It wasn't easy to judge this, that's for sure, but here are the winning entries for my costume contest:


Text/Example Entries:

2nd Place - 150g

Username: Kongouseki
Costume Idea: Assassin (Short sleeved turtle neck like shirt that comes up to cover the bottom half of the face, knee length shorts [X], dark red long-sleeved mesh shirt is over that with a black vest over the mesh shirt. or instead of the vest, a long jacket like Irvine's from FFVIII without the sleeves but more ragged looking where the sleeves would come from, like they were just torn off. Same with the bottom of the coat, more ragged.)

This was one of the few concepts that could actually fit the "spooky" theme of Halloween. There are a lot of different ways you could interpret the appearance of an assassin, but I liked the general idea of the outfit she described.

1st Place - 300g

Username: Chexala
Costume Idea: Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice

While I'm not familiar with the character, the description she gave seemed to fit my personality and I found the costume appealing on its own. I appreciated that Chexala took my demeanor into account and came up with a befitting costume.


Drawn Entries:

2nd Place - 400g

Username: Ceridwen_Crystaline Ikoda
Costume Idea: Elegant Gothic Aristocrat

I like the detail Ceridwen put into this and that she created an "elegant" costume that wasn't especially effeminate. (Even if those are some exceptionally tight pants.)

1st Place - 650g

Username: Glammy
Costume Idea: Zombie

I enjoyed the humor of Glammy's zombie concept. Although the costume suggested wasn't much different from my everyday wear, I think it captured my general personality nicely.


And the Grand Prize Winner:


Grand Prize - 1,000g and their costume drawn by Omi

Username: Mingnon
Costume Idea: Vintage Fighter Pilot (Leather cap and/or goggles, leather jacket with wooly-like inside that sticks out at collar, pants and boots. Scarf optional.)

I really liked this idea. Certainly I appreciated the fact that it fits with my clothing preferences, but I was drawn to it more because it's unexpected, yet wouldn't be out of place as a Halloween costume.

An issue I took with a lot of the entries was that they were too specific. I had never heard of most of the character suggestions, and from what I gathered about Halloween costumes, most are based on broad ideas (pirate, vampire, etc.) rather than dressing up as X character from Y comic.

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Thank you for all your submissions! I enjoyed my first Halloween, so I'm looking forward to the next one.

[Once Omi is finished with the winning costume image she'll post it on Menewsha's deviantART page and I'll post a copy in the album on my profile. It should be completed sometime before November 22nd.]