Art Contest Planning.

[Meganium]

Hosts: Meganium90, ANARCHit3cht

Weee! This is going to be quite interesting, because this is my first art event that I'm hosting (and probably yours too?). But not to worry though, thank goodness for the archives being open. We can both gather some ideas from previous get-together threads and previous GT art contests.

Things to do:

~thread content (intro, this year's theme, rules, etc)
~discussion of judges (should we get an extra person or two to help us judge the contest?)
~emblems (1st/2nd/3rd/participant or just winner/participant?)
~thread css (I might do that)

Last year's contest is here.

discuss~

Final CSS Thread Draft

Welcome, one and all, to PokeCommunity's very own Art Contest, the Draw-a-Thon! Hosted by none other than Meganium90 and ANARCHit3cht. What is this contest, you may ask? Well, it's obviously an art contest, but what type of art? Traditional of course. For this contest, you will need to draw a picture that fits this year's theme (posted below). You can draw digitally, or by using colored pencils, crayons, paint, etc! As long as it fits the theme, it's great! Any level of artistic creativity is always welcome to enter the Draw-a-thon!​

This year's theme will be on:

What do you like about the season of summer? Vacation? Beaches? Barbeque? There's endless things to do during the summer season, and your task is to draw a picture that represents what YOU like about summer.​

Entries will be accepted between 12:00 am GMT +5 July 5th to 12:00 AM GMT +5 July 8th. Judging will occur on July 8th and we will bring results in either on the night of July 8th (GMT+5) or July 9th depending on entries.​

Of course, for every event, we gotta have rules, right? Failure to follow will result in disqualification.

~All pieces of art must be drawn & must be recent – please do not submit graphics such as banners, icons or pixel art. Do not submit artwork that was done in previous contests or done in the past. Your entry must be for this contest only.
~Art must comply within PC Rules – as in, no profane, inappropriate, or violent pieces of artwork.
~Plagiarism is strictly prohibited – anyone caught stealing someone's artwork without any consent whatsoever shall be disqualified and infracted upon the PC staff's discretion.
~Make your artwork count! - Yes, it is a short get-together this year, but as a suggestion, try to add effort to your work. "Scribblework" or two-minute drawings or stick figure drawings count as little effort and we as hosts will ask you to edit.
~Regarding Pokemon and other fandom artwork – as long as it fits the theme, they are accepted! Remember, this contest isn't strictly for Pokemon...so if you want to draw something that relates to the theme, you can!
~One entry per person – Please do not submit more than one piece of artwork. If you do, only the first piece will be accepted as an entry.
~For digital artists, use your brushes in strict moderation – as mentioned in the previous rule above, all artwork must be traditional and use of graphics such as icons is prohibited. We're not saying you can't use any brushes, but be sure you limit your usage on them.​

There will only be winner and participant emblems for this contest, plus a secret emblem. But we won't tell you about that! ;)​

Winner:

C'est Magnifique!
You did it, magnificent artist! Your artwork won PC's Draw-a-Thon, which earned you this special emblem. Great job, and keep doing art!


Participants:

Artista Fantastica!
No matter if you won or not, you've contributed to the world of art and this emblem proves that you are a great artist no matter what! Thanks for participating at PC's Draw-a-Thon!

Fill in the form inside the spoiler tag along with your entry, and post in this thread!

If you are entering a picture drawn by pencils, crayons, paint, etc., you can either scan the picture or take a picture with a camera and upload it to an image-hosting site (imgur is recommended!)

Be sure the image is spoilered (using

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[/SPOILER*] tags) and the format of the image is .PNG. If you are having trouble converting your image to .PNG or embedding your image, don't hesitate to contact one of us hosts or post in the thread.

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Entry Form

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Username:
Artwork (must be spoilered/PNG format):
Short description or caption: (keep it simple, don't write a tl;dr :P)

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[TwilightBlade]

I helped host the 2010's art contest, so here's that for reference too. It has some good easy themes (or you can have summer as the theme, oh snap).

For judges, yeah 3 would be ideal. Know anyone interested or maybe a current organizer can jump in?

For emblems, how about 1st/2nd/participant?

 

[Meganium]

Yeah, I was also thinking of Summer, but I want to narrow it down a bit so it wouldn't be too broad. But it's probably easier to keep it as broad as it should. Of course, Pokemon and Non-Pokemon art are allowed.

To be quite honest I don't know who would help us judge. I'll probably give it by the end of this week to recruit them. I know two, but I'm unsure of their busy status D:

I'm also in agreement of 1st/2nd/part. emblems. I'm also making plans for the emblems as well. :)

 

[ANARCHit3cht]

That sounds good to me, although I think that it should be more of a "winner" and "runner-up" than a "1st place" and "2nd place."

are we going to just judge it out 10 and average them, or is there going to be some sort of criteria that we work with?

 

[Meganium]

Ahh yes, criteria as well! Thank you for bringing that up. :D Both are good ways to judge the art work. Criteria works better for me, tbh. Judging the artwork by creativity, time, how the member drew the artwork, was it neat?, did the member use the theme correctly?, etc. Those are some possible categories we could use to judge the artwork.

How about...winner/runner up/secret emblem? The "secret emblem" would be an honorable mention emblem that is given to the member who've had outstanding artwork but was so close to winning first. Similar to a 2nd place emblem, but this emblem should be given out by surprise. ;)

 

[ANARCHit3cht]

That sounds good to me. As for the criteria,I think we would want to boil it down and keep it relatively simple, like 3-5 things. And while I don't currently have any ideas, I think that they should be relatively objective terms.

 

[Meganium]

Haha alrighty! I just added all that as examples and ideas. xD Three should be an okay number for criteria requirement. Probably the following:

~Theme: Did the member applied the theme correctly? Did the member follow the guidelines?
~Time Management: Was the artwork rushly made? Took all the time they need to draw? Showed effort instead of making the artwork in less than 5 min?
~Creativity: Was the artwork outstanding? Is it original? Does it exceed our expectations? How did the member use their colors?

I'm probably missing one but these are the top 3 I've thought of.

I'm also in the process of sketching the emblems. Feel free to post some ideas about them and I can see if I can turn those into emblems! :)

 

[ANARCHit3cht]

Then the only thing that really leaves is: what is the theme going to be? there's obvious themes like summer, but I think a deeper theme would allow for more creativity.
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[Meganium]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking as well. Like, I like summer to be the theme (because it is Summer here where I'm at xD) but one thing we gotta keep in mind also that it's not summer everywhere. (It's winter in Australia and the rest of the southern hemisphere). So, I'd like to bring in the best of both worlds, ya know what I mean?

Here are other themes I have in mind:
~Weather (if it's summer member can submit artwork about sunny beach weather or a day at the park, etc. If it's winter it can be a snowman in the front yard, etc)
~Favorite Places
~Favorite Activity for Summer/Winter

Or we can simply ask a question: What does Summer (or Winter) remind you of? What do you like to do during the Summer/Winter?

 

[Meganium]

Notes~

--Contest will have its own logo (sketching it as we speak!)
--Secret Emblem: (will be given to 2nd place winner out of nowhere)

Sei eccezionale!
Even though you were close to winning the contest, you're still an outstanding artist in our eyes! Keep doing great art, and thanks for entering the PokeCommunity's Draw-a-Thon!
--Still need a choice of theme. (I'm leaning towards weather, since tbh I don't want to be all like "oh let's do summer" like...i want to include both hemispheres ya know what I mean? xD)

how did i just triple posted

 

[Meganium]

JUDGING DAY.

Entries will be judged on:

~Theme: Did the member applied the theme correctly? Did the member follow the guidelines?
~Time Management: Was the artwork rushly made? Took all the time they need to draw? Showed effort instead of making the artwork in less than 5 min?
~Creativity: Was the artwork outstanding? Is it original? Does it exceed our expectations? How did the member use their colors?

We'll probably be going to need an extra judge to balance out the votes, I'll see if I can get an EO to come help us out during my break in school :) I kinda want to get the results in by tonight @ midnight but I'd be more than welcome to have them posted tomorrow. I mean, it shouldn't be that hard, right? xD [edit - Sammyskitty volunteered as judge and we'll both discuss via skype]

alright, onto what I think:

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I think Kirozane's and Fenneking's artwork stood out the most. Both of them are digital art, though... in terms of traditional, I really like AWSquared's and Rizardon's. These four have shown their best in their artwork, took their time, applied the theme in a correct manner, and the use of colors is exceptional.

There's a few others that were rushed and did not apply the theme well. In Kip's, for example. I wanted to see more background in that drawing of Mudkip. A drawing of itself doesn't fit the coloring criteria. PinkSapphire's entry felt like there's also something missing, too. Probably more colors.

It's really hard to come through this decision, because all of the artwork was sensational! But my results are:

1st (Winner): Fenneking
2nd (Secret Emblem -not to be shown on thread): Rizardon

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Me
to be quite honest, all of them were really good
what I'm looking for basically is the following:

~Theme: Did the member applied the theme correctly? Did the member follow the guidelines?
~Time Management: Was the artwork rushly made? Took all the time they need to draw? Showed effort instead of making the artwork in less than 5 min?
~Creativity: Was the artwork outstanding? Is it original? Does it exceed our expectations? How did the member use their colors?

15:52
Roxanne Rosie

Alright cool

15:52
Me

aaaand for emblem, there's only winner & secret emblem

secret emblem = goes to 2nd place, but it's going to be a surprise

we don't announce it on the thread

I placed my vote on fenneking for 1st place, and Rizardon for 2nd

there's also Kirozane's and AWsquared's, both of them looked like they've put a lot of effort and described the theme well

15:55
Roxanne Rosie

Yeah, fenneking's was the best imo

15:56
Me

so it's 2 for Fenneking then
Roxanne Rosie
He was really the only one that used that style haha
15:56
Me

he actually made it all himself, there weren't any traces of outside images

noooow

for secret emblem

15:58
Roxanne Rosie

I really liked Chr. Draco's one

the detail on the palm tree is really, really good

15:59
Me

you know what, I'll also agree

I loved the colors so much on this one

it SCREAMS summertime

16:00
Roxanne Rosie

the only problem i have is with the Solrock in the background

It looks really out of place

but other than thats it's amazing
Me
do solrocks fly
lol

16:01
Roxanne Rosie

they can levitate haha

i'm not sure if that can go that high though haha

16:02
Me

have you checked out Rizardon's entry?

16:02
Roxanne Rosie

yea I'm looking at it roght now

I honestly can't decide on which one i like more

and then there's Kirozane's...

16:04
Me

both Rizardon and Kirozane took pretty much the whole contest to make their artwork


Roxanne Rosie
the colors are much more smoother on Rizardon' and i like the reflection(?) in the water
16:06
Me

yeah that's what really stood out for me, especially the sun part

it was neatly done, even for a traditional artpiece

16:06
Roxanne Rosie

Yea, and when i first saw it, i thought it was done on canvas haha

16:07
Me

the only thing that bothered me a but on Kiro's was Mewtwo/Mew xD

a bit*

16:07
Roxanne Rosie

Yea, Mewtwo is sitting in a really awkward postion

and i can't tell if mew is supposed to be upside down or not

16:09

So yea, I think I'm going with Rizardon for second

16:09
Me

i feel the mew was missing eyes, or it might be closed when levitated?

16:09
Roxanne Rosie

yea, it's eyes look close

the face looks liek abra's tbh

16:10
Me

but okay! Rizardon for secret emblem it is then

lol

^conversation above is the judging between me and Sammy. Both of us have decided on the following:

Spoiler:

First place (French Emblem - Winner): Fenneking
Second Place (Italian Emblem/Secret): - Rizardon