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Hello and welcome to another installment of my contest series xD I figured that Nora had just ended hers, so itd be a good time to start one ;P Our contests usually work around each other like that. :D ANYWAY, Im in serious need of art. After you know, not really buying any in months @_@ Enjoy your stay, enter, chat and have fun!

Notice: There is a random bumper prize. See post 13.



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Start Date: When I post "open" :)

Submission Deadline: December 16th, 2007

Winner's Party: December 22nd 23rd, 2007 @ 9pm EST


The submission deadline and party is scheduled around my nursing school graduation. If for any reason these dates need to be changed, proper notification will be made on this thread ahead of time. :]





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1. You are not required to enter more than once. However the number of total submissions from the combined entrants per main category must be 3 or higher. The submissions for other categories must be 2 or higher. This regulation is in place to promote fair judgement and encourage entries. Ive seen one amazing entry into an "other" category prevent others from entering it, therefore letting the only entry win. You may also enter as many times as you want, and are qualified to win more than once.

2. No pity parties or entry downing. Please, I don't want to see how much you think your entry sucks or how you think it wont win against another's. The "best" doesn't always win.

3. No fighting. Please be civil towards others on the thread. This means bumpers, friends, and other contestants.

4. No stolen art. No no no! This means traced art, copied art, and art you just found off of a search engine. Just no. If you submit this type of art, I WILL report you and you WILL be banned.

5. Please don't submit pre-drawn art. I don't want you to resubmit art you've drawn for another reason, art that has nothing to do with my characters, or art you've previously done for me.

6. I prefer you PM entries to me. Please follow the submission guidelines below.

7. And as always, please follow Gaia's ToS. :]




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Please submit all entries to me with this form via PM. Follow this format when saving your entry so that I can identify who it belongs to and where it goes:

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Or .gif, .png, etc. No .bmp please :[


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Angelic Scarf (2.6mil value)




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Honorable Mention- 100k




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Best Angel of Death

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Steel-Plated Ninja Band (875k value)




Best Laine

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Golden Laurels (585k value)




Best Andy

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Kiki Kitty Plushie (235k value)





Best 'Vampire Seductress'

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October 2005 Letter
Contains CoCo Kitty or Wind Security Blanket
(115k value)


Best 'Flower Girl'

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February 2006 Letter
Contains Chyaku Norisu Scarf or G9 Laptop
(120k value)


Best 'Hellooo Nurse'

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July 2006 Letter
Contains Ancient Katana or Elegant Veil
(111k value)




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[OC] Best Costume Design

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Ancient Katana
(111k value)


[Either] Most Creative

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April 2007 Letter + May 2007 Letter
Apr. Contains Lunar Scythe, Oculus Magica, or Aquatica
May Contains Demonic Anklets or Yokai's Treasure
(65k value)


[Either] Most Alluring

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December 2006 Letter x2
Contains Winter Rose, Elemental Hair, or Flame Sword
(44k value)


[Either] Best Chibi

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October 2006 Letter + February 2007 Letter
Oct. Contains Pixie or Shadow Spirit
Feb. Contains Celebrity Date or Celestial Wrap
(43k value)





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1. Please follow the descriptions regarding body type, colors, and personality as closely as possible. Everything else is left to artistic freedom.

2. If you're in doubt, please check the description and/or references one more time.

3. If you need information/details, please PM me.

4. You may collaborate with another artist, but please include both names on the entry form and in the saving process. The prize splitting is up to you if you win.


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Story Excerpt:

She sat atop the roof of a swanky uptown apartment, waiting for her target to arrive. The woman of interest worked like clockwork. She was up by 8am, at work by 9, and was home by 11pm. The Angel of Death, otherwise known as Yuzuriha Kamikaze (Yuzi for short), was growing impatient. It seemed like her lady was running late tonight. "How odd..." she grumbled to herself. She glanced over and down to her right and saw that the man she was also expecting was on time. He looked nervous, yet Yuzi knew he was consumed with rage. The clockwork woman had recently been seen with a male coworker of hers at a posh hotel, and it didnt look like they were there on business. The Death Angel had lost count how many times she carried of the soul of a woman who was slayed by a jealous husband or boyfriend. Finally, the woman was spotted walking down the sidewalk and up the stairs to her residence. "It's about time.." muttered Yuzi. "Ive got better things to do tonight."

When the woman was settled in her apartment, the man slinked up the stairs and rung the bell. His visit was expected, so he brought her a single red rose to throw her guard off. She opened the door and invited the man in, her eyes smiling at the sight of the rose. Little did she know he had an ulterior motive. Yuzi stood up and stepped onto the ledge on the apartment, awaiting her cue. She took a deep breath and looked at the moon. "What am I going to do about that girl, Laine? I cant keep invading her life like this, its eating up my energy." Suddenly, she heard the clockwork woman scream and hit the floor. There was a bit of shuffling before the man ran out of the door and into the darkness. Neighboring apartment lights flickered on. "Okay, go time." cheered the Angel of Death. She sunk through the roof floor and into the woman's bedroom. "Oh, how cute.." she said, half frowning. The woman was laid on the floor with her arms to her sides, her head tilted to the right, and the rose, that beautiful crimson rose, laid across the draining, gaping hole in her chest. Yuzi bent down and picked the blood-soaked rose up. "What a waste of a gorgeous flower." She tucked it behind her ear and the blood streamed down the length of her long, raven locks. "It's time to come with me now, Ms. Clockwork." uttered Ms. Death into the darkness. She hoisted her ornately decorated scythe into the air and gently swept it through the woman's body. It passed through her being without so much as a scratch. As the scythe exited the body, a glow of blue light rose with the blade. Yuzi returned the utensil to her side and moved toward the blue light, beckoning it to follow her. "It's okay Ms. Clockwork, you're going to be going to heaven despite your infidelity." The glowing light moved with Ms. Death as they both melted into the air.




Quick Reference

Name: Angel of Death, Yuzuriha Kamikaze
Age: 2100
Ethnicity/Race: Asian
Height: 5' 9''
Body: 34c cup breasts, thin, yet curvy
Eye color: Gray
Hair color: Black
Hair length: Long
Skin tone: milky, pale tan (NOT WHITE/PEACH)
Special: carries scythe. has black, feathery wings.



Personality

Her chains symbolize her involuntary tie to the death of others. While she is "stuck" as the AoD, she enjoys what she does. She has a complex mind. Unlike other immortals she comes into contact with, she is full of emotion.



Extra Details
She has chains, a scythe, and black feathered wings. She's most often wearing a dress with gloves (because it's her favorite type of outfit) but she's not wearing a dress all the time. She likes the colors red, black, purple, and gray/silver, but will settle for anything dark. Re-stating that she has long black hair, gray eyes. She has a tie to Laine, in that Laine can see her when no one else can. AoD is often jealous of Laine's happiness, which is evident in her separation of Laine from Andy.


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Mini-BG

At the age of 15, Laine witnessed the shooting/mugging of her mother while outside of a downtown bank. When her mother fell to the ground, she saw a dark haired woman with a large "knife-looking thing" pull her mother's soul out of her body. The Angel of Death, as the dark-haired woman is referred to as, met eyes with the young Laine and was amazed that she was able to see her. Knowing that the girl could compromise her duties, she was forced to fuse with the girl's soul, thusly causing her to "black out" at impromptu moments.



Story excerpt

She stumbled through the dark hall of her NY apartment, sweating. "What's wrong with me??" she wondered, frantically. Her eyes struggled to focus as she tripped on a newly bought rug and fell through the door to her bedroom. "Why is this happening to me?!" was the last thing she said to herself before she collapsed on the floor.

"Laine...Laine...wake up!" a male voice invaded her sound sleep. "huh..?" She mumbled as she blinked her eyes open. "No sleeping in today! I have something special planned!" the man said excitedly. Laine sat up slowly as he walked out of the room and into a bathroom. "This isnt my apartment.." she said to herself, quietly. "..but that's my cat and those are my things by the door.." As if on cue, the cat jumped on the bed. Laine sat for a moment petting the cat before the man peeked his head through the bedroom door. "C'mon, get dressed! We've got to get moving!" he said, grinning, before receeding his head back through the crack of the door. She swung her legs over the side of the bed and pushed off gently onto the floor, confused. Not only did she not recognize where she was at, she had no idea who the man rushing her was! She walked slowly to the closet that was adjacent to the bed and grasped the handles. "There is something seriously wrong here.." she thought aloud as she pulled the doors to the closet open and was immediately engulfed in darkness.

Laine awoke again, this time in her own apartment, to the meows of her cat, Sam. She bolted up off of the hard floor and glanced around at the familiarity of her bedroom at night. Her eyes settled on the glowing clock on the nightstand. "12am already?" She held the corner of her nearby dresser and used it to help her stand. "Laine...Laine..wake up!" Her mind replayed the sound of the voice of the unknown man. "Was I dreaming again?" she wondered. "Why do I keep dreaming about people and places I dont know?!" she screamed. Sam titled his head and meowed at Laine's startling outcry. She realized that she had lost 3 hours this time. Now she had worsening symptoms.. heaving sweating, dizziness, nausea... It was seeming as if this dream life of hers was starting to overtake her waking life. Not that she remembered much of the past 5 years of her life, anyhow.




Quick Stats

Name: Laine Soma
Age: 20
Ethnicity/Race: Asian American
Height: 5' 7''
Body: 34c cup breasts, thin, yet curvy
Eye color: Dark Brown
Hair color: Black
Hair length: long
Skin tone: milky, light tan (NOT WHITE/PEACH)
Special: engagement ring, fashion sense, singing, guns.



Personality

She is a markswoman (good with guns). She has sad eyes. She has an original and trendy sense of style and is sassy and opinionated. Though she has her talents, Laine fakes happiness a lot of the time. She lives with her cat. The black holes in her memory are connected to the death of her mother and the AoD's trickery. She researches her own past and the cause of her blackouts in her spare time. She finds it very hard to trust or get close to anyone. She is aware of the AoD, but only when she sees her. Her blackouts relate to Laine/AoD fusion. They make her forget she has ever seen the AoD or Andy.





Extra Details

She likes the colors pink, blue, black, white, and red. Her style must be original and trendy. She wears a diamond engagement ring on her left hand. She always carries her gun. Re-stating that she has long black hair, dark brown eyes. Andy is the unknown man in Laine's blackouts.


About Laine/Andy connection

Andy proposed to Laine when she was 19. Unfortunately, the Angel of Death separated the two love birds out of jealousy. Laine blacks out and forgets she's ever known Andy because of the AoD's trickery. She often dreams about him in her blackouts.



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Story Excerpt (new one, still a little rough)


"s**t." Andy exclaimed under his breath, exasperated at his latest attempt at getting close to Laine. He crushed his half-finished cigarette under his heel and walked inside the house. "She probably thinks I'm some crazy stalker or something!" he cried out. Andy's latest attempt had gotten him nowhere. Maybe showing up at her apartment and hugging her when she opened the door wasn't a great idea. He had become so overcome with emotion at seeing Laine for the first time since his last attempt a year ago that he forgot what point he wanted to make. She still wore her engagement ring, and that gave him hope. "Now if I could just get her to remember that I gave it to her and that we had a good thing going on, everything would be okay again!" Andy was on the verge of tears. "Damnit.. I have to find out about these blackouts!"

His ears perked at the sound of faint laughter. "Who's there?!" Andy shouted into emptiness. No answer. He walked from room to room to find that no one was there. Again there was laughter. Andy grasped his head "What the hell? I must be going crazy!" he shouted. Unknown to him, the Angel of Death was laughing at his misfortune. She peered into the window of the room he was in, still laughing. Andy whirled around fast and ran to the window. No one was there. The Angel of Death stared straight into his eyes through the window. "I'd like to see Laine try to be happy now." she scoffed. "He cant see me and she thinks he's crazy! This is too good."



Quick Stats

Name: Andy Sonata
Age: 21
Race/ethnicity: German American
height: 5' 11''
weight: 260lbs (heavy)
eye color: grayblue
hair color: dirty blond/light brown
hair length: Very short
skin tone: normal
special: mustache, goatee
style: t-shirt & jeans or knee-long polyester sweat shorts (not preppy)



Personality

He is fun-loving and hardworking. He cares much for his loved ones and values their opinions. He can be stubborn at times. He smokes. He's known Laine since before her blackouts. Andy proposed to Laine when she was 19. Unfortunately, the Angel of Death separated the two love birds out of jealousy. Laine blacks out and forgets she's ever known Andy because of the AoD's trickery. Andy works towards finding out what causes her blackouts and getting Laine back.



Extra Details

Likes the colors dark blue, black, and dark gray. Loves regular t-shirts, but wont ever wear a white one. Emphasizing that he has a mustache, a goatee, and short hair. Remember, he is a heavy man (260lbs). He is a welder. He smokes.


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His hair is not yellow like this picture, though. It's more gold dark blonde.



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1. Im giving you lots of artistic freedom here, but please dont deviate TOO much from the avatar shown unless otherwise directed.

2. If you're in doubt, please check the description and/or references one more time.

3. If you need information/details, please PM me.

4. You may collaborate with another artist, but please include both names on the entry form and in the saving process. The prize splitting is up to you if you win.



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  • You may make the wings bigger, but please dont get rid of them.
  • Seductress = sexy. Please make it so.
  • The eyes are gray.
  • Please give her fangs. She's supposed to be a vampire :]
  • You may have a bit of freedom with her outfit.



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  • She's a hippie flower girl xD
  • You may add more flowers to the picture.
  • You may make the theme color different. The one currently used is green. If you change the color, make sure you make the changes everywhere.
  • Mood should be whimsical, light, fun.
  • You can change the outfit a little.



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  • Please dont stick with an all white outfit. The avatar above is an example.
  • Samples of scrubs can be found anywhere on the internet. Bonus points for those who dont just draw plain color scrubs.
  • She's a nurse, add a stethoscope? They are typically worn with the whole thing hanging from the back of the neck, not with the ear pieces around the neck. Click for example
  • Nurse in action pics = extra points :]
  • You may put her hair in a low pony tail.



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For a random bumper of this thread, anytime from the start of the contest till the end, there will be a prize handed out. Frequent visits, chatting, and not spamming will earn you more notice. I am not making this a "most bumps" contest, so please dont number your bumps. Those only encourage spam. If you bump only a few times just to be eligible, you'll most likely not win anything.


Prize!

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Note: I have hired a bumper or 2 for keeping the thread alive. These bumpers are not eligible for the contest and will be numbering their bumps.


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