Mothcats is approaching its 1-year birthday next month and I wanted to celebrate with something I've been wanting to do for a while now: an art contest!
General Contest Rules:
- You must be a Mothcats member to participate. (By being a member, you automatically agree to our Species Terms and Conditions.)
- You must have an updated Mothcat Bank to participate in this event. See this journal for info on how to get one.
- You do not need to update the ID card if you don't want to - please update the "Quick Links" at the top of the journal though.
- You do not need to own a Mothcat to participate.
- Both admins and members can participate.
- All contest entries must link back to this journal.
- Entries do not need to be tagged as long as the description clearly states it's for the contest.
- Submit all entries to the 2016 Birthday Bash contest folder.
- All entries are due by December 22nd 2016 at 11:59:59 pm PT. No extensions!
- The deadline is far away to give our members enough time to enter.
- (It's still birthday-related because it's my birthday!)
Entry Guidelines:
- Maximum of 8 entries per account.
- Must meet at least one of the following themes:
- Birthday
- Party
- Presents
- Happy-Go-Lucky
- Celebration
- Must include at least one (1) Mothcat or subspecies in every entry.
- If you do not own a Mothcat, you may draw Honey or Chive.
- You can also draw someone else's Mothcat if you've obtained their permission first!
- Check out this journal by SpicyIsopods which outlines some members and their preferences for their characters being drawn.
- Any form of art is accepted, including:
- Traditional/digital artwork
- Literature
- Physical crafts
- Musical performances
- All entries must be inclusive and child-friendly.
- Mothcats does not tolerate any sort of discrimination or harassment.
- DEFINITELY do not enter any sexual or excessively violent/gory themes.
- Collaborative entries are not allowed due to the nature of this contest.
Entry Restrictions:
One "entry" is defined, at maximum, as:
- 1 Full illustration
- 8-Panel comic
- 3000 Word count
- 1 ft2 Craft
- 5-Minute performance
...basically, please don't overdo your entries. You can put in as much effort as you want, but please remember that you are not guaranteed to win any prizes at the end.
There will be three guaranteed winners and several honorable mentions. By default, each winner will receive ALL of the prizes listed below their respective bullet points. There is no obligation to accept any of them at the end.
Prizes:
There will be three guaranteed winners and several honorable mentions. By default, each winner will receive ALL of the prizes listed below their respective bullet points. There is no obligation to accept any of them at the end.
- First Place Overall Prize
- 2
- 1 Ultra rare Mothcat MYO slot or trait change
- MYO slot allows for up to one (1) ultra rare trait and two (2) rare traits ** UPDATED
- Trait change can be applied as an add-on for MYO slots ** UPDATED
- Standard policy applies, where you can only have up to one (1) trait add-on per MYO slot
- Exclusive/illegal traits are not allowed
- 1-Year Core Membership
- Random prizes from the following donations || 1 prize unlocked every 10 entries!
- 1 Full body drawing from floramisa
- 2 Full body drawings from exdog
- 2 Full body drawings from DarlingJess
- 1 Illustration from cathedraIs
- 1 Painting + 1 chibi from Shadonut
- 1 Fully shaded headshot with background from DarkTheExcadrill
- 1 YCH by Furreon
- Second Place Overall Prize
- 1
- 1 Rare Mothcat MYO slot or trait change
- 6-Month Core Membership
- Random prizes from the following donations || 1 prize unlocked every 10 entries!
- 1 Chibi or crayon doodle from floramisa
- 1 Full body drawing from exdog
- 1 Full body drawing from DarlingJess
- 2 Full body drawings from cathedraIs
- 1 Digital drawing from Shadonut
- Third Place Overall Prize
- 5
- 1 Common Mothcat MYO slot or trait change
- 3-Month Core Membership
- Random prizes from the following donations || 1 prize unlocked every 10 entries!
- 1 Chibi or crayon doodle from floramisa
- 1 Chibi from exdog
- 1 Pixel drawing OR 2 pixel icons from DarlingJess
- 1 Full body drawing from cathedraIs
- 1 Digital drawing from Shadonut
- Special Category Winners* / Community Favorite
- 1
- 1-Month Core Membership
- Honorable Mentions
- 5
If we receive enough entrants, we may increase the prize pool later on. We welcome any and every prize donation as long as the promises can be upheld by the end of the contest! (You can contribute prizes but still enter the contest!)
Aside from the overall prizes, here's a list of potential prize categories that will earn extra rewards for being awesome. For every fifteen (15) entries, we will unlock one [random] special category! You won't know what it'll be for until the end! :>
* Special Prize Categories
Aside from the overall prizes, here's a list of potential prize categories that will earn extra rewards for being awesome. For every fifteen (15) entries, we will unlock one [random] special category! You won't know what it'll be for until the end! :>
- Banana
- Funniest or prankster entries
- Grandma's Cookies
- Heartwarming entries
- Smartypants
- Clever or smart entries
- Out of the Box
- Creative entries
- Ornate
- Detailed entries
- Hidden Power
- Surprising or unexpected entries
- Handyman
- Crafty entries
- Quill and Ink
- Literature entries
- Paintbrush
- Painting entries
- Robot
- Systematic entries
- Rainbow
- Colorful entries
- Olden Times
- Not-so-colorful entries
- Hipster
- hipster.
MemelordDankest entries- Not actually a category; please don't kill cathedraIs with memes
