelry: He doesn't wear any.
Tattoos/Scars: Two blue, five-clawed, serpentine dragon tattoos wind their way down his forearms, starting just below the bicep, with their fangs just above his knuckles. His body is a patchwork frame of scars, some more notable than others. Punctures, cuts, scrapes, even one or two bite-marks that seem consistent with wolves. Only the tattoos seem spared from the quilt of past sufferings. Also of note, he is missing the ring finger on his right hand from the first joint past the knuckle up.
Clothing: Izo dresses plainly- a simple, often-tattered, white, short sleeved linen shirt, with a pair of brown pants and wooden sandals to complete the 'rough and tumble peasant' look. This makes him remarkably unworthy of notice, except for in winter- he wears the same wardrobe year round, and is untouched by the chill, at least in any way he lets on.

Additional Information

(Izo hides it well, but he is more than just a martial artist- he is a Herald of Winter, as his master called his students- though he does not use this hidden talent unless his back is against a wall, Izo is also a practitioner of cold magic, though this skill is only used in conjunction with his already formidable physical attacks.)

(Izo has taken precautions to avoid siring children by any of the women he's slept with over the years- but he's failed for the first time only recently, with Yamagami Saki. While the interest is not romantic, it is a relationship of sorts, and it's more complicated than they let themselves believe.)


General Information
Name: Saki Yamagami
Nicknames: N/A
Age: 22
Likes: Izo's booze, Guys, Stealing
Dislikes: Being serious, People who are too serious, Kids
Personality: Outgoing, and very giggly. Saki hates to be serious. She's a thief by nature, and enjoys taking advantage of men when she can.
Weapon: She keeps a small arsenal of shuriken on her.
Her Story: Saki had a fairly normal life while she way younger, with 4 older brothers and a younger sister. She left home at a young age, stealing her brother's ring. She joined a group of bandits since then, so she didn't have to rely on only herself for income. She has become partially attached to Izo, but she's can't seem to settle down with one man.

Physical Description
Hair: Long black, straight (occasionally dyed pink). Bangs that cover her forehead. Held up in a high ponytail by a light blue ribbon.
Eyes: Gray
Skin Tone: Light Olive/ Asian skin tones
Height: 5'5
Weight: 115 lbs
Body Type: Very busty, narrow waist, narrow hips.
Tattoos/Markings/Scars: None
Jewelry: Gold ring with red shards.
Clothing: Like this. Her obi is usually a light blue, though. She usually doesn't show quite so much of her chest, but she does enjoy showing cleavage to distract men. However, if she is running about, she tends to wrap her chest with bandages to keep everything in place.


Additional Information
Saki is only kind of attached to Izo. He seems to have more of an interest in her, but she likes him more than she thinks she does.

Saki never, ever, ever wanted to be a mother.
Eros + Serenity

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General Information

Name: Eros Strife
Nicknames: N/A
Age: 19
Likes: Serenity, his family, and sweet-tasting things
Dislikes: Needles,
Weapon: A replica of Cloud’s Buster Sword, complete with material slots.
Personality: Generally friendly to most that he meets, Eros is a compassionate person with a caring demeanor. He can also be a smartass at times.
History: As one of the subjects of the New Cetra project, Eros is the child of Cloud and Aeris. Like most of his ‘siblings’, he was carried by a surrogate mother, a female Turk by the name of Rika Mizumi.

Shortly after he was born, however, the doctors found something startling: that when Eros turned 18, his left eye will go completely blind.

Craving the ability to see properly again, Eros agreed to the surgery at age 16. However, because of the surgery, and further experiments that ShinRa did while he was still under the anesthetics, he can 'see' auras. Depending on how powerful the person is, he can even sense if someone is coming by the extension of said aura.

Physical Appearance

Hair: Messy, light brown, the bangs usually covering his left eye.
Eyes: Right eye is bluish-green, left, golden with a slit for a pupil. His right eye will glow when he is angry.
Skin: Slightly tanned.
Height: 5’8”
Weight: 175 lbs.
Body Type: Toned, but not overly muscular
Jewelry: A small silver ring on his right middle finger, also a cross pendant with the string wrapped around his neck several times.
Tattoos/Scars: A white, stylized wing is tattooed onto his right shoulder blade, and the number N30C37R4 008 on the back of his neck.
Clothing: Eros wears many different outfits. One is something like this (with blue replacing the red), another like this (with a white shirt under the jacket) and another like this one. Additional Reference Picture!

Additional Information

Eros is generally a pretty sociable guy, although he does have his shy moments. He especially seems to be this way when he’s around Serenity, and is prone to blushing easily.

General Information
Name: Serenity Lux Augustine
Nicknames: N/A
Age: 18
Likes: Eros, Science, Family
Dislikes: People being down on themselves, Sour attitudes
Weapon: Wooden Staff
Personality: Relaxed, and up beat. Usually enthusiastic and encouraging to those she cares about. Outgoing, and very friendly.
History: Serenity was the result of a one night stand Reno had with Jezebel after Mika had left ShinRa. Serenity hadn't exactly grown up without a family, though. The girl's mother was a lab assistant at ShinRa, and many of the others who worked in the lab took care of the girl while she was growing up. Her mother had mentioned who her father was, though she was never introduced to the man.

As she grew up, she went with her mother to the labs more often, and at the age of 16, she was hired part time as an assistant. While she does enjoy working closely with her mother, the teen is much more interested in traveling the world, and learning more about healing.

Physical Description
Hair: Long, straight brown hair with natural red highlights
Eyes: Green
Skin Tone: Light tan
Height: 5'4
Weight: 127 lbs
Body Type: Average, not much muscle tone, very soft and a little busty.
Tattoos/Markings/Scars: None
Jewelry: Silver locket
Clothing: Pictured here!
Submissions

Singles:

Reno

Mika

Kai

Alzena

Izo

Saki

Eros

Serenity

Couples:


Reno/Mika

Kai/Alzena
By eric_mama

Izo/Saki

Eros/Serenity

Random Groupings:

Mini Contest
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Judging Information

This contest will be judged by Paws in Naughty Places, Kaivi Silverwing, Sando138, and ~Lii-chan~. Pictures will be judged by skill and how well characters are depicted. They will be judged on a scale of 0-10 and scores between all the judges will be averaged out. The highest score for whatever category the picture qualifies for will win.
FAQ

So, how do I enter the contest?

Use the submission form that is up in the second post, please!

Do I have to tell you I’m entering?

Nope! Just do your thing, and enter the picture when you’re finished!

What about hosting the picture?

Just until we accept the entry, then it will be saved and hosted in one of our albums! =3


Is it okay to stay around the thread and chat?


Certainly! None of us bite (hard), and we all love to make friends!


Cool! So, can we trade banners?

Sure! User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show. Just leave the code for one of your banners, and take one of ours!

So. I don’t really like any of the particular couples, but I want to draw more than one character. Is that okay?

Yeah, that’s fine! However, it’s suggested that you go for the given pairings. Information on pairings, and the general relationships between characters can be seen in the ‘Character Relationships’ post.

Can we do chibis?


Of course! We love chibis! <3

How about Dolls? Avatar edits?

Nope, these will not be accepted.

How many entries can I make?

As many as you want! But, remember, quality over quantity!

Can I donate?

Certainly, if you want to. But, we do already have all the prizes for the given categories, mini-contests, and what not. Anything you’d be giving would go towards a new prize category!


Well, I read through all the characters. I’m still not clear on something. Can I ask?

Sure, of course! Feel free to ask questions in the thread, but please don’t PM any of us with questions! We really would love to help you out the best we can, we just don’t need any extra PMs if we can help it. ^^;;;

Do I need to pick out a category for my entry?

Nope! This will be decided in the judging. =D

Can I tamper with a character's outfit?

Certainly! Feel free to change the outfit a little bit if you want to! =3 Or, you can design a new outfit! =3 Just be sure it fits the character!

Do you have proof of the prizes?

Click here.
Advertising/Referral Contests

We have TWO mini contests! The prizes for these will be given out with all the other prizes. So, let’s explain how these contests will work!

Advertising:
Go to other threads, and ask them politely if they will put up a banner for our art contest. Give them a banner of ours, and take one of theirs. Use this form to let us know what you have done:

[b][color=red]Advertising Contest![/color][/b]

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Post it in the thread, for each new thread you have linked! We will keep track of how many you get! The person who has gotten the most banners spread over Gaia will win 50k! Pretty simple, huh? Just remember, you can only submit one of our banners to a thread once!

Referral: Well, passing around banners isn’t the ONLY way to get people to join a contest! Word of mouth is a great way! If you know any artists, let them know about our contest! If they decide to make a picture, just be sure to have them say that you referred them to this contest in their entry form! We will keep track of this for you! You can only refer an artist once, and an artist can only be referred by one person. At the end of the contest, whoever has referred the most people will win 50K! Sounds like a good deal, huh?
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Avi Edit Contest

Hello there, Kaivi here. Since Boozeahol is going to be a rather long, ongoing contest, Paws, Sando and I decided we wanted to make a smaller contest, one that is a bit more specialized. Thus, the Avatar Edit Contest is born!

As you can tell by the rules above, it says that no Avatar Edits are allowed. Well, for this contest, that rule is thrown out. We want to see your best renditions of our characters in Avatar form. Now, there are a few rules that go along with this, so bear with me while I run through them.

1.) All entries HAVE to be in May 31, 2008 at 11:59 PM EST. There is a five minute grace period for this, but anything after that... well, it's not going to count!

2.) All entries must be your own work! I can't stress this one enough. Going and buying an avatar edit from another pixel artist will NOT be counted. If I even suspect foul play, I'm going to check up on it.

3.) Use the form that we've provided in this post. It makes our lives a whole lot easier, and will make sure that you are apart of the contest. If you don't use the form, you won't be accepted. It's a simple as that.

4.) Enter as many entries as you would like. That doesn't mean that all of them will win, as only one can win per prize. However, if you have multiple entries, you can win multiple prizes. But, we are going for QUALITY, not quantity. So, make them good!

5.) All of the other rules, sans the no avi edit rule, apply here, so keep it clean, keep it friendly, and don't gank our stuff!

Now, for this particular contest, we have a couple of different categories. They're pretty easy, so don't get confused.

1.) Singles. It's just that, a single avi edit of a single character.

2.) Couples. Like singles, only double! For this though, refer to the character relations part up top, that way you can put the right ones up.
And, Finally.

3.) Original Costume. Here's where the real creativity comes in. We want you to come up with an original outfit for a single or couple of characters, something that the character would wear.

Paws in Naughty Places, ~Lii-chan~, Sando138 and myself are going to be judging this. It's all going to be on a scale of 0-10 and the scores will be averaged amongst the judges to determine the winner. Whoever gets the highest score, wins!

Prizes are divided up like this:
Best Overall - 75K
This one is the best of the best, atleast in our minds!

Best Couple - 50K
If you can make the pair look amazing, then this is what you'll win.

Best Single - 25K
One avatar, one outfit, one awesome prize!

Best Original Outfit - 25K
Imagination sure does pay off!

Sounds good? Well, Happy Pixeling!


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