Contest
Make new friends
But keep the old
One is silver
And the other is gold.

The holidays are a time for friends and family to gather and celebrate the bonds that brought and keep them together. Spanning religion, race and creed, the true meaning of the holidays is companionship.

Description/Rules
Create a holiday-themed scene consisting of at least one of *MadPrinceFeanor's original characters and/or one of ~Rya-kun's original characters and/or one of your original characters engaging in some holiday festivities!

Holidays are not limited to calendar holidays, if you want to draw Fauchevont and Atropa partaking of an equinox esbat, be my guest! Think outside the box and use your imagination! (Most importantly, have fun!)

All forms of art are accepted, including (but not limited to) drawings, paintings, photography, writing, photomanipulation, and anything else you can think of. The only stipulation is that it must be a finished piece, no rough sketches or works in progress will be accepted.

All submitted artwork must be new pieces, not something already submitted to your gallery.

No limit to the number of entries!

A fire burns bright
It warms your heart
We've been friends
Right from the very start.

Contest will end December 31st, 2009 (New Year's Eve). Entries will be judged on the first of the new year. Judging will be done by and . There will be three categories: art containing *MadPrinceFeanor's characters, art containing ~Rya-kun's characters, and art containing both. So if you submit the aforementioned example of Fauchevont and Atropa, your art would be judged in all three categories (and thus have more chances to win stuff!) If a piece wins first place in one category, it will not be eligible to place first in another.

Grand Prize
Digitally-colored single-character drawing from ~Rya-kun and accompanying short-story from *MadPrinceFeanor; three-month subscription.
(Examples: [link] [link])

First Runner-up
Pencil sketch from ~Rya-kun and accompanying poem from *MadPrinceFeanor; one-month subscription.
(Examples: [link] [link]

Second Runner-up
Chibi sketch from ~Rya-kun and accompanying haiku from *MadPrinceFeanor
(Examples: [link] [link])

A circle is round
It has no end
That's how long
I want to be your friend.

Character Lists
These lists may be changed and added to throughout the contest, so keep an eye on them! Most of these characters have references throughout *MadPrinceFeanor's and ~Rya-kun's galleries (be sure to check the lovely gifts section of *MadPrinceFeanor's journal for references as well!) And of course, feel free to note either *MadPrinceFeanor or ~Rya-kun with any questions or concerns at any time.

[link] (ongoing character sheet)
[link]

Make new friends
But keep the old
One is silver
And the other is gold.
~Traditional Girl Scout song

Entries
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by =Kadajo
by *Iyadaethras


by *PoldalleLovesnare
by *Iyadaethras


None yet!


EDIT x2: Another one by *Iyadaethras!
Hahaha, I love it!!!

EDIT: didn't want to make a new journal, but I definitely wanted to pimp this piece of awesome:
by

The third entry to ~Rya-kun's and my holiday contest and our first entry to feature one of both of our characters with a character belonging to the artist as well! (Soren in the red shirt is mine, Xannon in the trench coat is Ry's, and Saul with the insane outfit in the middle is Cari's). I just can't stop looking at this picture, and then I start to giggle about it, and then I delve into a mass coughing fit and Ry needs to resuscitate me, and then I stare at the picture a little longer and the whole cycle begins anew.

Thanks so much, Cari!! Remember the contest only has about a month and a half left!



So I'm checking my e-mail (for once) tonight and I see I've got a message in my in-box entitled "Just saying hi, you mentioned my last name". At first I think it's spam and go to delete, but then I see the sender's surname is "Fauchey" (I won't list the first name here, just in case he doesn't want his name splayed all over the internet via my DA page).

This piques my interest, so I open the e-mail. Turns out it's from a young man whose last name quite literally is "Fauchey"! By coincidence he had Googled his last name (presumably looking for more people with the last name) and came across my use of it on my DA page. He wanted to know if it was my last name as well, since there seem to be very few Faucheys (my gods does that feel weird to say) in the world, and most seem to live in Europe. Apparently, since he's done some research on the name, there were several Faucheys who fought in WWII and were KIA.

Suffice it to say, it was just a little surreal to see my favorite OC's nick-name in my in-box! I e-mailed him back to say that no, unfortunately my last name isn't Fauchey (oh, but if it were...! ) and explain how I got the derivative. Very cool experience though, and I'm glad of the opportunity to make a new friend...and one with the same name as my character!



Commissions
commissioned story (in progress)

Character Secret Santas
Fauchevont's gift
Rhylan's gift
Trinka's gift
Arlin's gift
Eshe's gift
Nereus's gift

Art Trades
sketch of Iyadaethras
something of one of his characters

Kiribans
10,000 kiriban (done! [link])

Chain Sketches
Tho and Rhylan
Tiane

Contests
Dressed-up character(s) (November 14th) (done! [link] [link] [link])
DevID (November 7th) (done! [link] and [link])
Sailor Zodiac (November 26th)

Other Stuff
FFXI character portrait
Epic Dragon's Aery poem
Drow brother and sister story
Iyadaethras story
Krystel Carmichael sketch
"Let Chivalry Ne'er Die" poem



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