The Feather Coloring Contest

After reading many comments and suggestions about the contest, I've made some decisions! Details are as follows, but if anything is not complete, clear, or fair, please speak up and I'll consider making revisions!

Coloring contest!
I think that making this contest a coloring one would make it so that everyone has a much more fair shot at winning. Not everyone has quite sharpened their epic drawing skills yet and I want this contest to be more about creativity than about who draws the most realistic seven-legged ant eater with butterfly wings.

The Subject:
Color Me!

I had a couple of suggestions to make this a "feather painting contest". Well, not everyone has access to feathers, and painting feathers for the first time can be enough to make one pull their hair out. Still, it was an interesting idea and I've taken the concept in another direction. I've completed a fairly simple line art drawing that depicts a feather on an easel with some paint brushes laying nearby. This way, you can choose what to "paint on the feather".

The Goal:
What is your feather painting of? An animal? An abstract scene? Design-y swirls? Maybe it's painted to look like a real bird feather. It's up to you! But the creativity shouldn't stop there. How do you deal with the shadows? Is the artist messy and has painted everything in sight but what is on the easel? Is there a background? What else is on the desk top? I want to see your most creative rendition of this inking!

Deadline:
You will need to have your colored entries in to me by July 31st at midnight MST (Mountain Standard Time)!

Rules:
Up to 3 entries per deviant.
You must use the line art provided.
No mature content.
Any medium is allowed as long as your piece incorporates the line art somehow.
Collaborative efforts are allowed. (Though if you win, it's up to you to decide how the divvy out your prizes between the people that were involved.)

Hints:
~If you are using Photoshop to paint this piece, put the line art on its own layer at the top of the layer stack, then set it to "multiply" to paint beneath the lines. Paint on separate layers below the line art one.
~Click "download" for a full-sized image.
~If you prefer to work traditionally, feel free to print this image (use the download button for high quality), then scan your finished piece! (The image is 8.5 x 11 format)

Important!!!
Once you have completed your entry, please upload it to your gallery and let me know about it! I don't watch all of you so it's impossible for me to keep track of all the entries if I'm not told about them! Send me a note, comment, email, carrier pigeon, whatever, just let me know! I'll add the entry to my favorites and put them in their own category that my panel of judges and myself will look over the week after the deadline. If your entry doesn't make it into the entry collection, let me know! I'll make sure that it gets there! Good luck to everyone!

Judges:
This list will change as I get volunteers. Please let me know guys! (If you are participating in the contest, you are not eligible to be a judge!)







Me: I'll be a judge, but I won't be the only one! Some tips to get on my good side: Send chocolate! Er, I mean... creativity is number 1! The judges and I will be looking through several entries (hopefully!) and you want yours to stand out! What makes it unique and eye catching? Personally, I like contrast, overall balance, attention to detail, textures, and a unique spin on things!


Prizes:
What's a contest without prizes?

How awesome are the prizes!?!


A big thank you goes out to ^PurpelBlur, ~BreezyBaby12, ~tsumeuchiha, ~Vevanak, and ~ippai-kinzoku for the great prize donations! You are all awesome!

I'm still taking donations! So if you'd like to participate in this way as well as being a judge or a participant, please send me a note or comment here to let me know and I'll add you in!

First Place:
A dA product (sub, prints, devwear, etc)up to $30 from ^PurpelBlur
3 Month Subby from =dittin03
a static icon from ~BreezyBaby12
1 full body colored character(digital) w/ simple bg from ~tsumeuchiha


Second Place:
A dA product(sub, prints, devwear, etc) up to $15 from ^PurpelBlur
5 4x6 prints from =dittin03's gallery
A sketch of your choice from ~Vevanak
1 full body colored character(digital) no background from ~tsumeuchiha


Third Place:
A 1 month subby from ^PurpelBlur
3 4x6 prints from =dittin03's gallery
Digital Line Art from ~ippai-kinzoku
1 full body character lineart(digital/traditional) from ~tsumeuchiha



Can't wait to see the entries!