OC contest (CLOSED FOR JUDGING)

UPDATE 04/03/17: This contest is now over! I will hopefully get to judge entries tomorrow.


 If you would like to see the entries submitted so far, you can find them here:
missriku.deviantart.com/favour…


So about once a year I host a contest and it's been about a year since my last one.

Theme

So by the time this contest ends Valentines Day will be over but only by a few weeks. So I thought that would be fitting for a theme. :3 Valentine's Day, in my opinion, is for love in general. Whether that be between lovers or between friends. Of course some people also see it as a painful day for anyone who is single too.

So that is your theme, to draw one or more of my OCs with the theme of love. Be that the love between friends, lovers or a lack of.

Start and end dates:

This contest begins as soon as I submit this journal and ends on March 1st. That should give about 2 months to draw. Although I may extend it.

The exact time for the deadline is 7 pm US central time.

Mediums allowed

Digital art (pixels animations etc), and Traditional art. I don't have time to read literature and I can't properly judge it either.

Judging:

Will be done by me. Interpretation of the theme (creativity), keeping to characters' personalities and skill will all be taken into account.

Rules:

• No sketches or unfinished work
• must be new art
• Please don't trace or use a base/lineart
• You may submit tasteful mature content work for characters that are 18 years or older. No porn or fetishes please. Also if it needs  mature tag, make sure it has one.
• Your entry must be submitted to your DA account. To send it to me you can use the mention feature, comment here or on my profile or you can send it via note.
• Please give credit that the characters are mine and link back to the journal in your artist comments of your entry.
• You may enter twice but can only win once.
• Backgrounds are not necessary but will help your chances of winning.
• If you are drawing traditionally please don't use lined or grid paper
• You can change their outfits a bit. Meaning they still need to be kimono-ish but you can change the design a bit to fit scene/time of year or just because you want to. :3 Also if their hair is normally down, you can draw their hair up, for example. Or vice versa.

If you are unsure of something, feel free to ask via note! :3

Characters you can use. Character bios are in the artist description of the character's ref sheet.

Aina (most of these are just refs for her hair ):

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Naoki:

Aoi:

Touki:

Murasaki:



Berri:

Chaya (second to last is a good example of her shop):

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And for prizes! For now there is only going to be one prize place but I will add prize places as people enter. Also if you want to offer a prize, feel free to. :3 You can offer a prize and still enter the contest!

1st place:

2,000 from MissRiku
Winning entry featured on my page until my next contest.
Journal feature of 4 works from your gallery.
Full color, full body digital painting from MissRiku
Fiction or one shot short story from IndigoJupiter

















Journal art done by neonparrot niswaen and KaetlynShae