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Whereupon Nora & Dino hold a joint art contest!

Dino's Intro!

Nora and Dino realised very early on into their friendship that they had a lot in common. When the spark of artwhoring hit Dino, they became ::dun dun duuuuun:: Artwhores in Crime. They both love art of every shape, colour, and flavour. Natural media, CG, chibi, oekaki -- it's all good. They're both passionate about art, and more than happy to receive what they can. On that note, we're holding this contest, where artists can showcase their talents, and possibly win themselves some prizes in return!

Nora's Intro!

What can I say that Dino hasn't already? XP Dino and I have been friends for ages, always including the other in our art contests and commissioning art for one another, so now it's definitely time for us to hold a contest together! All entries need only have some variation of our avatars and the loose theme of Nora and Dino as friends and art collectors, so beyond that anything goes! I hope you have as much fun creating art for the contest as we hope to have running it.


Make sure you read the guidelines we've provided in the following posts, and just post if you have any questions!

Welcome to our art contest! Please read through this section first before you do anything else! If your art does not fit the guidelines it will be disqualified, and we don't want that!

Basic Stuff!

• Art will be disqualified if it does not meet the guidelines listed here. So read them well!
  
  
• No Drama! We know that people can get their hopes up for contests and that people can be very competitive. However, please keep personal issues out of the thread.
  
  
• Multiple submissions by the same person are permitted, and it is possible to win in multiple catagories.
  
  
• The art must be your own. Submitting stolen or copied art is art theft and scamming, and will be dealt with accordingly.
  
  
• No submitting art you have already done for either of us and given to us.
  
  
• If you have already done art for either of us you can absolutely still enter, just not with the art you previously did (see above). ^^
  
  
• We would prefer you post any submissions here, however if you would really rather not post it here, or if we miss your submission some how, you may PM it to Noraboo.
  
  
• Please be polite. Ask any questions you have by posting.
  
  
• The entries gallery will not be updated the very second you post your entry. We will often upload the entries in batches, so please be patient. If several days have gone by and you do not see your entry, then please repost it politely.

Art Specific Guidelines!

• The art must be of both Nora & Dino, in some combination, to qualify. This does mean that you could do something like make one of us a plushie, have one of us be an artwork on the wall the other is admiring, and so on, just as long as there is somehow art of the two of us in the submission. But it does not need to be a literal take on both avatars by any means. Get creative!
  
  
• You can pick from any of the avatars above to combine, there are no specific combos.
  
  
• Poses and situations can be of any style, from chibi to realism, comedy to drama. Please remember that Nora & Dino are NOT romantically involved, but are just friends, so keep things appropriate there!
  
  
• Art does not need to be colored. Sketches, screentones, and black and white are accepted and loved.
  
  
• We accept art of all medias and love all equally. If you feel you do better in paint or pencil than CG, than by all means do that instead. We would love to get variety and natural media in the submissions, not just CG.
  
  
• We like many styles of art, fantasty style, realism, chibi, pixel, anime, american comic style, everything you can think of. We love variety!
  
  
• We will not be accepting dolls in this contest. This is not because we do not think that good dolling does not require skill, but rather because we would prefer not to deal with issues of base originality and crediting. It is simply easier and, we feel, fairer to everyone involved.
  
  
• We will accept collaborations, however both parties must agree to the submission. Should you win, you must also select one of you to recieve the prize, or if it is more than one letter how you would like them sent. We are not responsible if your partner is not trustworthy and takes your part of the prize.
  
  
• Judging will be done by Nora & Dino. Prizes will be awarded for the art, not who made the art, so please do not enter expecting to win just because you have a big name or because you know us! XP
  
  
• We may be adding some other small catagories or suprise catagories in the end. So you never know what may come up!
  
  

Gallery of Entries is here!

If for some reason you do not see your entry, please repost it!

Emmisu is new account of entrant The Harlequin Demon

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