The contest is over!

Sep 1, 20057 min read

Deviation Actions

Published: Sep 1, 2005

4.4K Views

Oh yes, the contest is over now ^^ I am not accepting any new entries. All you have to do now is to wait patiently till I decide the winners... (I hope it will be sometimes... today )

I am holding a contest now! I've always wanted to do it, because there are many of you who'd like a picture from me but have no money... and nothing in this world would please me more than drawing a picture for each of you, but you know that it's not possible. So at least some chance be given to you by this ^^

The deadline: The end of August
Yes, till the 31st of August. That's plenty of time. (And possibly I'll have some time to fulfil the prizes by then, also

)

The prizes:
1st prize: Fully digitally painted picture with one of your characters and detailed background
2nd-5th prize: Pencil drawing of your character.
+ A special prize of picture of one of your characters fully colored without a background goes to a randomly selected participant, so even when you are not really skilled artist, you still have some chance to win!

So, what exactly should you draw? (+Rules)
There are two main "themes" you can choose from:

Dramatic use of colors
Draw my character, Akela Taka (well, you didn't expect anything else, did you?

), in a scene with a dramatic use of colors. Strong shadows, strong highlights, that's what I want (Man, I want that much!

). You may set the scene into a sunrise/sunset, or into a fire, or into a dark place that's alighted with just a little strong sunlight. Think of whatever you want, as long as it has "dramatic use of colors", it's allright with me ^__^ (and with this theme chosen

)
I think that colors are one of the most beautiful and heart touching things in this world, and if you can use them right, you can create a masterpiece. I myself try to play with colors a lot, but I am still learning. If you are learning it too, take this as a chance to practice

For those of you who can't use colors well or just don't want to, there's another theme you can work on:

Fanart Character
Make a picture of my character, Akela Taka, interacting with a character from a movie, TV-show or such. (For example, a Disney character, a character from Balto, Spirit, Pokémon, Digimon etc.) OR you can make a picture of my chacater drawn in the style of a specific cartoon (i.e. Care Bears, Powerpuff girls, Simpsons etc., whatever you can think of!).

Note: You can add your own character to the picture, just make sure you keep the contests theme.

The REFERENCE PICTURE of my character can be found here:
www.deviantart.com/view/156524…

Now the rules:
1) Please make the picture viewable for children's eyes
2)You can send as many entries as you want
3) Well, I think that's it. If my mind comes across some other rules later, I'll add them

The judgeing:
I'll judge the pictures myself. (No voting... because once again, I want NOT this to be a contest of popularity) I'll judge the originality, the composition, the use of colors, and anything that a picture can be judged for.

All of the entry images will be displayed on my website (www.akelataka.com).

So, what are you waiting for? Hurry on, take a pencil, brush and colors, and participate!

The prizes:
1st prize: Fully digitally painted picture with one of your characters and detailed background

2nd-5th prize: Pencil drawing of your character.
+ A special prize of picture of one of your characters fully colored without a background goes to a randomly selected participant, so even when you are not really skilled artist, you still have some chance to win!

Contest entries:

Dramatic use of colors:
By