---About the previous polls ---

Ok, I hear ya, seems like I got to hurry to produce some Sucker Punch art, and also hurry to finish lightning/morrigan and rogue/psylocke !
Also got to think about the winning characters of the last 2 part poll : lara croft / the baroness.... Hell I REALLY wonder what i'm going to come up with  this thing




ALSO :
So do you guys started some pic for the contest ? One month left !

THEME :

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A CHARACTER MEETS A VERY DIFFERENT UNIVERSE/ CONTEXT/ENVIRONMENT ? :

Yes, ever wondered  what a steampunk Rogue; janitor Batman; school teacher Bayonetta, or Heavy metal Mario would looks like ?
no ?
Well it's time to !!!

BASIC RULES

For this contest; take a videogame or a comic character and set him/her/them in a VERY different context... It can be a serious stuff; a stupid one;and horror setting, sultry, WHAT-EVER.  the goal is to have a very particular pic. Then YOU NEED to find real oppositions; REAL different context to mix, AND REALLY inovative situations. If your ideas sound too close to the original subject, you might  think about the subject once again !
YOU might eventually choose to accentuate a character's specific power to produce a pic. BUT it's going to be harder to have a very original pic.

If it might helps here is examples of  "do" and "don't" :

DO
Janitor batman , Yoshi VS james bond , Bayonetta in a an haircut store....
DON'T
secretary wonder woman (more or less what diana prince is) , Link against a a zombie (not really original ) gothic rogue (already done )



GENERAL RULES :

DEADLINE:
-June 15 th . 00:00.

-YOU CAN have several characters in your pic. No limits for that
-YOU CAN have a video game and a comicbook character in a same pic
- NO manga characters.
-Please keep respecting DA's rules . Don't forget to set it as "mature content" (strict or warning) if your pic play in this kind of art.Don't forget i'm the only judge; while you can do what you want/ like; keep in mind that's stuff I don't like in art might be your weakest point if you use them ( Even if i'll take my role as a judge as seriously as possible and will do my best to forget about my very own taste while judging the pics). Enter the contest if you want to win or at least to bring your best. Don't waste your time (and mine ) if it's just to kill 1 hour in your boring afternoon.
-submit a link to your work in THIS journal. not on my profil page or in an other parallel dimension. No. Here. THIS journal ok ?
- No limit for submitions..
- Your picture might be created for this context. Don't submit stuff that are in the depth of your gallery. I'll see it.
-The picture might be YOURS. Don't stole or re-use other artist works.


------Allowed kind of renderings :
-colored art , greyscaled art.Inked piece, comic strips

-------Allowed tools :
--all traditionnal medias (pencils; inks; painting....)
--Digital painting and drawings
--3D
-- photography.
--sculpture

--------NOT ALLOWED:
--sketches, very poorly inked stuff, unfinished pictures,photomanipulation of already existing art...

PRICE:

---1st place :
-A  1 characters commission of a video game OR comic character (NO OC will be taken)  greyscaled/desaturated rendering; like :


OR, of you're not into collecting arts :
- a ONE year deviantART Premium Membership


JUDGING CRITERIAS aka "HOW CAN I EXPECT TO WIN ?" :

-While this part will remains confidential , Each pics will have a score. The one who well get the highest score will win.  There is a maximum  of 30 points to earn
I'll judge theses points :
-technic 10 pts
-Idea 10 pts
-respect of the subject 5 pts
-Originality 5 pts

So... if you think you are not too skilled technically speaking, you can still score a lot if you get bad ass idea.
earning the 5 points of "respect of the subject" is easy if you read correctly the rules

SOME TIPS   :

-Don't rush. Even if you start from the fact that you "won't win anyway" if you enter a contest it's generally to bring the best of you. go for it.
-PLEASE read over and over the rules. If you really have questions or are not sure of a particular point, please ask your question IN THIS journal. If my english suck, sorry. I tried my best to be clear enough.
- Choose your subject depending of your own skill : don't choose to picture a pic with 52 characters in a pic set in a steampunk universe, if you never drew more than 2 characters on a pic, and if you know nothing about steampunk....Indeed, it's the best way to loose yourself.

- Remember : your first idea might not be the best one. And will probably be the ones everyone thought about !
- a good idea + a good storytelling/ framing are the 2 first important point to work FIRST. Technic comes after.
- you get WAYYYYYYYYYYYY more chance to win if you submit a colored picture...


I might edit this journal a bit in the next few days , but you already get all you need to know !

ANY questions regarding this contest might also been asked HERE /




A bit of everything :

Website/ Other Gallery:
--Website: [link]
--Blog : [link]
--Facebook fan page: [link]

Tubes :  I'm back at it ! : [link]

Commissions: Note me here ,or contact my agent at  [link]
I'm Available for this actually !

Prints: I might sell prints later in the years; I have to see if there's a real interest to that.
Sketchbook:  [link] ! I still have some left.

Coloring/Inking  my art : In case it's not clearly written, I don't allow color or inks on my work. You can still ask in case; and i'll let you know if it's possible or not.In case you have permission ALL due credits and links must be given anyway. Also AVOID any commercial purpose.

Character suggestions: [link] this is here you can suggest me stuff. Keep in mind that COMMISSIONS are here for that but I always read your suggestion and keep some of them in mind, so you never know

Comments:  D.A is a wide community, then it means lots of artists with lots of different skill /passions, and interest.
If you don't like my stuff; I have to wonder why you are staying here . No artist can please the community at 100%. that's normal.then Please swith to someone else.

I don't want to read hatefull or unpolite comment here. AND: I don't care about your opinion on MY tastes !!
As always ,Comments and CONSTRUCTIVES critiques/comments are welcome, but I don't give a damn f*** about your aesthetic tastes however.

really.

so in case,if you are against heel, the color red, make-up,girls,comics...huh... i dunno.... freckles, nails, redhead, curvy body , booty; traditionnal painting stuff pictured in 11x17", martian, alien; lollypop... and so and so and so... whatever.....
REALLY, please save your time (and mine) by switching to a other picture/deviant, because I won't ask you. I used to do that before.

By saying that I may sounds like a coward. But I'm not,
I'm JUST fed up justifying aesthetic tastes. It's time consuming and leads nowhere. When you cross someone who decided an aesthetic point is wrong BECAUSE this personn decided it was the HOLLY truth, you will NEVER be able to have an exhange with him/her. SO yeah. silence remains the best solution.


My art; My taste. Simple as that.
If my taste are not yours, find someone else you'll share the sames with; or JUST  do with it .

If you watch me, it's generally that you know what to expect.
Thanks.