Over 1000:points: and Art!!!

Our affiliate :iconshinesofmystery:'s contest is finally here!
ALL OUR MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO JOIN IN THE CONTEST!

Contest starts July 1st
Contest ends August 31st


The contest will be canceled if we don't have at least 20 participants.

:bulletred::bulletred::bulletorange::bulletorange::bulletyellow::bulletyellow::bulletgreen::bulletgreen: Theme Of the Contest :bulletgreen::bulletgreen::bulletyellow::bulletyellow::bulletorange::bulletorange::bulletred::bulletred:

:bulletred::bulletred::bulletorange::bulletorange::bulletyellow::bulletyellow::bulletgreen::bulletgreen: Elves :bulletgreen::bulletgreen::bulletyellow::bulletyellow::bulletorange::bulletorange::bulletred::bulletred:

You will have to draw 1 ore more elves traditionally or digitally using a red-green-yellow color pallet and your character/s need to be in a summer scenario.
Please visit the main journal for more info regarding the theme and the rules for this contest.

Elven Stories Contest *** voting ***Read more about our contest:
:bulletwhite: Theme :bulletwhite: Rules :bulletwhite: Submitting :bulletwhite: Prizes :bulletwhite: Judging :bulletwhite: Feature :bulletwhite:
Over 1000:points: and Art!!!
After all this time of planning and waiting... IT'S FINALLY HERE!!! Our first Contest.
Contest has ended!
:new:The winners will be announced in about 2 weeks
Contest starts July 1st
Contest ends August 31st
Contest ends September 30th

The contest will be canceled if we don't have at least 20 participants.
:bulletred:[Bullet; Red][Bullet; Orange][Bullet; Orange][Bullet; Yellow][Bullet; Yellow][Bullet; Green][Bullet; Green] Theme Of the Contest [Bullet; Green][Bullet; Green][Bullet; Yellow][Bullet; Yellow][Bullet; Orange][Bullet; Orange][Bullet; Red]:
Elven Stories Contest *** voting ***Read more about our contest:
:bulletwhite: Theme :bulletwhite: Rules :bulletwhite: Submitting :bulletwhite: Prizes :bulletwhite: Judging :bulletwhite: Feature :bulletwhite:
Over 1000:points: and Art!!!
After all this time of planning and waiting... IT'S FINALLY HERE!!! Our first Contest.
Contest has ended!
:new:The winners will be announced in about 2 weeks
Contest starts July 1st
Contest ends August 31st
Contest ends September 30th

The contest will be canceled if we don't have at least 20 participants.
:bulletred:[Bullet; Red][Bullet; Orange][Bullet; Orange][Bullet; Yellow][Bullet; Yellow][Bullet; Green][Bullet; Green] Theme Of the Contest [Bullet; Green][Bullet; Green][Bullet; Yellow][Bullet; Yellow][Bullet; Orange][Bullet; Orange][Bullet; Red]:

Elven Stories Contest *** voting ***Read more about our contest:
:bulletwhite: Theme :bulletwhite: Rules :bulletwhite: Submitting :bulletwhite: Prizes :bulletwhite: Judging :bulletwhite: Feature :bulletwhite:
Over 1000:points: and Art!!!
After all this time of planning and waiting... IT'S FINALLY HERE!!! Our first Contest.
Contest has ended!
:new:The winners will be announced in about 2 weeks
Contest starts July 1st
Contest ends August 31st
Contest ends September 30th

The contest will be canceled if we don't have at least 20 participants.
:bulletred:[Bullet; Red][Bullet; Orange][Bullet; Orange][Bullet; Yellow][Bullet; Yellow][Bullet; Green][Bullet; Green] Theme Of the Contest [Bullet; Green][Bullet; Green][Bullet; Yellow][Bullet; Yellow][Bullet; Orange][Bullet; Orange][Bullet; Red]:
Elven Stories Contest *** voting ***Read more about our contest:
:bulletwhite: Theme :bulletwhite: Rules :bulletwhite: Submitting :bulletwhite: Prizes :bulletwhite: Judging :bulletwhite: Feature :bulletwhite:
Over 1000:points: and Art!!!
After all this time of planning and waiting... IT'S FINALLY HERE!!! Our first Contest.
Contest has ended!
:new:The winners will be announced in about 2 weeks
Contest starts July 1st
Contest ends August 31st
Contest ends September 30th

The contest will be canceled if we don't have at least 20 participants.
:bulletred:[Bullet; Red][Bullet; Orange][Bullet; Orange][Bullet; Yellow][Bullet; Yellow][Bullet; Green][Bullet; Green] Theme Of the Contest [Bullet; Green][Bullet; Green][Bullet; Yellow][Bullet; Yellow][Bullet; Orange][Bullet; Orange][Bullet; Red]:


:bulletred::bulletred::bulletorange::bulletorange::bulletyellow::bulletyellow::bulletgreen::bulletgreen: Prizes :bulletgreen::bulletgreen::bulletyellow::bulletyellow::bulletorange::bulletorange::bulletred::bulletred:

:bulletyellow::bulletyellow: 1st :bulletyellow::bulletyellow:
350:points: from ShinesDonations
130:points: from Bliood-Kira
1 digital painting from Bliood-Kira
1 digital painting from Asderuki
1 art piece from buenodavista
:bulletgreen::bulletgreen: 2nd :bulletgreen::bulletgreen:
330:points: from ShinesDonations
130:points: from Bliood-Kira
1 colored character design from Bliood-Kira
1 lineart from Asderuki
1 character sketch from Flane-kanja
:bulletred::bulletred: 3rd :bulletred::bulletred:
320:points: from ShinesDonations
120:points: from Bliood-Kira
1 lineart from Bliood-Kira
1 character sketch from Asderuki


Winner's Package to all winners from :iconanothercontestgroup:
1 month feature to all winners from :iconshinesdonations::iconshinesofmystery:
1 feature to all winners from :iconfairy-tale-fantasy:; :icontimeless-elves:; :iconden-of-elves:; :iconfreeyourfantasy:; :iconoriginal-fantasy:; :iconasangelsareborn:; :iconfantasycreators:
1 mention to all participants from :iconshinesdonations::iconshinesofmystery:



If you want to donate a prize please send a note to ShinesOfMystery
More prizes can be added, please see they're journal for updates: fav.me/d7onetn



A big thank you to all the groups helping us with the contest.

:iconfairy-tale-fantasy: :icontimeless-elves: :iconden-of-elves:
:iconfreeyourfantasy: :iconoriginal-fantasy: :iconasangelsareborn:
:iconfantasycreators:
Hi everyone!

Our affiliate :iconshinesofmystery: will be hosting a contest at the beginning of the next month.
Because we are affiliate with them our members are welcomed to participate in it. As a matter of fact all members of any Fantasy Group can participate, all you need to do is sign in, Find more at:


BUT! before we announce anything about the contest... we would like give this announcements:

Please read down if you would like to:
:bulletblue: donate a prize;
:bulletorange: become a judge;
:bulletgreen: have your Fantasy Group join the contest.


:bigthumb415262874:
:bulletblue::bulletblue::bulletblue:DONATE A PRIZE:bulletblue::bulletblue::bulletblue:

If you want to donate a prize send a note to ShinesOfMystery
You can also donate points:points: to :iconshinesdonations:

ALL DONORS CAN PARTICIPATE in the contest but if you win your prize would go to someone else.

:bigthumb415262874:

:bulletorange::bulletorange::bulletorange:BECOME A JUDGE:bulletorange::bulletorange::bulletorange:
Read more about how to become a judge and what you would need to do at their journal page: fav.me/d7m5ser

ALL JUDGES CAN PARTICIPATE
in the contest, but they
CAN'T VOTE FOR THEMSELFS!!!!


:bigthumb415262874:

:bulletgreen::bulletgreen::bulletgreen: HAVE YOUR FANTASY GROUP :bulletgreen::bulletgreen::bulletgreen:
:bulletgreen::bulletgreen::bulletgreen: JOIN THE CONTEST :bulletgreen::bulletgreen::bulletgreen:


Here are the official affiliates that are joining the contest;
A very big thank you for joining and your support.

:iconshinesofmystery:
:iconfairy-tale-fantasy: :icontimeless-elves: :iconden-of-elves:
:iconfreeyourfantasy: :iconoriginal-fantasy: :iconasangelsareborn:
Every FANTASY GROUP can join the contest.
Read more at their journal to find out how your group can be part of this.
fav.me/d7m5ser

What would you gain by taking part in this contests as an affiliate:

:bulletgreen: Your group would be featured at every contest journal we and the other groups will post.
:bulletgreen: Your members would get to participate in the contests, win prizes.
:bulletgreen: We would have a nice community, members of different groups collaborating together.



See what prizes the contest has until now
by visiting :iconshinesofmystery:’s journal.

CONTEST coming soon!! Donate prizes/Become a judgeHi everyone!
We have been talking about hosting contests for a log time now, and every member of ours knows that this is coming soon. Well, the time is here and all our member and the member of our affiliates are welcomed to join in our contest.
BUT! before we announce anything about our contest... we would like to give this announcements:
Please read down if you would like to:
:bulletblue: donate a prize;
:bulletorange: become a judge;
:bulletgreen: have your Fantasy Group join the contest.

:bulletblue::bulletblue::bulletblue: DONATE A PRIZE :bulletblue::bulletblue::bulletblue:
If you want to donate a prize send a note to our group or comment down below.
You can also donate points:points: to :iconshinesdonations: (no refunds)
ALL DONORS CAN PARTICIPATE in the contest but if you win your prize would go to someone else.

[Bullet; Orange][Bullet; Orange][Bullet; Orange] BECOME A JUDGE [Bullet; Orange][Bullet; Orange]:bul


STAY TUNNED AS MORE ABOUT THE CONTEST WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON 01’st July 2014
The theme is 'Manly-Monstrous-Vicious', and with this contest we hope to reach out to those artists who are willing to plunge into the dark reaches of the Forgotten Realms, and do something that's not yet done to death before.

Prizes include Premium Memberships, lots of points, features, critiques and commissions.

Check it here for more details: fav.me/d6sml71
Check this:serel.deviantart.com/journal/F…

There is all kinf of works there featured.


Until the next journal!
Since I have been receiving some insults sometimes from people who got their works declined , even if I explained my reasons to them, even if I suggested books and examples among my possibilities to help, this people got upset. There's even a girl who got upset because I have accepted her work, and she wrote a whole journal explaining how she feels bad because she thinks it was accepted for pity --->  xrosewaterx.deviantart.com/jou…

So, I propose you to talk about some things that happen in this group, you're free to leave your point of view.

What's art? And what kind of art does this group accept?

This group accepts any kind of art, it doesn't matter really the topic you have chosen to work with or your style. We can talk about Fantasy and Fairytale later during the submission.

But here, what's really important is that the makers really love art, that art is their life, they cannot live without it,  and I want to see That expressed in your work. That's what I want as a response when I ask you about your work, to show me that you really and extremely care of what you do it doesn't matter if you're a pro or a beginner. I'm gonna make lots of questions if necessary to find out what your interests are, may be I can be kind of tricky with my questions but it's your answer what matters, remember that.

Let me tell you one experience I had in this group some months ago:

After declining this painting: safaiakiba.deviantart.com/art/…
The maker asked me the reasons. I was kind of sure it's the work of a unexperienced hobbyst but I didn't want to judge him yet so I showed him the FEATURED gallery to try to give an idea of our quality criterias, works like this one: fairy-tale-fantasy.deviantart.…

And he said that he couldn't see the quiality in that painting to be shown as an example. Then I asked what does he do in his life. He said:  "Work, sleep, eat, pay bills, shop, take care of my dog and my home and spend time with my family and friends when I have the time. Pretty standard living I'd say. I don't see how that would affect what I enjoy drawing really."

IF I ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU DO IN YOUR LIFE and there is no passion for arts described there, I'd assume that art isn't worthy of being mentioned, and you probably don't care much about it.

People, you must understand: Deviantart accepts everyone BUT it's a space for arts and artists mainly. If we start submitting and accepting everything, it would be the same as facebook, there is no reason for us in deviantart to accept every piece and promoting everything since it's a virtual society for Artists. If you're a hobbyst, or if you really don't care much about arts, please, don't push groups to accept your works we don't have the obligation to accept it. Groups accept the works according to their critearia, there are LOTS of different groups with different standards and I'm sure one of them would accept your work, there are even "Accept all art" groups which make no sense.

In this group, I don't want hobbysts or amateurish "artists", I don't want to promote their big EGO. I want people who love what they do in their lives, even if they're beginners. Please, don't tell me that you're a hobbyst and that you love art... when you love something you don't attend it only in your spare times, if you love something you should dedicate your whole life to it.


 What's Fairytale Fantasy?

I've been receiving LOTS of Disneylike works, LOTRlike works, random people with some nice fairy wings, etc, etc...
I think it's okay to get inspired on whatever you want, but beside that, your work should be an original piece. It's not fantasy only because it's the depiction of a LOTR's scene even if it's a stunning painting, it's not a fairytale because it has some fairies in it.

Fantasy is about going beyond, and reaching new forms and topics in your imagination. And even if you're doing LOTR art, you should be capable of adding something proper of your own to it.
Fairytales in the other hand, has more to do with Storytelling, and a magical and very elegant presentation of your work, it's not disneylike fairies dancing with no reason.

Pitching your Story

If you're a writer, if you really love writing it's important that you could pitch your story if you want it accepted here, if you want people read it, to present it to an editor, publisher, producer, etc, etc.
All those people aren't just cool guys specting for you to send them your story able to read it and give you a full detailed critic about it. That doesn't happen.

So, What's that you writers should do? Okay... A pitch is a brief monologue in which you explain to the other people why your story is worthy of being read, you must to interest them, to prove that your writing skills are convincing with a pitch. Because, if you're not convincing at pitching your story, it means that your story isn't convincing either.

Beside pitching isn't only a process of Marketing, it's very related with the process of writing. A pitching has to do with a Writer who knows what are the strongest points in their story, and how those points work in that story.

Now, I'd prefer that you could make a great pitch for your stories which rarely happens. Anyway, If you aren't sure of how pitching it I'm gonna guide you and make some questions about your story trying to understand how it works, and I'd know if accept it or not.


That's all for the moment fellows.
Have a nice day!

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