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Biochemkris · 10-09-2006, 08:51 PM

An exciting new Fan Art Contest is sweeping across the SnitchSeeker community!!

We’ve decided to create an SS Calendar to be available for purchase and made up of artwork and graphics by our members. We need twelve images for the calendar so, we’re calling all artists and graphics makers, from the inexperienced first-timers to aspiring professionals and everyone in between. All the details for the contest can be found here and in the official SnitchSeeker 2007 Calendar FanArt Contest.

Unfortunately, we don’t have the funds to award all the winners with calendars so, the prize for the winning entries will be publishing of their work on the calendar as well as a siggy, avatar and/or title.

There are twelve different categories to which you can submit your scanned or computer artwork. Each artist is encouraged to submit one entry per category for a total of twelve possible entries per artist. The winners from each category will be the images used for the twelve months of the calendar which will be available for members to purchase.

Winners will be chosen via anonymous vote by the membership. All members are encouraged to submit their work and vote (site staff and unsorted members, included). Please don’t think you need to be Monet to submit a graphic or two, or three, or twelve. No names will be used for the voting so that everyone will be on equal footing and we would love to see entries from people of all abilities (or inabilities, as the case may be

). Now, down to the nitty gritty:

Calendar Fan Art Contest Entry Rules & Guidelines

1. You must be a full member of SnitchSeeker.com to enter. You can sign up here and make sure to get your 10 posts in the Newbie Hut so that you will be able to post your entries.

2. One entry per category per artist for a total of 12 possible entries per artist. Please specify which category you are submitting each graphic for when you submit your entries or we will not be able to accept it.

The Categories:
1. Winter
2. Valentine's Day/ Drawing of a couple
3. Quidditch
4. Portrait of a character
5. Spring/Outdoor Hogwarts' scene
6. Summer/ Diagon Alley scene
7. Fall/ Hogwarts Express scene
8. Halloween
9. Classroom scene
10. Holiday scene
11. Beginner/non-artist entry
12. Entry for Member Under 15 years old

3. All entries must conform to the image guidelines set forth by Café Press for calendars. Those guidelines are as follows: Image size should be 11 x 8.5 inches (bleed to 11.5 x 9 inches for those images with backgrounds- the pages will be trimmed to 11 x 8.5). Please use a resolution of at least 200 dpi.

4. Entries must be your own, entirely original, work. The use of movie, book, and any other photographic or promotional images for digital graphics is prohibited. We cannot publish anything that uses copyrighted images, logos, or names and we will not tolerate plagiarism. If you have any questions concerning this, please PM Biochemkris or ask here.

5. Please include your username and age (optional) with your entries. We will be publishing the username and age of the winners in a news article and will include them on the graphic in the calendar. We will not be using real names and if you would prefer to not give your age, that is fine so long as you don’t submit for the under 15 category.

6. By entering you give SnitchSeeker the right to publish your artwork in a calendar to be sold and distributed on cafepress.com. Also note that any profit made from the sale of the calendars will be used for site maintenance and development of SnitchSeeker.com; winners will not receive any money from such sales.

7. Entries must be received no later than Monday, October 23rd at 11:59pm GMT ( October 23rd at 6:59pm EST) to be considered for voting.

8. Submit your entries by posting a new thread here. All threads in the forum are moderated so only the contest official will see your work. You do not have to submit multiple threads for multiple categories. Just include all your images in one post, making sure each is labelled with the category you are submitting it to. Please also make sure you followed all the rules and guidelines for submissions.

9. Please PM Biochemkris if you have any questions regarding any of these rules or guidelines.

Scoring

In order to create a well-rounded calendar with work from different members, we are restricting the number of categories an artist can win depending upon the number of entries we receive. If an artist wins in more than determined number of categories, we will determine which categories for which they received the most votes and those will be the categories they win. The runner(s)-up will be announced as the winners of the other categories.

For example: Based on the number of entries we receive we determine that an artist can win in a maximum of two categories. Bob wins in categories A, B, C, and D. In category A he gets 5 votes, B he gets 12 votes, C he gets 7 votes, and D he gets 10 votes. So, his artwork in categories B and D will win and the runners-up in A and C will move up to first place.

In the event we do not receive any entries for a given category, we will choose from amongst the runners-up of the other categories in order to bring the total number of graphics to twelve.

lorlor57 · 10-10-2006, 12:10 AM

that's sooooo cool!! too bad i'm a wicked bad artist!!

but best of luck to every one else who enters! lol

Brina gurl · 10-10-2006, 12:13 AM

Cool idea. Can't wait to see the winners. Good luck to all

chowderHPfanatic · 10-10-2006, 02:35 AM

oooh, sounds great! can't wait until the winners are chosen!

Biochemkris · 10-10-2006, 02:51 AM

I want everyone to enter, even if they are horrible artists. I insist. If you think you're really that bad, why not just make a parody of it? I'd love to see some humorous art to compliment the more serious art most of you are probably thinking we expect. Please try it out. You can even just draw something fun in Paint. It doesn't have to be great to be entered.

Pigwidgeon Took · 10-10-2006, 03:03 AM

SWEEET!!!!! i will try to draw something, but i don't have a scanner which may be a problem.... grrrr..... i will computerly make something then maybe.... or not. i will vote whichever way happens.

*cough* if you're in the mood for competitive drawing, and since this didn't deserve, apparently, an announcement, you should click the FanArtTourny link in my siggy*cough*

Blackwidow · 10-10-2006, 03:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoHermione

I totally agree with you, Rhea!

Squeeeee!! You should totally Try, i will try too. Not that i am good, but ill take a go at it

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pigwidgeon Took

SWEEET!!!!! i will try to draw something, but i don't have a scanner which may be a problem.... grrrr..... i will computerly make something then maybe.... or not. i will vote whichever way happens.

Yes! Do something computerly, i don't have a scanner either, but ill try photoshop or paint whichever works better with me. I know the pen tool in photoshop is very handy in drawing faces and stuff. You may wanna check it out

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HP is the BoMbDiGiTy · 10-10-2006, 03:11 AM

THis is great, although i don't think i'll be entering.

Nabs · 10-10-2006, 05:32 AM

Woot! This is awesome! Can't wait to see all the entries.

Symphora · 10-10-2006, 06:06 AM

Cooll...

ezzer123 · 10-10-2006, 06:27 AM

sounds good!!

harry__dan · 10-10-2006, 07:51 AM

cool contest. but I am not an artist!
hahahahahahaha

Maxilocks · 10-10-2006, 09:59 AM

ZOMG, this is awesome, I can't tell how excited I am. *dies*

I would enter, if only my scanner was working. This is so unfair, now I can't enter - Unless I take a picture of my work with a digi cam, I guess. Arrgh, shucks.

Still, I toterly LOVE the idea! Good Luck to everyone entering.

10-10-2006, 12:47 PM

LOL
OMG soo COOL !!!
I want do to one lol
How long does we have time to do it ? ^^

bitsyandtank · 10-10-2006, 01:11 PM

Good luck to all that enter. Sounds like loads of fun.

Darlinga · 10-10-2006, 01:33 PM

Great idea. Do you have any idea for publishing date? It would be great to have it before 2007 begins.

Little Trooper · 10-10-2006, 01:42 PM

That sounds like such a cool idea. Wish i could draw to. But oh well. Good luck everyyone can't wait to see the end result

Ms Wood · 10-10-2006, 01:56 PM

wow this amazing!!!!!!
im going tp buy one, have to put my david beckham calender away for the first time in 7 yrs!!!!

wish i could draw.

hope to see some deedliz on there!!!!!

Harmonizer · 10-10-2006, 02:08 PM

Huzzah! Awesome contest. Must try to join xD

*whips out camera*

Biochemkris · 10-10-2006, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darlinga

Great idea. Do you have any idea for publishing date? It would be great to have it before 2007 begins.

We should have it available for purchase sometime in November (early, I hope) to give people time to shop for Christmas.

For those without scanners: try asking around to see if your friends have one or maybe your school will let you use one. I'm not sure if copy centers have that capability or not but I'll be sure to look into ways you can get your art scanned in. If worse comes to worse, you can try to take a pic of your work but, it won't be as clear and you may need to do a bit of work on it digitally before it' 'up to snuff'.

EDIT: You can check with libraries also to see if they have scanners. I know UMaine's library even has a document scanning service. For $1 you can have them scan 4 documents into digital format.

Harry4emma · 10-10-2006, 02:40 PM

sounds a brilliant idea i can't draw for toffee only stick people

good luck every one

Biochemkris · 10-10-2006, 02:45 PM

You know, stick figures are highly underrated. I highly encourage even stick figure draw-ers to submit ther work. And I am dead serious. I want everyone to to enter! Stick figure drawings can be really great depending on the amount of detail you can put into it. The images aren't limited to fancy portraits and whatnot. You could do a comic with dialog, even.