[ Poll ] Expensive Smile - OVER: Thanks everyone! <3

OMG....

...it's Trish!!!		16.3%	[ 91 ]
...it's Jade!!!		18.1%	[ 101 ]
...it's Mike!!!		4.5%	[ 25 ]
...it's Lulu!!!		14.8%	[ 83 ]
...it's Lene!!!		2.7%	[ 15 ]
...it's gold for voting!!!		43.6%	[ 244 ]

Total Votes: 559

[Jade Fallaway]

Award Ceremony starts here


Hello!

My name is Lancha and I will be your host for this contest.
Please enjoy your time here. ♥

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OVER!
I accept no more entries! heart

Thank you everyone for participating! ;o;


Also~ I feel that some people have earned themselves a freebie headshot heart
I am not sure when I get around to drawing those... but you get it! Send "Lancha"-Ava the PM with your request!

-Angel Kimmi
-Dreamer Zephan
-Kajo
-Siezelle
-Berath
-Mystaira

Thank you all for your support! you have been here with me regularly and it was fun chatting with you!
Thank you! heart


2009/01/02

I got WiPs from:

Ichasemonks,
Arashifeng,
Gothic-Anomie,
Tatiiii,
Berath,
[Incarnadine.Romance],
Siezelle,
Scriae,
pocky_kitty354,
nniethm,
xx___Tickle me IMO,
Invisible Sushi,
Mystaira,
Socklate,
mayamei,
Angel Kimmi
...

All of you have time till GMT-12 24:00hrs of January 10th to PM your entry
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if I forgot about your WiP then.. then... tell me D: I am sure I'll remember then XD''

2008/12/16
I decided that January 3rd would be WiP-Deadline :'D
The works in progress you just post here into the thread biggrin
Afterwards you have one more week to finish xD

2008/11/22
I extend the contest for a month! And as I read from the reaction of the people in the thread this extension is also not... hated? XD'
So the final end date is January 3rd of 2009.
Please keep in mind that I will not judge categories that have less than 10 entries. And also if there is no entry that has a certain amount of.... quality. (if all ten entries are rough sketches then... well. depends on the sketch there, too, but I think you get what I mean?)
I might also judge categories that have just one entry but that is simply AMAZING. XD'''
so even if you enter in a category with only like 2 entries till now... chance you are winning is high, if you put your heart into the picture biggrin

Love,
Lancha

This is a contest for you guys to draw the Original Characters from my webcomic
Expensive Smile. Or to write a fiction about them~ ♥

If you want to read it, you can google it. I cannot link for the mentioned reasons. Just type
Expensive Smile + Lancha + smackjeeves

WARNING: This is Boys Love... so about gay guys.
Also: slightly mature content.
Do not search for it if you are not over 15 or feel like you can handle it.
You also get all the information needed in this thread.

The story

Trish is your average highschool boy. Just a bit more beautiful, rich, intelligent and of course he has a good personality. At least he describes himself like that.
To raise funds he started working as the female model "Linn" and got famous for his beautiful Smile.
He got recruited by his Manager Anderson.
In his modeling job he meets Jade, who is the most famous male model there is at the moment, Jade seems to know something regarding his secret and likes to tease Trish about it.

Trish's best friend is Lucien. Lucient does not know about Trish's part time job and is head over heels for "Linn"

Another important source can be this interview with my own characters:
OC-Meme

For any questions just ask heart I will be delighted to answer!

I hope we can all have a fun time here. Since that is the main reason I am doing this contest.
(Apart from being curious how my characters look in different styles ;o; )


Start: June 27th, 2008
End: December 3rd, 2008 (my birthday ♥ ) January 3rd, 2009
Running Time: 5 Months 6 days.

Judging: Lancha

[Jade Fallaway]

Please keep to these.

-Gaia ToS & Guidelines.
(obviously. Everyone has agreed upon these when joining)
-Do NOT complain to me about my characters, their story or their preferences.
Be tolerant about it or keep quiet.
-Do not PM me about my art or that you want to bribe me or.... RL commission.
I have threads for that kind of stuff.
-Do not send me stolen art. Trust me. In contests like this people will notice. (I saw that happening before) It is sad and poor taste.
-bumping is nice. But talking is better ♥



Stuff you might want to know.

-Entries will be sent to Jade Fallaway.... So this avatar here :'D
-You can send in as many entries as you want ♥ And each of it will be entering.
-collaborations are allowed ♥
-If for one category there are too little entries and I feel like none of the entries is worth winning. (like when it is only rough sketches... or something like that) then I will have to say sorry. No judging for the category. I mean... we are talking bout around 500-2000k right?
-I will be the only judge. BUT if I have trouble deciding I am gonna get some friends that didn't participate to help me judging.

When sending entries, please post as following:

Gaia Nickname: Your nickname of course.
Entry-link: Complete URL. I do not look at entries linked with tiny-url.
DA-Link: Do you have it uploaded on DeviantArt? |D
Artist's name: What are you refered as, when drawing? (in my case both is Lancha...)
Tools of Trade: What did you use to draw the image.
Thoughts and comments: Tell me what you were thinking when drawing XD

[b]Gaia Nickname:[/b]
[b]Entry-link:[/b]
[b]DA-Link:[/b]
[b]Artist's name:[/b]
[b]Tools of Trade:[/b]
[b]Thoughts and comments:[/b]

-I decide the categories in the end heart

Send the entry to Jade!

[Jade Fallaway]

Important Information for drawing the single character is summarized at the beginning. For deeper understanding only, you need to read the other stuff.


Name: Trish Leaves alias "Linn"

Age: 18

Height: 159cm

He is: The main character. He works part time as the female model »Linn«.

Personality: He is, even though his appeareance is like that, strong willed. He is gentle, but denying this side of his and when gentleness is not needed he likes to live up to his own needs (some call him egoistic). He does not really care about other people, apart from the ones really close to him. He can be very sweet to those. As Linn (female model) he puts up a sweet and gentle facade. Trish is NOT innocent and knows very well how to play with other's emotions. And he enjoys... mature stuff, too.

Hobbies: counting money, fooling around with friends

Hair: black

Eyes: green

Likes to dress: wide clothes and bright colours which are not too flashy. As the female Model Linn: Flashy, cute and sportive clothes. He has a "fresh" image.


Biography:
Trish's Parents
Trish was born into a rich family. Both his parents are working hard for their career (his mom as a CEO of a Mobile funk company and his dad as the CEO of an IT-Company) and left Trish alone quite often when he was small and now nearly never visit him. (Maybe once every six months).
With the age of 12 the incredible potential that Trish had at school began to surface and he got offers from better schools, but he didn't bother telling his parents since he already felt left alone and abandoned by them. For him at that time it was obvious that they should notice on their own and he was hoping they would.
Now Trish is working as a model to gain funds so that he, entering the world of his parents (economy) can overthrow them.
Relationship with Lucien:
With 15 years Trish got to meet Lucien, who, in contrary to Trish, was feeling opressed from his parents care and education. Back then Lucien still had blond hair and didn't wear his contacts.
They met at night near a combini where Trish was getting harassed for his female look and Lucien came to his help. (In the end they both got beat up and had to stay for two days together in the hospital)
It was then that they noticed that they go to the same school. (Both don't really care about their surroundings) and also that they share the same taste in music, girls...
Relationship with Mike:
When Trish just turned 18 Manager Anderson decided to recruit Trish as the female model "Linn", because Trish has just the "fresh" image they needed for a campaign.
From then on Mike supported Trish from behind (always angry) and Trish built up a trust to the older man that one could call him a friend.
Noone else knows this much about Trish's ambitions and secrets. So Trish often complains to Mike about his life.
Relationship with Jade:
To Trish's dislike he has to costarr often with the male Model Jade. Jade doesn't seem to be too displeased and after Jade discovered that Trish is male while kissing for a PV, Jade (who is gay) forces Trish to go out with him every now and then... if not he would tell the public Trish's secret.
Trish is often teased by Jade and somehow.... even though he normally knows how to answer well, he gets flustered, nervious and begins to stutter while answering...
*from now on spoiler in white, don't read if you don't want to be spoiled, but it might be nice to know for couple pictures*
But soon Trish notices that behind Jade's teasing surface there is a gentle person and slowly begins to enjoy the caresses of the older guy more openly. Of course he had noticed before that Jade's kisses are sweet and gentle, but he never imagined that he himself would someday take the initiative... ♥
Relationship with Marlene:
Trish recruited Marlene for taking care of his fonts while he is busy. Their relationship is solely business but will become important later in the story.
Trish as Linn:
Linn is Trish's artist's name as a female model. Linn got famous for her beautiful and open smile and now counts to one of the top.
His breasts are added by a very well made make up.. (let's not think about logics, please, like where his adam's apple went and such. Trish just has none XD)
As Linn you can give Trish any haircolor fitting the image you want. But NOT black.
Linn has a cute and sporty image.

References by me:
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References by others: (artist's name is in filename)
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[Jade Fallaway]

Important Information for drawing the single character is summarized at the beginning. For deeper understanding only, you need to read the other stuff.


Name: Jade Fallaway

Age: 19

Height: 180cm

He is: To become Trish's boyfriend. He works as a male top model and is at his peak of popularity. Apart from modeling he is also acting.

Personality: Jade's smile is ALWAYS genuine. He is (apart from when teasing Trish) really, really gentle at heart. He is convinced that when he is giving out warmth that this warmth will come back to him one day. He cares a lot about everyone (good big brother).

Hobbies: Playing Guitar (allthough he is not good XD), cooking

Hair: red like wine

Eyes: dark blue

Likes to dress: Lots of accersoiry like rings, collars, etc., Model-like.....



Biography:
Jade's Family:
His family is huge. He has three younger sisters and a younger brother. With the birth of his youngest sister, his mother passed away.
Jade's dad is artist and mostly locked up in his room. Before becoming a model it was Jade that took care of his family. Now his oldest, younger sister is doing so.
Because of his popularity Jade had to move away, but still visits home quite often.
Relationship with Trish:
Even before the "kissing incident" where Jade officially got to know about the model "Linn's" gender, Jade knew about it. The day Trish got recruited Jade saw Trish being guided to the director's office by Manager Anderson.
After the kissing incident Jade took the opportunity and decided to force Trish into going out with him, since Trish, as a male, peeked up an interest in him.
Jade is gay and so has no problem in admitting his feelings.
*soft-spoiler warning: Now in white*
He thinks that Trish is adorable in a way. He likes the spoiled attitude and maybe that wakes up his brotherly feelings at first. But soon he notices that Trish is much deeper than thought and also has a very gentle, caring and soft side. It is then when he really wants to help Trish. The first time when Trish smiles at Jade truly, Jade falls truly deeply in love.
Relationship with Mike:
Maybe like the one you would have with your father-in-law.... There is nothing else.
Relationship with Lucien:
None yet. But they are friendly with each other.
Relationship with Marlene:
None. yet.


References by me:
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References by others: (Artist's name is in filename)
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[Jade Fallaway]

Important Information for drawing the single character is summarized at the beginning. For deeper understanding only, you need to read the other stuff.


Name: Mike Anderson

Age: 27 (he looks younger sweatdrop )

Height: 172cm

He is: Trish's manager and trusted by Trish a lot.

Personality: He is angry. Always angry. At a lot of things and if he isn't angry, he is thinking a lot. About this world, about the stuff in his life that went wrong. He is not a bad person. Just frustrated and left alone.

Hobbies: To be angry. Play bass guitar and photography.

Hair: blond

Eyes: Gold, yellow...

Likes to dress: In suits. every kind of suits XD he loves them heart (and I do, too), At home he wears sportive things. He always has his angry vein.... nearly always. when he is alone not.


Biography:
His Past: (contains spoiler, but since those wont appear in the main story of Expensive Smile, you don't have to worry)
With 15 years he took up playing the bass guitar and his talent developed quickly. With 18 he joined an indie band which soon had major success. He fell badly in love with the female singer Karen and with 20 they married. When he turned 22 their success quietly died down and Mike took up his studies in media economy. With 23 he saw his daughter Mona given birth to.
When he just became a manager with 26 and was about to start managing the solo career for his wife he got into an accident while driving his car. Both his wife and his daughter died. He did not have fault at the accident.
Since then he is thinking of the unfairness of life and has never really smiled.
(His wife Karen has dark brown, flowy hair and foxy, but gentle blue eyes. His daughter is blond and with gray eyes.)
His Present (relationship with Trish):
In his late 27th year he was supposed to find a new special kind of model for a promotion video. When he just gave up (screaming angry tirades at his manager) he found Trish... Or Trish found him ♥
At first he thought of Trish as an arrogant brat. But soon he notices the lonliness in Trish and strangely he now cares about this boy.
As a parent?
Relationship with Jade:
Formal. And he is not very fond of Jade who takes advantage of Trish's weakness.
Relationship with Lucien:
none.
Relationship with Marlene:
Every now and then when they are both visiting Trish at the same time, they have a nice chat. Which usually ends in a fight.




References by me:
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References by others: (artist's name is in the filename)
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[Jade Fallaway]

Important Information for drawing the single character is summarized at the beginning. For deeper understanding only, you need to read the other stuff.


Name: Lucien Gasquet

Age: 18

Height: 170cm

He is: Trish's best friend at school.

Personality: emo. XD'' He thinks that he is one of the most miserable persons of the world. Or better said: He thinks that the world is miserable itself. He is always finding stuff to think of negatively and hardly sees anything positive in his life. Only thing he is thankful for is to be friends with Trish.

Hobbies: Watching psycho thriller, listen to music, writing

Hair: Black with red fringes.

Eyes: blue... always wearing red contacts.

Likes to dress: Black it is all black and not too tight to the skin. Sometimes a bit of blood red or white, too.


Biography:
His family:
His father is a drunkard and jobless. His mother doesn't care anymore and is committing her whole self to relisigion hoping to find some light. His family is what you would describe "broken".
When he was small his mother was overprotective of him. Didn't want to let him play with "dirty" other children, forced him to wear what she thought was appropiate.
His dad gets aggressive quite often and since Lucien can fight back, the attacks are directed to his mom.
Relationship with Trish:
The day that Lucien met with Trish was the day he finally broke loose of his mom's chains and decided not to obey anymore.
Which in the end resulted into a hospital visit and a nervious break down of his mom.
He had wanted to save Trish from delinquints that teased the "small and fragile" guy as Lucien saw him. But he didn't really have any success.
In the hospital he and Trish became good friends and he finally found a person that seemed to be willing to listen to his problems.
Relationship to Linn:
He is badly in love with the female model and one of her fans. He admires her smile.
I could say more... but that spoiler would just be too huge. ^^;
Relationship to Jade:
Jade is damn lucky. He has a nice family that he can care about, success and money. Yes, Lucien envies Jade and admires him for his bright attitude.
But that is recently when they get to know each other X'D
Relationship to Mike:
none.
Relationship to Marlene:
Every now and then he sees her with Trish. He is thinking that Marlene is Trish's older girlfriend when it is convenient for everyone.


References by me:
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References by others: (artists's name is in the filename)
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[Jade Fallaway]

Important Information for drawing the single character is summarized at the beginning. For deeper understanding only, you need to read the other stuff.


Name: Marlene Bergenson. Short: Lene

Age: 23

Height: 1.69m

She is: Trish's partner in crime. They are working together.

Personality: Calm, always with a smoke. If she doesn't get to smoke she gets hot blooded, she is a complete nerd for economics and takes every possibillity she can to get experience. She has nearly no friends. She works for Trish.

Hobbies: Watching the share market, drawing

Hair: Violet

Eyes: Violet

Likes to dress: In leather, with clothes similar to school uniforms, sportive.



Biography:
Her present:
She is living away from her family so that she can study economics in the city in that the story is told. She is the best of her year and she is a hopeful for many companies.
Her relationship with Trish:
Trish got a hold of her so that she can manage his shares. Marlene isn't interested in the revenge plan of the youth but sees her chance to get big with this.
And in fact the two of them have reached quite a lot and can take part in important decisions.
Marlene is also amazed by Trish who seems to have natural understanding for nearly everything that he takes up. (but human relationships as she notices)
And Trish pays well. (even though she knows that he gains much more by this.)
Her relationship with Mike:
Every now and then Mike and she meet at Trish's flat. She likes him. He is smart and not too flashy about himself. But he doesn't notice. She is frustrated by the fact that he is closing himself of and putting a barrier around himself.
And since she gets frustrated (and is not allowed to smoke in Trish's flat) the two of them fight a lot.



References by me:
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[Jade Fallaway]

The Grand Prize: Overall the picture/fiction that moved me the most ♥

First Runner Up: Also a very good picture/fiction that really touched me.

Second Runner Up: Would be considered third place overall biggrin

Third Runner up: The picture/fiction I consider the fourth best. ♥

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Best of: Character

Trish: The picture that captures Trish the best.

Linn: The picture that captures Trish as Linn the best.

Jade: The picture that captures Jade the best.

Mike: The picture that captures Mike the best.

Lucien: The picture that captures Lulu the best.

Marlene: The picture that captures Lene the best.

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Best of: Theme

Group pictures: Three or more people.

Couple pictures: Two people. Can be romantic or platonic.

Fake Couple: Haha, since we all love pairings... Let your imagination run wild! ♥

Single: Best picture with just one person.

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Best of: Style

Traditional: Drawn mostly with traditional Media.

Digital: Drawn with Digital Media.

Chibi: The super deformed style. Make it cute. ♥

Fiction: I LOVE reading. And so I hope there will be some entries. You can make up couples if you want and the lenght of the fiction is not limited :'D Fictions can be in English, German or Spanish. ♥

Stickman: Let's run wiiild ♥ Draw stickman and be creative with it. This is if you want another chibi category... just not the same ♥ sample by saimai

Non defini: Be it cosplay (haha >.>; As if.), animation.... something not possible to categorize.







Something is wrong with the "Track prices" option of Tektek.org!
So... please have a look at the link I but behind the image!
The item's worth I put behind them was calculated on December 26th!


The Grand Prize:
Thank You Letter for June 2004 ~3Mil &
Steel-plated Ninja Band ~2Mil &
Thank You Letter for August 2004 ~2Mil. &

One couple artwork by me ♥ (as if that were so great >.>; I just feel like adding more to this XD''' )

First Runner Up:
Golden Laurels ~1,9Mil &
Thank You Letter for July 2004 ~1,9Mil

Second Runner Up:
Horns of the Demon ~2,2MIl &
300k Gold

Third Runner up:
Steel-plated Ninja Band ~2Mil &
300k Gold.

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Best of: Character

Best of Trish:
Staff of the Angels ~460k

Best of Linn:
500k

Best of Jade:
Demonic Pitchfork ~370k

Best of Mike:
Ancient Katana ~380k

Best of Lucien:
Emo Bag ~345k

Best of Marlene:
Thank You Letter for Sept 2004 ~250k

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Best of: Theme

Group pictures:
Kitsune Mask ~1,5Mil

Couple pictures:
Thank You Letter for Mar 2004 ~1,2Mil

Fake Couple:
Fuzzy Penguin Slippers ~1Mil

Single:
KiKi Kitty Plushie ~850k

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Best of: Style

Traditional:
Chyaku Norisu Scarf ~314k &
Dark Halo ~188k

Digital:
CoCo Kitty Plushie ~338k &
Dark Halo ~188k

Monotone: 300k

Chibi:
Dark Halo ~188k &
Lunar Cloak ~114k &
Solar Headdress ~80k

Fiction:
G Blade ~100k &
Solar Headdress ~80k&
Thank You Letter for Mar 2006 ~125k

Stickmen:
Chain Of Command ~40k

Non defini:
Thank You Letter For June 2007 ~99k &
Shadow Spirit ~80k



For each category there may be a runner up: Prizes will be gold or random Items.
At the moment in the storage: 1000k.

I will be giving out a total of around: 25,6Mil
(calculated on December 26nd 2008, including the possible Runner ups. )

[Jade Fallaway]

♦ I love athmospheric stuff. Sometimes pictures even without much of a background just give out a feeling. And I love those.

♦ Jade x Trish ♥

♦ I prefer Trish drawn as a male. ♥

♦ I am a helpless emotional person. So... if you can make me laugh, cry.... just feel: WHOAAA HOT!!! Then... then.. yes. That is something I love. ♥

♦ I love pictures with daily scenes. For example when Trish and Jade are out on a date... Lucien writing poetry or Mike playing his bass guitar.

♦ For fiction: I love word plays... and rich language. I love creative writing styles over all. You can write me fiction in German, English and Spanish. :'D

♦ I would love to see Jade posing as a model. Maybe together with Trish as "Linn"... haha

♦ I love all of my male characters equally X'D *hint*

♦ Colors I love: Earthy stuff, cold colors, warm colors. I love it when pictures have a "special" kind of lighting or when they follow a color theme.

♦ Accessoiries ;o; I LOVE them.. and I myself fail at inventing and drawing them X'D'
Belts, rings, collars... haha °____° Jade is made for them... so... *sighs* *would love to see*




♦ Shota. PLEASE, PLEASE do not draw Trish as if he were a ten year old boy. His face is that of a 16-18 year old FEMALE X'D His body is not as masculine as that from Jade... so obviously the size of them is quite different. But Trish is not looking like a little child.

♦ I have something against red meeting a pink like that of the heart

[Jade Fallaway]

The entries so far can be found here ♥

To keep count:

Total Number of entries: 88

In the following categories judged.

Trish: 33

Linn: 12

Jade: 30

Mike: 17

Lucien: 29

Marlene: 12

Group pictures: 13

Couple: 14

Fake Couple: 6

Single: 45

Traditional: 21

Digital: 51

Monotone: 7

Chibi: 16

Fiction: 9 entries.
28 - A bag of Ice by aShXgOxBoOm
34 - Slipping and Falling by Fuyu Mitsukai
40 - Polaroid Love by Angel Kimmi
41 - Secret Identity by Angel Kimmi
42 - Unexpected Attraction by Angel Kimmi
47 - Snapping Confession by Fuyu Mitsukai
62 - How to Win a Guy in 7 Steps by Verrex
72 - Dumb Promotion by Angel Kimmi
1 | 2 | 3 | 4
80 - A Few White Lies by Gothic-Anomie
First Chapter of 6
You can find the other chapter's links on the Artist's comment. They have mature stuff though. So not suitable for minors!


Stickman: 4

Non defini: 5

[Jade Fallaway]

I give out freebies occationally ♥
So hang in there and stay to chat whee

Also I will be making freebie games from time to time. ♥

Game running:

- First game (2008, July the 5th)

[Jade Fallaway]

Link exchanges please post in the thread. WITH code and sample how the banner is looking.
Before asking, add my thread. ♥

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