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Post: 9799334_1 created on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:30:53 +0000
Posted: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:30:53 +0000

Welcome to Artistic Challenge: Where we offer something new every month!

Notice: Contest is extended to the end of Jan. The prize will be updated to 2 December letters + 1 Sealed Jan letter. This is also the last contest offered by the AC.

Welcome to Artistic Challenge: A constant contest dedicated to make you experiment or add challenge to your artistic life. Each month we will bring you one subject to do with as you please. Each month we shall offer:

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(x1) Sealed letter (of that month) to whomever wins.

All are welcome to enter this contest and help promote artistic challenge onto others.

Here you will find:

x Introductory post <-- You are here
1 Rules of Entry
2. Understanding a challenge
3. This month's challenge
4. Entries
5. Past winners

Come join the fun!

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Post: 9799334_2 created on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:33:25 +0000
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Rules of Entry

1. Only One entry per person per month. This means you may enter only once per month.
2. You can use any medium for any challenge. You are completely open to the subject offered.
3. Don't ask questions. It's not allowed. You simply take the challenge and experiment. Do what you want cause you aren't getting a very clear answer from me if you ask.
4. This is a free contest. The only thing that you need to do is to draw (:
5. All entries Must be turned in by the last day of the month. On the first of every month, a winner will be chosen and a new challenge will be up. Any late entries will not be excepted.
6. If you are unhappy with the results of the contest, please keep all negativity to yourself or express them to me via PM (Criticism of my choice is fully welcome). I do not want artists to feel unwelcome here.

Personal request I understand if your entry may wind up as ..an incredibly large image. If you attempt to post it though and it stretches the page, please PM me the image or simply link it. Photobucket re-sizes and I can probably get it to a smaller size myself. I just don't the pages all stretchy-stretch.

I'll make more rules later, if I need them.

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Post: 9799334_3 created on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:34:23 +0000
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Understanding a Challenge offered.

Hokay. There has been some question about what I exactly I am looking for towards the entries. So I am going to use this post to help settle any confusion.

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Towards entries, I judge on various things (this is in addition to my mules post btw). The biggest thing that will ever stand out to me is being unique. I can go anywhere in the R&C and order exactly what I want to be done. Here though, I can get random things, ideas I wouldn't even think of. In last months contest I saw several entries stand out because they added a little "something" that made it noticably different. It made the entry unique. They took the idea of the subject and turned it into whatever they wanted.

Take this months contest for example. The subejct is marvin. Sure, you can draw marvin. It's simple. But if you add a little twist to it, then it'll stand out moreso to me than anything else.

Neko's winning entry of Tankgirl won because she had a unque posture plus added the dog-like creature from the movie. That in itself was unique. She took the idea and ran with it. If I have several good artists that are great both in skill, posture, medium..it'll be hard to choose. You want to make something that will standout above all others. That's the best way to come out ahead in any contest

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I know there is some confusion as too what I'm looking for in an entry. I think the main thing that's throwing everyone off is the fact that there are no restrictions to what you can do. Most are used to rules and a specific outline of what the buyer is looking for. So for future reference, I'd say orginality will be the biggest thing I will look for. As different artists decide to partake in the contest, there will be many different levels of skill you'll be competing against. If I ever have difficulty in choosing an entry, originality will be the last thing I will look for and be the last thing that will decide the winning entry.

You must remember that you are competing against various artists each round. Different artists may enter for different months, giving different styles and ideas. You want to come out ahead of each one, in order to win. This goes for any contest you may enter in the future.

*In the event of a tie, and I simply cannot choose a single winner, the prize will be awarded to both winners; however, please keep in mind that the letters offered as prizes are deemed through donating actual $$. If two winners are chosen for a particular month, I will purchase the neccessary letters via the market. (Please allow 1-3 days for me to acquire them. I cannot garantee my gold count at each month and I may need to build up fundage to purchase said prize).

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Post: 9799334_4 created on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:35:20 +0000
Posted: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:35:20 +0000

The ARTISTIC CHALLENGE IS....

My OC character Darrelli:

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Name:Darrelli

Age: 1
Appearance: Being only a year old, he''s often found shirtless with a diaper on. He has a small pair of wings on his back and a mat of dark brown hair on his head. His eyes often vary in color in variation towards his mood. He has a small demonic tail sprouting from his tailbone and demonic horns mounted on his forehead.
Species Cherub
Abilities: Mental Darrelli has the abilities to generate feelings of sexual lust. He often puts these abilities behind his favorite "toy", his bow & Arrow.
Abilities: Physical He has the ability of basic flight.
Disabilities - Mental He has the mentality of his age. He is often more concerned with having fun and still has many of life''s lessons to learn.
Disabilities - Physical His size is often out-matched by any opponent and he is very quickly subdued. His skeletal frame is also considerably weak due to the extremely young bone growth.
Weapons Darrelli has a Bow and Arrow that he keeps with him at all times, to help him create fun mischevious situations.

Bio

No one knows who Darrelli''s parents are. Abandoned at the age of nine months, he was found by the succubus Night and taken in. Growing up, he holds little to no memory of his past and only holds a new home and future.

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I've never really used this character before. His bio is short simply because he's so young. He's raised by my OC Night, who's a succubus and often runs a bordello/bar.

If you ever watch Family guy, you know Stewie? He's a young child but his personality displays a childlike imagination with adult intelligence. In a way, Darrelli is the same way. He's young, but he understands what his abilities are and what it does. He's like a cupid, but instead of bringing feelings of love, he brings lust. His mischevious demonic personality searches for humor in it though. He'd find a situation (say a guy and girl talking in a bar) and cause mischief. He'd shoot an arrow at the male, causing him to have a flat out erection right there in the room. Embarrassing for the couple, hiliarious to him.

The only real 'story' I have is in the process of being displayed in comic strips by an artist (kuyusi). My succubus OC Night marries a zombie (my fiance's avatar is a zombie). Together they have a zombie child and they adopt Darrelli. The comic strips mainly display the two children growing up and making childlike mistakes. They haven't been produced yet though, currently I only have Night and zombie's first meeting, first date and wedding. The next comic is the birth of zombie baby. xD

Since this is an OC with a rather small profile, feel free to ask any questions based on the characters style or personality, either by PM or via the thread. I'll do my best to help you out wink

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Post: 9799334_5 created on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:37:44 +0000
Posted: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:37:44 +0000

Current entries for this months contest...
**Note to all contestants: The winner will recieve the trade from the account: ***** wetdream. This is my mule account..which will hold any prize ever offered for these montly contests.

BY KierEmJ

By HingHing

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Post: 9799334_6 created on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:44:24 +0000
Posted: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:44:24 +0000

Winners of the past....

September 05 - Neko Washu
October 05 - Omegaus & Fish Fillet
November 05 - Mitamicham

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Post: 9799334_7 created on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:02:00 +0000
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Post: 9799334_9 created on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:20:32 +0000
Posted: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:20:32 +0000

Gifts for Nighty

I've been given a gift! Lets show it off wink =3

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Done by Rusty Doherty - Given to me knowing the contest was officially over. What a spiffy person =3

Done by Magalay <3

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Given by Band Angel

Secret Santa gift part 1

Secret Santa gift part 2

Gift from Scorpie <3

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Post: 9799334_10 created on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:23:16 +0000
Posted: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:23:16 +0000

Challenge is up.

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Post: 9799334_11 created on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:29:44 +0000
Posted: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:29:44 +0000

oh drat i've never seen the movie eek (and by the looks of things i wouldn't want to >.< wink do we have to make it look exactly like her? ^_^;; (those rocket things r kinda demeaning of women)

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Post: 9799334_12 created on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:37:33 +0000
Posted: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:37:33 +0000

*points Serzie towards rule #3* whee

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Post: 9799334_13 created on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:43:01 +0000
Posted: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:43:01 +0000

Serzie

Lol, it's not a porn if that's what you mean. I guess you'd just have to see it to understand its humor. But yes, read teh rules and it will tell you your answer wink

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Post: 9799334_14 created on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:45:07 +0000
Posted: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:45:07 +0000

woop! stare i gotta get that whip twisted

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Post: 9799334_15 created on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:48:12 +0000
Posted: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:48:12 +0000

Serzie

woop! stare i gotta get that whip twisted

The prize isn't a whip if that's what your thinking...it's of next months sealed letter. Since this month is pretty much over, we're starting for next month...which starts tomorrow xp

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