Dragon Realms' First Contest! - Adding Entries

Here's all the entries we've received in our inbox so far. If yours is not here, make sure you have submitted it and/or try again.


That's right my dragon lover friends! Our very first contest is here.

Thanks to the help of our friends FeatherFall24 and Meg-James we can now offer a much better prize than simply becoming a Contributor.

So it will be like this...

Theme

The theme is music. You will pick a song you like and draw something inspired/based on it BUT! (Here's the trick) Unlike many contests that use this theme, we'll make it differently! Instead of simply picking a song you like you will pick a song you like from the list we will provide.

Stealthy and I made a 10 songs playlist plus two extras and each of us selected six songs we like. They are very good songs all of them have clean and very inspiring lyrics, melody and beat. You will chose one of them you like and will draw something inspired/based on it.

Is it harder? YES! And it's on purpose. Stealthy had this brilliant idea and both of us agree on the thought that making it this way will create a much greater challenge and will work as an incentive to the participants to think hard and put real effort on making a good entry. Creativity might be pushed as much as possible and we really think great works will raise from it. Not that they wouldn't if you could pick any song you feel like, but you got the point, right?

All the songs have a link to their video versions on YouTube so you can hear and watch. If you can't , simply copy the name of the song and look for it on YouTube.

Rules

You must be a member.
We will only accept works sent to the Contest folder. If you submit any entry to any other folder it won't be into the contest.
We will not accept material based on other songs than the ones we provided. If you want to participate you gotta take the challenge and play by the rules!
If you can't find a song of your taste in our list then it's too bad. If you want to participate you gotta pick one anyway.
We won't accept bad works. By that I mean badly made works. If you want to compete, put effort into your job. Only full colored works. No scraps, no sketches, no black and white pictures. We want a well finished production. If you are going to draw on paper and scan, please, make a good scanning job. Production quality will count a lot for the judging. You don't need to be a DaVinci. Just make is decent, ok?
Ideological sensitive material, pornographic in any way or suggestive will not be accepted. If we find it is not "rated Everyone", we won't accept it.
The subject of the pictures must to be dragons. By that I believe it is clear that humans or humanoid (anthros) does not count. They can even be there, but real dragons must to be the obvious focus on your work and the main objects on it.
You can send as many entries as you want, but only one of your works will be chosen. Also, we will take only one picture for each song. If you want to submit more than one entry, pick a different song for it.
If someone’s got a song and you want to use that same song, make sure to be original. We will take pictures of the same song but we want variety! Don’t tell what you’re going to draw so no one will copy your idea.

Deadline

You will have one month after we close the contest for joining to get your entry done and submitted. We’ll be waiting at least a week for entrants (time will be extended if needed) before closing and counting the time for deadline. Beginning from today (June, Sunday 19th) you and whoever else wants will have a week to join the contest. Next week we’ll stop accepting contestants and the time for deadline will start counting. You can join whenever you want as far as the contest is running.

There are no limit of participants. The more the best! To join, just ask on the comments below and make sure to tell the song you’ll be using, but don’t tell what you’ll be doing.

New deadline is now August 29th (Monday). On 30th we will not accept any more entries (save exceptions that shall be studied) and judging will begin. People who want to join have up to August 22nd to sign up on this blog entry as instructed.

And final time to send your entries is July 28th. On July 29th we'll not accept any more entries and judging will begin. That's a month from now!

Prizes

There will be only three winners,

1st Place: 10 month premium membership plus becoming part of our staff as Contributor + matching set of dragon hat and scarf of your choice (see links bellow).
2nd Place: 2 month premium membership plus becoming part of our staff as Contributor + dragon hat of your choice (see links bellow).
3rd Place: Will become Contributor + dragon hat of your choice (see links bellow).

Prize hats
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Prize scarfs
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Prizes are an offering of Dragon-Realms, FeatherFall24 and Meg-James

(If you won’t participate but would like to help us with prizes, feel free to contact me or Stealthy.)

Judging

Judging will be made by Stealthy and I until further notice. If we have trouble on selecting the winners we'll come up with some system. Our judging criteria won't be simply "Ooh, I like this!" or "Hey, he/she is our friend. Let's chose this!". No. That wouldn't be fair. Instead, we'll be analyzing the effort you put into your work. Our judging criteria will be the quality of your production, the depth of your inspiration/imagination and how much the picture relates to the song (this is important!). Again stating that quality counts a lot, alright? But don't feel intimidated, please. Just try your best!

NOTICE: If you make it on paper, scan it properly. We won't accept works with poor image quality. This is a contest. Do your best! Remember the rules back up there!


Songs

As I stated, you can chose any of the songs bellow for your picture.

Viva la Vida – Coldplay www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvgZkm…

Shout – Tears for Fears www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtmERi…

Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears for Fears www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST86JM…

Once in Every Lifetime – Jem www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nab0T-…

Guide You Home (I Would Die For You) – Rebecca Kneubuhl & Gabriel Mann www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxzhlE…

Art of the Dress - MLP Friendship is Magic www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSbXGs…

How To Save a Life - The Fray www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw0wRf…

Swing Swing - The All-American Rejects www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzLBno…

On Melancholy Hill – Gorillaz www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjgm3x…

Exile Vilify - The National www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Vg2Y…

Africa – Toto www.youtube.com/watch?v=azVqek…

Winter Wrap Up - MLP Friendship is Magic www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyrAkw…

Contestants
All the entries can be viewed in this dragon-realms.deviantart.com/g…

- sevilai.deviantart.com/art/Exi…
Exile Vilify - The National

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Viva la Vida - Coldplay

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Once in Every Lifetime – Jem

- ysulyan.deviantart.com/art/CE-…
On Melancholy Hill - Gorillaz

- nuvalo.deviantart.com/art/Shou…
Shout - Tears for Fears

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Viva la Vida - Coldplay

- Contestant quit the competition.
Africa - Toto

- soronadragon.deviantart.com/ar…
Guide You Home (I Would Die For You) – Rebecca Kneubuhl & Gabriel Mann

- dragon0935.deviantart.com/art/…
How To Save A Life - The Fray

- darkmerekitten.deviantart.com/…
Africa - Toto

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How To Save a Life - The Fray

- thaddman.deviantart.com/art/Ho…
How To Save a Life - The Fray

- iahdo.deviantart.com/art/Art-o…
Art of the Dress - MLP Friendship is Magic

- wyldfire7.deviantart.com/art/D…
Swing Swing - The All-American Rejects

- inkartwriter.deviantart.com/ar…
Guide You Home (I Would Die For You) – Rebecca Kneubuhl & Gabriel Mann

- syries-200.deviantart.com/art/…
How To Save a Life - The Fray

- guideyouhome.deviantart.com/ar…
Guide You Home (I Would Die For You) – Rebecca Kneubuhl & Gabriel Mann

- Contestant quit the competition.
Viva la Vida - Coldplay

- chipmunkrulz.deviantart.com/ar…
How To Save a Life - The Fray

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Exile Vilify - The National

- dragonsflamemagic.deviantart.c…
Swing Swing - The All-American Rejects

tildat.deviantart.com/art/Fore…
Guide You Home (I Would Die For You) – Rebecca Kneubuhl & Gabriel Mann

- jessica1003.deviantart.com/art…
Africa - Toto

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Guide You Home (I Would Die For You) – Rebecca Kneubuhl & Gabriel Mann

- Contestant quit the competition.
Guide You Home (I Would Die For You) – Rebecca Kneubuhl & Gabriel Mann

- twilightsaint.deviantart.com/a… twilightsaint.deviantart.com/a… twilightsaint.deviantart.com/a…
Viva la Vida - Coldplay
Africa - Toto
How To Save a Life - The Fray

- drago-w.deviantart.com/art/Sto…
Viva la Vida - Coldplay

- hyacinth7.deviantart.com/art/q…
Art of the Dress - MLP Friendship is Magic

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Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears for Fears

- ericiuslux.deviantart.com/art/…
Once in Every Lifetime – Jem

- rylucius.deviantart.com/art/On…
Once in Every Lifetime – Jem

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Art of the Dress - MLP Friendship is Magic

- cudo215.deviantart.com/art/Exi…
Exile Vilify - The National

- trollgirl.deviantart.com/art/H…
How To Save a Life - The Fray