[4N6 DNA]

Whoops, we directed you to the wrong thread.
For the 2008 Competition, please post here.
Thanks and sorry for the confusion.

FanForum Holiday Board Art Competition
Get into the holiday spirit! Work together, and show us what your board can do!
Create a holiday themed piece of artwork on the topic of the board to submit to the competition.

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:

• 24
  
• Alias
  
• Alexis Bledel
  
• Angel
  
• Ashley Tisdale
  
• Bethany Joy
  
• Bionic Woman
  
• Brothers & Sisters
  
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  
• Carrie Underwood
  
• Couples
  
• Chuck
  
• CSI
  
• Daniel Radcliffe
  
• David Boreanaz
  
• Dawson's Creek
  
• Delta Goodrem
  
• Doctor Who
  
• Emma Watson
  
• Friday Night Lights
  
• Gilmore Girls
  
• Gossip Girl
  
• Greek
  
• Hayden Panettiere
  
• Heroes
  
• House
  
• Jake Gyllenhaal
  
• James Marsters
  
• Jared Padalecki
  
• Jason Behr
  
• Jason Dohring
  
• Jennifer Aniston
  
• Jensen Ackles
  
• Lauren Graham
  
• Leonardo DiCaprio
  
• Leighton Meester
  
• Matt Czuchry
  
• Moonlight
  
• Music
  
• Nick Wechsler
  
• October Road
  
• One Tree Hill
  
• Original Artwork (Photography, Drawings)
  
• Orlando Bloom
  
• Patrick Dempsey
  
• Pushing Daisies
  
• Prison Break
  
• Queer As Folk
  
• Rachel Bilson
  
• Reunion
  
• Roswell
  
• Sarah Wayne Callies
  
• Scott Patterson
  
• Smallville
  
• Snow Patrol
  
• Star Trek
  
• Summerland
  
• Supernatural
  
• Television
  
• That '70s Show
  
• The Fray
  
• The Killers
  
• The O.C.
  
• The Office
  
• Third Watch
  
• Ugly Betty
  
• Veronica Mars
  
• Without A Trace
  
• Women's Murder Club
  
• Young Americans

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 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 800 x 600 pixels and in JPEG format. No bigger and no smaller.
  
  
• Final submissions should be a separate post in the thread marked with the words "to submit it for the competition" in red. This way, I 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 150x100 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 16th, 2007 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 Snow Patrol art for the Music board but you can submit a Ross/rachel (from Friends) 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 category: This will take place within a few days after the submission deadline in the form of polls, topped in each participating board. An example of a poll can be found here. 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 23rd @ 5pm EST and the winner will be announced the next day.

2. Favorite Overall: This will be held on the fanart board starting Christmas (after the first round votes are counted) and will be open for voting until December 31st @ 5pm EST. 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.

Thanks guys! My name is Jessie, if you have questions

And a little bit of holiday inspiration:
I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included. - Bernard Manning

Once again we find ourselves enmeshed in the Holiday Season, that very special time of year when we join with our loved ones in sharing centuries-old traditions such as trying to find a parking space at the mall. We traditionally do this in my family by driving around the parking lot until we see a shopper emerge from the mall, then we follow her, in very much the same spirit as the Three Wise Men, who 2,000 years ago followed a star, week after week, until it led them to a parking space. - Dave Barry

I really hope you guys all have a blast making and seeing the arts and that you all have a fun, safe great holiday season



Submissions so far:

[Love & Passion]

I have one teeny question...

Please also include your username on the bottom left of all artwork in Times New Roman, font size 12 along with a 100x150 thumbnail in JPEG format. No borders please.

Does that mean that your username has to be in that 100x150 thumbnail? Or do you have to submit a 100x150 thumbnail of your picture?

[Scythe]

No, the thumbnail is of the art the text just has to be on the big version of the art.

[4N6 DNA]

Someone on the QaF board also asked this. I will make it more clear when I edit the 3 boards in all the other threads Nobody else signed up right jen?

Love & Passion
Sorry for all the confusion!

[Scythe]

Nope, I think that's everyone now

[Wildfire Girl]

You guys are AWESOME for doing this.

I do have a question, to make sure I'm clear, with regards to this:

There are a couples of special notes. With regards to the TV and Movies 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 Snow Patrol art for the Music board but you can submit a Harry Potter one for the movies 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.


- Can I do a Bones Holiday Art and submit it on the TV Board, since Bones is NOT participating in the competition?

- I could NOT do an art for Couples that featured a variety of Third Watch couples, right? It'd have to be a variety of couples from around the boards?

- Could I submit a Couples Bones art (since they are not participating) as WELL as submit another Bones art on the TV board?

I hope I'm not bugging you guys!

[4N6 DNA]

You are not bugging us! We are happy to have your questions!

- Because bones is not participating, that is correct. You may do a Bones holiday art for the TV board

- You are correct again. You may not submit a Third Watch couples art to the couples board becasue Third Watch is participating but you may submit that couples art to the Third Watch board thread. You are allowed to have a couple from third watch and from buffy all on one art and then submit that to the couples board though. Hope that makes sense

- Yep, you may submit different art for as many threads as you want but it can not be the same exact art

I hope that answers your questions Wildfire Girl. If not, let me know how I can further elaborate

Good luck!

[Wildfire Girl]

Yep, you answered all my questions. THANK YOU!

[Lain]

Question! Concerning that this is the Fan Art board and we have a Photography Thread here, can we do original pics that don't have anything to do with celebrities or anything that doesn't have it's own board? I know this is a Fan Art board and all...

Just a question

[4N6 DNA]

Wow that is a great question ~+Yamiko, didn't really think about if people wanted to do that. Thank you for the suggestion. It might be difficult to categorize the photography topic on the fanart board for the competition though. Another idea is that if you wanted to, you could sign your Off-topic board up for the competition and that could include personal photography. Does that sound all right? I actually think off-topic would be a great place for all the ideas that don't fall under celebrities and Hollywood Just let me know if you want me to add your board to the list.

What do you think Jen?

[Scythe]

We could have people submit original art on this board if you like like with photography or drawings they have done.

[4N6 DNA]

That's a good idea Jen I'll make the changes

ETA:
In this update I've added the Gossip Girls and Daniel Radcliffe boards and we've added a new topic to the competition. You guys can now submit your original artwork fanarts (such as your own photography or drawings) to the thread on the Fanart board for submission. All the same rules apply. If you want to submit an art for this topic, you can post it on the Main competition thread on the FanArt board

I updated all your links as well. The deadline for baords to sign up is Friday but I wanted to make sure to give you guys the most time possible to make your arts. So I may be back just one more time after this with an update

Happy arting, best of luck

[**SuperGirl**]

So, you mean this is the "main thread" for the competition?

[4N6 DNA]

Originally Posted by **SuperGirl** (View Post) So, you mean this is the "main thread" for the competition?

Think of it like the headquarters Just a place with general questions or a place to find the first update

Also, now the place to post submissions for Original Artwork

[Lain]

I think there should be a category for Original Artwork here, along with probably all the other celebrities and movies and such that don't apply.

Thanks for starting this though