Mar/5/13 ~ Hey everyone, I was thinking of going ahead and extending this until the end of Spring Break, but the more I think about it, the more I think it's unfair to the two artist who worked really hard to get their finished pieces in on time. So I don't think I will unless they come to me and say they don't mind.
Though I am really quite sad and kind of disappointed that I only got 2 finished WIP in out of 21 submitted. I just don't think I could handle being disappointed again if I extended it for another 2 weeks to have no more art in then what I already have. Most contest (even all my past ones) get anywhere from 20 to 60+ entries in last moment, I got a grand total of 5, and that's with 2 being the WIP submissions.
All in all, I really think this will be my last contest on here. These last 2 and half (almost 3 months) have just seen this contest pretty much as a whole just die almost completely. So what I'll be doing instead of just saving back the gold that where from categories that weren't saved for another contest or an art request thread, I'm giving away everything to make sure that everyone who entered my contest with a finished piece gets something. So pretty much, everyone who entered will end up winning something in the end.
With that, I will be leaving gaia after this contest. Thank you everyone who has come in here and kept me company though these last few months, even though this whole thing pretty much died. Maybe I'll see you around the internet on some other site.
The ceremony will still be on the 15th, so I have time to type everything up and get everything ready to go, just because the thread and contest pretty much died, I would still at least like the ceremony to be nice for everyone. I more then likely wont be around the thread at all until the ceremony after midnight tonight, so I guess I'll see those of you who attend then.
COUNTER FOR CEREMONY DATE AND TIME
Mar/1/13 ~ There is only 4 days left to get your finished WIP in! below I have put the counter for you all so you know down to the very second it needs to be in. Please do note that no entries will be taken after the clock hits 0 on the time. So please get them in ASAP.
Count Down Clock for WIP
Feb/24/13 ~ There is now less then 24 hours to submit a Work In Progress to get the extra week extension on entries. With this contest coming close to an end, there are sill 14 categories that are not saved, if not categories are saved by the end of this contest, some of the gold going to those categories will be moved over to the "Honorable Mentions" to make that prize pot for them much larger. Below is the up to date list of categories not saved yet.
Total of saved categories so far : 8
Total of unsaved categories: 14
Aiden Dylandy ~ 3 more arts
Zack Erde ~ 5 more arts
Alex Haptism ~ 2 more arts
Leeta Haptism ~ 2 more arts
Shawn Haptism ~ 3 more arts
Issac Seiei ~ 3 more arts
Seth Seiei ~ 3 more arts
Jared Aker ~ 2 more arts
Gavin Katagiri ~ 5 more arts
Story Art ~ 2 more arts
Poster Art ~ 4 more arts
Celestial Being Ball ~ 3 more arts
Family Photos ~ 5 more arts
Younger Heirs ~ 3 more arts
Feb/7/13 ~ Well
sweatdrop sadly with me being unable to get on as much as I would like with school and other things keeping me away, the thread has all but come to a dead stand still, and with it Oo;;; the art being submitted also. With the way that things stand, I just can't see all the prices being giving out at this rate, and I really want to give out as many prizes as I can in this contest... SO with that said... The amount of art needed to save catagories has now been cut in half... meaning... there only needs to be 5 entries per category for the prize to be giving out... I'm hoping that lowering it will spark more intrest and get art in to save those categories that sadly have not been saved yet... here is the list and now many they now need to be saved.
Total of saved categories so far : 8
Total of unsaved categories: 14
Aiden Dylandy ~ 3 more arts
Zack Erde ~ 5 more arts
Alex Haptism ~ 2 more arts
Leeta Haptism ~ 2 more arts
Shawn Haptism ~ 3 more arts
Issac Seiei ~ 3 more arts
Seth Seiei ~ 3 more arts
Jared Aker ~ 2 more arts
Gavin Katagiri ~ 5 more arts
Story Art ~ 2 more arts
Poster Art ~ 4 more arts
Celestial Being Ball ~ 3 more arts
Family Photos ~ 5 more arts
Younger Heirs ~ 3 more arts
Jan/23/13 ~ Ok, there is only one month left and a ton of categories not saved yet. Here is the list of categories that still need saving and how much art they still need to be saved.
The number by the category is how many more pieces of art it needs to be saved! Saved Categories will be removed from the list.
Eithen Dylandy ~ 6 more arts
Aiden Dylandy ~ 8 more arts
Abby Erde ~ 3 more arts
Zack Erde ~ 10 more arts
Alex Haptism ~ 7 more arts
Leeta Haptism ~ 7 more arts
Shawn Haptism ~ 8 more arts
Issac Seiei ~ 8 more arts
Seth Seiei ~ 8 more arts
Jared Aker ~ 7 more arts
Katie Colasour ~ 5 more arts
Gavin Katagiri ~ 10 more arts
Chloe Katagiri ~ 4 more arts
Group ~5 more arts
Story Art ~ 8 more arts
Poster Art ~ 10 more arts
Celestial Being Ball ~ 8 more arts
Family Photos ~ 10 more arts
Younger Heirs ~ 8 more arts
Jan/2/13 ~ Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prays for my family through the hard times we've had though this last Christmas season. I am finally back from being gone these last 2 weeks. My little cousin's funeral was today, and it was both incredibly sad and beautiful. The main reason I wan adding this update is to say, thank you so much for everything! Thank you for understanding about my having to be gone, and thank you for keeping my family in your thoughts and prayers.
Dec/19/12 ~ I know I've been away from the thread a lot these last few months, and that was because I was working really hard to liquidate all my items into pure gold. And thankfully all that work has, well, paid off
xd so to speak. I now have all pure gold required for this contest, and there is no long a 2 week waiting period between the ceremony and prizes being giving out. All prizes will be giving right after the end of the ceremony
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Nov/3/12 ~ Ok guys, the Manga/Comics category is off the board, too many people have said that it was too much to do a full spred comic page and have it colored. So unless I have a lot of people come to me and say they want to do that category, it's gone guys
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Oct/5/12 ~ I updated some info on the Younger Heirs part of the Halloween theme. Please go read if you are wanting to do Younger Heirs art for the theme
heart Also I have added one more character to each of the kids for the adult outfits for the halloween theme!
All new character outfits added are from the same show, Chome Shelled Rigeos, which is one of mmy favorite animes
xd (how I forgot to put any of them in there I don't know Oo;;; ) But if you are want to tackle all the kids at once, those outfits would be perfect for it
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EDIT: I have also updated the normal "Younger Heirs" category since there where so many of the kids going to be babies or not even born if Eithen and Aiden where only 10
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Sept/30/12 ~ The Halloween Theme is up with all info you need for this fun 5 Mil theme. Like with Olympic theme, there will be a 2nd place prize of 2 mil and a 3rd place prize of 1 mil
heart many chances for willing some nice gold before the caramoney of the contest
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Aug/3/12 ~ New Olympic Theme has been added for the month of Aug! The link is at the very top of the first post. Please check it out.
Aug/2/12 ~ Other Character information has been updated! The story idea has changed some over the two years I've been gone, and there for
sweatdrop has changed the other character information.
xd please read if you are wanting to do story art.
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Also, all other information (Parents,Gundams, Haros) have all been 100% updated!
NEW ADDE TODAY: chapter 8 synopsis is finally up for everyone to read
xd go check it out
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July/31/12 ~ The character's clothing information has been updated. The last links I had where from my old contest thread, and sounded very harsh Oo;;; so I moved them to a new guild I made, and took the harshness in talking about them out. Also you do not have to use the flat colors at a palet for your art, but it's still a good idea and it would get you lots of brownie points if you do
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July/28/12 ~ The end date for the contest has been moved back one month.
gonk I'm so sorry to do that to everyone, but I just found out that I was not going to be in town the date I had for the end of the contest, so I moved it to a date I would be here. Good news is, another monthly prize was added. Also a "prize sent date" was added, the reason as to why was put under the F.A.Q. Post.
Lastly, a synopsis I for chapter 6 was added to the story post
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July/25/12 ~ I added Spoiler Tags (Thank you PhoxTank for helping me with that) to help with the page streching and to help make the thread look less intimidating.
July/22/12 ~ Remaking the thread underway. Hoping to have it up and going here soon. Once it contest thread it back up and going, I'll be able to give out the dates for the repoened contest. This one should only 6 months long this time.