Art Contest for Independent Novel
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Lycanus,
Posted on: 2012-04-16 01:42 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
was going to offer Paragon Points, unfortunately there's no way to get those as a gift yet.
Thrythlind's Deviant Art Page
"Notice at the end, there: Arcanaville did the math and KICKED IT INTO EXISTENCE." - Ironik on the power of Arcanaville's math
Was going to put this in multimedia but figure its more appropriate here.
This is the first of my four art contests this year and it is centered on the world of the Divine Blood novel.
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What do I need to do?
Post a deviation based on Divine Blood to your gallery and submit it to my group "Thrythlind-Stories".
A link to the group is here: http://thrythlind-stories.deviantart.com/
There are two folders one for portraits and the other for scenes.
The group should be set to automatically approve applications, please tell me if it is otherwise.
There are two contests, the Informal and the Canon.
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What are the rules?
For the informal pictures, you can draw any character from the novels that you want. You can dress them however you want. You can even have them interacting with your own OCs or characters from established series such as Marvel, Dresden Files, Naruto, City of Heroes and so on.
For the Canon pictures, you need to draw a scene out of the book, but it can be any scene you want to draw.
No limit on size, number of characters, complexity or color vs black and white. You may also submit as many as two deviations to each category of the contest, meaning each participant may submit a total of four pictures maximum. If you desire to do more than that, awesome, but choose which four (two each) you want to apply to the contest.
Again:
Informal Contest maximum entries per person: Two
Canon Contest maximum entries per person: Two
Do not submit anything with sexual content. The clothing damage incident one of the evil characters suffers should be the limit of that.
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When does this end?
11:59 June 1st, Japanese time
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How will the winners be chosen?
On June 1st, the contest will come to an end and I will spend the next week speaking about the entries with selected friends. The final decision will lie with me, it will not be up to an outside vote. I will choose based on the following criteria.
Creativity - how clever you are with portraying the characters and situations
Characterization - how well you keep my characters in, well, character
Technique - flat out artistic skill
These criteria fit both the Informal and Canon contests.
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What are the prizes?
For each Category:
First Prize: 4,000 deviant art points, a signed copy of the book
Second Prize: 3,000 deviant art points
Third Prize: 1,000 deviant art points
One of the First Prize winners will also receive the Grand Prize which is as follows:
Your choice between a $100 Amazon Gift Card or a commission from an artist of your choice up to $100 in value
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What is Divine Blood?
Divine Blood is a novel that features elements of science fiction, fantasy and even a trace of horror. It is set in an alternate version of our own world. A world where nonhuman beings live among humans everyday secret societies and organizations fight for the fate of the world, hidden realms of ancient power struggle with the idea of coming to a truce and war is on the horizon everywhere though no one seems to notice.
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What elements exist in Divine Blood?
Mecha - small mecha ranging from 12 to 15 feet tall exist as fast assault vehicles. Traditional tanks still carry more firepower and armor on average. Humanoid mecha are referred to as "uprights".
Supernatural Powers - magic, psychic powers and supernatural martial arts are all considered part of the Divine Blood universe
Nonhuman species - most modern day nonhumans have evolved to fit in among humans either through appearing almost the same, shapechanging or not entering their true form until puberty. Most nonhumans live normal lives.
Intrigue - there are numerous secret organizations, some good, some bad and most not communicating well between each other.
Comedy - there is a good amount of comedy in the series ranging from wry sarcasm to slapstick
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Also offering free kindle copies to the first twenty people that retweet my contest announcements on twitter.
Thrythlind's Deviant Art Page
"Notice at the end, there: Arcanaville did the math and KICKED IT INTO EXISTENCE." - Ironik on the power of Arcanaville's math