xlightwingx
Gracious Inquisitor
Award Ceremony
| Friday 16th (morning EST, longer ceremony) |
  
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40.5% | [ 17 ] |
| Saturday 17th (morning EST, shorter ceremony) |
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14.3% | [ 6 ] |
| no preference |
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45.2% | [ 19 ] |
| Total Votes: | [ 42 ] | ||
xlightwingx
Gracious Inquisitor
Hello & Welcome to my contest!
This is an art and writing contest .
Anyone is welcome here, even if you don't plan on entering ;3
Contest will run Oct.8th 2010 – Aug. 25th 2011
EXTENDED: Sept.6th (all WIPs), Sept. 11th (all entries)
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xlightwingx
Gracious Inquisitor
1. I strongly suggest you read everything in bold. Failure to do so --& disqualification or ridicule.
2. Follow Gaia TOS/Rules. That includes no tracing, art theft, or huge watermarks.
3. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions at all =) I recommend sending WIPs as well.
4. Artistic freedom is awesome!...but use common sense; e.g. don't give anyone neon pink bikinis, lol
5. If I have no idea who/what you draw, if you copy art, you are disqualified. end of story.
6. You have a better chance, statistically speaking, to win a prize if you draw an OC instead of an avatar. (see prizes)
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xlightwingx
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38 entries thus far
Grand Prizes
[Avatars, OCs, Writing entries are ALL eligible. ~75m + art]
1st Place: Dec'03 Letter + Pale M. (~33m)
+ optional halfbody CG [samples]
2nd Place: Golden Laurels + HRMajesty (~13m)
+bust up CG (optional)
3rd Place: Mchrome Keido + A. Pendant (~10m)
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Writing Prizes
[see writing section for more detail]
Most Accurate: Keytarblade x2 + 100k (~900k)
+bust up CG (optional)
Runner Up: Coco Kitty (~400k)
Most Emotional: Gogh Reed 14th gen (~650k)
[saddest or funniest story]
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OC Prizes
Best Couple/Group: FHero Bundle + Gogh Reed + 1m pure (3.8m)
Best Single: EI Bundle #5 (3m)
Best Jude: Y Paddle + 100k
Best Hayden: Toned Keido
Best Dr S: Secret Retreat
Best Lilia: Valhalla's Abyssal Armor + 600k
Best Yin: Compass of Seidh
Best Armine: Sweet Porridge + 400k
Best Noah: Night's Knight + 500k
Best Lilith: Black Swan + 300k
Best Lucifer: Demonic Pendant
Best Samael: Prince of Thieves
I will add gold to make up for any OC prize worth less than 1 million at lmp
OCs with less than 5 entries will have their prizes reshuffled i.e. to some other category
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Art Style Prizes
Best Traditional: Picolitrosso’s Urn (2/5)
Best CG: Picolitrosso’s Urn (~600k)
Best Avatar: Carol of Ol’ Nick+ Carol of Ol’ Ebenezer (~600k)
[due to sheer number of avatar entries there may be more than one prize moved here from OCs]
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Honourable Mentions:
items worth 50k-300k; 5-10 entries
Random Prizes for Entering:
25g tip for every entry post ;D /lazy
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xlightwingx
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setting: real world
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Relationships: Hayden is friends with Jude who is friends (with benefits) with Dr. S.
Dr. S is sort of in love with Jude, and he suspects it, but he never reciprocates.
It’s a pity Jude and Hayden are both straight, but feel free to draw them AU lol
Alternate outfits for Hayden
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xlightwingx
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setting: High fantasy world, with elves, humans, and ‘celestials’.
brief description: Celestials and humans enslaved dark elves, forest elves live in hiding.
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Relationships: Lilia is basically Yin’s slave. But at some point they do end up
having an... intimate relationship. He treats her well, she is appreciative of that, but
despite mutual attraction neither is willing to really be in an emotional relationship.
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xlightwingx
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setting: Ancient China-esque with fantasy elements.
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Relationships: Armine loves Noah, Noah kind of grudgingly loves her back. It’s pretty cliché, IMO.
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xlightwingx
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setting: hell [ask if you need details. something like Dante's/biblical hell]
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Relationships: Lilith and Samael were together [not formally married but basically so],
until their child died. Lilith never really loved Samael, but he loved her; Lilith then fell in love
with Lucifer and became his wife/queen of the underworld. She became depressed and
reclusive after the birth of their only child, and Lilith and Lucifer grew distant.
[written entries not strongly encouraged for these OCs, for various reasons]
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xlightwingx
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I don’t care if you draw them cute or sexy or serious or make a comic.
As long as I can tell they’re my avatars, you’re good =)
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xlightwingx
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Well, I really don’t feel like putting up walls of text here.
So here's the folder with all the info for every character. enjoy!
Some basic guidelines:
1. I accept stories in both chinese and english C:
2. I have a short attention span: if you're injecting extra words just for length's sake, I will fall asleep.
3. I'm a bit of a grammar nazi, so use spell-check! Reading your piece out loud is even better =)
4. Entries should be between 200 and 5000 words. If you go over, it's no big deal, but that's a lot to write XD
5. Do not post your entire entry. Link to a file, PM me, or ask for my email please!
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xlightwingx
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current art entries can be found here [updated 9/05]
written entries recieved: equinox27, c00ki3, equinox27, Natalia Pessoa, ecopper12 [updated 8/24]
WIPs recieved: Jailin Veih arrow-desu neashnah Ichigo Moogle Doll Alien-Angel Aliice in Wonderland peri chance Bylamp Deegrading Disrupted Equilibrium SantouryouZoro PopPuffs
Entry Form:
[size=18][color=red]IM AN ENTRY![color][/size]
Name:
Link: (to the entry)
Media: (what you used to make art)
Notes: (if referred here by someone/category you're aiming for)
Name:
Link: (to the entry)
Media: (what you used to make art)
Notes: (if referred here by someone/category you're aiming for)
WIP Form:
[size=18][color=red]IM A WIP![color][/size]
Name:
Link: (to the image)
Name:
Link: (to the image)
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xlightwingx
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improve your chances of winning:
send me WIPs (but only if you want critique)
put effort in: quality > quantity.
read the descriptions. I mean, they are seriously short compared to your average OC description.
do not steal arts. I will hunt you down and beat you to death with a spork if you do ^_^
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inspirational songs: (links to youtube playlist, warning: not all songs are in english!)
[Hayden] [Jude]
[Lilia][Yin]
[Noah]
[Lilith][Lucifer]
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random suggestions:
Shirtless picture of guys. Really. just any of them shirtless. go for it <3
AU is also okay as long as you get permission first :3
Hayden, Jude & Dr. S suggestions:
One of them stories where it sounds ttly inappropriate but is actually ttly innocent xD
Jude chillin' with his pet snakes
Hayden & Dr. S being absolutely terrified of Jude's pet snakes
Jude playing the violin or the guitar; feel free to include fangirls.
Hayden (or a child version of Hayden) feeling/looking extremely lonely.
Lilia & Yin suggestions:
Lilia brushing Yin's hair (well his hair IS a lot longer than her's, lol)
Lilia seducing Yin (or vice versa? )
Yin carrying Lilia through the snow (Yin's cloak over Lilia)
Lilia having an argument with Yin, the latter of whom remains calm
Armine & Noah suggestions:
Armine clinging to Noah who's exasperated or reluctantly smiling
Noah pampering Armine (doing her hair, putting jewellery on her, feeding her, etc.)
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xlightwingx
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links in
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links out (200x40 preferred, but not required)
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xlightwingx
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Referral Prizes: I will give 10k for every person you refer who enters. (and say you referred them...)
person with most referrals gets a random sketch from me at the end =)
Jaillin (referred Moogle Doll)
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