February/March Theme!

[HitokiriChibi]

Thas right, it’s middle of February and as such I don’t want to wait until March to make the first contest so you’ll have extra long to complete this theme!

This theme will be Zelda based because, horror of horrors, this is a Zelda site!

Mission of the month – Contentment

Rules –
1) It must focus on at least one person from the Zelda franchise. It can be from Link himself to the cat with a fish fetish in Twilight Princess. Yes, they must be looking content or the art should make someone look at it going 'aww they look happy and content with their life'

2) I want original art, none of that copying someone else's stuff! Art consists of drawings created by the participant. They can be traditional pencil drawings to digital ones. If you want to go further and do sculptures or photography you have to have proof it was your work and it relates to the theme.

3) I can't think of anything else.. I reserve this rule.

Have at it people!

Submissions will go into the Submissions thread which will come up in about a weeks time.
Any questions regarding this theme can be asked here - I'll do my best to answer if there are any ^_^

[sugarpoultry]

OK, so contentment: peace, tranquility, happiness, joy, etc.?

[Blue]

I'm confused. So, the overall theme is Zelda - but the 'mission' is contentment? As in, the artwork must be of a character from Zelda, looking content?

[bitterlime]

So the deadline is basicly the last day of the current month? Well exept this time...

[Samus Aran]

Couldn't we have the submit thread up sooner ;P I'm almost finished my drawing *giggles*
BTW bitterlime. I adore that sprite of Samus in your signature. It is gorgeous.

[bitterlime]

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

Couldn't we have the submit thread up sooner ;P I'm almost finished my drawing *giggles*
BTW bitterlime. I adore that sprite of Samus in your signature. It is gorgeous.

Isn't the sweetest sprite ever? (well it depicts samus it has to be awesome)
Sadly it is not mine, it's from Abyss Wolf on deviantart, he made sprites for all the characters in brawl and they are all very good.
I'm not that much of a pixel artist, sometimes I try to make sprites but I'm never satisfied with them.:/

Oh and to make this less offtopic, who will decied who "wins" (I know it's just for fun) will there be like votes or is there some sort of jury?

[HitokiriChibi]

OK, so contentment: peace, tranquility, happiness, joy, etc.?

Yups, that's pretty much it ^_^

I'm confused. So, the overall theme is Zelda - but the 'mission' is contentment? As in, the artwork must be of a character from Zelda, looking content?

Yush, correct again ^_^

So the deadline is basicly the last day of the current month? Well exept this time...

Yup, you have until the end of March to submit a finished piece ^_^

Couldn't we have the submit thread up sooner ;P I'm almost finished my drawing *giggles*
BTW bitterlime. I adore that sprite of Samus in your signature. It is gorgeous.

Tis up and waiting for you =P

Isn't the sweetest sprite ever? (well it depicts samus it has to be awesome)
Sadly it is not mine, it's from Abyss Wolf on deviantart, he made sprites for all the characters in brawl and they are all very good.
I'm not that much of a pixel artist, sometimes I try to make sprites but I'm never satisfied with them.:/

Oh and to make this less offtopic, who will decied who "wins" (I know it's just for fun) will there be like votes or is there some sort of jury?

Well. To quote my self from the monthly contest thread:

Art will be graded out of 10 on the following:
Composition – how you’ve set the scene out, if all the elements work well together and the whole image is balanced and not too cluttered or simple.
Interpretation – how creative you were with the theme, whether you included little bits and pieces that would really represent the theme.
Relevance – how much the image is related to the theme and whether or not it portrays the theme well, would someone looking at it know what it was about?
Voter’s Opinion – the personal opinion of the Voter’s of the image as a whole.

If I decide to make voting open to the public - I will enforce that you detail exactly WHY you gave so and so points. No randomly saying "Hey, thas awesome, you r0xorz! + 8". I want you to support a valid reason for your scoring. If I'm not happy with it I'll let you know to give you a chance to change it, otherwise I won't count it.

[Blue]

One more question. Can the submission be a short series of scenes (like, a comic or manga format)?

[HitokiriChibi]

To put everyone on even footing I'd rather it was just a single scene. Having things like comics gives you an advantage since you can draw out a story as opposed to a single drawing that tries to capture everything.

So for now, no comics. Perhaps as I get more comfortable to hosting these contests I'll allow them in but not at the moment ^_^; I'm sorry.

[Samus Aran]

Is it just me or does Peefy's entry just FREAKIN RAWKS xD
I'm going to print it off and put it on my fridge! :D

[sugarpoultry]

So, I pmed my piece in, is that it? Do I just wait till voting is up?

[HitokiriChibi]

Yeah, I posted your submission into the thread for you. Now we all sit back and wait til the end of March to close it and start the voting which will be one week.

I've decided I'll let it be open to the public this time and see how it goes.

While we all wait, anyone got any ideas on what the next theme should be? Remember it doesn't have to be Zelda related and can be as simple as an emotion or even a scene from a story or poem you wish to see portrayed.

[sugarpoultry]

Jealousy? Would that be an interesting one or what!

[Blue]

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

Is it just me or does Peefy's entry just FREAKIN RAWKS xD
I'm going to print it off and put it on my fridge! :D

XD
It's awesome, yeah. I love all the entries so far.

Hopefully I can finally get around to drawing something today, I'm so looking forward to picking up a pencil again.

Originally Posted by HitokiriChibi

While we all wait, anyone got any ideas on what the next theme should be? Remember it doesn't have to be Zelda related and can be as simple as an emotion or even a scene from a story or poem you wish to see portrayed.

Hmm! Sadness, desperation, hostility, evilness, madness, etc. Something opposite of 'contentment'.

[Hikaru Ryuu]

I wonder how I may join in the drawings competition.... also, say I compete in this competition... how do I get the drawings on this site... yes I have a digital camera.

[HitokiriChibi]

Just submit your work into the Submissions thread ^_^ No need to sign up or anything.

To upload drawings get an account in something like Photobucket and upload your image into it. Once it's uploaded, copy the link provided and just paste it in the submissions thread =3

[Peefy]

Why aren't people contributing?

[sugarpoultry]

I know, it makes me sad people don't have enough time to do this stuff.

[HitokiriChibi]

And I even gave them two months instead of the normal one month XD

Was the first theme too hard? Or perhaps I should just host these contests every other month?

[sugarpoultry]

I just think people forget or are lazy. Every other month will be worse I think, they'd forget even more.

[HitokiriChibi]

Lolz, righto then XD

Oh and everyone remember - the voting will be open to the public ^^

[bitterlime]

^ By public do you mean that everyone who stumbles into the voting thread will be able to vote?

Well probably have so few submissions that you can even mak a poll for it