Siz and Dar's Excellent Avatar-Adventure! ~ Contests closed, thanks so much for playing everyone!
http://www.menewsha.com/img/43187/2a...096e6d6720.png Banner art by Captain Howdy An avatar contest hosted by Sizzla & Daria Welcome to the Festival of Winter Nights 2011 avatar contest! For this event, we have something shiny and new for all of you fantastic outfit-makers out there! There will be a series of mini avatar contests in this thread during the event. You will have a small window of time where you may enter each contest. Once that contest closes, you will no longer be able to enter for that contest. Judging will commence at the end of the event, as per usual. Your Hosts: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...a/23197-11.png Hey guys! I'm Sizzla, and most of you have probably seen me around the forums at some point or another. I've hosted most of the avatar contests during our events now, and it seems that this time I'm at it again. I'm looking forward to seeing all wonderfully color-coordinated avatars! Helpful hints from Sizzla: Please, PLEASE follow the instructions and get your entries in on time! We're going to be super anal about entries, so if you don't follow the specifications, we'll be asking you to remake your avatar. :yes: FAIR WARNING! ;D http://i40.tinypic.com/qzgjyv.png Hey folks! You may have seen me on such shows as "Beavis and Butthead" and MTV's "Daria". Now, I make my happy little home here on Menewsha, bringing sarcasm and humor to all its good little girls and boys. I am really looking forward to seeing what you all come up with! Helpful hints from Daria: Be very creative! Originality and humor goes a long way with me. I almost never am looking for avatars with 101 layers, but am looking for something fun and different ...If you make me Laugh out loud in real life, you probably have a winner... Above all else, have fun! |
General Rules for All Contests
Read the rules and follow 'em. That's all we ask! XD Make sure you read them all too, because there may be something in the rules that's necessary for your entry...
We'll choose first, second, and third place winners in each of the categories. Other prizes might be added as the event goes on, depending on the amount of entries received. Prizes are as follows: First place: 5,000g Second place: 3,000g Third place: 1,000g |
http://i.imgur.com/fUKJ5.png The Fifth Stop: Rochelle Harbor Rochelle Harbor is known for it's traveling winter Sugarplum Village! The Sugarplum Village is a traveling seasonal fair run by a confections master and her students. Your contest challenge: 1) Create an avatar that is either the confections master or one of her students, baking or cooking something for the Sugarplum Village fair. 2) All entries need to either have your finished food product or the baking instruments you used while making your masterpiece equipped. So basically, have a food item equipped. 3) Yes, group entries are fine. The usual requirements apply for group entries, one entry per account *No main/mule entries* 4) Reference pictures of finished food items are acceptable but not required, HOWEVER, we love food ... So we do keep this in mind when judging things. TL;DR: Imagine you're a chef/chef student. Cook something. Make an avatar that shows you cooking said item (with cooking item[s] equipped) or has you holding/equipping the item you've already cooked. This contest will end when the train departs for Menewsha Central on January 3 at 2:00 p.m. Central. ABSOLUTELY NO entries submitted after that time will be accepted. http://i.imgur.com/2Lu1S.png__________--------____________________---------_______http://i.imgur.com/yoD74.png Entry form: Rochelle Harbor Contest Entry Username: Avatar Image: Reference Photo: (optional) Quote:
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The First Stop: Garland Garland is a festive place, decked out to the nines with bows, boughs and bells! For this contest, we're starting off easy by asking you to make the most matchy-matchy avatar you can. The Rules: 1) Avatars must contain ONLY the following colors (skin color doesn't matter, but hair and eye color must also be in these colors): • Green2) Avatars MUST contain ALL of the above colors. If your avatar does not meet these requirements, your entry will not be accepted and you'll be asked to resubmit your entry. NOTE: Hair colors are hard to get right, so here are some shades to get started. You can tweak them as needed, but I figured you'd want a jumping-off point. http://www.menewsha.com/forum/commun...cab2d34a7d.gif Red: #611414/#f4151b Gold: #ba7117/#feeeb2 Green: #082f04/#29901d Garland Entries SPOILER |
The Second Stop: Reinsend The village of Reinsend has long been known for its domestication of the reindeer that inhabit this part of the island. The villagers have a long tradition of building sleighs, sledges and carriages from the plentiful forests around their homes. All of the carriages used on the whole island come from here. At this time of year they celebrate with bonfires and dancing and a festival they call the Sleigh Parade. For this contest, we're asking you to become a parade performer. You must prepare yourself by creating a spectacular bonfire entertainment act. The Rules: 1) First, create your costume. Your avatar must be dressed as if you were performing in the Sleigh Parade. This is fairly open-ended and your avatar does NOT have to be matchy-matchy, but it does have to MAKE SENSE! Random placement of items "just because" will not be permitted. 2) All avatars must have at least one fire item equipped. The item has to be ON FIRE! No fire, no entry. 3) Please include a three-paragraph (a paragraph is AT LEAST three sentences) description of your performance/act in the parade in detail. Please put a blank line in between your paragraphs so I know what you think is the end of a paragraph. Remember: No paragraphs, no entry. Remember, you must work for GLORY! If your avatar does not meet these requirements, your entry will not be accepted and you'll be asked to resubmit your entry. This contest will end when the train arrives at Icy Peaks on December 28 at 4 p.m. Central. ABSOLUTELY NO entries submitted after that time will be accepted. Reinsend Entries SPOILER |
The Third Stop: Icy Peaks In the town of Icy Peaks, the villagers love all things devoted to their favorite things, SNOW and ICE! This contest will really satisfy their desire for icy avatars! The Rules: This is the second and LAST contest for matchy-matchy avatars! 1) Avatars must contain ONLY these colors:
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This contest will end when the train debarks for Saint's Pole on December 30 at 1:15 p.m. Central. ABSOLUTELY NO entries submitted after that time will be accepted. Icy Peaks Entries SPOILER |
The Fourth Stop: Saint's Pole Saint's Pole is another one of those curious villages many Menewshans have heard of, but few have visited. A hundred years ago, a small band of artisan elves moved here so they could set up a village to produce their clever wares, lead by a gentleman elf everyone remembers as "Good ol' Nick." Though the elves have since moved on, artisans serious about their crafts — and toymaking in general — seek out Saint's Pole to study with masters. Every year during Winter Nights, the residents exchange gifts of their preferred crafts to show off their skills. The Rules: 1) Your avatar must be dressed as/cosplaying a REAL toy. Accuracy is key! And no, GAMES are NOT toys. :yes: 2) Entries MUST include a reference photo. Any entry without a reference photo will not be accepted. 3) This can be a group or single-entry contest. So, if you would like, you can submit an entry as a group of toys with a group of fellow traveling Menewshans. However, if you chose to do a group entry, only one avatar per person. That means no main and mule entries. This contest will end when the train arrives in Rochelle Harbor on January 1 at 12:45 p.m. Central (or whenever Siz & Daria wake up and change the contest on New Year's Day. XP). ABSOLUTELY NO entries submitted after that time will be accepted. Saint's Pole Entries Entries: SPOILER |
Reserved for shits and giggles, because I like giggles!
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AANNNDDD The contest is now open and ready to accept entries! Remember this will be a MULTICHALLENGE contest. Each contest will have very specific rules and we will reject all entries that do not meet the entry criteria.
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This sounds like a fun contest, although I'll have to change my avatar right away. ^_^;
Will there be other avatar contests during this event, or the "Red, Green, and Gold" themed one the only one? |
LOL, Lizzy, you may want to take another gander at the rules, as it is clear you have not read them well enough. I recommend with this years contest you READ EVERYTHING. Folks who skim will likely be disappointed.
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I'll be sure to join this time round ^^
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Just please pay attention to the contest end time:) I love me the Roachi entries!
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Like always I will be joining this contest
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This looks like a lot of fun. I might actually enter for once.
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fantastic new twist to the avatar contest, daria and sizzla! hope it's a great turnout!
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Awesome idea guys. I hope you get lots of entries! :eager:
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Well, I don't see a form so I'll make my own.
Garland Contest Username: Saravi Boo Entry:http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/1266/97770w.png Wow, that was a hard contest. I had a heck of a time finding items without accent colors that didn't fit the criteria (white, black, etcetera). Made it very challenging. ^_^ But fun. ^_^ Good luck everyone! Can't wait to see what the next contest is. |
The avatar contest is always one of my favorites. It'll be fun to come up with avatars to enter.
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Cool!
... Eep, guess I should get to work on avatars! |
Ooh, good point Saravi. I'll go make up one of those entry form, and steal your format!
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I'm flattered Daria. ^_^ You are welcome to it.^_^ I would have made the colored words larger too but I was being lazy and using the quick post instead of the advanced. lol.
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I futzed with the font a bit, but kept the red/green colors etc. :)
ALSO: It looks like we have our first qualifying entry! Well done Saravi! |
Ooh, I like the twist on this contest! I'll enter my current avvi once I make a few modifications (since I've got a little bit of silver and white accent).
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