Please read all the information on this page before sending questions in via notes.


ELIGIBILITY: Deviants between the ages of 13 and 17. There will be three age categories in this contest: 13, 15 & under, and 17 & under. The cut-off date for eligibility and classification purpose is August 15, 2009. Example: If you turn 18 on August 16, you are eligible to enter in the 17 & under category for this contest. *Please be fair to yourself and others by being honest about your age. Only a truly desperate would attempt to increase one's chance of winning by entering below his/her age category. Whatever the outcome, this is not something people would respect.


THEME: There is NO theme for this contest. Any subject matter in any style is accepted, excluding mature content.


MEDIA ACCEPTED: Traditional drawings and paintings only. (They are: charcoal, pencil, colored pencil, pen & ink, watercolor, acrylic, oil, pastel, oil pastel, crayon, etc. on paper or canvas as support. You may mix any number of media just so long as they're traditional media.) NO DIGITAL ART, NO PHOTOGRAPHY, NO 3-D CREATIONS, AND NO LITERATURE.

This is a contest to give a level playing field for the young artists. It is also the wish of the organizer to put more emphasis on fundamental artistic skills in drawing and painting.

Entries DO NOT have to be made especially for this contest. If you have a piece that you're really proud of that you made for your art class at school, by all means, go ahead and enter it.

SUBMISSION LIMIT: Up to 2 entries per deviant.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: Saturday, August 15th, 2009, at 11:59 pm PDT (GMT minus 7 hours). No late entry will be accepted. No deadline extension will be given.


HOW TO ENTER: Send a note with a link to your deviation to *aruarian-dancer. Subject line of the note should read: "Contest Entry". In the body of the note, specify which age category you're submitting your entry into. Please put a simple sentence with a link (either to *aruarian-dancer's homepage or the contest journal) such as, "This is my entry to *aruarian-dancer's Young Artists Contest." in the "Artist's Comments" of your submitted deviation. * IMPORTANT: Failure to comply will result in disqualification. Note: Each participant is allowed one (1) change or withdrawal during the contest period up to 24 hours before the deadline.

By submitting your entries to this contest, you are agreeing that you have read and agreed to the terms of this contest.


JUDGES:


CRITERIA FOR JUDGING: Creativity/originality 40%, technique/skill 30%, composition/design 20%, presentation 10%. Although fan art is not excluded from the contest, fan art in general will score lower in terms of creativity/originality, compared to an original character drawing. Technique/skill is judged based on how well you draw and how well you use your medium to best accomplish your inner vision. Presentation is overall appearance; We would like to discourage you from entering a drawing done on a lined notebook paper, for example. Also, if your piece is vertical (portrait) in orientation, but you do not rotate the photo when you submit it to dA, this, too, will be a disadvantage. Uncropped photo showing anything other than the image of the artwork does not present well, either. * If you lack resources to edit your photo of the entry(e.g. cropping or rotating), contact *aruarian-dancer to get help.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS: On or around Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 on *aruarian-dancer's journal.

PRIZES: Many generous deviants are donating various prizes for this contest.


1 BEST OF SHOW (chosen from the 3 first place winners): 3-month dA subscription from *liralenli and a digital certificate

~~~Category 1: Age 13~~~

1 FIRST PLACE: 1-month dA subscription from *aruarian-dancer; gift/request art from *zaradei; requst from =ChiyoNemuri; journal features from *zaradei,*sexy-colours,~Iolii,=HiddenGems, and *aruarian-dancer; and a digital certificate

1 SECOND PLACE: gift/request art from *zaradei; chibi art from *Ari2266; gift art from ~3m0cLoWn; request from ~b00mh3ad5ho7; request from *Bluebella7; journal features from *sexy-colours,~Iolii,&*aruarian-dancer; and a digital certificate

1 THIRD PLACE: gift art from ~3m0cLoWn; gift of colored head shot from *sexy-colours; gift art from =Nara-Kun; journal features from *sexy-colours,~Iolii,&*aruarian-dancer; and a digital certificate

~~~Category 2: Ages 15 & under~~~

1 FIRST PLACE: 1-month dA subscription from *aruarian-dancer; gift/request art from *zaradei; request from =ChiyoNemuri; journal features from *zaradei,=HiddenGems,~Iolii,*sexy-colours,&*aruarian-dancer; and a digital certificate

1 SECOND PLACE: gift/request art from *zaradei; request from ~PlacebicYue; a piece of writing from *Ari2266; journal features from ~Iolii,*sexy-colours,&*aruarian-dancer; and a digital certificate

1 THIRD PLACE: gift/request art from ~stephokere; colored head shot from *sexy-colours; gift art from =Nara-Kun; journal features from ~Iolii,*sexy-colours,&*aruarian-dancer; and a digital certificate

~~~Category 3: Ages 17 & under~~~

1 FIRST PLACE: 1-month dA subscription from =HiddenGems; gift/request art from *zaradei; journal features from *zaradei,=HiddenGems,~Iolii,*sexy-colours,&*aruarian-dancer; and a digital certificate

1 SECOND PLACE: gift/request art from *zaradei; request from ~PlacebicYue; piece of writing from *Ari2266; journal features from ~Iolii,*sexy-colours,&*aruarian-dancer; and a digital certificate

1 THIRD PLACE: gift/request art from ~stephokere; colored head shot from *sexy-colours; journal features from ~Iolii,*sexy-colours,&*aruarian-dancer; and a digital certificate


If you have any questions that are not answered on this contest information page, send *aruarian-dancer a note with a subject line "Contest Question".