Hi guys~~~How's everyone doing? Have you started drawing my babies yet? I've decided to extend the contest deadline. So more people can join, and you can have more time to finish the pic, ne? For those who has submitted the entry, you can still make little changes if you like,
BUT you cannot draw a new picture to exchange with your previous entry. Please be honest.
So, please read again for some updates and stuff~~~~
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Finally, contest time! Arrr…..I've been wanting to held a contest since….last year….haha…I was too lazy to write a journal of the contest….*sob*. Okay, now let's get to the point.
ThemeDraw my Dragon and Kirin OC in any scenery
Reference:
Reference sheet : sta.sh/013xi9fy914i sta.sh/0xa6rmqfzk1 Allowed Media & Style Media : Digital art and traditional art (must be coloured) ONLY. ILLUSTRATION ONLY
Style: Anime (cell-shaded/soft-shaded)/manga & Semi-realism anime ONLY. NO chibis/portrait/abstract/anthro/animation/photomanipulation/plushie/comic strip etc
Some examples that the style I like:
chaosringen.deviantart.com/art…
jinkimania.deviantart.com/art/…
yogisha.deviantart.com/art/Sil…
cobi-cobi.deviantart.com/art/A…
juhaihai.deviantart.com/art/Ma…
Contest Requirements All contest entry must be at least knee up (full body or showing at least, their knees) . They must be new artwork, full illustration with full background, coloured.
Only 1 entry per person. You're not allowed to do collaboration with other artist/commission them to draw the entry. The artwork must be your own artwork. Strictly no tracing/stealing arts. You'll be disqualified and black listed if you do that.
You don't have to inform me if you want to enter. If you enter, submit the completed entry to your DA and send me a note with the link of your entry. In your artist comment, please state that it's for 
's OC contest and post a link to my contest journal. If you failed to do that, sorry, your entry will not be accepted.
You MUST draw BOTH of my OC, Xuan Long and Qi Rui in ADULT/TEENAGE version. Draw them in any scene. In battle, leisure, festival etc. Keep in mind that they are from China background. Their clothes MUST be in ancient Chinese outfit. No modern or other era's clothing, just Chinese ancient clothing.
I'll give you some examples for reference:
www.feifantxt.com/t538748/ tieba.baidu.com/p/536197572?pn…
A few DA artists that draw awesome ancient Chinese clothing:
feimo.deviantart.com/ heise.deviantart.com/ mlcamaro.deviantart.com/ phoenixlu.deviantart.com/
You can draw them in their original outfit from my reference, but I prefer you to design for them. Design outfit for them will have more possibility in winning the contest.
Keep in mind that Xuan Long's theme colour will be black & dark blue, Qi Rui's theme colour will be white and light blue.
Do not include other characters(your OCs, my other OCs, fan characters…etc) in the drawing. But dragons are allowed to be drawn as background.
Your drawing must be at least 2480x3507 pixel, 300 dpi. The drawing that you submit in DA must be big enough for me to see the details. (1024 pixel)
Please do not change their relationship, personality, stories. A very important thing that I must emphasize, They are not couple, they are good friends
Some background stories and comic strips to know better of them:
Who are the judges and How they judgeI'm the only judge here, coz no one knows my OCs better than I do. So how do I judge? I'll sum up everything into 4 parts:
a) Creativity – your creative ideas in designs of clothes/background given to the drawings and imaginative composition of the characters.
b) Skill – Your drawing skill and the details you put in
c) Essence – Depends on how well you capture the characters' personality and their relationship. I hope you get the feeling between them the same as I do. 
d) Love – Your love towards my babies~~~hurrrr..
Contest duration and deadline
Deadline: 30 November 2013 Malaysia time, 12.00p.m. time.sirim.my/
No more extension.
PrizeNow the excited part neh? I'll only give 3 prizes and they are quite TEMPTING~~~
First prize:
USD 100 or equivalent points ( 8000 
)
A free fullbody detailed CG from me (one character of your choice)
A free copy of Xuan Long and Qi Rui Artbook (which is yet to be released) . Your artwork will be featured in there. (shipping fee excluded) A full body, a waist up and a bust up drawing by 
A full body with background drawing by 
A free commission and a semi-realism portrait by 
A full body with background pic by 
A chibi request (800pxX800px) + llama + watch by 
A drawing request by 
A free request of your choice by 
A free chibi commission by stitch-84
*prize will be updated later*
Second prize:
USD 75 or equivalent points ( 6000 )
A free half body detailed CG from me (one character of your choice)
A free copy of Xuan Long and Qi Rui Artbook (which is yet to be released) . Your artwork will be featured in there. (shipping fee excluded) A waist up and bust up drawing by A knee up drawing by A free commission and a semi-realism portrait by A full body drawing by A chibi request (800pxX800px) + llama + watch by A drawing request by A full body without/simple background by
*prize will be updated later*
Third prize:
USD 50 or equivalent points ( 4000 )
A free headshot detailed CG from me (one character of your choice)
A free copy of Xuan Long and Qi Rui Artbook (which is yet to be released) . Your artwork will be featured in there. (shipping fee excluded) A bust up drawing by 
A chibi drawing by A free commission and a semi-realism portrait by 2 chibi drawings by A chibi request (800pxX800px) + llama + watch by A drawing request by A halfbody without/simple background by
*prize will be updated later*
Added a special prize~~~~ One participant will be chosen using random.org by me and he/she will get a copy of my Xuan Long and Qi Rui artbook. A special thanks to 
Thank you so much to all the prize donators~~~I'm so grateful for your kindness~~~>///v////<~~*hugzz*~~~ And if you've noted me bout the prize donation and I haven't updated them please inform me again.Or, I've made a mistake in your prize donation, do update me too. I might miss out coz there are so many of them~~*sob in happiness*. Oh, and if you're still willing to donate some prizes, you're welcome to do so, the more, the merrier...Arrr...I love prizes~~~
~~~~ Do send me a note if you want to donate. Big love to all~~~~
Where can I see the other entries?
shrimpheby.deviantart.com/favo…
So grab your pencil now and start drawing~~~~(*w*). And please help to spread the word~~~ You helps are greatly appreciated.
Enjoy your moment drawing my babies~~~
This is my first time holding a contest. I might miss out some details please let me know. And if you have questions, please don't hesitate to ask. ~~
