Only 25 Days left to go in the contest! A special thanks to everyone who has entered already and all the awesome people who are helping out by plugging, donating prizes and judging.

You still have 3 1/2 weeks to get in your entries guys!!


STORIES OF MYTHOLOGY

From Rome to the British isle - history is full of myths and legends. Stories told that echo the cultures they came from even after centuries. What stories inspire you? For us it was the myths of Angels and Demons, a taste for Egyptian and Middle Eastern lore. But what do you see when you look at the characters and their relationships we created? Something Greek and Classical? Something Hindu and Wild? It's only limited to your imagination!

MAJOR DEITIES

For this contest, the models are our characters of Coia and Haera but the inspiration are the myths and legends of the world. This means you can go wherever your imagination takes you when you think about myths. You can depict your own favorite myth, draw our models as characters in a myth that suits their stories, show the characters as the deities of a pantheon or anything in between. So long as you make reference to the myth or deities you’re inspired by and use the characters as your guide.

Some examples are (but are not limited to):
Greek / Roman Mythology
Egyptian Mythology
Hebrew, Christian and Islamic Lore (Angels and Demons)
Hindu Mythology
Japanese Lore
Chinese Myths
Drow and Elf Pantheons
Norse Mythology
Gaelic Lore and Myth
The Legends of King Arthur
… the list could go on and on and on.

CHARACTERS Your submission needs to include two of our characters who are in a relationship. They can be in a romantic relationship or connected in other ways, such as family, friends or enemies. We have plenty of reference for all of these couples and they are all piled into these large ‘cheat sheets’ for quick and easy reference!

Character Reference Guides:

Amaia and Isilme [link]
Aiko and Ebony [link]
Dae and Antha [link]
Sol'leks and Minya [link]
Lote and Turytura [link]
Malta and Ataque [link]
Gilie and Huine [link]
Sul and Lekmee [link]
Quenta and Fallaner [link]

MINOR DEITIES Shonen-ai and fluff is most certainly allowed, but we do ask that it be suitable for DA so no porn or erotica. This counts even if your submitting from y!G, we must be able to link to the picture from DA.

Your submission can be in traditional medium, digital medium, mixed media, comics, polished line work or sketch. But CAN NOT BE a doodle, scrap or on lined paper.

You can submit as many as three different works of art, but only one will be able to place.

The judging will be based on the creativity of the piece and the originality. They will also be judged on how well the idea of Mythology was captured in the piece and the amount of effort put into it.

The Honorable Judges! Please treat them with respect! Thanks you much for your help guys
Plus a hidden judge in the event of ties.

OFFERINGS

Note your image link to me with the title: MYTHOLOGY CONTEST PIECE FROM: (your DA name)

BLESSINGS

All the Submissions will be featured in our journals till the end of the month of April!


1st prize: A $100 cash prize via paypal or something equal to the cash prize that can be bought through the internet, such as DA subscriptions, prints, art commissions, eBay items etc.
An Upper Body CG Color picture of your original character by *AzraelEvangeline
An 8x10 print of your choice from *AzraelEvangeline’s gallery [link]
A three month feature by *AzraelEvangeline and =yami-caffeine
1 week journal feature by =LilithPhotography
featured as =LilithPhotography's "May - Artist of the Month" which is featured in every journal entry during the month of may, main page, and shoutboard.
4 month journal feature from *PoldalleLovesnare
a journal feature by =keelerleah

2nd prize: A $50 cash prize via paypal or something equal to the cash prize that can be bought through the internet, such as DA subscriptions, prints, art commissions, eBay items etc.
A Half Body Flash CG of your original character by =yami-caffeine
An 8x10 print of your choice from *AzraelEvangeline’s gallery [link]
A two month feature by *AzraelEvangeline and =yami-caffeine
1 week journal feature by =LilithPhotography
a 1 month journal feature from *PoldalleLovesnare
a journal feature by =keelerleah

3rd prize: A $25 cash prize via paypal or something equal to the cash prize that can be bought through the internet, such as DA subscriptions, prints, art commissions, eBay items etc.
An Upper Body Monochrome picture of your original character by *AzraelEvangeline
An 8x10 print of your choice from *AzraelEvangeline’s gallery [link]
1 week journal feature by =LilithPhotography
A two month feature by *AzraelEvangeline and =yami-caffeine
a 1 month journal feature from *PoldalleLovesnare
a journal feature by =keelerleah

If we get a lot of entries the cash prize will be increased! Prizes are also going to be added to the lists as the contest goes on so be sure to keep checking back to see if anything new has been added!

PRIZE DONATING

We appreciate the support for this contest and to show it - anyone who donates to the contest will be featured on our main pages for the duration of the contest!

If there is anything you would like to donate to the contest for first, second or third places drop me a note with the subject 'CONTEST PRIZES'. It can be anything from as small as journal features to as large as DA subs or commission offers. Even the offer to make the winner stamps or icons, access to exclusive stock pack or prints. Anything your heart desires There's lots you can add to the list of prizes we have already!

Remember! Just because you donated something to the prizes doesn't mean you can't enter or win. Even if you donated a prize you are still more than welcome and even invited to enter!

CONTEST DEADLINE

The Contest opens as of February 9th 2009 and closes APRIL 28th 2009 at 10 pm AST.

ENTRIES

Check out the main Contest Journal here for the list of all the entries to far!





Writing Contest Section!

The Prize!
A three month subscription to DA
An 8x10 print of your choice from *AzraelEvangeline’s gallery [link]
Will become =LilithPhotography's artist of the week which is featured on my main page and shoutboard.
a 1 month journal feature from *PoldalleLovesnare

Rules:

Should involve at least two of the characters in the above list. Remember, they don’t have to be the pair listed! They can be any combination of the characters provided it shows the type of relationship they have. All of this information - including personality - can be found in the description in each of the cheat sheets.

The reference to ‘mythology’ should be the main theme of the story and it can be referenced in anyway you see fit. It can be a character telling a story tailed to the person their telling it to. A parody of myth using the characters. Several characters discussing mythology in general. It can be a story of characters echoing a mythological piece. So long as the theme clearly shows through.

It CAN NOT be a simple retelling of the myth with replaced characters.

You don’t restrict yourself to a fantasy setting! There’s nothing wrong with a modern setting, a real life setting, a world of darkness setting, the time period of the myth itself - it’s entirely up to you!



Entries for prose must be above 250 words but no more than 2500 (That’s in the 1 to 10 pages range); any entries for poetry must be above only 50 words.

It should be a new piece of writing - submitted just for this contest.

Entries should be sent via note with the subject: MYTHOLOGY WRITING CONTEST PIECE FROM: (your DA name)

The judges from the art section are allowed to enter as the writing section will be judged by reads outside of DA.

ENTRIES

Check out the main Contest Journal here for the list of all the entries to far!




CONTEST DEADLINE

The Contest opens as of February 9th 2009 and closes APRIL 28th 2009 at 10 pm AST.