Board Thread:Contests/@comment-7107990-20140308031547

Hey editors!

I've decided to host our first contest of the wiki! This is mostly an experimental thing, but I really wanted to try it out and see how it goes.

So How To Train Your Dragon 2 just reached 100 days till the movie, and I though it would be cool to do something based on that! There are going to be many new dragons in the upcoming movie, and so the topic for this contest is designing your own dragon!

Criteria: So to enter this contest, you must a picture that you made of a dragon that you created. I ask that entries not to include people in the picture. You can create your dragon in any way you want (pencil and paper, watercolor, digitally, ext) as long as it follows the rules. You may also make the dragon in any pose you want. The picture must have your username on the picture somewhere (see rules for this as well).

Rules 1) The picture must be of a dragon 2) The picture MUST be your own. To prevent art theft, each entry must have the editors username somewhere on the picture that can be read. 3) The picture cannot be of any dragon already in the How To Train Your Dragon movies/TV shows/books. 4) You may only submit 2 pictures at most. Only one of those pictures may be ranked. 5) Your submission must be posted on this forum post to be counted as a submission 6) Adding a small sentence or two about how you created your dragon is optional, but may help you in the judging.

I'll add to the rules later if I need to.

Contest close

If we have enough submissions, then the contest will close March 23rd 2014 at 11:59 p.m. Any submissions posted after that will not be counted. If there are not enough submissions by then, then The extended date will be announced March 21st. If not enough submissions are posted by the extended date, then each submission will be awarded.

Judging

Right now, I am the only judge there is. Overtime, I may add one or two more judges to the contest. Judges are not allowed to enter the contest. Submissions to the contest will be ruled on these categories:

Creativity (How original your dragon is): 40%; Design (Color choice and execution): 30%; Effort: (How much work you put into your picture): 20%; Artistic skills (How well you create your dragon: 10%

Though it is optional, telling a bit about how you came up with your dragon may help you in your score.

The judges will judge each dragon, then those scores will be averaged out. The announcement for who won will be on March 29th if the date for entries is not postponed. The highest ranking dragon will receive a prize for their entry.

Ranking and Prizes

Only the three highest scoring dragons will be posted. The announcement for that will be on March 29th if the date for entries is not postponed.

I have not come up with any good prizes yet, but I the prizes will be announced before the closing date for the contest.

Thanks to everyone who submits! I am looking forward to seeing some awesome dragons! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask! Happy editing!

~Lifesky 