Hello Eternal Guardians!
I'm hosting the very first Joer's Art Contest. This is for our young EE artists out there or if you have a friend that you can "utilize" for this contest. Please note that this is only for Sapphire Server ONLY. I'm very sorry Diamond players. If there is a way that GMs can move prizes then...OH well.

Overall Ranking with comments: http://tinyurl.com/EEFanArtRanking Overall Ranking with pictures http://tinyurl.com/FanArtPics Consolation Prize Form: Click Me! You are eligible for the consolation prize form if you haven't won any prizes or only won once Thank you for participating! I had a lot of fun with this event. Thank you so much to the judges for their time and effort <3 *Special Note to the Top 5* Please verify your in game name by posting in this thread or sending me a private message Rankings in a nutshell: #1 4-Mainichi(1) - Golden Sun Dragon - Paid! #2 6-Sunita(1) - Royal Rose Prime - Paid! #3 18-Elvire - Minidemon Wings Prime - Paid! #4 15-Sunita(2) - Aviator Shades - Paid! #5 3-Kyuuh(1) - Aviator Shades - Paid! #6 12-Kyuuh(2) - Aviator Shades - Paid! #7 19-koager - Aviator Shades #8 5-Mainichi(2) - Reindeer Puppy - Paid! #9 10-Mainichi(3) - *Skipped* #10 9-iRose - Reindeer Puppy - Paid! #11 17-Black.Lilium - Reindeer Puppy - Paid! #12 13-Mikuno - Reindeer Puppy - Paid! #13 2-Miniprodigy #14 11-acor0e #15 7-PiichiShiba  #16 8-Sugimori #17 1-With #18 14-Aethin #19 16-Emeral_D_Kings

This Event is very straight forward.
You have to create an original art work using these pictures as your inspiration:

*Note: You only have to do 1 artwork = 1 inspiration. You don't have to draw all to enter.

First Look:

http://i48.tinypic.com/2vkfb7r.jpg
http://i47.tinypic.com/xqckua.jpg
http://i50.tinypic.com/2rcrd6s.jpg
http://i45.tinypic.com/jkkms1.jpg
http://i50.tinypic.com/2ztekj7.jpg
http://i45.tinypic.com/1bv43.jpg

Second Look:

http://i50.tinypic.com/2ynngpi.jpg
http://i45.tinypic.com/1zph3zp.jpg
http://i50.tinypic.com/10h0h7o.jpg
http://i45.tinypic.com/716av8.jpg

Third Look:

http://i47.tinypic.com/2yzlxqx.jpg
http://i47.tinypic.com/2jb3xv4.jpg
http://i49.tinypic.com/34dfvc1.jpg

Fourth Look:

http://i45.tinypic.com/25al11u.jpg
http://i46.tinypic.com/2yukspd.jpg
http://i46.tinypic.com/j82xcw.jpg

Fifth Look:

http://i48.tinypic.com/2cdevm8.jpg
http://i49.tinypic.com/122dl51.jpg
http://i47.tinypic.com/2i8hb3c.jpg


Mechanics:
-Your artwork should include one of the screen shots above. For example, if you choose to do the first look, your artwork should have a similar character's costume, hairstyle, etc.
-Your artwork should be colored. Artworks include colored pencils, paint, watercolor, oil pastels, digital art etc.
-Let your creativity run wild and fly. You can add a cute background, pets, mounts, alpacas or anything. Please refer to the art example provided below.
-It should be clean and pristine.
-Cute and Chibis are appreciated (Encouraged).
-You can enter as many entries as you'd like but if they are that good, you can only win a maximum of 2 prizes for this contest.
-All artwork should abide the ToS.
-Again, you can use someone to draw/make the art for you as long as you have their consent.
-HD Quality Artwork (720p or 1080p) are highly encouraged since I will be printing this out.
-Criteria for Judging:
There will be 2 Judges in this Contest. I am just the "Audience Impact."
+40% - Overall Creativity and Effort
+30% - Meticulousness/Cleanliness/Attention to Detail
+20% - Audience Impact (Joer's Input)
+10% - Cuteness/Fierceness/Smexiness/X-Factor
Sample Judging Card:


-Here are some sites where you can upload your image:
www.uploadpic.org/
www.imageshack.us/
www.photobucket.com
www.tinypic.com/

-Here are some examples of what I am expecting from your work:




This image is inspired by Look 1 and this is what I am expecting in your entry would look like if you are doing digital art.




This Event begins today, Dec. 21, 2012 and will end at Jan. 21, 2013 11:59 PM PST.


So the exciting part of this contest is of course the PRIZES!


Grand Prize Winner: <Golden Sun Dragon> +5% All Stats
1st Runner up: <Corrupt Minidemon's Wings (Prime)> +10% MCRIT/CRIT DMG
2nd Runner up: <Mysterious Aviator Shades (Prime)> -5% MP Cost
3rd-5th Runner up: <Clever Christmas Reindeer Puppy> -10% CRIT DMG Received

4 Random Participants Can Also Win:
<Azazel's Horns (Alpha)> 2x
<Amethyst Wing Beret (Alpha)> 2x

*Note: Max of 2 Prizes for each contestants.

Entry Format: [IMG] Your Picture URL [/IMG] [url] Your Picture URL [/url] IGN:

This is very creative and looks fun, Joer! Good luck to all of the participants! ^_^

The mechanics have been updated and clearly laid out.

If you have any questions, feel free to comment here or send me a private message.

I'm so inspired right now, wanna draw something smexy! An event using those inspirational pictures really work out, genius. C:

Takes guts to shamelessly promote your own event on the shout box like that, but it worked.

+1

shamelessly 1st

What is this...my foot is moving on it's own... must... resist... urge to kick people.

IGN:Akumai

Mainichini wrote:

What is this...my foot is moving on it's own... must... resist... urge to kick people.

I LOL'ed XD

joer130 wrote:

Mainichini wrote: What is this...my foot is moving on it's own... must... resist... urge to kick people.   I LOL'ed XD