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Hey there, everyone! I'm sort of recycling this thread into an art-contest only thread (before it was primarily for my sash quest). Since school and work caused me to be away from Gaia for a few months, the price of an Angelic Sash has nearly doubled, and I'm still no where near the price it was before I left. So yeah... I suppose I'm admitting defeat as far as the sash goes, but I'm still going after something that inflation won't affect: an art contest.

Note: If you were brought here by the "Art for Donators!" statement in the title, scroll down to the Commissions section of my third post. If you're a bumper and you're here for art, scroll down to the fifth post for more info. heart

Table o' Contents
- Post 1: Updates
- Post 2: What I'm Questing For
- Post 2: Progress
- Post 2: Offer
- Post 3: Approach
- Post 4: Donations
- Post 5: Bumping Contest
- Post 6: Links

Thank you very much for coming! 3nodding

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UPDATES

4/25/05 - Revamped the thread to take out all references to the sash I was questing for before, and made it directed more towards the art contest I want to hold. Woo.

1/18/05 - Okay, a few things have happened. whee First, I've opened a new minishop selling souls in bottles. Muahaha. I've also won 10k and a May letter from Cimeara's art contest. My gold funds are a bit low right now because I've decided to invest in two June 2004 letters (I figure it's the most popular 2004 letter besides the January one) and let inflation help me out a little bit instead of being a total hindrance. I'm down 60k right now, but their prices will definitely go up, so it's all good.

1/12/05/ - I got the results back from Raesha's contest, and I won another 50k! whee If I could only make money this fast regularly, I'd have the sash in no time. Lang also won my art auction with a HB of 60k, so as soon as I finish the pictures for that, I'll have that gold for my quest too.

1/11/05 - My two entries in Mizukori's won me a total of 54400g and a sealed letter, so my funds have definitely jumped up a bit. 3nodding

1/7/05 - I want fish hats. So I've added a section about them. xd

1/5/05 - I've finished my entry for Raesha's art contest, so hopefully I'll get some revenue off of that once she's done judging the contest. 3nodding My art auction is still going on, so hop over there and give it a bump!

1/1/05 - I have made a completely random decision to hold an art auction. Please bop on over there and check it out! 3nodding

12/31/04 - Happy New Year! I've sold the two trunks that were donated to this thread for 1400g each and the hand wraps for 750g. No sense in having random items that are easily sold in my offer. whee I've also linked my current art contest entries in the Progress section so you guys have further proof that I'm not just sitting around on my butt begging for gold.

12/23/04 - Received some extremely generous donations from Jazzfox and Sir Langely. heart I've also added an offer section, in case anyone is crazy enough to sell me a sash for 85% off. xd

12/22/04 - First update. 3nodding Due to some freakish luck with pink links/blue boxes and some donations from some very lovely people, I'm up to 57k! (There are Bouncy Antennae in my vend if anyone wants to buy them for 4k.) Also, I've uploaded a sketch of my ugly mug under the Bupming Contest section, since I did get the first post of page 10. Maybe it'll encourage you guys to bump more often if you're punished with a picture of me every ten pages when you don't bump. xp
WHAT I'M QUESTING FOR...

Art Contest - I absolutely love art from other people, but often I don't have enough gold to commission everyone that I want to. From the first time I visited the Art Contest forum, I imagined having one of my own - a huge contest with over one million gold in prizes, so much that nearly everyone won something from the contest while I finally got my happy little pile of art to drool at. sweatdrop Well, I've been saving up letters for this thing since June 2004 (I have at least three letters from every month since then), but I'm still extremely lacking in pure gold for the contest. My target amount is steadily growing as I get loftier and loftier ideas... sweatdrop But I think I've finally settled on a total of 2.910 million gold. If you'd like to donate towards the contest but are a little unsure of how the heck I'm going to divide all that gold up, PM me and I'll be happy to show you the breakdown of the prizes. (Yes, I've already got a full art contest thread written up in notepad for when I get enough money for the contest. sweatdrop )

Fish Hats (mini-quest) - Okay, I thought I was going to be happy with all the items I had after I got my art contest, but NO. D: Gaia had to come out with those beautifully tacky fish hats, so now I'm after those. I'm not even going to try for the rare fish helmets, but I would like the regular hats from each lake, which is 18 hats total.

PROGRESS

Art Contest
Pure Gold: 170k out of approx. 3,000k - 5.7%
Letters/Items: 606,650 gold at Mid-GEN as of 4/25/05.
- Letters are sort of auxillary prizes, and I'll be donating every month until I reach my pure gold goal. I don't really have a set goal for the value of my letters. o_O

Oh yeah - all of this stuff is kept on one of my mules, so I doubt you'd find much worthwhile if ended up hacking this account. D:


Fish Hats: 4/18 hats. I currently fish in Bassken Lake, so I'll be lacking in fish from the other lakes the most. Because I can't handle Gambino or Durem... >>;

Orange Guppy Cap - Done. 3nodding
Yellow Guppy Cap - Done. 3nodding
Green Bass Helm - Done. Thanks, Laitue! heart
Brown Bass Helm - Done. Thanks for the final few fish, Mikikochan! heart
Blue Striper Helmet - 11/100 fish.
Grey Striper Helmet - 17/100 fish.

Blue Seedkin Cap - Done. Thanks, Lang! heart
Green Seedkin Cap - 44/100 fish.
Warm Rainbow Helm - 4/100 fish.
Cool Rainbow Helm - 5/100 fish.
Icy Tuna Helmet - 0/100 fish.
Spicy Tuna Helmet - 0/100 fish.

White Pebbo Cap - 21/100 fish.
Brown Pebbo Cap - Done. Thanks, Ryuuhou! heart
Bluestone Helm - 0/100 fish.
Black Rocque Helm - 0/100 fish.
Sand Boldur Helmet - 0/100 fish.
Stone Boldur Helmet - 0/100 fish.
APPROACH

Well, since I want such a humongous amount of gold in a short period of time, it sort of follows that I need some pretty darn productive ways of getting it. whee This section is also here to prove to potential donators that I'm not just sitting around and crying for gold. sweatdrop

Art Auctions
My alternate approach is to hold art auctions - my first one, centered around chibi art, went pretty well and brought in 35k. 3nodding I have ideas for future art auctions as well, including evil-themed art (perfect for the people who have demonic characters whee ), and even offering to draw a short manga (around 5-10 pages). I'll post links to any future auctions I have here. 3nodding My next art auction will be centered around graphite drawings.

Art Contests
This used to be my main approach, specifically entering contests that offer large amounts of gold for single prizes. It's sort of gone by the wayside as school has picked up, since dealing with deadlines and multiple drawings is rather stressful. Here's a list of current art contests I'm entering or plan to enter:
- None at the moment.

Commissions
Yet another method is to do regular commissions, but I really prefer art contests and auctions, despite the fact that I recieve guaranteed gold from commissions and the others are sort of a gamble. However, if you have a sudden, all-consuming need for my art, but you're not running an art contest and I'm not having an auction, I'll draw you a picture... for a price. whee People who make especially generous donations to my quest (i.e. 50k or above) will automatically recieve some gift art from me. 3nodding (Examples here)
DONATIONS

133T - Hand wraps. First donator! heart
Chibi Koji - 100 gold whee heart
Shiro Harukaze - 500 gold domokun heart
ninjaette - 50 gold 3nodding
Jazzfox - 10,000 gold eek heart crying
Sir Langley - 42,500 gold and a trunk crying heart heart ~~~
Hero Menel - 1000 gold and his sexy presence in my thread. xd
Dio Elaclarie - 100 gold 3nodding

AWESOME PEOPLE

People who may not have donated, but are still so awesome they deserve some recognition. 3nodding

Ryuuhou Harukaze the Fantabulous Bumper
Shiro Harukaze, the Right Alignment Nazi xd
Sir Langley, the new owner of my soul domokun
BUMPING CONTEST

This was a nice thing to do with my last auction, so I've decided to bring it back for my quest thread as well. 3nodding The first poster on each page that's a multiple of ten (10, 20, 30, etc...) will receive a free sketch of their avatar from me! This will go on until I finish my quest. whee This is probably my favorite part of making really long threads, because it's a nice way to thank my bumpers/donators and it's just fun in general.

Page 10 - Me. ._.; - Oh noez a self portrait!
"I will keep staring at you with distaste until you donate!" domokun

Page 20 - Teh Langz0rz! - She really does own my soul. crying
"Another one for my collection..."

Page 30 - Laitue - Attack of the bunnies!
A bad joke involving lettuce. sweatdrop

Page 40 - Hero Menel - Sitting on a rock
Staring, staring... o_o

Page 50 and 60 - Laitue and Hero Menel - Hero's Hoochies!
The unbeatable crime-fighting team! xd

Page 70 - Sir Langley - Lang likes gardening.
Lang does not like bunnies.

Page 80 - Shiro Harukaze - Don Groupie!
Bow down to the domoness. domokun

Page 90 - Soulfire3490

Page 100 - Neo Seeker

Random Because-I-Feel-Like-It Art - Nyo-Nyo-chan!
Congrats on the DJ's! :3

Page 110 - Deuxia Devonair
Working on it!

Page 120 - Ryuuhou Harukaze
ninja You see nothing!

Page 130 - rpgfreak_85
LINKS

Want to link to me? Place this code in your thread/sig/whatever and I'll love you forever. I'll do the same for you as well. 3nodding

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<center>I wish you a ton of luck with your quests!! I hope that you reach your goal, without it taking forever.
And you should do commissions, because I know I'd commission one! Just set down a price, slap a waiting list up, and voila! It wont take too much of your time, and you get a fair bit of gold!
But I can understand why you wouldn't want to.
So, good luck!!
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Good Luck on your quest! whee
Bump whee whee

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I would like to accompany you in your quest for the sash. I hope you don't mind me bumping frequently sweatdrop
hydro~no~da - Thanks for the advice. I used to run an art shop, but that got way too hectic, and that's why I'm reluctant to have an official art shop right now. sweatdrop

Mimuri - Thanks! heart

Ryuuhou - Of course I don't mind you bumping! *glomp* whee heart

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