FREE PROTEST ART CONTEST! >WINNERS ANNOUNCED<

[D.Darko]

a rare cookie\

ill try!!! mew~

will me doing chibi
Decrees my chances?
sweatdrop i just don't wanna
do something that will hurt me later^^' ~mew ^3^ heart

Oh, not at all. If its a super cute Chibi, it could still win. I'm the judge, at the end of the day. If I like something, I like it. =3

[D.Darko]

Thilath

There's that option as well 8D
Perhaps this contest is the cure to my drawing funk @ 0@

Oh snap, a chin for the ages!
I used to worship pogs D:

I never really got into pogs. I ended up with some, but never bought any. Not really sure how that happened, probably friends who had swaps. xd

Yay, I'm glad you're considering entering. Protest aside, I love hosting these sorts of contests. Artists always work better with a sack full of freedom. 3nodding

[a rare cookie]

yay^^ alright i wont let you down :3~

[Thilath]

I agree, contests are a blasty 8D
there's so much creativity to be had with an open-ended theme like this one has :3

especially nice when just seeing the contest concept sparked all sorts of ideas in my busy, busy, lazy mind C:

[D.Darko]

a rare cookie\

yay^^ alright i wont let you down :3~

Go for it! ^^

@Thilath: I threw a contest at the start of the year where people could draw me and my buddies, but however they liked, no set pose, etc. It got a good response and I got some amazing art. This contest has a bigger set of prizes, and an even more open theme. I hope people take to this like ducks to water. heart

[Thilath]

ooh, that does sound like it would be awesome xD
You always seem to have fab art :3 -jealous-

[D.Darko]

Thilath

ooh, that does sound like it would be awesome xD
You always seem to have fab art :3 -jealous-

It helps when you're friends with Draconius, who can whip up amazing art in like, an afternoon if that when he's inspired. Idk how he does it. surprised And my friend Aquaticca consistantly does lovely pieces for me too, like the picture of D.Darko's parents on my profile. But that last contest, I made it so friends couldn't enter and win (I don't want anyone calling shenanigans on me!) and [Akai] won it with 3 amazing pieces. I use his art of me alot. >w<

[Pepper Tongue]

D.Darko

She Is My Rifle

D.Darko

She Is My Rifle

Who started this idea to protest?

Idk really. The petition by Beat of Angels was probably the first step, but then the guild came about, and eventually I decided on my own to make this thread for the guild. Not sure who came up with the SOS stuff and the wingding shirts though.

Yes. I guess the picket signs came from some other gaia event? I haven't been online for a while.

Well, I understand the grief of Gaia offers, but I cannot say I haven't benefitted from them. I'd like to stick around though, this seems like quite the interesting contest.

Personally, I'm against them because I feel they have Gaia over a barrel. Its a middleman company that's just a gateway to a mixed bag of companies. I prefer Gaia being a bit more selective than that, and if they dealt with these companies directly they'd get all the money they're spending on the middlemen too.

Idk, maybe there's some good in those offers, but alot of them are tacky and ill suited to Gaia, and thats without the disasterous scams and viruses. Gaia had endless chances to give out cash (what about giving us cash if we bought Kung Fu Panda on DVD rather than a blackbelt? etc). Doing it with these shady companies is just... iffy.

But yeah, that's my rant over. =3 Back to the fun of the contest, eh?

Hahah, I hardly consider that a rant. Just a legitimate, well-expressed opinion.

I agree that they're shady. I won't do any of the ones that I have to give out "accurate personal information" for. Its nearly equivalent to giving everyone your bank account pin. Identity theft is just far too real.

But the mobile ones, I don't mind. They're quick, easy, and the subscriptions, once cancelled, will never give you spam or a virus. I think people just need to be wary is all.

But I agree, I would love to get cash through more legitimate sponsorships, like buying a dvd or maybe even a movie ticket.

[-_Rhinua_-]

I'm likely to enter. The second I read it, an idea entered my head <3
Now if only I had the artistic ability O.o;;

[Thilath]

Aha, artist friends, nice > u<
I feel like such a schmooz, because I love getting art...I just hate buying it xD

[Pepper Tongue]

Thilath

Aha, artist friends, nice > u<
I feel like such a schmooz, because I love getting art...I just hate buying it xD

I agree. Art has and always will be expensive. Unfortunately, the expense is rarely worth it.

[D.Darko]

She Is My Rifle

Hahah, I hardly consider that a rant. Just a legitimate, well-expressed opinion.

I agree that they're shady. I won't do any of the ones that I have to give out "accurate personal information" for. Its nearly equivalent to giving everyone your bank account pin. Identity theft is just far too real.

But the mobile ones, I don't mind. They're quick, easy, and the subscriptions, once cancelled, will never give you spam or a virus. I think people just need to be wary is all.

But I agree, I would love to get cash through more legitimate sponsorships, like buying a dvd or maybe even a movie ticket.

That movie ticket idea is great. 3nodding

There's ways to outsmart the bad deals and get away with the cash and a cancelled subscription, but if these sponsers were the usual things we had an interest in we might not have to try and worm around 'em. I've heard people say "Oh, these offers are for people who were thinking about signing up anyway" too, but... That's not how advertising works. I'm sure the ad agency wouldn't be too thrilled if people were just redundantly going with them because they were heading that way anyway. That's not spreading the message. xd

Its murky, and reminds me of Krusty the Clown from The Simpsons who endorses everything. And I do not want Gaia to be like Krusty. Hence, protesty time! heart

[D.Darko]

-_Rhinua_-

I'm likely to enter. The second I read it, an idea entered my head <3
Now if only I had the artistic ability O.o;;

Doesn't hurt to give it a shot. At least you'll get a protest sign as a souvinier, and if its art of yourself, well... free art for you! xd

[D.Darko]

Thilath

Aha, artist friends, nice > u<
I feel like such a schmooz, because I love getting art...I just hate buying it xD

I rarely buy too. I used to, but now its mostly contests, freebies or the odd tradeoff thing (though I haven't done that in a while, unless you count making a clay model for someone.)

[Pepper Tongue]

D.Darko

That movie ticket idea is great. 3nodding

There's ways to outsmart the bad deals and get away with the cash and a cancelled subscription, but if these sponsers were the usual things we had an interest in we might not have to try and worm around 'em. I've heard people say "Oh, these offers are for people who were thinking about signing up anyway" too, but... That's not how advertising works. I'm sure the ad agency wouldn't be too thrilled if people were just redundantly going with them because they were heading that way anyway. That's not spreading the message. xd

Its murky, and reminds me of Krusty the Clown from The Simpsons who endorses everything. And I do not want Gaia to be like Krusty. Hence, protesty time! heart

Yes it is a bad advertisting call, though I would have to say, I definitely wouldn't want to know who has a crush on me through a texting service... It is purely for the GC. And the movie ticket thing would benefit me a bunch, I see so many movies, it'd be the ultimately way to get more bang for my buck.

And haha at the Krusty reference. Now all I can visualize is Gaia's stamp of approval on affordable baby fetuses.