Post by Neko on May 10, 2008 8:03:42 GMT
After entering so many contests myself, I've decided to organize a contest of my own! And I hope there will be lots of participants, so feel free to tell your friends, family members and whoever else might be interested in joining, about this contest.
Random Blue Uncia Contest
Why is it random? Because you can enter with just about anything. Pictures, songs, fiction, sprites. Just as long as you have made it yourself. And your entry must have something to do with my website in some way. There are three different categories to enter, each with their own rules and prizes:
Stuff of Legend contest - My Pokémon themed webcomic.
Accepted entries:
- Drawings or sketches of SoL characters
- Gags or comics
- Fan fics
- Sprites
- Musical compositions
- Animations
Uncia contest - My personal mascot (copyright belongs to me).
Accepted entries:
- Drawings or sketches of Uncia
- Gags or comics
- Sprites
- Animations
- Your own Uncia design
Fakemon contest
Accepted entries:
- Drawings or sketches of the fakemon on my website (copyrights belong to their respective owners)
- Your own designs (drawn, sprited or otherwise)
- Animations
Or any combination of these.
The rules:
- Ways to enter: by sending me a note on DA, by e-mailing me or by sending me a PM on my forum. If you try to enter in any other way, there's a chance I might miss it. If you don't receive a reply from me, confirming your entry, try contacting me again. Make sure you write 'contest' in the subject line. Also make sure you clarify which category you're entering for.
- You may enter as many times as you like, but for each category you can only win one prize. So if you enter three pictures of Uncia, you won't win 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize in the Uncia category.
- You may not enter old fan art or trades... Come one people, you'll get plenty of time to make something new so let's see some effort... -__-
- No indecent pictures or entrants and if you are entering a written piece, please make sure the characters don't act out of character.
- You may enter sprites, but make sure they are recognizable. I don't want pixel-mess entrants. I've also seen a lot of bad sprites out there, so if you're entering a sprite or a sprited gag, you really need to impress me.
- Feel free to mash in some of your own characters, if you feel so inclined.
- If you are entering an original character, offering some juicy background information will earn you extra points.
- After the contest ends, all entrants will be shown on my website, www.blue-uncia.nl .
This contest will end August 30th 2008, which also happens to be Matt's birthday. You'll have plenty of time to finish your entries. The entries will be judged by me, based on the following qualities:
- Effort
- Originality
- Humor (for the gags)
- Looks (although I certainly realize not everybody can draw that well, so I'll keep that in mind)
Prizes: (All the same for each category)
1st prize. A choice: (A) A fully finished picture, complete with elaborate background, multi-layer shading and all the bells and whistles, of any character of your choice (originals or otherwise). Up to three characters max. Or (B) a small cameo role in SoL of your own character (nothing plot-critical, but you'll get some lines. The role will be comparable to those of doc. Carson and nurse Lilly in chapter 3).
2nd prize. A choice: (A) A fully colored picture with a simple background of any character of your choice (originals or otherwise). Up to two characters max. Or (B) a tiny cameo appearance in SoL (as a background figure or as a picture on a poster, a tv-screen, or something like that).
3rd prize. A fully colored picture of a single character of your choice (original or otherwise) without a background.
There are three prizes for each category, which means there are a grand total of 9 prizes to aim for! The number of prizes might go up or down, depending on the number of entrants. So I want to see lots of entries!
July 5th, 2008:
Important notice:
Some of you have uploaded entries to sites such as DA, but didn't send me notes about it. The thing is, I won't be able to see those entries, unless you also actually note my about them. I'm currently watching a lot of people, so in order to keep my watchlist from exploding, I didn't tick off everybody's 'watch this person's new deviations'-box. I know... That's actually MY problem, but what I'm saying is this: Just uploading your picture on a site like DA won't guarantee that I'll also see it. Please notify me and I'll answer saying that your entry has been added to the others.
Also I'd like to point out that I've decided that I'll probably make the cameo roles to be won, a little bigger than I originally intended. Second place winners may have actual characters with a couple of actual lines in SoL now. And first place winners will obviously get bigger roles. Just wanted you to know that.
Entries are rather slow right now, as there are currently more prizes than entrants. This could be your big chance people! The Uncia and Fakemon contests in particular are underentered (is that a word?). Good luck!
Random Blue Uncia Contest
Why is it random? Because you can enter with just about anything. Pictures, songs, fiction, sprites. Just as long as you have made it yourself. And your entry must have something to do with my website in some way. There are three different categories to enter, each with their own rules and prizes:
Stuff of Legend contest - My Pokémon themed webcomic.
Accepted entries:
- Drawings or sketches of SoL characters
- Gags or comics
- Fan fics
- Sprites
- Musical compositions
- Animations
Uncia contest - My personal mascot (copyright belongs to me).
Accepted entries:
- Drawings or sketches of Uncia
- Gags or comics
- Sprites
- Animations
- Your own Uncia design
Fakemon contest
Accepted entries:
- Drawings or sketches of the fakemon on my website (copyrights belong to their respective owners)
- Your own designs (drawn, sprited or otherwise)
- Animations
Or any combination of these.
The rules:
- Ways to enter: by sending me a note on DA, by e-mailing me or by sending me a PM on my forum. If you try to enter in any other way, there's a chance I might miss it. If you don't receive a reply from me, confirming your entry, try contacting me again. Make sure you write 'contest' in the subject line. Also make sure you clarify which category you're entering for.
- You may enter as many times as you like, but for each category you can only win one prize. So if you enter three pictures of Uncia, you won't win 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize in the Uncia category.
- You may not enter old fan art or trades... Come one people, you'll get plenty of time to make something new so let's see some effort... -__-
- No indecent pictures or entrants and if you are entering a written piece, please make sure the characters don't act out of character.
- You may enter sprites, but make sure they are recognizable. I don't want pixel-mess entrants. I've also seen a lot of bad sprites out there, so if you're entering a sprite or a sprited gag, you really need to impress me.
- Feel free to mash in some of your own characters, if you feel so inclined.
- If you are entering an original character, offering some juicy background information will earn you extra points.
- After the contest ends, all entrants will be shown on my website, www.blue-uncia.nl .
This contest will end August 30th 2008, which also happens to be Matt's birthday. You'll have plenty of time to finish your entries. The entries will be judged by me, based on the following qualities:
- Effort
- Originality
- Humor (for the gags)
- Looks (although I certainly realize not everybody can draw that well, so I'll keep that in mind)
Prizes: (All the same for each category)
1st prize. A choice: (A) A fully finished picture, complete with elaborate background, multi-layer shading and all the bells and whistles, of any character of your choice (originals or otherwise). Up to three characters max. Or (B) a small cameo role in SoL of your own character (nothing plot-critical, but you'll get some lines. The role will be comparable to those of doc. Carson and nurse Lilly in chapter 3).
2nd prize. A choice: (A) A fully colored picture with a simple background of any character of your choice (originals or otherwise). Up to two characters max. Or (B) a tiny cameo appearance in SoL (as a background figure or as a picture on a poster, a tv-screen, or something like that).
3rd prize. A fully colored picture of a single character of your choice (original or otherwise) without a background.
There are three prizes for each category, which means there are a grand total of 9 prizes to aim for! The number of prizes might go up or down, depending on the number of entrants. So I want to see lots of entries!
July 5th, 2008:
Important notice:
Some of you have uploaded entries to sites such as DA, but didn't send me notes about it. The thing is, I won't be able to see those entries, unless you also actually note my about them. I'm currently watching a lot of people, so in order to keep my watchlist from exploding, I didn't tick off everybody's 'watch this person's new deviations'-box. I know... That's actually MY problem, but what I'm saying is this: Just uploading your picture on a site like DA won't guarantee that I'll also see it. Please notify me and I'll answer saying that your entry has been added to the others.
Also I'd like to point out that I've decided that I'll probably make the cameo roles to be won, a little bigger than I originally intended. Second place winners may have actual characters with a couple of actual lines in SoL now. And first place winners will obviously get bigger roles. Just wanted you to know that.
Entries are rather slow right now, as there are currently more prizes than entrants. This could be your big chance people! The Uncia and Fakemon contests in particular are underentered (is that a word?). Good luck!