PRIZES
1st Place Winner receives...
$15 cash or international money order
2 separate quality giftart piccies* from me, full cg and in color.
Links to your gallery and winning piece featured in my journal until the end of the year.
Links to your entry & 3 choice pieces from your gallery will be displayed in a feature journal.
An add to my watch list (if you aren't already) and those of the two other judges.
Our love and appreciation!

2nd Place Winner receives...
2 separate quality giftart piccies* from me, full cg and in color.
A mention in my journal and the journals of the two other judges.
An add to my watch list (if you aren't already).
Our love and appreciation!


3rd Place Winner receives...
1 quality giftart piccy* from me, full cg and in color.
A mention in my journal.
An add to my watch list (if you aren't already).
Our love and appreciation!


All receive...
One chara lineart waist-up request* from me.
Favourites from all of the judges..
A well-thought out, sincere comment on your piece from me and the other judges.
As long as the contest is running, your icon shall be shown in my journal.
You all get my ! So much love shall you get! And some You can attatch them and fly if you like.

*If I do not post or Note you the sketch to your prize after 30 days, you get a second request of the same type.


JUDGING
Myself, and shall be your lovely and sexy judges. Your entry will be judged on a points-based system with a certain number of possible points awarded per category (originality, relevance to the theme, overall image, blah diddy bler). This way all different skill levels are judged as fairly as possible. Please don't be discouraged to enter based on your skill. Results will be posted in a timely manner (and with a grand flourish).

RULES:
Choose a character(s) from the list provided. Choose a theme you want to portray them in. Draw draw draw! X)
Detailed descriptions on general personality are included so please don't worry about drawing too out-of-character. I want this to be fun!
All I mind is that they are on-model (i.e. hair color, eye color, etc is correct) and that the chara(s) you choose suit their theme.
All the charas can go to either theme~!
Entrants are limited to submitting three entries.
To submit your complete entry and sketch request please title the Note "Contest Entry + Sketch Request". I may accidentally delete it if it's not correctly labeled ( I kinda fly through my Notes ^_^; ). Sorry, you are limited to 2 requests, even if you submit 3 entries.
I reserve the right to refuse your request if I feel your entry is incomplete or shoddy (i.e. bad quality when compared to your gallery).


THEME
Since this is the second year I've run a contest, you have a choice between two themes!
Choice #1: Blood/Destruction/Solitude
This is what I call the shounen choice.
Anger, murder, despair, hatred, loss...all the things that can lead to a bitter end in life. Many people meet a horrific end due to bad choices or just plain ill fate. Come across one of these folks in a dark alley, covered with blood? Fall under their seductive song of solicited sex? Find a used needle in one of their bags? Everyone is flawed and none more so than humans with the souls of animals. Some can control it. Some can't. Not many of them can cope healthily.

Choice #2: Love/Joy/Heartbreak
The shoujo choice~<3
Everybody needs somebody...*brick'd* Love, companionship, even lust. Everyone longs for the touch of another whether it's the forbidden taboo of homosexuality or the crushing rapture between man and woman. So, love-love! Couples, threesomes, er, four...somes...? Sex, lies, videotape or good, pure romance.


CHARACTERS
Every one of those listed was born with the soul of a specific animal. The type of animal, or "totem", they possess defines the types of abilities they have. These abilities define their worth to the company (the TaijiDoushi) they are employed by.
For a brief synopsis on the book, see towards the bottom of my F.A.Q. [link]

Staci "Sef" Connelly (scarab) [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]
Age: 40s, early twenties(in scarab years)
Sex: M
Sexual orientation: vaquely questionable, seems to prefer women
Abilities: speed, immortality (kill him and he comes right back, like a zombie!), strength, pyrokinesis, electrokinesis
Personality: comes off as a foppish idiot, sharp, calculating but emotional, enthusiastic, doesn't seem to take anything seriously despite his lethal potential, restless, good-natured, rumored to be gay because of his girlish hygeine, hopelessly in love with Kaida/K.D., loves Thane too
Occupation: convinces other totems to join the TaijiDoushi, kills those who don't
Other: Considers himself an ubersexual. Eats sugary foods constantly, otherwise he starts to crave, er, feces.... Well, he is the scarab...>__>

James "Thane" Therber (wolfdog) [link] [link] [link] [link]
Age:24
Sex: M
Sexual orientation: vaquely questionable, little interest in either sex
Abilities: can create and harden shadows to the consistency of tar/molasses, nocturnal immortality, sharp hearing and sense of smell
Personality: completely unfriendly, moody, feral, intelligent, childish, prone to snap violently at the weak, self-destructive, loyally devoted to Sef (rumored to be gay for him), uses powers to cruelly kill assigned targets and anyone he feels is a threat
Occupation: bodyguard to William, kills whoever he's told to
Other: Lived with Sef since he was 16, lies and sacrifices his personal freedom to cover Sef's illicit affair with K.D., comes in heat once a year (when he wants to be friends with everything that has girly-parts)

Cain Tiburon (shark) [link]
Age: 40s
Sex: M
Sexual orientation: gay (seme)
Abilities: strength, incredible palate, flawless tacitian due to being born with the knowledge of his family line
Personality: cruel, sadistic, will take what he wants when he wants it, known to go for little boys or attractive men, generally a pleasant man when things go his way, highly intelligent, raised William
Occupation: CEO of TaijiDoushi
Other: Uses Tokala to satisfy his sexual urges, later uses Thane

Kaida "K.D." Draconus (golden dragon) [link] [link] [link]
Age:900, 18(in dragon yrs)
Sex: F
Sexual orientation: straight
Abilities: teleportation, hydromanipulation, speed, strength
Personality: kind, generous, forgiving, shy, noble, determined, loving, gentle, insecure, brave
Occupation: trying to destroy the TaijiDoushi, takes in those in danger of being killed by the company
Other:Had a fling with Sef before she was captured and they met again, loves him with a passion, the key to the evolution of the race, believes her very existence is a curse


William Hoang (phoenix) [link] [link] [link]
Age: 20
Sex: M
Sexual orientation: straight!!
Abilities: pyrogeneration and manipulation, strength, can coax birds to do his bidding
Personality: upbeat go-getter, ambitious, friendly, every guy wants to be his friend, every girl wants to be his lover, egotistical, good to his friends, naive, ruthless
Occupation: heir to TaijiDoushi, key to attaining K.D.
Other: Was K.D.'s lover in a previous life, died in battle and was reborn in the company, attracted to K.D. without really knowing why, hates her and loves her, considers her his property and has an unhealthy desire to cause her pain

Sora Desiderio Beverly (robin) [link] [link]
Age: 27
Sex: F
Sexual Orientation: straight
Abilities: Granting any wish except those that are life altering, using song to alter individual's emotions, manipulation of plant life, healing, amplifying the psychic abilities of others
Personality: Bright, cheerful, friendly, rather flighty and even more so without a man to keep her on the straight and narrow, falls in love easily
Occupation: homemaker and mother
Other: After her husband is sent away, Thane is assigned to "take care of her", she falls in love with him almost immediately (to his chagrin) and forgets about her family

Tokala Crevan (arctic fox) [link] [link] [link]
Age: 25
Sex: M
Sexual Orientation: gay (uke/seme)
Abilities: invisibility, well-developed senses of hearing and smell, usage of fox magic to transform a simple object or his surroundings to anything of his choosing, immune to fire, speed, can possess the body of another for several minutes
Personality: Intelligent, kind, quiet, meditative, appears cold and unfriendly until you get to know him, loathes being born into the TaijiDoushi and having to work for them, happiest when he can spend what little free time he has with his lover, Dylan, loyalties lie with William and not the company itself
Occupation: does upper-management paperwork, files company works, Cain's official (and unwilling) boytoy
Other: Dixie's twin, mainly at diurnal, comes into heat twice a year


Dixie Crevan (red fox) [link] [link] [link]
Age: 25
Sex: F
Sexual Orientation: straight
Abilities: well-developed senses of hearing and smell, usage of fox magic to transform a simple object or her surroundings to anything of her choosing, immune to fire and use fire, speed, can possess the body of another for several minutes
Personality: Loud and bold woman, confident, loves only two things in the entire world: William and her job, intelligent, extremely loyal to the company and William, enjoys going out and having a good time, work always comes before play, holds contempt for her brother and his homosexuality
Occupation: convinces other totems to join the TaijiDoushi, kills those who don't
Other: Tokala's parasitic twin, resides inside his body and comes out mainly at night, uses fox magic to alter her feminine features to make them look more appealing, comes into heat twice a year, most men would rather not sleep with her b/c it's basically her brother's body

Dylan Brookes (seahorse) [link]
Age: 18
Sex: M
Sexual Orientation: gay (super-duper uke)
Abilities: can produce water bubble (Sailor Mercury style lol), impeccable gay-dar
Personality: cheerful, considerate, kind, delicate, friendly, kind-hearted, loves Tokala with all his heart
Occupation: Tokala's secretary
Other: If it weren't for Tokala's influence, Dylan would've been killed off by the company. He's later killed off anyway as punishment for Tokala hiding facts about K.D.'s affair with Sef

Brenna Ravenscroft (raven) [link]
Age: 24
Sex: F
Sexual Orientation: straight
Abilities: produces magic by she writing the spell in its native language on her skin, usually with a Sharpie, the energy burns the writing off and the spell is released, spells are limited to the elements and the five senses and last for about a minute
Personality: sensible, realistic but understanding, a little cold-hearted b/c of her upbringing but not cruel, likes to keep busy, the most non-dysfunctional personality in the whole book
Occupation: convinces other totems to join the TaijiDoushi, kills those who don't
Other: has a thing for rugged men, has dated William and Sef (rugged? rofl) before but prefers Thane, she finds his filthy habits and awkward nature sexy




So go ahead and have fun! A Due Date will be posted when we have at least 3 more entrants.
I appreciate your time and effort! No entry will be overlooked and everything you do is appreciated!