2007-10-03 [james2777]: does it have to be human? can it be dogs and cats??

2007-10-03 [Artsieladie]: I would think 'human'...
Upload a great looking photograph of a typical elf or a realistically looking photo-manipulation or a dressed up human in case you can't find a real elf...
We had someone wanting to upload a "vampire cat" on ECM Vampire Photo & this was [Hedda]'s response:
[Hedda]: It's not a typical vampire. It's a vampire cat, which is pretty cool, welcome and maybe useful on our vampire pages, but it can't win as a typical vampire photo, of course.
Therefore, I think your answer would be the same here, except this page is about 'Elves', instead of 'Vampires'. :P

2007-10-04 [Hedda]: If you're having a dog or cat elf, then submit it out of contest. I have no idea how such a creature looks like, so I want to know.

2007-10-04 [Artsieladie]: Aye! I'd be curious to know, as well. 

2007-10-06 [Urmando The Elfling]: Buyaah, Me Urmando, me first Elf here.. (grins)

2007-10-06 [Artsieladie]: Mighty fine elf! *grins*

2007-10-06 [james2777]: yea it could be a shape shifter and turns into a dog hummmmmm

2007-10-06 [Urmando The Elfling]: Well thank you....[Artsieladie]!

2007-10-06 [Artsieladie]: *grins* YW! *steals*

2007-10-08 [Artsieladie]: Lovely, Jitters! 

2007-10-08 [Jitter]: Thankies! This is the second time I make this one x_x I accidentally closed the first @_@ I had a much nicer ear ;_;

2007-10-08 [Artsieladie]: I hate it when I lose power in the middle of working on something, b/c all your work goes poof! :/ This ear looks fine to me. :)

2007-10-08 [Jitter]: Yeah I know :( Once I had just clicked save and the power went out resulting in loading only half the psd file :s it was worse than not having it at all-.-

2007-10-17 [Artsieladie]: Adorable, Cia! :D

2007-10-17 [Cia_mar]: thank you artsie!

2007-10-17 [Artsieladie]:

2007-10-17 [Cia_mar]: :)

2007-10-20 [Jitter]: Very nice [Kahri] :o

2007-10-20 [Kahri]: Thank you! It's my first photoshop attempt:)

2007-10-22 [Artsieladie]: The elves are arriving! Nice work, everyone! :D

2007-11-15 [Chrysilla]: [Iske] your entry is fabulous (and the baby is absolutely adorable!)
Cia, I think I saw that baby somewhere... :p

2007-11-15 [Cia_mar]: hmmm could it be me?!!?!?!?!
lol... i was such a cutie, i wonder what happened?

2007-11-15 [Chrysilla]: I saw it on [smakeupfx]'s wiki for baby pics :p

2007-11-15 [Cia_mar]: ah!...lol

i guess i do tend to get around...lol

2007-12-13 [Hedda]: I've added comments now so that it should be no surprise why some submissions don't go to the final. We do like submissions of atypical elves too and they will be useful on the sub-elves pages, but they can't win this particular contest. But please continue to submit them! I'll mark them.

2007-12-13 [Hedda]: I revamped the elves page with a few images now.

2007-12-13 [Little Insane Cat]: i edited a bit to look more like a photo, is this better or is there something else i should work on to make it more acceptable for this contest?

2007-12-31 [Hedda]: [Kahri]: I changed your "1)" and "2)" into "a)" and "b)" as that's less confusing.

4b is a very nice elf! How did you get him into a photo studio?

2007-12-31 [Kahri]: Alrighty! I enticed him into the studio with offers of Christmas cookies!

2007-12-31 [Little Insane Cat]: mmmmmmmm

2008-01-01 [Artsieladie]: [Little Insane Cat], I think this photo of yours is more realistic, less "artsey". :) [nehirwen], nice 'Elfness'! ;)

2008-01-01 [nehirwen]: thank you [Artsieladie], it is a friend of me I caught sneaking through my backyard ;)

2008-01-01 [Artsieladie]: Ahh! Lucky for us, you captured this elf a sneakin'!

2008-01-01 [Little Insane Cat]: thank you :)

2008-01-03 [Falx]: Where can I find a tutorial on how to photo manipulate elf ears onto someone?

2008-01-03 [Artsieladie]: Hmmm....I was going to suggest Elftown Tutorials, but I don't see one 'specifically for this', not even one for photo manipulation in general. What program do you use? Photoshop? Gimp? PSP? Other? :)

2008-01-06 [Falx]: Photoshop. I found one on google, but thank you. ^_^
I hope it makes it through.

2008-01-06 [Artsieladie]: YW, but I didn't really help any. ;) Do you remember what the link is? It might be good to add to Digital Art Resources --> Digital Art resources Links. :) Looks like a good ear to me! ;)

2008-01-06 [Falx]: I'll have to find it again. I'll put it up as soon as I do.

2008-01-06 [Falx]: Got it. Here it is http://jaxraven.deviantart.com/art/Tutorial-Elf-Ears-23867978

2008-01-06 [Artsieladie]: Thanks! I'll post it there & tell Jitter it was from you. :)

2008-01-07 [Hedda]: Nice ones, 8 and 9!

2008-01-07 [Falx]: Thank you.

2008-01-07 [nehirwen]: yay!

2008-02-01 [Artsieladie]: [Kahri], please don't continue to keep resizing your 'b' submission to a larger size. The entries are supposed to be 'thumbnailed' to 300.

Insert number, your name, and your image here, after the last, previous entry. Use "img300" to insert the image if it's bigger than that (And it should be! Please upload big photos!).

2008-02-02 [Kahri]: I was asked by SilverFire to try to make it bigger. Sorry for any inconvenience it may have caused:)

2008-02-02 [Artsieladie]: I see. I think you are misunderstanding, then. We are looking for the image itself to BE BIGGER, not 're-sized bigger' here. We want big images! When they are posted here, then they are to be thumbnailed (300). They then, can be clicked on to view the actual larger version.

2008-02-02 [windowframe]: We've already cleared that issue.

2008-02-02 [Kahri]: Yeah, we got that cleared up.

2008-02-03 [Artsieladie]: Since [Little Insane Cat] & [Iske] have updated/changed their entries to be more apropos, I'm removing the 'staff comment'. :P

2008-03-07 [Cia_mar]: very well done [Kuruni]
i like that alot!!!!

2008-03-07 [Kuruni]: Thank you [Cia_mar]!!

2008-03-07 [Falx]: WOW!!! Props, [Kuruni]. That's a great elf!

2008-03-07 [Kuruni]: Thank you [Falx]! She is a friend of mine, she is my personal model for art classes at home.

2008-03-07 [Kahri]: Very nice!!!

2008-03-07 [Iske]: Wow [Kuruni] , that one is awesome

2008-03-09 [Kuruni]: thanks [Kahri] & [Iske] ^^

2008-03-20 [Hedda]: An elf with a piercing?

Next up: An orc with make-up...

2008-03-20 [moira hawthorne]: what the **** is wrong with an elf with piercings?

2008-03-20 [Kyrinn]: Nothing that I know of. *shrug*

2008-03-20 [BlackTearsCry]: o,O I don't really see anything wrong with it...

2008-03-21 [Hedda]: What's wrong with an orc with make-up?

It's nothing I've seen before though. I wouldn't say it's atypical (because all elves are unique in some way), but it's the first time I see it.

2008-03-21 [Kyrinn]: I think it would be funny to do an orc make over contest, lol

2008-03-21 [BlackTearsCry]: The way you said it kinda threw it off maybe. That might be a funny contest indeed :)

2008-03-21 [Kyrinn]: Kind of along the lines of "Im ready for my close up" ? Oy, that just painted a funny image in my head..

2008-04-11 [Linn Scarlett]: Oeh a 'Give a Council Member back his Orc-Self' make over, would be cool *gets out the fake tusks and face grime* Hmz I have a picture I could enter here, but it's unfortunately probably too blurry-ish -_-'

2008-04-11 [Kyrinn]: You could probably still submit it. Thats awesome, Linn!

2008-04-11 [Linn Scarlett]: Ah well, if you think so, I'll be a bold little elf and do so :3 I made the costume myself, by the way, and those ears are done by [melcinitan] after an hour of painstaking griming

2008-04-11 [Linn Scarlett]: That for an explanation on the how/what/made/manip thing :3

2008-04-11 [Kyrinn]: They look pretty good though! Awesome! I think next halloween Im going to get someone to make me some elf ears for work, lol

2008-04-11 [Linn Scarlett]: We bought those special ears at a store and then used grime and smink to make them look as if they were our own. Especially finding our skin colour with limited amounts of smink was rather annoying, but it turned out ok. Was much easier than our attempts at dressing up as Drow XD Dark Grey does not become our pale complexions

2008-04-22 [Saray]: Yay, I've added my entry :)

2008-04-23 [Cia_mar]: nice one [Saray]

2008-04-23 [Wunjo*]: oee; [Saray]! c'est prrretty!

2008-04-23 [Urmando The Elfling]: Ok [Saray] we are one of the few with non Photoshop ears overhere.....anybody else?

2008-04-23 [Linn Scarlett]: Mine aren't maniped :O

2008-04-23 [Saray]: I don't think it matters if it's a photomanipulation or not - if it's done well enough. :)

Oh, I just noticed you can enter multiple images?

2008-04-23 [Linn Scarlett]: Apparently thus, I thought 2 or 3?

2008-04-23 [zepher]: *Shudders*
Elves...
The thought alone reminds me of that wine of theirs..
Linn knows.. The flowery wine. Tasted aweful

2008-04-23 [Linn Scarlett]: Geh I recall you emptying a bottle or two of the older one though :p

2008-04-24 [Artsieladie]: Hmm.. Perhaps, I should remind everyone about this stated on the Elftown Creature Marathon:
3. EACH MEMBER MAY SUBMIT ONE (1) ENTRY PER CREATURE PER ART OR PHOTO CATEGORY.
Exceptions might be offered if there is a valid reason for it. But if you do submit more than one image, you will greatly lower your chance of winning, as the votes for your style will be spread out on two entries.

It's not black & white, but it is advised against as it states. :P

2008-04-24 [Linn Scarlett]: Eh, I was close? XD

2008-04-24 [Artsieladie]: lol Yeah, close, but what's that saying? Close only counts in horseshoes? ;)

2008-04-24 [Linn Scarlett]: Close only counts in horse-shoes and handgrenades :3

2008-04-24 [Artsieladie]: I couldn't think of the other! Handgrenades, that's it! *pulls out the pin* Oops! lol

2008-04-24 [Saray]: Oh I didn't know that, I'll leave it at this entry then :)

2008-04-24 [moira hawthorne]: nope... its close only counts in nuclear war

2008-04-24 [Artsieladie]: lol *stays away from that button* ;P

2008-04-24 [Linn Scarlett]: Nahh close doesn't count in nuclear war, 'anywhere' counts in nuclear war *throws grenade from artsie back and forth*

2008-04-25 [Artsieladie]: Hmm..someone likes to play dangerously? Maybe it's a dud. Are you into Russian Roulette? lol

2008-04-25 [Linn Scarlett]: "Zhat woud depend, dear, what haz you got in mind?" *tries to twist her fake french accent into fake russian*

2008-04-25 [Artsieladie]: *laughs* Well, you're tossing around a handgrenade, which might be a dud, since we are still standing. lol It made me think of Russian Roulette. *rotates the chamber*

2008-04-26 [Linn Scarlett]: Oh I sies XD

2008-04-27 [Artsieladie]: lol

2008-08-08 [LinkTurrner]: I like [Little Insane Cat] the best

2008-09-21 [Hirgalad III]: Saray's image is the better!!!

2008-09-21 [Kuruni]: Tell me something, can i change my entry for a better one? is there time?

2008-09-21 [Jitter]: The deadline is in November so yeah :)

2008-09-22 [Kuruni]: Good! i have a better entry bwuahahaha

2008-09-22 [Artsieladie]: Contestants may change their entries right up 'to' the deadline of November 15, 2008. :D

2008-09-26 [Falx]: I like your entry Jitter!

2008-09-26 [Jitter]: Thanks! I grew up with her and I had years to see her and when she visited me two weeks ago she had turned into a gorgeous woman and I told her I just HAD to photograph her :P

2008-09-29 [Falx]: Kind of reminds me of the character of Death from Neil Gaiman's Sandman world. ^_^

2008-11-09 [Captain Rachel Black]: I have to say [Saray]'s caught my eye ^^ Impressive

2008-11-13 [Artsieladie]: Just a reminder: This Elf Photo Session closes on November 15th at midnight, Elftown time! ;)

2008-11-14 [Cia_mar]: I just dont have time anymore with work now starting... so I guess mine just wont do.... thats ok... there is always next time

2008-11-15 [Artsieladie]: Oh, I'm sorry, Cia. *huggles* Eh, work, a necessary ebil! :/

2009-01-08 [jaraden]: holy crap... lovely photos and rendering too... totally dig this page.. wisjes he were an elf...

sighs

2009-02-22 [Kuruni]: Congrats to the winners yeeeeeepeeeee!!!! this was really fun!

2009-02-22 [Saray]: Yayyyy thank you all :D
I can't believe how many votes :O
I really love elves :) I'll be re-using those lovely ears this year in a new costume, so I hope to get more great photo's from [Trennas]'s hands!

2009-02-23 [jaraden]: sweet.. well congrates!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2013-02-06 [kians mummy]: Damn, wanted to enter my son lol. :)