★ A Midnite Star Art Contest III ~OVER

I would be a...

Dream Weaver	34.1%	[ 70 ]
Bad Dream Weaver	6.8%	[ 14 ]
Nitemare Creator	17.6%	[ 36 ]
The one dreaming...	41.5%	[ 85 ]
Total Votes:			[ 205 ]

[StarMasayume]

★Welcome to the THIRD Midnite and Star art contest! The first two turned out to be a wonderful experience and success and I hope that this one will be even better. Each contest I try to up the prize amount, and now have a pool of 5 million+ gold to work with. I love contests since I hate telling another artist what to do. I rather you feel inspired and free to work with your own perspective of the characters. Between the themes, personalities, or various settings of the characters, the possibilities are endless. In the end, I hope you find them as enjoyable to draw as I do!



... D E T A I L S ...
First Deadline: Tuesday, July 1st (pre-contest)

Mini-contest will be judged with all entries thus far.
Entries that win are eligible to win again at the end of the contest.

Final Deadline: Sunday Midnight, October 11th

Prizes: 5 million

... N A V I G A T I O N ...

2: Rules & News

3: Prizes

4: Story

5: Character info for Star

6: Character info for Midnite

7: What to draw

8: Reference Gallery

9: Entries

10: Links

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Rules & Guidelines

★You may submit as many entries as you wish
★Each entry can only win one prize
★Artwork MUST be your own and done for the characters Midnite and Star
★Artwork MUST be new and done for this contest
★Collaborations are allowed
★Previous artwork may not be entered unless done as gift art
★Please post entries here! If I seem to have missed it, please post it again.
★PM me only if you absolutely must
★Have any questions? Ask! ^_^



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W I N N E R S


★ Judging will be done by Midnite and myself
Prizes MAY be rearranged or added depending on entries.
Star says read note below...



1st Place Prize 1,000k
C e r u l e a n for a gorgeous Midnite Star piece. Awesome talent with
traditional medium, good eye for details and ornamentation, great theme and composition. This
is our winner!
2nd Place Prize 800k
OOS was a tough contest for first prize! Great digital piece for Midnite and
Star. Character design looks perfects and the outfits are something we would really wear. I love
how they're on the clouds and incorporates the dream weaving theme.
3rd Place Prize 500k
Soot Gremlin for a really unique and stylish interpretation of the
characters! I loved the sketch and was so happy to see it colored.


CATEGORIES

Best Star: Yukino-Asahina 300k
Nice painting and a really sweet portrayal of Star <3

Best Chibi: Voodoo Cat Doll 300k
Sweet dreams? Well at least for Star.
Extremely adorable chibis + cute outfits.

Best Friendship: Fuji_Fox 200k
Midnite and I are such close friends and I think this one shows it best!

Best Character Portrayal: EmpressZ 200k
Midnite made this her desktop XD Very true portrayal of our characters...

Best Traditional: C e r u l e a n 200k
Amazing pencil detail o.O I want to see a Midnite version now...

Best Digital: Deegrading 200k
Like the bench theme and great talent for digitial coloring.

Best Realism: Ms Ally 200k
Pretty stylish modern take. Love the skull detail on Midnite's zipper.

Best Modern: Lurania 200k
We look like rock stars in a manga! ^^

Midnite's Pick: zephyryuki 100k
Just because.. you know, we both really liked it...
made us feel like we were in a shoujo story. ^_^

Best Musical Theme: michelechan 100k
*cough* Aside from Midnite's pet peeve over how to hold a violin, this
was such a beautiful pen piece. I love how both the characters look
and the use of the violin and clarinet.

Best Sketch: EmpressZ 2- Best sketch 100k
I always took a liking to this sketch (or inked version as well)
Look like we're on a journey in a fantasy story..

Best Midnite Chibi: Poet of Broken Hearts 50k
Very cool outfit design.

Best Pixel Art: Fuji Fox Midnite 50k
Awe she's so cute *pokes Midnite-chibi*

Most Random-Funny: Ryoka-sama 50k
Based off of real life XD


MINI-CONTEST WINNERS
(judged by submissions before July 4th)
The following winners are still eligible to win at contest end

1. Yukino-Asahina Enchanted Book
2. Deegrading Winter Rose
3. Voodoo Cat Doll Fausto's Bottle

Some thoughts...

These entries were very hard to judge, there were so many good ones and I loved seeing what everyone came up with. I wish I could give every one of you a prize to thank you for your efforts and I hope that no matter what you still had fun participating in this contest!

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★ the story... (novel project by Midnite)


In the Dream Realm exist the Dream Weavers, working under the Sandman, a gentle, boy-like entity. Bad Dream Weavers Co-exist with the Good Dream Weavers, a needed balance though the two kinds often clash. Even Bad Dream Weavers, however, fear the Nitemare Creators. Midnite is a Bad Dream Weaver, but rumored to be descended from a royal line of Nitemare Creators. Even her colleagues stay clear of her due to this connection. Midnite doesn't seem to mind. She takes pleasure in twisting dreams to something more... unpleasant. While she is not altogether cruel, she has no qualms in inflicting pain... and often enjoying it. She is disgusted by Star, a golden pixie-like Dream Weaver who's all sunshine and innocence, the type to frolic from dream to dream, weaving visions of gardens or mermaids. Midnite may find herself in her own Nitemare when a mission requires them to join together.

Both embark on their dangerous journey through the Dream Realms. Midnite's cold shoulder to Star slowly fades as the girl proves herself to be more than sugary fluff with a genuine ability to love and determination to protect those she considers friends. As star is targeted by the Nitemare Creators, Midnite starts feeling strangely protective. Star is the first to see underneath Midnite's cold exterior and an unlikely friendship forms; they become the perfect compliments to each other. After all, how can there be darkness without light or light without shadows?

More than fiction...

Midnite and Star are more than just characters in a story. I originally designed them as a type of mascot when Midnite (my best friend) and I started an anime club for our local area. Midnite was inspired to start a story for them while I continued doing artwork for them. They are really exaggerations based off of us and we have taken them up as a type of aliases. Because of this, not only can Midnite and Star be strictly fantasy characters, but can be in modern or anime-related settings as well.

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Star




Birthday: Jan.30
Eyes: Violet
Symbol: Golden star
Occupation: Dream Weaver
Known Power: Healing.golden light
Favorite Color: Purple or Pink
Favorite Styles: Fruits/Sweet-Loli/Girly
Likes: Cute, cuddly, or pretty things.
Dislikes: Bugs. Cruelty.
Bad Habit: Puppy Eyes / Laziness
Plays: Piano and Clarinet

Personality:
Sweet, gentle, bubbly, often seems younger than she is. Loves cute and cuddly things. Has a
personality that draws people to her. She is not above using puppy eyes to get what she
wants--especially from Midnite. Fairly simple minded, when she gets an idea in her mind,
she'll stick to it. Very devoted to friends. Can be mischievousness on occasion.

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Midnite




Birthday: Jan.31
Eyes: Silver
Forehead Symbol: Black or silver crescent
Occupation: Bad Dream Weaver
Known Power: Lightning.electricity
Favorite Color: Black
Favorite Styles: Punk/Gothic-Loli/Tomboy
Likes: Blades, Blood, and scaring people
DislikesHates: pink. people that annoy her.
Pet Peeve: Her name being misspelled
Bad Habit: Losing her train of thought
Plays: Piano and Violin

Personality:
Usually looks cool and aloof or angsty. Gets excited by blades, blood, and scaring people...
Star is her conscious or the "little angel on her shoulder". Midnite has softened since meeting
Star but attempts to hide it. Often looses her train of thought. Don't piss her off, but if you do,
hide behind Star.

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What to Draw



I'm giving you creative lisence based on the information given. I'd prefer art to include BOTH Midnite and Star, but they're still very welcome individually as well (if you want to do separate but complimenting pictures for Star and Midnite, I'll consider it as a set). Feel free to give them a demon/angel wing such as I did or other such attributes to fit the theme. If you look through the gallery you'll see that I've encouraged people to be creative with their dress. Draw them chibi, draw them in fantasy, draw them modern. Draw them as battle-worm Dream Weavers; Draw them as lazy punk teens. Whatever you're inspired to do. If you have an idea and are not sure whether it would fit them--just ask. ^_^

Note that this is for FRIENDSHIP, not relationship (though that's a whole joke in itself since we're so close and Midnite is amused if people think that... I just shake my head and sigh. What can you do with a best friend like her? Who knows.. maybe someone would do an art on that.)

Some ideas if you're really stuck or need to pique an idea: Gothic lolita. Crossover w/ anime or movies. Incorporate opposites in unique ways. Setting in the Dream Realm (Dream Headquarters is on an island, ships take them to different dream dimensions). Adventuring through a dream realm. In modern/fashionable clothes that suit them. Star weaving good and pure dreams that can take you to a wonderful place outside of reality. Midnite weaving bad dreams that border on the nitemarish. Browsing through current art might also spark an idea--be creative! And draw them as you would like to draw them.

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Just to know, this was a revived artwork I did of the very first sketch I did of Midnite and Star when I was 16. You could say if they have an "official" character outfit, it would be this. Feel free to use the outfit design, base off of it, or come up with something totally different.


OMG Plushies! Must show off my Midnite Star plushies made by the talented Ichigo!

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... D E T A I L S ...
Deadline: To Be Announced

Prizes: 1 million

... N A V I G A T I O N ...

2: Rules & News

3: Prizes

4: Story

5: Character info for Star

6: Character info for Midnite

7: What to draw

8: Reference Gallery

9: Entries

10: Links


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