Elftown_Castle_Contest

Welcome Everyone!

Deadline: yyyy-mm-dd

Contest Entry Guidelines - Must be followed:

- 1) Please, NO stealing, claiming as your own, anyone else's work! Disqualification will ensue for        those that do! The work MUST be that of the submitter. - 2) ALL entries MUST BE UPLOADED TO ELFTOWN! Non-compliance makes an entry null and void.        To upload full-size images to Elftown:         ~ OPTION #1: Click on the button shown at the top of your house: 'Upload a folder of images'.         ~ OPTION #2: Click on <URL:upload_zip.html> to upload one, multiple images, or zip-files in          their original size to a wiki-page.         ~ See also: Uploading images. - 3) Subject matter: Works will not be accepted if they depict excessive violence, disturbing actions        or insults, adult material, offensive and/or hateful materials. Elftown is an all-age site. - 4) Theme: Castles! All works NOT following the theme shall be disqualified. - 5) Title your entries! Please note: Entries may have the same titles. The member's name posted        with each entry will be the differentiating factor. - 6) Mediums:         ~ The "initial castles themselves": All mediums accepted, except photography, manipulations        of photography, and animated GIFs.         ~ The "backgrounds":            - a) May be created originals like the castles.            - b) May be a photo or photos or manipulations of. IMPORTANT: See "references" just below.            PLEASE NOTE: The addition of a background or the lack thereof (a transparent background) is            at the sole discretion of the artist whether or not one is added. However, a background often            can enhance a work, increase quality, but not always. This depends on the artist's goal in mind. - 7) References:         ~ Please show any and all reference images used with your entry by placing it or them with your        entry. (See: Elftown_Castle_Contest_Entries)         ~ Up to ten (10) reference images can be associated with each entry, a sufficient number.         ~ IMPORTANT:            - a) For backgrounds: Photo references used MUST BE FROM Elftown's Reference Pictures.            - b) For castles: Photo references used DO NOT have to be from Reference Pictures. - 8) Each member may submit two entries. - 9) Please follow the simple posting guidelines on the entry page. (See below for the link). - 10) To enter, you MUST be an Elftown member! Not a member? You may apply for membership        here: http://elftown.eu/newuser.html Membership is FREE!!

- #1: When the entries are in the poll(s), the participants are not allowed to beg for votes for their           own entry. Do not ask people to vote for your entry by ANY means whatsoever, including by wikis,          private or guestbook messages, moods, etc.. Your entry will be disqualified if you are caught doing          so. It is perfectly fine to advertise THE POLL(S), however! - #2: If you feel any of the entries break the contest rules, please speak up before they make it to the          poll(s). You can still speak up even after the contest is closed, as long as the poll(s) has/have not          been publicized yet. Such complaints received after the aforementioned will not be considered valid.          Any questions or doubts regarding other rule breaking or copyright infringement, are always </i> <i>         accepted and looked into.

Additional Information:

- 1) LARGE works are much preferred!        Elftown's maximum file upload size is about 10 megabytes (MBs). - 2) Suggestion: Do 'your' best effort!         ~ To promote self worth as an artist.         ~ To increase, but not guarantee, your chances of being one of the top entries. - 3) Questions may be asked in the comment section below. Others may have the same question(s),        and therefore, all watchers can benefit from the answers of any questions that may arise. - 4) Both entrants and winners shall receive a reward. More specific information will be available soon.        Everyone's efforts will be both enjoyed and appreciated. There will be first, second, and third place        winners and they shall be decided by:         ~ An Elftown Community-wide poll for ALL entries. Should there be a tie or ties, any additional           poll(s) needed will be run to break it/them.         ~ A Facebook Poll - optional for entrants. All those with entries that would like to be included in           a poll on Facebook, will be uploaded to an album on Facebook. To determine the Facebook results,           "likes" will act as "votes" . The album will include a link back to this contest and with each image will           be a link to the full size image on Elftown and the Elftown artist's "username", because Facebook           does not display images in their 'full size', if they are large and Facebook converts images to JPGs           automatically. Entrants not wishing to be in a Facebook Poll, simply add under your entry:           "No Facebook Poll". (See entry page.)         ~ The final results will be decided by these polls' results, with winners selected from both, which           means in other words, there will be 'both' Elftown Poll winners AND Facebook Poll winners.         ~ NOTE: Anyone who hasn't joined Facebook and would like to, you may here: www.facebook.com           It is free to join, but you must be 13 years of age or above. - 5) DEADLINE: NOT DETERMINED YET. - 6) HAVE FUN! Set your imagination FREE!! - 7) SPREAD THE NEWS! SPREAD THE FUN! THE MORE, THE MERRIER ...FOR EVERYONE!

Entry page:

Elftown_Castle_Contest_Entries

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Related or Helpful Links: ~ Art Creation Help ~ Copying vs Fanart & Referencing ~ Copyright and Intellectual Property ~ Reference Pictures

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