"sammich"
Well honestly, it's black and white art. it doesn't have to be days upon days worth of work for an entry. We do not expect the best art on Gaia. We just want a little bit of art. The best of which will get the prize.
I know that you don't need days and days for a piece, but many artists will be turned off by the short deadline. On another note, one of your submission guidelines states "Must be high quality artwork"... that doesn't give the impression that this is something "quick".
"sammich"
The posting layout is purely aesthetics and opinion. If you choose not to read something because you don't want to read in paragraphs, well I'm sorry. Perhaps the contest isn't meant for you.
When something is not organized in a coherent fashion, it will turn off many people who do not have the time to read the whole thing to figure out what you want. When you don't have the time to set up a thread in the best way you can, then, like I said, people are not going to take you seriously. You're right, this contest isn't for me, but unfortunately, there are many people who are like me and that makes this contest "not for them" either. I think you would want to make your contest "for" as many people as possible.
"sammich"
Neither one of you touched upon specific prizes, rather you just said "It's not enough gold to attract good art/enough art entries." I'm paraphrasing, but that's the gist of what I'm getting. To me that sounds like you're saying it's a crap contest because we aren't offering at least a mil. well, that's retarded. I'm sure there are people who will draw for less.
You didn't ask for specific prizes to be mentioned. You asked, "And how much of a prize should there be?" And I gave you an amount. Of course people will draw for less. People draw for free in the Art Freebies forum. But you're not paying every entrant 100k, you're paying ONE entrant 100k. So people get to work on a drawing for you, right away otherwise they won't meet the deadline, for a CHANCE to win 100k. That's why I suggested going to the R&C, where artists will feel better about GUARANTEED payment, even though you will probably be paying them less.
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I don't think you understand that this is a short quick contest where a semi-decent artist can pick some quick gold and possibly get published. This contest is NOT meant for those artists who charge at least 100k, etc per commission.
I do understand that you're trying to hold a short quick contest, but the reason you're doing it is to generate some art in a very limited amount of time, right? You can still get that from a request thread. In addition another reason that helps with having a longer time-frame is that you get way more publicity. There's a lot more activity in the R&C than in the Art Contests. The semi-decent artist trying to make some quick gold is going to head to the R&C, not the Art Contests forum where MOST contests take months and have a lot of prizes.
Next time somebody takes the time to offer their advice you might thank them for it even if you disagree.
