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WELCOME TO THE FIRST MASS EXPORT OF DRAKEHEST
may the gods be in your favor
This was the most painful art auction to judge in the history of art auctions. There were tears. There was bargaining, there was denial, there was acceptance, and there were heart wrenching pains. In the end, there is only the one horse, there can only be one owner. As a person who has put her heart and soul into art auctions only to see another bid win, I reach out to the runner-ups and applaud your efforts. Please do not be discouraged, please congratulate your fellow artists and be proud of the magnificent bid you created. We tried to be as fair and honest as we were able to be in judging, and should anyone have questions or concerns we are happy to talk to you. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for entering.
I am going through and commenting on everyone's bids but have to leave the computer at the moment, so if you haven't received a comment yet, be expecting one!
RULES:
- Art auctions will run 2 weeks, and end on June 17th.
- Art may be of any platform excluding photo manipulation and sculpture.
- The horse may be depicted in any way, but full body and full background typically assume preference.
- Horses must remain the gender they are given.
- Design edits are not allowed, but scars, accessories, characterization are welcomed.
- If you win, you may not sell the horse for 3 months. Anyone uncomfortable with the commitment may see the point sales below.
- No explicit scenes may be depicted of any nature.
- You may bid on multiple horses, but will only be slotted to win 1 natural and 1 mutation.
- Admins may not participate in art auctions of natural exports, but may participate in art auctions of mutation exports.
- All auctions will be judged solely by BrindleTail and abosz007 who will not participate.
IMPORTS FOR ART: WINNERS
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- Point auctions will run 1 week, and end on June 7th.
- Exact time is not given to prevent "sniping."
- You may bid in either points or USD equivalent to the dA exchange rate (100
= $1)
- You may bid on as many horses as you can afford. You may win as many horses as you can afford.
- Payment for the horse is expected within 24 hours of announcing the winner or moves to the second highest bidder.
- Any news of bad sportsmanship or foul play will result in a Punishment.
- Admins may participate in point auctions.
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LINK TO POINT AUCTION THREAD
ENDED. Any bids after 5:00 pm EST are null
Congrats winners!
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Comments: 1183
Congratulations everyone who won! The entries were amazing!
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Well. Not entering for art auctions again. congrats...
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CONGRATS TO ALL THE OTHER WINNERS
and everyone else who participated did such an amazing job ;u;
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Almost forgot to comment here //shot
GRATZ TO THE WINNERS!! Enjoy yer new pons, they all so pretty <333
It was super fun seeing all of you guys really push yourselves with your art ;3; I certainly learned some things doing my piece, and I'm sure you guys did too! qvq
Best of luck to everyone in future events!
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OMG I.. I cant even believe it
literally shocked!
Congrats to everyone really!
i cant find the words to say anything.
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OH I DIDNT EVEN SEE UNTIL NOW OML
YAY
THANK YOU
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HEHE AHHH WHAT A CUTIE TOO
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OMG I WON! WOW! Thank you so much I am so proud!!!! OMG OMG OMG so exciting! Congrats to everyone else! There were some amazing entries
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HOLLY FUCKING SHIT I DIDN'T ACTUALLY REALISE I WON THE IMPORT
OMFG THANK YOU SOOO MUCH THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE!!!!!!!
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Congratulations to the winners and to those who did not win: There will be a next time
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I know we already got an extension, but maybe having another one? I as well as some other people have had some technical issues.
Totally understand if thats not doable though!
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I think that was for the point/usd auction. xD
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Didn't the original Journal say the art auctions were being judged against the gallery? because one of my friends told me it was mentioned that it was against one another instead.
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It is effort against other entries as well as your own gallery
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i figured that to a point. the missing gallery part seemed weird but thats me XDD
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of course i find this a few days before it ends... *rolls eyes* XD
Off to draw 
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Any hint on when the point auction will end? A window at least?
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Theres a link at the end of the journal 
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It's gone way out of my limit
and I'm not sure I can finish My art bid with my broken knuckles
Are customs open ?
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May we depict the import were are trying for using their seidr?
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would it be possible to have links to each horses auction/bid links under their imports? saves scrolling through pages of comments to find them
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The prices are ridiculous..... 
& I bet art auctions will all go to the better / more popular artists because the beginners art like mine is never viewed at as effort (even if hours or days or weeks put into image) when it comes to these kinds of things.....
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Some people have can afford to spend extra money on things they really want. That doesn't make them any better or worse than anyone else. They've either lucked out and are in a good place financially, or they've worked hard to scrounge up some resemblance of a budget that they can use however they want. Can I afford spending $300 or whatever on a Drake? No. That's because I'm saving that money to spend on something that's more important to me that will cost an upwards of $700. It's on a snake, by the way, which some people would scoff at because why would I "waste" my money on something so gross? Fun fact. I love snakes, and I'm willing to drop that much because it gets me exactly what I want, and I have future plans for it. That doesn't make make me better than the person who can only shell out $20. I work minimum wage. If I want something bad enough, I make it happen. Chances are it won't be an immediate gratification, but I'm not going to let a low paying job or a weak bank account stop me from working toward my wants.
As for art auctions, the sole purpose of them is to make you push yourself. You want to compete against the "popular" artists? Then you need to prove to yourself that you can push the limits of your talent. Make yourself better. How else are you supposed to improve--like all of the "better" and "more popular" artists--if you don't practice and push yourself? I'm by no means a great artist and I'm sure as hell not popular or well known, yet I've won art auctions in the past, including a starter mutation Nordanner, because I sat down and tried harder to produce something that's just a modicum better than my norm.
So don't be discouraged by art auctions. Think of them as a personal challenge, and if you don't win, it just gives you a purpose to try harder so that you do win next time. Don't make other people that you think are better than you be your own obstacle. If you keep going with that sort of attitude that you have no chances because someone more popular might enter, then congratulations. You've just subjected yourself to your own loss. Try your best, push yourself, ask for help with redlines and opinions, and if you don't get what you want, don't be a poor sport about it. Learn from it. Do what it takes to make yourself as good as you want to be. That's how the "popular" artists got to where they are, after all.
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(sorry this is so late 
I can understand that some people somehow have the cash to throw around on 'pixel ponies' It just seems a bit unfair that the rich can have the nice fancy ones and the poor can only have the plain designs (that you get get for like 10 points or free from almost any other breed)
I work a minimum wage job that can only offer 2 (sometimes 3) hour shifts to me so leaves me in a position where I only have about 20 dollars to live on for the week - which with how expensive it is to get the basics to survive, there isn't any room for savings when you have to go without food for a couple of days in the week just to make it to the next pay check.
I understand working towards my wants... I do, but no matter how hard I try I just CAN'T get anywheere - even after 10 years of working and it's frustrating :/
A snake is a really cool thing to be saving for!
What kind/s of snakes are you thinking of buying?
Even when push myself for art auctions there is like a... wall where you can't really add or do anything else to a picture.
I sketch/draw every day but this improving thing just doesn't seem to be a thing that happens for me
The only way to win art auctions is to be the only entry so you win by default
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ppff, point prizes are already way out of my league (or a normal range 
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The prices are ridiculous.....
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Astralseed is correct. Only 6 horses started at $50, the rest started at 100
$50 is what I am willing to sell them for. Under $50 and I would rather keep them for myself. Hope that clears things up!
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That is only for the mutations, if you look, naturals started at 1$.
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Can't help what people decide to bid!
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