Hi all,

It’s my 23rd birthday on the 24th of April and since I can’t really celebrate it I’m going to have fun on DA.
So I’m holding a contest. Basically what I’m going to do is ask a few friends of mine to help me out with the judging and prizes will be given out to the best entry. If enough entries are submitted there will be first prizes in every category, however if not then each piece will be judged against each other no matter what media they’re placed in.

Does that make sense? If not let me know and I’ll explain further.
The categories will be:

Mixed Media
Photo-manipulation
Traditional
Other - What I mean by “other” is that if someone wants to submit something but it’s not under these categories you’re welcome to do it.

_{First Prize}
A personalized Journal CSS
Stamp
Avatar motion or still
One free manipulation with the option of making it with your photos of yourself or stock images.
News article feature discussing your views in art how you feel about it as a hobby, as a release, a career path, whatever.
The article will also display your best pieces you chose to have featured with links to your gallery and DA page.
Journal features in my and Mirror Image Stock’s journals with links to your best works and a fun question and answer to let people know more about you.

_{Second Prize}
Custom avatar moving or still
Stamp
Exclusive stock usage from Mirror Image Stock & Fimchild Creations, and a Journal feature

_{Third Prize}
Personalized DA I.D and matching stamp

I know the prizes aren’t “wowerful” but I figure it’s the best darn poor little contest I’ll ever have. It’s fun for fun’s sake. I take my prizes seriously so I work extra hard on everything I create custom for the winners. All you have to do is submit something and if you win you get it all for free. I think it’s a cool deal.

The Criteria and Theme
1. All entries must have a vampire theme. How simple is that? I’ll take most fan art Twilight and all that too.
2. If you use stock cite it! I can’t be adamant about that enough.
3. Know that you can submit pieces you already have completed, but it would be nice to see something original for the contest. And if you make something new a mention in the artist comment box about the contest would be great.
4. Only two entries per person, that means that you can submit one piece in two different categories.
5. Have fun this is a very flexible contest it’s not a popularity contest but honestly a celebration of art so please just enjoy it.

The deadline for all entries will be Friday May 15th at 6:00pm U.S eastern time

To submit
Please send your entry in a note titled “Contest Entry” to :devFilmshild: with a little nod to which category you would like to submit your piece in.

Also please know that if you want to offer up a prize, journal feature, stock, commission, whatever it’s all welcome and very very gratefully taken. I want to make this contest worth entering even though I don’t have the finical means of giving out subscriptions, if I had it I would do it in a heartbeat as I love you all and adore your work, and I truly believe that DA is a real gem that we need to keep populated with people who really enjoy what they’re doing.

So yup, there it is, don’t think I’m crazy but this is a fun way to celebrate my birthday so I hope I’ll get a lot of entries even though the deadline is way past it. So have fun and I hope I’ll see some pieces.