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[BRICK ART CONTEST]

When Brick first came into existence, it was an anomaly. A place in GAIA commerce that didn't sink into the sea of Vampyer Tavurnz but instead rejected them. Roleplay was not welcome. It was simply a place for people to gather and b***h! b***h! b***h!

And oh, was there ever bitching. And debates and just general talking and stuff, but who cares. The point is, Brick was different. Unique to gaia. A place where instead of people pretending to be other people/things/animals. People pretended to be themselves. But underneath this clever guise hid a terrible secret, and a burning pile of corpses.

And so the regulars of Brick decided to have an art contest, cause LOLFUN! Amirite?

We are proud to present the third incarnation of that contest!

[RULES]
1. Obey the TOS!
2. Stealing art, or PMing any member of Brick about the contest will result in immeadiate disqualifications. As per Gaia's TOS you may also be reported for such actions.
3. Contest ends August 9th. 11:59pm EST. All entries must be submitted by this date to qualify. There will be a week for W.I.P.s. You must have W.I.P.s submitted by August 9th, but you will then have until August 16th 11:59pm EST to post your completed drawing.
4. Enter as many pieces of art as you like. A single artist, if qualified, may win multiple prizes, but only one prize per piece of art.
5. Keep it PG-13.
6. Entrants into the competition will recieve an Olympic Tshirt, currently valued at/or around 7k as a thank you, so long as artwork has reasonable effort put into it. If you scribble something in MSpaint in 2 seconds in hopes of getting a free shirt we will probably be able to tell.
7. Post all entries here with your name, the title, and URL of the piece.
8. Sponsored contests will be judged by their respective characters. The primary contests will be judged by a vote among Brickers.
9. Include us in your art.
10. Obey the fist.



Table of Contents
1st Post: Introduction/Rules/Table of contents
2nd Post: Brick's regulars/News & Updates/Suggestions
3rd Post: Prizes
4th Post: Art Tracking
5th Post: Links
6th Post: reserved



UPDATE:
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We're going on a manhunt!

Our intrepid contest host has been kidnapped by the evil organization known as Real Life! eek The rest of the Brick crew is arranging a search and rescue team to bring him back, leaving the art contest open for a little bit longer ...

To bolster our spirits during this time, we'll be accepting completed pieces and W.I.P.s until August 9th. All W.I.P.s that have been submitted by August 9th will have until August 16th to be completed and turned in. At which point judging will commence and results announced on/around August 23rd.

Free booze and folding chairs at the awards ceremony!
[BRICK'S REGULARS]
The people you should be drawing right now!
Please keep in mind that Ian_Malcolm is only the mule running this contest. He is not a part of it.

Saturnine: Saturnine started Brick because he hated every other bar in Barton Town. Now he hates Brick, too, but pretends to love it out of guilt. Likes: to read books, drink beer, and throw people into the sun. Dislikes: vampires, bad spelling, and people who have more money than he.

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Misao: Obscenely rich, enjoys flaunting wealth and crushing the dreams of less wealthy

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LeonardoFelix: Is Jaded. Enjoys harassing others (with or without knives).

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Desna: Sexy dress wearing moon-ant-thing...if only in our dreams.
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Siryn: Token Catgirl, minus the comically oversized paws

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Dori-Mingu: Mixing the most expensive headgear with the cheapest clothing, all the time. Dori is

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Hero: Obviously the coolest person here. Likes: Antagonizing Saturnine, taking entirely to long getting art contests running and regurgitating kittens. Dislikes: Being thrown into the sun by Saturnine, people stealing his gimmicks, completing tasks in a timely manner.

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Francois Xavier Zanzibar: Host of the first Art Contest. Francois is awesome and has invested more money in the contest than anyone else, which only means he owns a higher percentage of it's inevitable failure.

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SamSkipSam: Though relatively new to Brick at the time, SSS won our hearts and went on to host the Second art contest. He is a generally affectionate member, a rarity in brick. ]
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Valo: Mysterious and serious, a rarely spotted weapons expert. Sports a pale complexion and sometimes seen rolling around in a pitch-black M-2001 tank.

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Kagehime: Is hospitalized with a back injury. Needs art to get better or she might die. Things you may not have noticed: Silver genie earrings, brown eyes, and yes she's supposed to be farting, and topless. No n****e flashing tho, this is supposed to be a PG-13 site or some bullshit. Note: Avatar S4 is only eligible for the Pheonix Wright Cosplay, it will not be accepted outside of this contest.
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DragonMistress: Has entirely to many avatars!

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MasterApp: Frequent target of folding chair attacks, MApp has no greater desire in life than to German Suplex both Saturnine AND Siryn. You should totally buy his album, it's flippin' sweet!

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Lord Cameron:

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Mindicira: The only person in Brick who I've spoken to on the phone without ever meeting publicly. Sadly she doesn't call me anymore...probably because I had my phone disconnected.

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I once was Z.i.A: Was appearently once Z.i.A.

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e b m: An ally of awesome to Brick. Has donated HUEG! amounts to this and the last art contest. Left gaia for a while to have a baby, but now finds herself with more free time. YAYAYAYAYAYAYA (Not a necessary addition to the main group contest)
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[CONTEST DONATORS]

Francois Xavier Zanzibar - 1,000,000g
Hero - 500,000g - Feb 2005
Misao - 750,000g
Dori-Mingu - 400,000g
Lord_Cameron - 50,000g
LeonardoFelix - Winged Anklets - Gaia Tshirt S - Gaia Tshirt M - Gaia Tshirt XL - Gpin x2
Kagehime - 350,000g & July 2006
Mindicira - 100,000g
I Once Was ZIA - 35,300g - Frozen Rainbow Helm - Brown Bass Helm
e b m - 448,000 - Sept 2005 - Jan 2006 - Mar 2006 - Oct 2006 - Nov 2006
Valo - 100,000 - Mythril Halo
MasterApp - 25,000 - June 2006

Total value as of March 22nd, 2008: 6,991,000


NEWS AND UPDATES

3-08-08 The 3rd Brick Art Contest begins


[SUGGESTIONS]
Hints to help you win.

1. Include us in your art.
2. Group pics!
4. Be creative. I will love you forever if you draw us in sidewalk chalk outside somewhere and take a picture of it. Just note that Brick and its regulars claim no responsibility for any lawbreaking that ensues.
5. Surprise us.
-Kind of surprises I like: Unexpected, Pleasant, and Strange.
6. Make your art look awesome. Even if you don't consider yourself very talented, still enter, and do your best to make your art crisp and clean. You don't have to have a ton of talent to make your art have style.
7. Read the thread, it says a lot about the kind of people you're going to be drawing.
8. Look over the other entries, and see who hasn't been drawn yet. Draw them. It's better for you to have the only LeonardoFelix piece than to have the seventeenth Siryn piece.

This thread was made for the last contest to offer inspiration and a general idea of the sort of people you will be drawing.
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9948413
[$$$PRIZES$$$] Results can be found starting HERE!


BEST GROUP to be eligible your entry you must contain all Brick regulars

Grand Prize 305,000 + Winged Anklets
2nd 148,000 + Medium Gaia Tshirt + Small Gaia Tshirt
3rd 73,000 + XL Gaia Tshirt


BEST INDIVIDUAL Best Brick regular individual art

Grand Prize 180,000
2nd 88,000
3rd 41,000


BEST GROUP ALTERNATIVE GENDER Best three or more Brick regular(s) in their opposite gender

Grand Prize 305,000
2nd 148,000
3rd 73,000


BEST INDIVIDUAL ALT GENDER Best Brick regular in their opposite gender

Grand Prize 180,000
2nd 88,000
3rd 41,000


BEST GROUP TABLEAU VIVANT Best three or more Brick regular(s) in a famous work of art

Grand Prize 305,000
2nd 148,000
3rd 73,000


BEST INDIVIDUAL TABLEAU VIVANT GENDER Best Brick regular in a famous work of art

Grand Prize 180,000
2nd 88,000
3rd 41,000


[SPONSORED CONTESTS]

~ Best Dori 25k
~ Best Dori Alt Gender 25k
~ Best Group Pic with Dori 25k
~ Best Dori Tableau Vivant 25k
~ Best Group Cosplay of members of Brick characters from Yakitate Japan, Bleach, Naruto, Ghost in the Shell: SAC, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Soul Caliber games, Pokemon games, Ranma 1/2, X-men, Megas XLR, Dexter's Lab, Harvey Birdman, Metalopcalypse, Final Fantasy, or Bust-a-Groove. 50k
~ Best Alt-Gender Desna, as Destro w/mask and Alt-Gender Saturnine as the Baroness from GI Joe 50k
~ Best Group Pheonix Wright Cosplay 50k
Regulars in this category should be portrayed as the following
Saturnine - Miles Edgeworth
Misao - Maya Fey
LeonardoFelix - Manfred von Karma
siryn - Mia Fey
Dori-mingu - Detective d**k Gumshoe
Hero - Judge -or- The Judge's brother
Francois Xavier Zanzibar - Desirée DeLight -or- Dahlia Hawthorne?
SamSkipSam - Phoenix Wright
Valo - Mask*DeMasque
Kagehime - Angel Starr -or- Lotta Hart
DragonMistress - Franziska von Karma
MasterApp - Jake Marshall -or- Victor Kudo
Lord Cameron - Larry Butz
Mindicira - Regina Berry
I once was Z.i.A - Godot OR Maximillion Galactica
Desna - Lana Skye



~ Best Misao 25k
~ Best Misao alt-gender 25k
~ Best Misao Tableau 25k
~ Best stupidly rich Misao abusing poor people or otherwise flaunting her vast fortune 50k
~ Best Misao Anime Cosplay from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (all 3 seasons), Yakitate Japan, Naruto, Bleach, One Piece or Negima 50k
~Best Giant Misao ravaging Tokyo 50k

~ Best Hero 25k
~ Best Hero Tableau Vivant 25k
~ Best Hero Alt Gender 25k
~ Best Brick (inside or out) Feb 2005

Description of Brick

This place is a dive.
The walls aren't painted black - they're actually brown. But the lights are low and few (and far) between, to the point where they may as well be black. Neon signs in the window proclaim a few choice brands of domestic beers are available, at a decent price. At night, Manhattans, Tequila Sunrises, and Mai Tais are the order of the day, as well as the classical shot contests with the spare bottle of Bacardi 151. Sandwiches are also made from 11 am to 4 pm.
Only fools order the sandwiches.
There is a bar in the middle of the small building, serving the drinks. There is no waitress, but rather, the bartender yells when an order is ready.
The music is alternately old and rough - Tom Waits mixes with Johnny Cash and, rarely, Creedence Clearwater Revival.
If you are here, you want to be here, because there's nothing holding you attention.


~ Kagehime's Personal Favorite July 2006 Letter

~ Best siryn-and-Other-Brickers-as-Alice (Lewis Carol's Alice Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carol's Alice in Wonderland, American McGee's Alice or Miyuki in Wonderland all acceptable for Alice references. Not Disney.) 30k
~ Best siryn Tableau Vivant (All types welcome, though Mucha is much loved) May 2004
~ Best Group Drunk Pic 20k

~Best LeonardoFelix GPin
~Best Individual Alt-Gender LeonardoFelix 25k

~Best SamSkipSam 25k

~Best App looking ******** badass and/or getting hit with a chair (by Siryn, Sat, or Desna) 25k
~Special bonus: To be given out only if App sees something that's totally ******** awesome June '06 (Dar Halo/G Blade)

~Best Valo Mythrill Halo
~Best Valo Tableau Vivant 25k
~Best Valo Alt-Gender 25k
~Best Valo in his black M-2001 tank 25k (Reference.)
~Best Valo anime cosplay from Gintama, Trigun, D.Gray Man, Fate/Stay Night, Nogami Neuro, Soul Calibur, Naruto, Bleach, Final Fantasy, or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. 25k
[ART TRACKING]
Awesome people who have made us art...

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[Nevermore]: 1
sanders123: 1,2
Rei Davidson:1, 2
Kai LittleBlackSmith:1
Lord Spiffington:1
b u t t e r-mia: 1
DJ Sita Raine: 1
Serenith: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
xxxKamui-samaxxx: 1
Kutelilkittie: 1
DistantYoukai: 1
Kyasurin-ren-ai: 1
Capitol Hill: 1
iPh33r: 1
[+Sparkle+]: 1, 2

[LINKS]


NORABOO'S ART REQUEST
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DESNA'S ART REQUEST

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THE OFFICE ART CONTEST

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GAIA'S ART CONTEST LISTING
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ROOMIE LOVE
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/art-contests/roomielove-4mil-freebies-bumps-scavenger-hunt-on-224/t.39393829/

CLASSICALLY SEXY ART CONTEST
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MENDING HEARTS
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Way to sound like a raging inebriate on the rules section, Ian. WHERE IS ME IN GLORIOUS FEMALE LADY FORM?
Waitaminute ... stare

Sat couldn't have sold his soul to the Internet ... I have it tucked into the frame of my mirror. It's been there for a couple years now.
siryn
Waitaminute ... stare

Sat couldn't have sold his soul to the Internet ... I have it tucked into the frame of my mirror. It's been there for a couple years now.

Actually I stole that last year, and well, it's dori's soul currently tucked into your mirror.
siryn
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I'ld give it back, but I sold it for booze money.
I worked hard to confiscate that in the first place. crying

I can only be pacified by an offering of your soul in some form at this point, you realize.
siryn
I worked hard to confiscate that in the first place. crying

I can only be pacified by an offering of your soul in some form at this point, you realize.


I could give you a shard of my soul contained within a deliciously cute kiffun.
I approve of this offer.
I notice we don't have prize amounts or categories up yet. WTF.

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