Introducing Black & White Contest




Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light. Although black is sometimes described as an "achromatic", or hueless, color, in practice it can be considered a color.

+ Common connotations: darkness, secrecy, and mystery; silence and concealment; death (including execution), Halloween; end, chaos, and lack; evil, bad luck, and crime; conversely, elegance, anarchy, Rebellion, Non-Conformity, Individuality.


White is a color, the perception which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.

+ Common connotations: purity, softness, lack, snow, ice, heaven, peace, life, clean, air, light, clouds, nothing, frost, good, cotton, angels, winter, innocence.

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Contest Rules


Your entry must fit the contest theme, meaning it must be in black and white colours.

All visual entries accepted, meaning no literature.

2 entries per deviant allowed. One old, one new or two old or two new, as you want it.

The contest starts today on October 8th 2009, the deadline is November 8th 2009

Please link back to the contest in your deviation's description. You can link back to *vulcania or you can link back to the news article.

All entries must be submitted via NOTE to me *vulcania Please place "Contest Entry" in the Subject Line and include a link/thumb to your deviation.

You must follow all stock rules & dA copyright etc. rules, otherwise your entry will be disqualified.

Prize donators can participate. Judges can participate too, they just can't vote for themselves.

If there's a problem, or any questions, just ask me via note.

Have FUN!



Judges


to be announced...



Prizes


Prize donations are very welcome

Here is the list of what we've got so far [link]

+ All entries will be featured in a special NEWS article by me!


Entries

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