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Nora & Dino:
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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!

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Contest Dates


New Update!:

Winners will be announced this Friday (8/1 cool at 9pm EST!

Update:

The contest is over! Dino and I will commence judging shortly, and a date for the prize annoucement will be posted as soon as we can agree on a time! (which I assure you will be as soon as we can!)

Thank you, everyone, for your participation, for entering art, for linking to us, for bumping. <3 We truely appreciate it.

Start: May 7th, 2006

End: August 14th, 2006, at midnight. Well, 11:59 PM so as to actually be august 14th. XD

Prizes!

~Main Prizes~

Grand prize: 2005 Letter Suite

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2nd prize: Kitsune mask

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3rd prize: Demonic Pitchfork

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~Catagories~

Most Unique Entry: 10k

Cutest Entry: 10k

Best Natural Media Entry: 10k

Best CG Entry: 10k

Additional Catagories & Prizes To Be Announced.

Contest Rules and Guidelines


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!

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Dino's Avatars


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First one is classic Dino. It's the avatar I've more or less had since the day I joined. The second one is Fancy Dino. That's what Dino wears when he's attending events and the like. The outfit is supposed to mimic a formal suit. The dancer bottoms are the black pants, the sash is the white shirt, the dancer cuffs and collar make up the tie and cuffs, and the shoes are formal shoes in any case. The third avatar is meant to show off my love for red.

To all of the avatars, please add demon style wings, and a halo hanging from one of the horns. Ref1 Ref2 Ref3


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For the 1st & 2nd avatars, please draw the panda hat somehow eating the leaf, or a similar theme, rather than the leaf just sitting on the head.

My avatar's current hair CAN be used in place of the shorter hair.
Current Hair Reference!: Please remember that this avatar is only a hair reference, not an avatar eligible for entry into the contest.

Don't be afraid to change details or add things, so long as the basic avatar idea is intact enough that the avatar you drew is recognizeable. ^_^
Entries


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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Instead of just writing "bump"


Keeping the thread on top is muchly loved, but if you're not feeling like just bumping, come on in and tell us about you! What do you like to do after school? What TV shows do you like to watch? Enjoy cooking? Then share recipes! Nora and I both love to cook, and would be interested in the stuff you make as well.

What lead you to get into Gaia? Are any of your real life friends on Gaia? How do you usually spend your spare time? Is there any software you think we should try out? (Nora is on a PC, and Dino is on a Mac.) Have you read any good books lately?

{Nora interjection! Nora is on both a PC and a Mac, haha!}

Sit back, relax, and chat with us! It'll be a lot of fun to get to know the people who hang out in this thread. heart

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#12. Is this thing over soon?

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#14. One more after this, yeah?

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