We will be having the FanArt Competition again this year! It officially starts November 20th, but I thought I'd start the thread early to make sure that you guys have enough time to brainstorm and create your entries. So come November 20th, please look for threads on the participating boards. And in the meantime or anytime after that, please feel free to ask any questions and encourage others to participate!

Participation:
Anyone can participate! Whether it be creating a fan art or supporting your fellow board members. Visit any of the participating boards and post your submissions. If you are browsing FF and notice that someone's fanart is good and you like their style, I encourage you to send em a PM! Ask them if they know about the holiday competition You'd be surprised how many people I've come across that love making fanarts but have not heard about the competition Together, we can make this a really fun and a successful holiday competition

Please read all of the rules before submitting an art.

Participating boards: TBA (I extended the deadline due to being down for the last few days)

So far the boards we have signed up:
90210
Alias
Angel
Autumn Reeser
Battlestar Galactica
Beverly Hills 90210
Bones
Brothers & Sisters
Chuck
Degrassi
Doctor Who
Emily Deschanel
Emma Watson
Female Celebrities
Friday Night Lights
Friends
Fringe
Gilmore Girls
Grey's Anatomy
Hayden Panettiere
Heath Ledger
Heroes
High School Musical
House
Hugh Laurie
Instant Star
Jake Gyllenhaal
James Lafferty
James Marsters
James Van Der Beek
Jason Dohring
Jennifer Aniston
Jensen Ackles
Joan of Arcadia
Jonas Brothers
Josh Holloway
Kate Voegele
Kelly Clarkson
Lauren Graham
Leonardo DiCaprio
Life on Mars
Lost
Matt Czuchry
The OC
October Road
The Office
Patrick Dempsey
Private Practice
Pushing Daisies
Rachel Bilson
Robert Pattinson
Role Playing
Sarah Wayne Callies
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Scrubs
Shiri Appleby
Snow Patrol
Star Trek
Supernatural
Television
That '70s Show
Third Watch
True Blood
Twilight
Vanessa Anne Hudgens
Young Americans
Veronica Mars
Zac Efron

If you do not see a board here that you are thinking of making an art for, send a message to the moderators to let them know you are interested.

To insure that every type of art from every poster has a place in the competition, the following two categories of art will be accepted:

• Original Artwork - Drawings, photographs and anything that is your own material.
• Random - Any topic/subject that does not pertain to an of the participating boards

Arts for both of these categories can be submitted at the main competition thread on the FanArt board here.

Rules

• Each participating board will have a thread dedicated to the competition and it will be the place to discuss and post your arts. It's also a great place for suggestions. Each thread is linked above here in this post.
  
• The art must be holiday themed and have the board name clear anywhere on the artwork. You are free to use any technique (brushes, textures etc...). For help and tutorials, the FanArt board is a great place to find it.
  
• The artwork you submit must be exactly one of the following 3 sizes in pixels and in JPEG format; 400x300, 800x600 or 1024x768.
  
• Final submissions should be a separate post in the thread marked with the words "to submit it for the competition" in red. This way, we will know that it is the final version of the art you would like to submit. It will be linked on the beginning post of the thread, updated frequently. If you do not see your art on that post a few days after you post it, please PM me.
  
• Art should include your username on the bottom left of all artwork in Times New Roman, font size 12 (72 pixels per inch). Also be sure to include a separate 200x150px thumbnail in JPEG format along with your art to be used in the voting. Please do not add a border to the thumbnail.
  
• The deadline for art submission is December 20th, 2008 5pm EST. You must have your artwork posted by that time to be considered. No exceptions. Please make sure that your upload site is reliable.
  
• You may submit no more than 1 art per board. You may most certainly make more than one for each board and post it on the thread for people to see, however you may only submit one for the competition per board. There is no limit to how many boards you can submit an art for.
  
• There are a couples of special notes. With regards to the TV and Music board, you may only submit an art on a topic that does not include one in which there is a separate board for here on FF. The only exception is if that particular board is not participating in the contest. For example, you can not submit a ________ art for the Music board but you can submit a _______ to the couples board. With regards to the Couples board, you may not submit an art with a movie or tv couple that is from one of the shows participating in the competition unless it features a variety of couples from different boards.
  
• Please make sure to keep your artwork PG-13 while sticking to the Forum rules.

Voting
The voting will be as follows:

1. Favorite for each participating board: This will take place within a few days after the submission deadline in the form of polls, topped in each participating board. If you want to vote for a particular board, please visit that board and vote.The last day to cast your vote will be December 25th and the winners will be announced the next day.

2. Favorite Overall per Category: This will be held on the fanart board starting after the first round winners are revealed and will be open for voting until January 1st. Everyone is encouraged to vote.

Winner of the overall competition will be announced very soon after.

Questions
Please post your general competition questions on the board thread or the main competition thread on the Fanart board.

If you get confused about any deadline times and don't know how to convert to EST time, check out this link for what time it is currently on th east coast of the USA. This competition was made possible by members of the Graphics Team, Administrators and the FanArt board. More importantly, the participants! We hope that you have a fun and safe holiday season!

Please ask any questions you have here. For inspiration, here are the results of last years competition: