Official New Year Contest (2012)

[luckylace222]

[img]http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/6571/celebrationiconsevent.png[/img][color=#000000][b]CONTEST: New Year Kiss [/b][/color]

[b]Deadline: [/b][b][color=#a52a2a]January 6, 2013[/color][/b] [b][color=red](CLOSED)[/color][/b]

[color=#000000][b]Theme:[/b][/color][color=#000000] Is there anything better than kissing someone special on January 1, 2012 from 12:00 AM to 12:01 AM for the new year? 2013 is a clean slate for all of us, especially with academics, friends, family, and careers. A small kiss with someone you trust is a good jumping stone to fulfill youpollr deeper resolutions! Draw yourself, your OC, or something that represents you kissing someone/something for the New Year![/color]

[color=#000000][b]Rules:[/b][/color]
[b]1.[/b][color=#000000] Only [/color][b]1[/b][color=#000000] submission per user[/color]
[b]2.[/b][color=#000000] When January 6[/color][color=#000000], 2012 12:00 AM passes, submissions are closed for the contest. We do not take late work, no matter how good you are. [/color]
[b]3.[/b][color=#000000] No explicit sexuality/violence[/color]

[color=#000000][b]Scoring Guidelines:[/b][/color]
[img]http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/9274/roundglossygreenbuttonb.png[/img][color=#000000] [/color][b]Skill:[/b][color=#000000] 40 points
Example: [url=http://th04.deviantart.net/fs44/PRE/f/2009/097/9/0/90f2c2e635beda5bd82fd4320f764cb8.jpg][CLICK HERE][/url][/color]
[color=#000000]- You can use crafts, digital mediums, traditional mediums(etc.) to express this theme, but you need skill to make it look good! Whatever style you work with, whether anime or realism, make it synchronize with your idea, and your skill will inevitably show.[/color]

[img]http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/9274/roundglossygreenbuttonb.png[/img][color=#000000] [/color][b]Creativity:[/b][color=#000000] 25 points[/color]
[color=#000000]Example: [url=http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/085/7/0/damien__s_kiss_by_cypherx-dqua49.jpg][CLICK HERE][/url][/color]
[color=#000000]- Not every New Year kiss works exactly like you planned. Heck, many New Year kisses are surprises from friends or a secret admirer. Would you not want an exciting and not-as-plain kiss? That feeling will hold true for next year too! [/color]

[img]http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/9274/roundglossygreenbuttonb.png[/img][color=#000000] [/color][b]New Year Element:[/b][color=#000000] 20 points[/color]
[color=#000000]Example: [url=http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lub8nov6K51r4x3bxo1_500.jpg][CLICK HERE][/url][/color]
[color=#000000]- If you draw a kiss between two people, sure, it is a nice kiss. However, a New Year kiss is mixed with a celebrative air with friends/family watching or fireworks and bright colors coming from the back. Show some form of New Year element in your kiss, and you will get these points. [/color]

[img]http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/9274/roundglossygreenbuttonb.png[/img][color=#000000] [/color][b]Colors:[/b][color=#000000] 15 points[/color]
[color=#000000]Example: [url=http://th07.deviantart.net/fs45/PRE/f/2009/179/6/a/6aeba7b944cc2a7ca94cc590233348c5.jpg][CLICK HERE][/url][/color]
[color=#000000]- Fortunately, New Year is not subjected to specific colors. It can be mixed with the passing Christmas (red & green), red and white festive colors, or even the color of your wine. Whatever colors you choose, it still stands that New Year is a festive and COLORFUL time.  [/color]

[img]http://www.capitalgrowth.org/images/alert_small_star.png[/img][color=#000000][b]Prize:[/b][/color]
[b]1rst Place:[/b]
[color=#000000]-Putting your winning picture on the site news/main-page (this will be an alternative to those who still do not completely qualify for featured pictures or are too new to be popular)[/color]
[color=#000000]- Specialized 2012 New Year Contest Winner badge that you can put on your profile[/color]

[img]http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/8834/redstar1.png[/img][color=#000000][b] Entries:[/b][/color]
[b]kylaVegeta​:[/b] http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/kylaVegeta/828649/3...2...1...-SMOOCH
[b]Falconlobo:[/b] http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/Falconlobo/828425/A-New-Years-Kiss-Early-Ms-Paint
[b]Dream_Fire:[/b] http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/Dream_Fire/828650/Niilas-New-Year-Resolution-First-kiss-2013-New-years-Contest
[b]SofeSmity:[/b] http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/SofeSmity/828786/New-Year-contest-Piece
[b]zelosgirl120:[/b] http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/zelosgirl120/828804/New-years-hope
[b]ShadowPrincess:[/b] http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/ShadowPrincess/828811/Happy-New-Year
[b]pixiewolf05:[/b] http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/pixiewolf05/828866/New-years-kiss-3
[b]phantom223:[/b] http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/phantom223/828841/happy-new-years...my-friend

[color=#000000][b]Note:[/b][/color]
[color=#000000]- Send contest information (whether you will enter, questions, links to entries) to either this picture, the forum post, or my profile[/color]
[color=#000000]- There will be 2 judges (luckylace222 & ShadowFalcon) for the contest, and your final score will be the average of our two scores[/color]
[color=#000000]- I will accept near- isses (the lips do not have to touch, but at least have a kissing atmosphere)[/color]
[color=#000000]- You can have as many characters in the picture as you want, just as long as there is a New Year kiss[/color]

[img]http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/1635/trophyi.png[/img][b]Winner:[/b]
[b]1st Place: [/b]http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/SofeSmity/828786/New-Year-contest-Piece
Name: [b]SofeSmity[/b]
Skill (40): 31.5
Creativity (25): 19.5
New Year Element (20): 12.5
Colors (15): 11.5
Total (100): 75
[i]A beautiful and soft watercolor piece with not just the custum of fireworks interesting looking ones at that), but also the custum of the lucky rabbit's foot! It is true; if you want good luck for the new year, start off with a lucky charm to keep you going! The angelic and warm feeling of the art piece juxaposes from the generic crazy/wild New Year tradition. It gives a sense of purity and a "clean slate!"[/i]
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[b]NOTICE: [/b]
[img]http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/9672/chinesenewyear02.png[/img]
New Year is getting closer and closer, but I know you will make your New Years resolution at the special time! For now, let's fulfill that subconscious resolution we all have: draw more!

We have until [b]December 7, 2012[/b] to give me interesting New Year contest theme ideas for the Official 2012 New Year Contest! I will only take [size=20]10[/size] idea slots.

(Since New Year is coming, just for fun, think about joining this contest if you have not joined any of the previous contests. It could be a good [i]change[/i]!)

[b]Ideas:[/b]
[b]1.[/b] My New Year resolution is going to be a little... [i]different[/i]
[b]2.[/b] After getting drunk at a New Year party with your friends/family/OCs/etc, you do what you have wanted to do all year!
[b]3.[/b] Thank god, the year is almost over! What was the best/worst thing about 2012?
[b]4.[/b] What is your own version of the New Year Ball Drop?
[b]5.[/b] What is that most-anticipated event for the next year?
[b]6.[/b] How did you survive the 12-21-2 apocalypse?
[b]7.[/b] This is going to be the loneliest New years ever... *knock knock* Who is it?
[b]8.[/b] New Years Kiss!
[b]9.[/b] How do you see your future down the road after this year is done?
[b]10.[/b] You get a chance to go back in time to a specific year. What would you change?

Feel free to shoot down any ideas that you deem repetitive/not qualified!

[b]Note: [/b]
- A November contest was not done because bugs/glitches with the new site version had to be worked out first. There is no way I could let go of a New Years contest, though!
- I am going to blend contest notices with the actual contest post from now on (just to keep everything condensed and on the same post)
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[b]Poll Results:[/b]
[img]http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1738/2012newyearsresults1.jpg[/img]
The "New Year Kiss" idea won by 1 vote after the "How did you survive the 12-21-12 Apocalypse?" (dang it, I just realized it reads "21" instead of "12")

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Individual Submission Scores
[b]Note: These scores are an AVERAGE of ShadowFalcon and luckylace222's separate scoring of each entry (that explains all the decimals). [/b]

kylaVegeta
Skill (40): 27.5
Creativity (25): 18.5
New Year Element (20): 16
Colors (15): 11.5
Total (100): 73.5

Falconlobo
Skill (40): 9.5
Creativity (25): 7
New Year Element (20): 4.5
Colors (15): 3.5
Total (100): 24.5

Dream_Fire
Skill (40): 23.5
Creativity (25): 17.5
New Year Element (20): 15
Colors (15): 9
Total (100): 65

SofeSmity
Skill (40): 31.5
Creativity (25): 19.5
New Year Element (20): 12.5
Colors (15): 11.5
Total (100): 75

Zelosgirls120
Skill (40): 28.5
Creativity (25): 17.5
New Year Element (20): 12
Colors (15): 9.5
Total (100): 64.5

ShadowPrinciess
Skill (40): 24.5
Creativity (25): 20
New Year Element (20): 16
Colors (15): 11.5
Total (100): 72

pixiewolf05
Skill (40): 9.5
Creativity (25): 7
New Year Element (20): 4
Colors (15): 5.5
Total (100): 26

Phantom223
Skill (40): 25
Creativity (25): 14.5
New Year Element (20): 8
Colors (15): 8.5
Total (100): 56

Velagirls10
Skill (40): 25.5
Creativity (25): 19
New Year Element (20): 16
Colors (15): 10.75
Total (100): 71.25
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[size=10]“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” ~Theodore Roosevelt [/size]

[velagirls10]

Hmmm,how about draw yourself in a new years party with your friends/family or maybe Ocs
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[Firiel]

What is your most-anticipated event which you expect to occur in the coming year? Can be anything from a conference or convention, to a long-awaited movie release, to seeing a friend from out of town, to a wedding or a new birth in the family.

[luckylace222]

[quote]Hmmm,how about draw yourself in a new years party with your friends/family or maybe Ocs[/quote]
I put that down as "Depict a New Year party with your friends/family/OCs/etc."

EDIT: Since there were two similar New Years ideas, I blended them together into "After getting drunk at a New Years party with your friends/family/OCs/etc., you do what you have wanted to do all year!"

[quote]What is your most-anticipated event which you expect to occur in the coming year? Can be anything from a conference or convention, to a long-awaited movie release, to seeing a friend from out of town, to a wedding or a new birth in the family.[/quote]
I put that down as "Some people already have plans for the next year. What is that most-anticipated event for the next year that you cannot wait for?"

Tell me if the wording is off. Keep thinking of ideas, guys! We can replace/merge some if better ideas come out!
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[size=10]“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” ~Theodore Roosevelt [/size]

[Ragdoll]

How about---.


A scene of what are the invited guests, including yourself, doing once the the ball drops?
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[luckylace222]

[quote]A scene of what are the invited guests, including yourself, doing once the the ball drops?[/quote]
Since that can blend in actions/antics while being at a New Years party, I put it down as " What is your own version of the New Year Ball Drop and how would you celebrate it?"
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[size=10]“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” ~Theodore Roosevelt [/size]

[Iradaries]

How you survived the '12-21-2012' epidemic?

[phantom223]

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this is going to be the worst idea ever but

"you are spending new years alone, when you hear a knock at you're door, opening the door you are surprised to see you favorite character(s) standing there, wanting to spend new years with you...
How do YOU react to this?"
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my wenis...you haven't touched it yet

[Falconlobo]

what about a new Year's Eve Kiss be it best awkward worst cutest funniest of craziest etc a kiss could be lips cheek hand etc
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The Eclectic Collector
random note to anyone i saw a Ups truck being towed by a tow truck lol
if a computer and keyboard had a punctuation semi-colon cleaning would it be a semi-colonoscopy

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LOL dancing TMNT's

[Alexis_Hoheimer]

How about celebrating New Years two times because you crossed the IDL?
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[luckylace222]

[quote]How you survived the '12-21-2012' epidemic?[/quote]
LOL I love it! I put it down as " How did you survive the 12-21-2 apocalypse?" because we would have survived it by then...

[quote]"you are spending new years alone, when you hear a knock at you're door, opening the door you are surprised to see you favorite character(s) standing there, wanting to spend new years with you...
How do YOU react to this?"[/quote]
It is not that lame at all. I put it down as "This is going to be the loneliest New years ever... *knock knock* Who is it?"

[quote]what about a new Year's Eve Kiss be it best awkward worst cutest funniest of craziest etc a kiss could be lips cheek hand etc[/quote]
I put that down as "New Years Kiss!" to make it simple. The kiss theme usually sounds better when it is up to your imagination and looks attractively simple.

[quote]How about celebrating New Years two times because you crossed the IDL?[/quote]
What does IDL stand for? International Deaf Leather. Is it that programming system that was supposed to stop at a certain number system?

Keep up the creative ideas guys! We only need two more slots now!
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[size=10]“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” ~Theodore Roosevelt [/size]

[Alexis_Hoheimer]

IDL, in this case is the International Date Line that is situated basically right down the middle of the Pacific Ocean, separating Asia and the Americas into basically two different dates.
I.E. If the Asian and Australian continent is at Dec 4, then the Americas would most likely be at Dec 3.
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[luckylace222]

Hmm, that is interesting, but I am not sure how many FACers will be able to get the topic, since even I had to ask about it.

Maybe another topic that could blend celebrating New Year more than usual?
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[size=10]“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” ~Theodore Roosevelt [/size]

[Falconlobo]

time is strange in this world you're right on that some might get it some might not but it could be worth a shot you think you missed the party and with that time diff if you're on vacation you're just on time for it since the time diff kicks in
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The Eclectic Collector
random note to anyone i saw a Ups truck being towed by a tow truck lol
if a computer and keyboard had a punctuation semi-colon cleaning would it be a semi-colonoscopy

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LOL dancing TMNT's

[Falconlobo]

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The Eclectic Collector
random note to anyone i saw a Ups truck being towed by a tow truck lol
if a computer and keyboard had a punctuation semi-colon cleaning would it be a semi-colonoscopy

[img]http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/esmtie14/2hpoaao.gif[/img]
LOL dancing TMNT's

[orianajones]

What about "What the future brings"

[luckylace222]

[quote]What about "What the future brings"[/quote]
I put that down as "How do you see your future down the road after this year is done?"

[quote]you think you missed the party and with that time diff if you're on vacation you're just on time for it since the time diff kicks in[/quote]
I attempted to think of some variations to that theme, but it did not work. It could intertwine with the Christmas party theme. ;(

I also added in "You get a chance to go back in time to a specific year. What would you change?" just in case people want to look at the past instead of the future!

It looks like we have all of our slots now. The poll should be up soon to see which theme is the most popular, and then we will start the contest! PREPARE YOUR BRAINS!
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[size=10]“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” ~Theodore Roosevelt [/size]

[Dream_Fire]

just let me know when the contest starts and where to sign up luckylace!
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[luckylace222]

I am creating the contest picture soon, and since you already know the winning theme, you can go ahead and prepare your ideas/sketches!

The official contest will be announced with an official deadline soon!
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[size=10]“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” ~Theodore Roosevelt [/size]

[Falconlobo]

sigh romance sometimes always mostly wins hehe^^
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The Eclectic Collector
random note to anyone i saw a Ups truck being towed by a tow truck lol
if a computer and keyboard had a punctuation semi-colon cleaning would it be a semi-colonoscopy

[img]http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj257/esmtie14/2hpoaao.gif[/img]
LOL dancing TMNT's