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Hey everyone,
It's that time of the year again! The time for egg nog, Christmas carols, bad jokes from crackers... well let's face it, most of us will be playing Minecraft instead. Keeping with last year's idea, we will be hosting a Minecraft competition for artwork. This year I hope to make the competition a little more organized (even though I did forget again, I'm terrible :S), so let's get the ground rules down:
Your artwork must be submitted into the 'Minecraft Christmas Competition 2014' folder
Your artwork must be submitted by the 25th of December (we will allow some extra time for late submitters, but don't count on it!)
Your artwork must be Minecraft related AND Christmas related (last year we had some people who gave in non-Christmas related artwork which sadly wasn't accepted because it didn't meet the requirement)
Your artwork must be AWESOME. How else will you win the competition?
To claim your prize if you win, you must own a Steam account
There is no limit to the amount of entries you can make into the competition
Now, onto the part that everyone looks forward to: the prizes!
1st Place: 1 Bastion Steam Key, and a spot on the voting panel for next year's competition!
2nd Place: 1 FEZ Steam Key
3rd Place: 1 Binding of Isaac + Wrath of the Lamb Steam Key
Here are some tips on what to do when creating your artwork:
Visual artwork is preferred over other artwork such as fan fiction, but don't let that discourage you. If you are more of an author than an artist, create a written piece! It's not a rule that visual artwork will win
The easier your artwork is to view, the more chance you have of winning (e.g. if you have a texture pack, make screenshots of it for us to see)
When it comes to artwork, quality beats quantity
If you take a look at last year's winners, you'll notice that they not only are themed as Christmas, but they FEEL like Christmas.
Forgive my unprofessional description, but LockRikard's 'Steve Christmas Cabin' felt so home-y, warm, and cozy (I can practically feel the heat coming from the log fire!) I couldn't resist voting for it, it just really captured what Christmas feels like.
This year we are hoping to have the results of the top 3 by the 31st of December IDEALLY. Christmas miracles can happen, but there are no guarantees, so cross your fingers. That's pretty much all I have to say about this year's competition, if you have any questions about the competition that I haven't answered let me know in the comments below, as well as your hopes for this years competition. For now though, let the Minecraft Christmas Competition 2014 commence!
~zero557
EDIT: The folder is now live, so you can start submitting already!
It's that time of the year again! The time for egg nog, Christmas carols, bad jokes from crackers... well let's face it, most of us will be playing Minecraft instead. Keeping with last year's idea, we will be hosting a Minecraft competition for artwork. This year I hope to make the competition a little more organized (even though I did forget again, I'm terrible :S), so let's get the ground rules down:
Your artwork must be submitted into the 'Minecraft Christmas Competition 2014' folder
Your artwork must be submitted by the 25th of December (we will allow some extra time for late submitters, but don't count on it!)
Your artwork must be Minecraft related AND Christmas related (last year we had some people who gave in non-Christmas related artwork which sadly wasn't accepted because it didn't meet the requirement)
Your artwork must be AWESOME. How else will you win the competition?
To claim your prize if you win, you must own a Steam account
There is no limit to the amount of entries you can make into the competition
Now, onto the part that everyone looks forward to: the prizes!
1st Place: 1 Bastion Steam Key, and a spot on the voting panel for next year's competition!
2nd Place: 1 FEZ Steam Key
3rd Place: 1 Binding of Isaac + Wrath of the Lamb Steam Key
Here are some tips on what to do when creating your artwork:
Visual artwork is preferred over other artwork such as fan fiction, but don't let that discourage you. If you are more of an author than an artist, create a written piece! It's not a rule that visual artwork will win
The easier your artwork is to view, the more chance you have of winning (e.g. if you have a texture pack, make screenshots of it for us to see)
When it comes to artwork, quality beats quantity
If you take a look at last year's winners, you'll notice that they not only are themed as Christmas, but they FEEL like Christmas.
Forgive my unprofessional description, but LockRikard's 'Steve Christmas Cabin' felt so home-y, warm, and cozy (I can practically feel the heat coming from the log fire!) I couldn't resist voting for it, it just really captured what Christmas feels like.
This year we are hoping to have the results of the top 3 by the 31st of December IDEALLY. Christmas miracles can happen, but there are no guarantees, so cross your fingers. That's pretty much all I have to say about this year's competition, if you have any questions about the competition that I haven't answered let me know in the comments below, as well as your hopes for this years competition. For now though, let the Minecraft Christmas Competition 2014 commence!
~zero557
EDIT: The folder is now live, so you can start submitting already!
And The Winners Are... (Drum Roll)
In first place is... ellielza (https://www.deviantart.com/ellielza), with her artwork 'A Minecraft Christmas'! This artwork was absolutely amazing for me, as the shadows she drew coming from the fireplace gave the piece a real depth, and the colours in it are so warm and vibrant, it made me feel all fuzzy inside. Truly a masterpiece that deserves nothing less than first place. Absolutely fantastic job ellielza, well done!
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In second place is... ASHdrawings (https://www.deviantart.com/ashdrawings), with his artwork 'Minwceraft christmas tree'! This one may look pretty simple, but that's exactly what landed it in second place for me. It's so neat and clean, and once again the shade adds depth to it. And
And The Nominees Are...
The 6 nominees for the 2014 Minecraft Christmas Competition have been chosen! In no particular order, they are...
ASHdrawings's 'Minwceaft christmas tree'!
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ShadowLance9's ':MC: Happy Holidays!'!
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Deku-Gamer-DA's 'Villager Christmas Carols'!
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ellielza's 'A Minecraft Christmas!'
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Shappyra's 'Merry Christmas!'
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and Neutral-Dreamer's 'Merry Christmas from Minecraft'!
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Some very strong contenders this year, it's going to be interesting to see who'll win! As to the deviants who didn't get nominated, your contributions are still muchly appreciated
Entries Closed!
The Minecraft Christmas Competition 2014 folder has been closed. Expect the results within about a week or so. Good luck to everyone who entered, and no matter what place you come in, you all did a fantastic job. Well done guys :)
~zero557
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Hey Guys,
A lot of you have probably noticed that submissions haven't been approved for about 1-2 weeks. This is because my internet bandwidth expired for the month, so I wasn't able to load any detailed webpages (this including DeviantART). I have gone through and approved them all now, but unfortunately any submissions that were sent in more than 7 days ago have expired, due to the settings the group has been set to. This is my fault because I should've expected my bandwidth to expire. Because of this, I've made a few changes to the group that hopefully you guys will like:
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So where I can see the winners?