PokéHoliday FanArt Festival Rules

[Kasumi]

The PokéHoliday FanArt Festival

~Thankyou to Matthew of Pokemon Elite 2000 Forum for the banner

Remember
This December,
That love weighs more than gold!
~Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon

Like the spirit of December, we too encourage the ideas of cooperation. This festival does not emphasize violence or hated, but peace and sportsmanship. So artists, we ask you to take up your brushes and demonstrate your skill not for just your section or your forum, but for the world to see! You are all masters, all geniuses, all members of the same race. In your hands you hold the ability to perform miracles. In this time of wonder, miracles determine the course of humanity. So, we ask you, are you ready?



Participating Forums
BulbaGarden Forums
Pokemon Community
Serebii.net Forums
ThePokeMasters Forums


Officials
Agent Elrond of ThePokeMasters Forums
HKim of Pokemon Elite 2000 Forum
Kasumi Chan of BulbaGarden Forums
MoonLight of Pokemon Community
PurpleKecleon of Serebii.net Forums


Judges
-Iveechan of TPM
-SapphireDewong from Serebii.net
-Dakota from PC
-Bluchu from BMGf.


Themes
- Harmony
- Family
- Winter Celebration


Rules
- Only one piece per a theme.
- Remember to title each piece.
- Remember to state which theme each piece is for.
- Every art entry must be appropriate, no excessive gore or nudity.
- The entries must be pokemon related.
- The Maximum Size is 900x900 pixels.
- The Minimum Size is 500x500 pixels.
- The Submission Thread opens December 1st.
- The deadline to submit entries is December 31st.


Judging
- There will be one judge from each participating forum.
- Each judge will give each piece a score from 0.0 to 10.0
- The average of the five scores will be taken for each piece. That will be the final score.
- Each judge will also select the top five pieces for each special category. The piece selected the most times will win for the category.
- In case of a tie for either the normal categories or the special categories, the tieing pieces will be submitted as a poll and subject to popular vote.


Awards
- The winner in each of the categories will receive a banner depending on the ranking and category.
- 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place for each theme


Special Awards
- The masterpiece that best reflects the following categories wins a special award banner.
- Most Humorous
- Best Action
- Most Dramatic


If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to post in this thread and we'll try to respond as soon as possible. Remember, the Festival begins on December 1st, so start thinking of ideas!

 

[Lady Shinsei]

Is it okay if you use official art in a creation for this contest?

Because I don't have a scanner and thus can't submit my own stuff.....

 

[Kasumi]

No, you can't use official art. It is supposed to be your own art the one you use for the contest. Otherwise, it would be plagiarism.

 

[Lady Shinsei]

I do have something I can submit, but it isn't Christmas-y.....

(pic of a Houndour and Espeon having a romantic evening)

 

[HKim]

I do have something I can submit, but it isn't Christmas-y.....

(pic of a Houndour and Espeon having a romantic evening)

As long as the picture has something to do with one of the three themes, it's fine.

 

[Shiksa ♥]

Alex-san, can I submit a pic that is 450x450 so I can do it on the oekaki? Or else can the oekaki by made bigger? The oekaki is the only CG "program" I have, and anything I do by hand will be terrible. :-(

 

[Kasumi]

Of course you can use the oekaki. Any media: digital or traditional, is accepted. And you can make the oekaki canvas as big as you want, IIRC.

 

[Shiksa ♥]

I tried, it would let me make it 450x450. :-(

 

[Kasumi]

Hmmm... that's odd. I thought you could be able to make it bigger.

 

[MondoTR]

I was made a judge weeks ago. Why doesn't it say I'm one?

 

[Kasumi]

Because I'm a lazy ass who forgot to edit the thread the moment you acepted to be our judge. >>;;

 

[Pie]

I was just curious...did they ever decide the winners for this?

 

[Kasumi]

Not yet. HKim is supposed to send me a PM with the winners when the judging is over.

 

[MondoTR]

I was the first to send in the votes and that was a month ago.

 

[Kasumi]

Well, if I see him online, I'll ask him what's going on. ^^;

 

[MondoTR]

I wanna know who the winners are. @.@

 

[HKim]

I wanna know who the winners are. @.@

I must apologize for the delay, but the judges have been busy and now we just lost the Serebii Art thread. Once we fix this mess, we'll have the results up. Thank you for your patience.

 

[MondoTR]

I must apologize for the delay, but the judges have been busy and now we just lost the Serebii Art thread. Once we fix this mess, we'll have the results up. Thank you for your patience.

Lost it? How'd you lose it?

 

[HKim]

Lost it? How'd you lose it?

That's a very good question. Unfortunately, we don't know the answer and we might have to ask all the Serebii participants to re-submit their artwork if we can't find it.

 

[MondoTR]

That's a very good question. Unfortunately, we don't know the answer and we might have to ask all the Serebii participants to re-submit their artwork if we can't find it.

I wouldn't have to vote on them again, would I? @.@