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The awards ceremony has started! Please go HERE to read the ceremony from start the start. If you want to skip right to the full awards listing, check the submissions post further down on the front page.




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Yep! That's right, I'm running another art contest! xd I figured it's about time! 3nodding I've got a total of 1.2 million pure gold up for grabs here, I hope that's enough to provide people with some incentive to enter?. wink

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1-8-05:
Awards ceremony will be held starting at 6:00 pm Gaia time on Tuesday 1-11-05. Check the times below for you local time. ^_^

Alaska time 5pm
Pacific/Gaia time 6pm
Mountain time 7pm
Central time 8pm
Eastern time 9pm


1-04-05 10:19pm:

1. When I set the ending date of the contest I wasn't aware tht my husband would be returning from out of state the same night! That means that when it's supposed to end, I'll be at the airport. whee ;; This being the case I've decided to be a bit loose with the exact ending time and accept entries until I wake on Thrusday morning (the 6th)...since I won't be back online on my husband's first night back home... >;] To give you a better idea of the exact time...I work at 8am Alaska time, so it'll be sometime around 7ish...


2. If you're not going to be able to finish by the deadline, don't fret! As long as you submit your work-in-progress by the deadline, you can have a few extra days to finish it up. 3nodding If you do not submit a wip, I will not be accepting a late entry from you...sorry. whee


3. I just spent about an hour going through my photobucket account matching all the entries to the copies on my computer....I think I have them all. xp ;; Everyone please take a look at the entries and double check to make sure that your's is/are there (they are now in alphabetical order, first by the subject's name, then by the artist's name).

If any are missing, please re-post me the link here in the thread because this means it never got saved to my computer. gonk


11-23-04, 8:53pm:
Things i would secretly like to see/things that just might get you bonus points
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water colors
emotional pics/expressions
americian comic book style
realism
nude neila images
neila/adwen romantic pics
niela/adwen softcore h pics >.>;; ninja

10-17-04, 6:40pm: ...tweaked a couple of the prize category descriptions...nothing major. :3 Let me know where you'd like to see that extra 75k go! ^_^

IMPORTANT: In my last contest, I got 8 attempted submissions of artwork not containing my characters. I'm sorry, but in order to be eligible for my contest, your picture (or story, ect) must contain Raesha, Neila, or Adwen. Yes, you may bring in other characters or objects, but at least one of my characters must also be in the pic. Please, pleeeease read all of the rules and info in the next several posts before submitting. smile

QUICK RUN DOWN:

SUBJECTS: Raesha, Neila, or Adwen
PRIZES: currently 1200k total in pure gold (that’s 1.2 million!)
ACCEPTABLE MEDIA: any / all
ENTRY DEADLINE: January 5th, 2005, 11:59pm Alaska time
ENTRY FEE: None!
METHOD OF SUBMISSION: post it here or pm me
JUDGES: Me, my husband...Maybe a few others?
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: January 12th, 2005, exact time TBA.

Got your attention? Good! Please read the next few posts for complete details! Thank you!! heart

Table of contents:
post 1 - introduction
post 2 - prize list and descriptions
post 3 - Raesha description and ref pics
post 4 - Neila description and ref pics
post 5 - Adwen description and ref pics
post 6 - F.A.Q. / Rules
post 7 - submissions
post 8 - donators, links, ect.

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Ref pics: (please click for full view)
<img height=200 SRC="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Raesha/Raesha/raesha_quezzie.jpg"> <img height=200 SRC="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Raesha/Raesha/raesha_formy4eyes.jpg"> <img height=200 SRC="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Raesha/Raesha/raesha_eccoxile2.jpg">

....and 300+ more here...



race: half drow elf, half avariel elf

apparent age: 15-17 years old

skin tone: dark gray

eye color: deep gold

hair: white--eyebrows, ect. too. Short--she cuts it herself with her dagger when it starts getting in her way so its pretty uneven.

body type: petite (5'2"-ish), very skinny--waif like--she only eats what she can catch, and she's a really crappy hunter! Pretty muscular considering frame. Almost no body fat so muscles look harsh and angular. Really flat-chested--tiny boobs...think training-bra size.

face: really long/tall pointy elf ears (that stand up at least to the top of her head). Lots of gold hoop earrings--were talkin like a dozen (give or take) on each ear--ear cuffs are cool too. Somewhat torn and tattered--like a cat's ears after getting in a fight.

wings: very large black feathery angelic-type wings...theres a catch on the wings though--there's not much left of them. Her wings have been shredded so the frame is there, but only about 1/2 of the feathers are left so they look torn and clipped but still have a really large frame. Wings can NOT support her in flight, they are too much destroyed!

clothing: skimpy, tattered, V-shaped, dark red loin cloth. Knee high boots in the same color as the loin cloth, with cords wrapped around crisscrossing all the way up. Chain mail tank-top style shirt--is way too large on her tiny frame and so the neckline hangs really low and arm holes are huge and hang low on sides too. Bottom half of shirt was cut off though so even though the shirt is way too big, the [uneven] bottom only falls at or just above her waistline. Chain mail links aren't very small so shirt is semi transparent, but this doesn't really matter because most of the time her chest is showing through the side arm holes anyway--she has absolutely no modesty.

weapons: Utility belt that is way to loose and hangs skewed down low on one hip. Pair of large daggers--very simple/plain in design. Medieval-style crossbow and quiver of arrows made with her own wing feathers as flights.

other accessories: black fingerless gloves, bandage-like arm wraps, black thigh belt.

personality/attitude: Angsty, moody, vengeful, disdainful, sarcastic. Absolutely no modesty. Dislikes all living creatures, also very self-loathing. Always scowling, never smiles or looks happy. If she is not mad, she's depressed. Revenge driven.

Raesha in one line: A self-loathing orphaned, b*****d child--with murderous intentions, Raesha travels the land in search of her kin.



History/story:
Raesha's mother, Nafraeja was an Avariel elf. Nafraeja was out one evening collecting herbs when she was attacked and raped by a Drow from a scouting party visiting the surface. Being very shamed from the experience--doubly so because her attacker was a despised Drow--Nafraeja never told anyone of the assault. It wasn't long however, before she discovered she was pregnant from the experience. Nafraeja had no children because her husband had died not long after their marriage and since the Avariel mate for life, she could not choose a new mate and was thus be unable to have children. Nafraeja was desperate for a child though and decided in order to have the child she was carrying, she would leave the Avariel city and become a recluse, knowing her half Drow baby would never be accepted. The baby--Raesha--was born with the lovely wings of the Avariel, but with the coloring of the Drow. She had stark white hair and ebony skin, even her wings were deep black in color. Nafraeja realized that she was right to exile herself from her peoples because she knew now that Raesha would have been killed at birth otherwise.

For many years Raesha and Nafraeja lived in seclusion, Raesha never being allowed to stray from the immediate vicinity of the house. But, as preteens often do, Raesha felt the need to break free from her mother's stifling and explore a little of this world she was never allowed to see for herself. So one day while Nafraeja was napping, Raesha snuck out for a short flight beyond her allowed perimeter. She ventured a bit too far however and was spotted unknowingly by an Avariel** patrol. The patrol followed her home and forced entry into the house. There they beat Raesha and destroyed her wings--ripping, slicing, and shredding them until only about a third of her feathers remained. Believed to be dead, she lay on the floor in her barely-conscious state and witnessed the patrol beat and murder her mother for sullying proud Avariel blood and bringing such an abomination into the world. Raesha's body was thrown out of her lofty home because they felt a half-Drow b*****d child's body had no place in their sacred treetops.

Days later, Raesha woke up having barely survived, no longer able to fly with her destroyed wings. After regaining some wits, Raesha gathered up the feathers torn from her wings from where they fell around her and limped off out of the forest without any belongings, anxious to get some distance from the forest before the patrol came back. She swore to wreck vengeance upon all Avariel for killing her mother, and also upon the Drow for being responsible for her existence. The torn bits of her wings seem to be the perfect tool by which to serve her vengeance--she used her own torn feathers to fashion flights for a quiver full of arrows which she plans to use to kill her kin. Raesha fled initially to the other elven and human races of the land, but soon discovered exactly what her dark Drow skin meant and found nothing but hostility and more attacks wherever she went. It was not long at all before Raesha began to hate all beings and even developed a deep self-loathing.

It has now been many years since her mothers tragic murder (she is now the equivalent of 15-17 human years), and Raesha travels around surviving on what she can hunt or steal--her top and belt have been stolen, that's why they are too big for her, also her weapons were stolen (probably off of bodies after she dispatched of their owners! *eep*). Raesha has never been trained in fighting and rather fights very much like a feral cat. She fights mostly out of anger and when she attacks it's in a wild-slashing, high-energy fit of rage.

Please go HERE to view the most recently updated submissions. ^_^


Winners!

Grand Prize - chieripie 200k

Raesha 1st - hakubaiko 100k
Raesha 2nd - zeon 75k
Raesha 3rd (tie)- mecromace 50k
Raesha 3rd (tie)- chieripie 50k
Raesha 4th - anamya 25k

Neila 1st - feie 100k
Neila 2nd - anamya 75k
Neila 3rd - sajhiri 50k
Neila 4th - lish 25k

Adwen 1st - mecromace 100k
Adwen 2nd - bluelobster 75k
Adwen 3rd - iyou 50k

Best Couple - sajhiri (1st) 20k
_____________kumita (2nd) 10k
Most Romantic/Sexiest - anamya 20k
Most Accurate - hakubaiko 20k
Most Detailed - berserker 20k
Best Uncolored - asiago cheese 20k
Natural Media - mecromace (1st) 25k,
_____________kaptain pico (2nd) 10k

Honorable Mentions: 15k each
- kimaya
- yelehna
- mecromace
- ivynian
- zephyree

Special Mentions: 5k
- berserker
- slimyfrogz
- punkbunny
- yelehna
- avah.keado
- pieceofstahr
- rena ichijouji
- korth
- kumita
- mystic rush
- orange kitsune
- orange kitsune2
- ryugen

The first non-contest post is mine! heart

OMG! Thank you Bazz! heart went through 4 mods before someone actually got this thread moved! gonk



ok, ok.....NOW IT'S OPEN! blaugh

whee Yay! I've been waiting for you to open this...*has ideas* I'm gonna link you from my contest. ^^