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Update 01/01/2017Hey guys. Just a small update when it comes to the contest
The submission date is over. I will be adding every single work to the contest folder within the next few days. But DeviantArt is buggy, and I might have missed a few notifications.
If you entered, please check if your work is in the contest folder . If it somehow isn't, shoot me a message so I can add it.
To be honest... I have over 200 entries and I had never expected so many.
Judging will therefore be a lot harder than I originally imagined, moreover because a lot of people added great descriptions to their submissions and it's going to take me some time to read them all.
Therefore the judging will take a bit longer than I originally envisioned.
Expect the contest results to be up by the end of January.
Thank you all kindly for your interest and understanding
Heya Deviants! It's time for another challenge!!!
As a follow-up of the previous challenges , I want to organize another one.
The general idea of a challenge is that it's done for you. It's not a full contest. Yes, there are prizes, but the main goal of a challenge is your own improvement. To some degree all of those that enter are winners. You've all won at improving your own art!
Note: This journal will be updated when the prize pool changes
Note: Entries will be allowed until December 31st. If you submitted an entry, please check if yours is in the contest folder . Only entries in the contest folder will be judged! There will be a new journal up in 2017 about the judging.
Updates
Update 31/12/2016: More prizes added
Update 30/12/2016: More prizes added
Update 28/12/2016: More prizes added
Update 17/12/2016: More prizes added
Update 14/12/2016: More prizes added
Update 08/12/2016: More prizes added
Update 29/11/2016: More prizes added
Update 28/11/2016: Updated the date bracket to include june 2015 as well (since a lot of people draw in summer). This is the final update for the date bracket. Please note that all previous works outside this date bracket will not be valid entries for this contest!!!
Update 27/11/2016: Prize pool updated
The challenge
The challenge is simple.
Take an artwork from your gallery from either late 2015 or 2016 and re-do it.
Make it better! Show us what you've learned in the past year.
How to enter
Pick one of your older artworks from either late 2015 (june and onward) or 2016
Redo this artwork. You don't have to use the same medium, or the exact same setting, but it has to have enough similarities to see that it's the same thing
Put both the old and the new artwork in a before and after meme (something like this one ). Make sure to add the dates of both artworks, like this !!!
(Optional, but encouraged) Write in the artist description what you feel you've improved on.
Link to this journal in the artwork description.
Make sure your work appears in my inbox, either by linking to this journal directly by thumb code, or to tag me DamaiMikaz (click here for instructions on how to tag ).
Visual art only (no writing).
The artwork has to be submitted after November 25th, 2016 and before January 1st 2017.
Note that you need to do all of these (except for the optional one) in order to qualify for getting the prizes!
The prizes 1st prize
500 (original prize pool)
100 x 100 animation by MyMelodyOfTheHeart
fullbody lineart/colour by CannabeDraws
Short story written for them by Hamish-Mitty
2000 by VanillatheNeko
Fully colored scene of 2 characters of choice interacting (background is optional) by smash8989
Sketch (digital or traditional) by Zamarozvannie
Character sketch like this by sambeawesome
Full color waist up illustration of character by Zenopic
Headshot drawing of a character by IdiotTwins
Full body drawing of a character of choice by PhantomDragon1
Digital full body drawing of character of choice by xXCheshireSinXx
Half Body (waist up) drawing by ProxyHorror
Inked drawing in this style by Chap0ng
Full body drawing with a simple background by FoxTa1l
Fullbody drawing with complex background by Kittastica
Headshot of character of choice by OoViolinaoO
2nd price (unlocked when 5+ people enter)
250 (original prize pool)
100 x 100 animation by MyMelodyOfTheHeart
waist up lineart by CannabeDraws
Short story written for them by Hamish-Mitty
1000 by VanillatheNeko
Waist up character drawing with simple background by smash8989
Sketch (digital or traditional) by Zamarozvannie
Character sketch like this by sambeawesome
Monochrome portrait like this by Zenopic
Headshot of a character of choice by PhantomDragon1
Two pixel icons by meeshemomo
Traditional full body drawing of character of choice by xXCheshireSinXx
Bust drawing by ProxyHorror
Inked drawing in this style by Chap0ng
Headshot with shading by FoxTa1l
Fullbody drawing (no background) by Kittastica
full body drawing of a character choice by AOTshadow1
Headshot of character of choice by OoViolinaoO
3rd price (unlocked when 10+ people enter)
100 (original prize pool)
100 x 100 animation by MyMelodyOfTheHeart
headshot sketch by CannabeDraws
Short story written for them by Hamish-Mitty
500 by VanillatheNeko
Character portrait lineart by smash8989
Sketch (digital or traditional) by Zamarozvannie
Character sketch like this by sambeawesome
Waist up lineart of 2 characters by Zenopic
Headshot of a favorite Undertale character by PhantomDragon1
Traditional full body drawing of character of choice by xXCheshireSinXx
Pixel headshot by ProxyHorror
Inked drawing in this style by Chap0ng
Full body flat colored sketch by FoxTa1l
Half body (no background) by Kittastica
Headshot of character of choice by OoViolinaoO
If anyone wants to donate extra prizes for this contest, please contact me by note.
If you want to kept updated on new prizes and updates for this contest, please press the +watch button on my page
The judging
The challenge will be judged by me (DamaiMikaz ), and will be judged on effort, rather than skill.
You don't have to be an amazing artist to win!!!
The deadline
The deadline for participating in this challenge is:
January 1st, 2017
The winners will be announced early January (might be a tad later, since holidays and everything happen XD)
But of course you can still do the challenge by yourself afterwards.
The prizes will be gone after the deadline, though
The submissions
You can see all entries here
If your entry isn't in the above folder within a few days of submitting, please contact me by note (because I might've forgotten)
Questions and Answers
Q: Does the before artwork has to be from a specific date?
A: Yes. It's about improvement in a 1 year period of time. If I allow older works judging would be near impossible
Q: I don't have full drawings from that time period. Are sketches fine too?
A: Absolutely.
Q: I don't have a DeviantArt account for so long, but I do have old drawings.
A: Drawing from an older account, or from other social media (instagram, tumblr, etc) are fine, as long as you can specify the date.
Q: I just wrote 'before' and 'after' on the meme. Why isn't it in the folder?
A: I will only allow entries with a specific date. If you don't know the specific day on which you made a drawing (or you spend more than one day on it), just specifying the month will do to.
Q: Why the specific date bracket?
A: I want to judge work within a one to one-and-a-half period of time. If everybody submits entries that cover different timespans it would be near impossible to judge the actual improvement.
Q: Can I submit more than one entry?
A: Yes, but you can only win once
Q: Can I donate a prize and still enter the contest?
A: Yes, you can. As long as you're not a judge, you can win (and I am the only judge for now)
~ Good luck and have fun! 
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Comments: 702
Everyone has improved so much! Even if you don't win a prize, in the end we are all winners!
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You're right! Every submission is so awesome. Everybody deserves to win!
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If you ever need some help with judging you know where to find me ;D
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I wasn't even in this contest, but I still want to see who won! Do you think you will have another one in the future?
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i am too late--
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its okay haha another one then !
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just wondering, do i still have a few hours to complete my entry?
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Nope. December 31 was the limit
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misfitsofsanity.deviantart.com…
Hope that this still counts as an entry. I was unnable to access my entry till now since I left it at home and didn't have time to redo it :/
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I think it's not too late?
ariannacuppy.deviantart.com/ar…
Edit- Nvm it's already in the contest folder haha :')
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In case my entry doesn't tag you for some reasons this is my entry: procrastadoodling.deviantart.c…
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Is it too late yet?
Here's my submission anyway ~Redraw~
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At what time does the contest specifically end? Like does it end at midnight on January first?
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Hi! ^^. I found incredible your challenge and I have feel animed me to participate to see my own improvements 
pascua-tanya.deviantart.com/ar…
I'm sorry if it's a bit late 
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Here is my entry it sucks and im probably late but since i started last night i had to finish.
wonderlandtrades.deviantart.co… Not like i could do anything else when i was sick.
Plus,even if i fail in this contest or to even get in,i can get tips ideas etc from others,ya know put ones self out there. Thanks for the contest it was fun.
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Also i still don't have tagging down so sorry the old artwork is from an old DA btw.
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I tagged and thumbed this journal, and I hope I'm not too late <33
But just for safety's sake I'll leave a link here, just in case the DA tagging system gets bogged down ;v;
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cauderick-sama.deviantart.com/…
I tagged you but just in case it doesn't work: a link :') //I hope this follows the rules.
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fav.me/datoutg
(I tagged you but I'm going to put this here just in case if your mentions are not working)
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Here is my entry! I hope I still can entry!!
joacasbar.deviantart.com/art/2…
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Here's my entry: fav.me/daton9f
I hope you like it!
I'm not late, aren't I?
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Hope I can still enter! Loved this challenge
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I did mine with a few modifications. It was a fun challenge. I won't be participating in the contest, though, it was enough for me just to see the improvement
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I'm not sure if it didn't get through or had something wrong so I'm just resubmitting my improvement:
fav.me/datmk15
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I'm just a lot late to the party and just got done with it this morning after finding it last minute. But it seems you already found it lol.
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If you tag me if appears in my inbox.
The tagging system just doesn't always work well (blame DeviantArt's bugs) so that's why I asked people to comment as well ^^
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OH, so that's how that works! Srry I didn't comment the link but at least you found it before tomorrow.
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It needs dates in order to qualify.
You also need to submit it to Deviantart (not stash) because I need to fav it in order to put it in my contest folder.
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I'm sorry, I'm not going to be in time to participate
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I wonder why i cant tag your username
Well i'll try to do it somehow.
Here is my entry for the challenge.
jellybx.deviantart.com/art/Jel…
Edit: i have tagged your username, somehow its my fault during copy-paste thing not sure if you are being notified from this edited message
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The "before" drawing was completed on 21.07.2015 Test sketch - screaming person
The "after" drwing was completed on 31.12.2016 How antomy characters would really looks like
They can be confirmed by checking the links
This is the entry
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Here's my entry:
fav.me/datn4ux
I didn't use the before vs. after meme though, I edited them by myself.
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fav.me/datmk15
Here is my entry, sorry they don't really fit into the boxes well
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Just in case the tag didn't work, here is my entry for the challenge.
ravenwinona21.deviantart.com/a…
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I'm really, really sorry to keep bothering you. I realized that my last two questions you answered were in the questions and answers >< So this time I went through all of it twice to make sure I'm not wasting as much of your time
I posted an entry here . Did you not see it, or is it not qualified . 
Sorry for bothering you again
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hello! i want to show some of my improvement 
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(Just in case the mention didn't work properly)
vampian.deviantart.com/art/Imp…
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I won't be able to submit my final entry, i just got a notice saying I will have to attend jury duty, so now I'm shaking and having an anxiety attack, i can't finish it, i'm sorry, best of luck to everone else who entered
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