Start date: June 15th 2009
End date: July 15th 2009
Submit: To submit your entry, upload your illustration to the category Contests > I Dream. Any entries not submitted

to this category by July 15th will not be valid.

View Current Entries Here

Judging Criteria:

Rules & Guidelines:

Theme, Style and Content:
<sub>We allow any hand drawn and crafted illustrative mediums, both digital and traditional. Content is entirely up to you and may

include anything relevant to both the theme "I Dream" and Anime/Manga style, including, but not limited to: original/fanart art,

illustrations and comic pages/strips (colour or otherwise). Entries that fail to meet these requirements will be disqualified.

While this is an Anime/Manga contest, do not feel that your style has to be limited to mainstream or 'cliché'. Anime/Manga style

is any style influenced by the Japanese comic/cartoon culture and covers a wide array of styles. You will not be penalized for

having your own unique style and stylistic creativity is in fact most welcomed by the judges. Unless your are submitting something

that clearly has no Japanese comic/cartoon influence or relevance, you don't have to worry about limiting your styles. If you have

any concerns about your style or if you feel it might not be anime enough, feel free to request approval and post a link to 1

(one) sample in a comment in this journal entry and one of the judges will let you know if there will be a problem. Judges will

not go fishing through your gallery if you post more than one link or request us to look at your gallery.</sub>

3D and Craft:
<sub>Please note that any works crafted in 3 dimensions (digital or otherwise) will be judged strictly on their illustrative merit

and function as a picture as a whole and not as a sculpture or model. Models used for illustrations must be 100% modelled/crafted

by the entrant, stock models and dolls (ie: BJDs and Barbies) are not allowed. This is an illustration contest and all mediums

will be judged as illustrations.</sub>

Animation:
<sub>While animations are allowed, there is a strict 3 second rule. Please note that while you can make your illustration move,

animations will not earn you more points for creativity or effort simply for being animated. For example, a walk cycle will be

judged the same as a drawing as a person walking and an animation of a person falling will be judged the same as a still drawing

of a person falling. Animation has moving composition, which can count against you as far as overall composition goes if not done

right, Unless the animation brings something new or necessary to your picture, it is not recommended. Again, it will be judged as

an illustration and any animations over 3 seconds will be disqualified.</sub>

Text and Literature:
<sub>Literary entries are not permitted. While you are allowed to include text in the entry, entries that are wholly or largely

composed of literature rather than illustration will be disqualified at the judges discretion. Please make sure that any entries

you submit that contains some literature is still about the picture and not about the text, the entry should not have to rely on

text to convey it's message, particularly when submitting comic pages/strips that contain text. Any literature that may appear in

your entry must be written 100% by yourself and may not contain song lyrics, poetry, quotes or prose belonging to someone

else.</sub>

Photography, Photo Manipulation and Stock:
<sub>Strait up photography and photo manipulation is not allowed except in cases where it is necessary to submit an entry as a

photograph (ie: entry is painted on a canvas too big to scan and must be photographed.) Stock allowance (photography or otherwise)

is limited to textures, brushes, renders (non-character) and minor background elements. All stock used must be available

specifically as stock with full permission from the stock artist (google and other image searches are not stock) and credited in

the submission description.</sub>

Collaborations:
_{Collaborations are not allowed, the only exceptions to this are if it is stock used from another stock artist.}

Other:
<sub>Submissions created and submitted before before the start date (Monday June 15 2009) will not be accepted, only entries

created specifically for this contest will be allowed.

You may submit as many entries as you like, however it is advised to spend your effort on one or two rather than divide your

effort among many, we are looking for quality, not quantity, and only one of your submissions may be accepted for one of the

winning spots.

Traced or copied art is strictly prohibited. Anyone caught entering with traced/vectored/copied or ripped/stolen art by any other

name will be disqualified and banned from the contest immediately.


Contest ends July 15th, 2009 and will not be extended.</sub>

1st place

<sub>$75 DeviantDOLLAR$ and

- 12 months subscription from *bright-nature
- Up to $20 dollars on anything you like in the dA shop, sponsored by ^PurpelBlur
- Realism headshot from `budgie
- Full length illustration from =chutkat
- Full length illustration from ^ctJemm
- Drawing from *bright-nature
- 8x12 print of [link] from =Lillyfly06
- 1 full body (or half body with background) drawing from =ScartletV
- Sketch from *meago
- Inked work from ~Mi-yue
- Any print from your wishlist from =freaky665
- Exclusive texture pack from =freaky665
- Exclusive female/male reference 3d model pack from =freaky665
- Exclusive stock pack from *LuneBleu-Stock
- Journal featuring from =freaky665 ^ctJemm`MonicaWeasley*Dark134`hellobaby=Lillyfly06 =Red-Priest-Usada`LuneBleu =chutkat =EternalFallacy and `budgie</sub>

2nd place

<sub>$50 DeviantDOLLAR$ and

- 3 months subscription from *bright-nature
- Postcard print of [link] from =Lillyfly06
- B/w drawing from `hellobaby
- Commission from =fredericayang
- Drawing (colors & simple background) from ~BANP
- Drawing from ~buta0309
- 1 half body from =ScartletV
- Sketch from ~Mi-yue
- Exclusive texture pack from =freaky665
- Exclusive female/male reference 3d model pack from =freaky665
- Exclusive stock pack from *LuneBleu-Stock
- Journal featuring from =freaky665 ^ctJemm`MonicaWeasley*Dark134`hellobaby=Lillyfly06 =Red-Priest-Usada`LuneBleu =chutkat =EternalFallacy and `budgie</sub>

3rd place

<sub>$25 DeviantDOLLARS and
- 3 months subscription from =Red-Priest-Usada
- Print from `MonicaWeasley’s store
- Postcard print of [link] from =Lillyfly06
- 1 half body from =ScartletV
- Exclusive texture pack from =freaky665
- Exclusive female/male reference 3d model pack from =freaky665
- Exclusive stock pack from *LuneBleu-Stock
- Chibi art from =Kaze-Hime
- Simple character sketch from ~Mi-yue
- Chibi art from `hellobaby
- Chibi art from `emmil
- Journal featuring from =freaky665 ^ctJemm`MonicaWeasley*Dark134`hellobaby=Lillyfly06 =Red-Priest-Usada`LuneBleu =chutkat =EternalFallacy and `budgie</sub>