2010-10-10 [Nioniel]: FYI; you had the deadline on this page as Oct. 31st, so I changed it to Nov. 8th.

2010-10-11 [sweet.tx.tea]: I will upload my proof when I get home from work.

2010-10-13 [Akayume]: :D I am excited!

2010-10-30 [Nioniel]: I changed my submission. :P

2010-10-31 [sweet.tx.tea]: OMFG. Teabag bat. <3 Thank you for making my teabag obsession a less mildly neurotic episode.

2010-11-01 [Nioniel]: Hehe. ^^

2010-11-01 [Alexi Ice]: I'm seriously disappointed that this contest did not get more entrants though the ones here ARE so adorable ~

2010-11-01 [wicked fae mage]: My zombie hand Mort may make an appearance...gotta think of something to do with him, though.

2010-11-01 [Thunder Cid]: [Alexi Ice] We need a photoproof for your submission.

2010-11-01 [windowframe]: Omg, Moira that's totally awesome. :D

2010-11-01 [moira hawthorne]: thx u!... and after I carved nearly all the 'meat' out... it made a very nice addition to dinner

2010-11-01 [Hedda]: There! Now I've sat the standard!

I dare you to post something scarier!

2010-11-01 [Alexi Ice]: Oh, duh Cid...what do we take the photoproofs with this year?

2010-11-01 [Alexi Ice]: Oh! Moria! I love it!!!

2010-11-01 [Alexi Ice]: Bleh, I need a better camera. Anyway, there you go.

2010-11-05 [wicked fae mage]: Reminder: upload the pics for this contest tonight.

2010-11-05 [Hedda]: At a club downtown here, they are having a Halloween costume party with a $1000 prize Saturday night. Unfortunately I'll be home working with Elftown then though. Maybe I can get some of the people going their to join Elftown and submit...

2010-11-05 [Mortified Penguin]: You go ahead and go. I'll work with Elftown for you.

2010-11-05 [Thunder Cid]: Not a bad idea. I promote as much as I can when I go to cons (business card help a lot btw).

2010-11-06 [wicked fae mage]: Business cards are an awesome idea. I do have a lot of friends who are artists and art lovers, too...

2010-11-06 [~Crimson Angel~]: Oh, can I enter, I was a tiger!

2010-11-06 [Alexi Ice]: You should enter, Misty! <3

2010-11-06 [~Crimson Angel~]: Yay!

2010-11-06 [Hedda]: More contestants! Whee!

2010-11-06 [Nioniel]: :)

2010-11-06 [Marlene'Jacques]: All good entries so far :) particularly liking the entry by [Sairafaen]

2010-11-06 [Thunder Cid]: Yeah Fae, the Elftown Business cards are a great way to at least get people interested. I know of a few people who started using ET just by handing them out.

2010-11-06 [wicked fae mage]: I may have to print off a few then via Publisher. As I said artist friends, two off the top of my head...one does print making and the other does sculpture.

2010-11-06 [windowframe]: Entry 6 isn't uploaded to Elftown.

2010-11-07 [Sairafaen]: How do I get the thumbnail? This is the first time I've entered a contest like this and I am unsure of exactly what I am supposed to do...?? Thanks

2010-11-07 [windowframe]: You include the size you want it thumbnailed to in the tag, e.g. if you want to thumbnail it to 100pixels, you write <img100:image url here>, for 200, it's , etc. See Pseudo HTML for a fuller explanation. :)

2010-11-07 [Lothuriel]: I did the business card thing for Efltown back in March at Darkwoods.. (www.darkwoodscon.com) but, as far as I know no one joined because of it :(

2010-11-07 [Mortified Penguin]: I'm not seeing proof photos for 6, 7, or 8.

2010-11-07 [Marlene'Jacques]: what kind of proof photo do you need?

2010-11-08 [wicked fae mage]: Your user name on a piece of paper in a separate photo. Look at the smaller photos next to other entries.

2010-11-08 [Marlene'Jacques]: ok thanks ok in nxt 2 days as need to borrow friends scanner again?

2010-11-08 [wicked fae mage]: The contest ends later today on Elftown time.

2010-11-08 [Hedda]: Just borrow a simple camera?

The moderators need something that shows that you've actually been close to what-ever you have taken a picture of.

2010-11-08 [Marlene'Jacques]: ok i'll get to it

2010-11-08 [Marlene'Jacques]: Right fixed the problem. Hope it's right.

2010-11-08 [Alexi Ice]: Honey, the paper with your username has to be WITH the girl in your picture

2010-11-08 [Marlene'Jacques]: oh kinda diffulcult considering the lil girl was me at age 9 and i'm now 24!! Ah well I'll know next time!

2010-11-08 [Alexi Ice]: Cute, Fae!

2010-11-08 [Alexi Ice]: Lol, Sera. That's not cool at all ~

2010-11-08 [Marlene'Jacques]: well they do say old pics are allowed....

2010-11-08 [wicked fae mage]: Thanks. My zombie hand Mort is very photogenic. :)

2010-11-08 [Hedda]: [Marlene'Jacques]: That is you? OK, I guess we can believe that, and then it's clear that you can submit it as I guess it's pretty clear that you aren't faking your photos here. A photo of you holding that sign would do otherwise, I guess.

You totally missed the point of the proof-photo though. Of course we don't want to see that you can write your username on a piece of paper and take a photo of that. What would be the point of that?

The proof image must show that you were related to the photo (either as the taker, arranger or object). (The rules aren't clear here, but I thought it was obvious that the thing wanted was proof of that the photo was yours.)

2010-11-08 [Hedda]: [wicked fae mage]: You got the zombie ready?

2010-11-08 [Marlene'Jacques]: Thanks [Hedda] for the info about proof photos. Yeah it is me in the pic.

2010-11-08 [Marlene'Jacques]: Ok hopefully this proff photo is good enough

2010-11-08 [Hedda]: Nice proof-photo

2010-11-08 [shadowfire09]: okay so I took my photo with my friends on halloween. I have a lot of other pictures, but this contest was totally spur of the moment, so i have no proof photos...

2010-11-09 [Marlene'Jacques]: thanks hedda

2010-11-09 [Hedda]: [shadowfire09]: If you just use a photo with you and your username on a piece of paper as the proof photo, then everyone knows that the photo you're competing with is yours too (if you're in that photo).

The proof image is just a way to make sure that no one simply google after a Halloween image and then submit that.

2010-11-09 [Hedda]: You can for example hold the bunny ears and carrot while holding the paper with your username.

2010-11-09 [Alexi Ice]: I have to ask, Fae...where did the rest of the Zombie go! LOL ~ Jk

2010-11-09 [wicked fae mage]: Okay, Mort was made as a result of the student activity board at my college. They have craftsmen come to the school and one man let us wax our hands much in the same way a string is dipped in wax to make a taper candle. I did a claw and colored him green and red to be a zombie named Mort. And my cat Sen'jin knocked Mort off the stand, pawing at his hand to pet her, and he shattered. No whole zombie, sadly. :(

2010-11-09 [Alexi Ice]: It still looks really cool though!

2010-11-09 [wicked fae mage]: Yes, if the wax man comes back I want to do a vampire white hand with some blood and long nails and a werewolf hand...add a little fur or synthetic hair...

2010-11-09 [~Crimson Angel~]: Oops! I forgot to enter, now it's over. :(

2010-11-10 [Thunder Cid]: Attention. Those who have not submitted a proof photo have until the 12th of November (2 days) to make the necessary additions. If you do not submit a proof photo with your submission you will be disqualified from the contest and will not be allowed to proceed to the voting portion.

2010-11-10 [Mortified Penguin]: (That means you, [shadowfire09])

2010-11-11 [Hedda]: What is [Sairafaen]'s proof photo supposed to be?

2010-11-11 [Lothuriel]: It's her holding the dress from the photo I believe.

2010-11-11 [Sairafaen]: I would have taken a picture with my daughter in it, but she was asleep for her nap, and I didn't dare wake THAT dragon!

2010-11-14 [~Crimson Angel~]: lol

2010-11-14 [~Crimson Angel~]: When does it go up for voting?

2010-11-14 [Thunder Cid]: Err...it's on the mainstreet.

2010-11-14 [~Crimson Angel~]: oh?