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are both holding a contest.
[link]Contest #1: Friendship day contest
FRIENDSHIP DAY COLLAB CONTESTThis contest will feature fabulous prizes of all sorts and types!
THEME:In honor of August 5th havin been Friendship day!, The theme of this contest is, "How did Makena and Twitterlu meet and become friends?" Makena is my sona, and Twitterlu is 's sona. Think up a cool and creative way that they met, be it as cubs or adults- and feel free to ask as many questions about the character as you like as you like!
RULES:To enter the contest you muct create a piece of art or literature to portray the theme stated above.
ALL forms of art are welcome and excepted! Drawing, painting, sculpture, photo, writing ect...( Even If you find a cool way to show our sona's meeting made out of spaghetti noodles, we will accept it as an entry. )
Prizes: Honorable Mention: a Pudgy/chibi commission from me
Third prize will be: 400

+ a headshot commission from ME + a custom character by
Second prize will be: 800

+ a commission from ME + a custom character and 1 full digital commission from
First prize will be: 500

+ A set of Disney Timon and Pumbaa Plushies.
DEADLINEAll entries must be in by October 1st 2012....judging will begin October 2nd
Contest #2: Cover contest

is holding a cover contest!
[link]Rules1: image must be 8x10 inches at 300 dpi
2: image must include the title "Ice Heart", and the characters Ghost, Okeer and Surtr. Their refs can be found here: [link]
3: the authors name: Gretchen Meinzen
4: a small border of some sort
Entries will be judged upon originality, composition, clarity of lettering, skill, and overall appeal
PrizesFirst place prize: type "c" commission with detailed landscape bg and two month feature.
Second place prize: standard type "b" commision and one month feature.
Third place prize: type "a" commission.
Contest #3: Untold Journey Contest
[link]In celebration of 'The Untold Journey' being nearly fully told, I would like to launch an art contest. I think you've seen enough of each of their personalities to make something out of it So here goes:
Theme: 'When they were together'
Details:Tojo, Malka and Chumvi lived together with a bunch of cubs and lionesses in a place called the Highlands (read about it here: [link]). This contest is about illustrating a scene 'when they were together' in the Highlands. What kind of things happened? Did they take the cubs on outings into the desert? Did they bungee jump off the cliff side? What kind of things did the adults do to ensure the cubs didn't fall off the path on the way up? Perhaps something on Tojo's clumsiness? What about Chumvi's hair? Oh the list goes on. Your scene can be on anything that is related to their time in the Highlands, it can also be any genre (eg. happiness, sadness, etc)
Some character references are here:
Tojo's birds:
[link]The cubs:
[link]Malka's true colours (minus the dream-like faded colours in the comic):
[link]Tojo, Malka and Chumvi's sizes:
[link] Specifications: As this is a contest on 'The Untold Journey', I would ask if you could use my version of Tojo, Malka and Chumvi in your scene.
The scene must have at least two lions. That means you don't have to include all of the three males (although you can if you choose to). It can be Tojo and a cub. Or Malka and a lioness. Chumvi and a bird, etc. But yes, it can be more than two characters.
You have my permission to use my oc cubs Juffy, Firo or Cahi in your pictures as they are depicted in the comic. If you wanna use one of the other cubs that appear in the story, you have to ask the permission of their respective owners. The Untold Journey cubs are here: [link]
However, you may insert one of your oc cubs into the scene as one of the cubs living/passing by the Highlands.
You may do it in comic form, though this is not necessary.
Judging criteria: Creativity
Composition
The art itself (This won't be looked at too heavily as I understand different artists have varying degrees of artistic skill. However, as this is an art-based contest, I cannot fully ignore this element xD)
The clarify of the scene/concept
PrizesFirst place 1 month premium membership or point equivalent (396 ) from *Juffs
1 month art feature on *Juffs's page
Full picture from *Juffs
Colored sketch of your fursona and an OC (no BG) from ~LionKingIsMyLife
OC lion humanised and a drawing of OC lion color with background from ~TLK-SIMBA-SANDSLASH
Full commission from ~monika36
Full commission from ~lolpeaceoutlol
Story request from *Sarafina1892
Second place 200 points from *Juffs
2 weeks art feature on *Juffs's page
Coloured sketch from *Juffs
Sketch of your fursona and an OC from ~LionKingIsMyLife
Headshot of OC lion from ~TLK-SIMBA-SANDSLASH
Sketch with two characters, coloured, no background from ~monika36
Sketch from ~lolpeaceoutlol
Third place 100 points from *Juffs
1 week art feature on *Juffs's page
Sketch from *Juffs
Sketch of your fursona from ~LionKingIsMyLife
Sketch of OC lion from ~TLK-SIMBA-SANDSLASH
Sketch headshot, coloured from ~monika36
If you would like to donate a prize, please leave a comment and I'll add you to this list. If you are volunteering a prize, I would appreciate it if your prize is more than a llama xD Thanks!
End date: 9th September, 2012. Ends end of Sunday!
Contest #4: Wasiri

I totally unoriented in the variety of heroes from TLK Universe (except for the original from the film), so that there is a lion who hasn't his history. Although he has a name - I decided to call him Wasiri, which means "stealthy."
A character without this history is:
[link]So I arranged the contest!!
In order to participate must:
* draw Wasiri (in any form - from lineart to full art)
* indicate in the description to art who his parents: specify the names and references to the original image of prospective parents
* Your suggestion about how Wasiri got scars on his face
* And, of course, his story, a story about him - write whatever you want)
You can also describe his character, it will only +
Prizes!>Category "Best Art"
I place - a detailed picture of your character
II place - badge with your character
III place - detailed line with the shadows
Category "This part I like!"
(if something in your description I liked, then you get a prize)
-headshot of your character
Category "Best story of the character"
I place - a detailed picture of your character + online
II place - ACEO-card with your character
III place - headshot with your character
I wish you luck!! LET THE STORY OF WASIRI BEGIN !!!!!!!!!!!!
Deadline: 22 october