Shadowness For The Win Contests

All the subscriptions we've been receiving have allowed us to start a pool in order to give back to Shadowness Members! We will hold a month-long contest beginning the 1st of April and ending the 21th of May!

RULES:

Each category below will have a 1st 2nd and 3rd prize winner. All submissions will be judged by votes. Votes will be registered as follows:
- Facebook Likes count as 1 vote each.
- Favs/Hearts count as 1 vote each.
- Judges Favorites will count as 5 votes per piece
Winners will be announced on May 28th, In event of delays all Shadowness Members will be informed via Shadowness News.
- All entries must be original work submitted as new artwork, not simply works that you tag from your existing gallery.
- Artworks must be completely original or submitted with the consent of the collaborative artists that you utilize in your work.
- Any Excessive spamming of your links in Shadowness chat or Member Profiles may lead to disqualification.
-Please do not change your original contest upload by editing the image, changing the resolution or title, or your work may be excluded from judging.

9 Contests -- Participate up to 9 times!

Each person is allowed to submit one piece to each of the Nine Categories for judging/voting in total. No more than ONE piece per category is allowed.

PRIZES

ALL Shadowness subscription money collected between April 1st, 2011 and May 21th, 2011 will go into the Contest.
There will be 9 categories and 3 winners in each category for 1st place 50$ will be awarded, for second place 25$ will be awarded and, 25$ for third place.
Prizes Total 1,500$!
9 Winners will be issued a 1-year subscription!
All 27 Winners will be issued a Shadowness t-shirt.
All 27 Winners will be promoted in a Shadowness Daily Feature.
All 27 Winners will be issued a Contest Certificate.

CATEGORIES:

1. Wallpaper Contest

Official Shadowness Wallpaper Design. Must be exclusive to Shadowness. Entries must be 2560x1440 px resolution. All mediums are accepted and encouraged. Winner entries will be picked to as Shadowness official Wallpapers: /wallpapers

2. Vector/Vexel Tshirt Contest

Official Shadowness T-shirt Design. Artists create a T-shirt design using vector or vexel art to promote Shadowness. Entries must be at least 300dpi and 2400x3300 px resolution.

3. Poster Design Contest

Create a campaign poster to encourage people to join Shadowness. Entries must contain a slogan, an Image and the Shadowness name to be considered. Entries must be at least 300dpi and 2400x3300 px resolution. All mediums are accepted and encouraged.

4. Logo/Mascot Design Contest

Best Design of a Mascot or Logo to represent Shadowness. Entries must be at least 300dpi and 2400x3300 px resolution. All mediums are accepted and encouraged. Current Logo: http://shadowness.com/file/S9-logo.psd

5. Photography Contest

Dark art that is Shadowness Related. Definition of Dark Art: Primarily a product of the 20th Century, dark art is an art style defined as that being unsettling in nature. Called and classified under many names such as gothic, horror, metaphysical, nightmarish, and disturbing, it is actually a culmination of techniques and styles. Entries must be 1024x768 px resolution to be considered.

6. Vector/Vexel Portrait Contest

Vector/Vexel of one of the Staff members. Pick your staff Member! Staff member reference photos will be here: http://www.shadowness.com/staff -- Entries must be at least 300dpi and 2400x3300 px resolution.
/7Shadows: http://shadowness.com/file/staff-7shadows.jpg
/Aki: http://shadowness.com/file/staff-aki.jpg
/Hellonastick: http://shadowness.com/file/staff-hellonastick.jpg
/Caja: http://shadowness.com/file/staff-caja.jpg
/Deathrockluv: http://shadowness.com/file/staff-deathrockluv.jpg
/Mintyy: http://shadowness.com/file/staff-mintyy.jpg
/Martin: http://shadowness.com/file/staff-martin.jpg
/Mike: http://shadowness.com/file/staff-mike.jpg
/BenJ: http://shadowness.com/file/staff-benj.jpg

7. Drawing/Painting/Comic Contest

Pick a topic that is Shadowness related and draw us an artwork or a comic! Entries must be 1024x1440 px resolution to be considered. All mediums are accepted and encouraged.

8. "Imagine Shadowness as a Product" Contest

Think Shadowness could start its own phone, Magazine or beer? Or something else that's crazy? Present us that concept and who knows, maybe it'll become reality! All mediums are accepted and encouraged.

9. Best Page Design Contest

Best design of a Shadowness User page. This will be determined by Facebook Likes on your page from April 1st, 2011 until May 21, 2011. Facebook Likes count as 1 point and Judges Likes count as 5 points. Points will be tallied on the first of May and reported on May 5th with all other contest winners.

Judges are:

/7shadows
/HellOnAStick
/Martin
/Mintyy
/BenJ
/Deathrockluv
/Tricks
/Aki
/Mike
/Dehk
/Leiko
/Enigmare
/Caja

How to Participate?

1. Please Follow /forthewin
2. Please upload your artwork and tag your entry as "For The Win".
3. Please put in the artwork's description the name and category of the contest.

Please Donate and Subscribe!

The more subscriptions that we achieve, the more contests we can hold. Donating to Shadowness is easy, and you can donate as little as 1 dollar, or as much as you like. Donating and Subscribing makes it much easier for Shadowness to give back to the community. Every little bit helps!

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Apr 1st, 2011