Winner: [liiga]! Prize: Love Knows No Boundaries?. This wiki will be exported and linked to Ms. Dreslough.

Thanks to all who entered, and may you forgive me for taking so long to end this contest.

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Thanks, [Sirfy]!

DEE DRESLOUGH-STYLE DRAGON FAN-ART CONTEST/EXHIBITION

run by [Paul Doyle]

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Hello, everybody! DEE DRESLOUGH should be rather familiar to most of you, as her distinctive drawing style pops up everywhere on SF/fantasy pages across the Internet. She is best known for her Dimarene Dragons, a distinctive style of "furry" dragon that actually only has fur during the colder months of the year.

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www.dreslough.com

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Anybody checking out Dee Dreslough's wonderful website will quickly find out that she is extremely generous with her artwork. She is about as approachable and down-to-earth as you're possibly going to get, considering her appeal and talent. She is also still somewhat "underground" (compared to Michael Whelan and Larry Elmore, for instance) . . . and she LOVES fan art work! What's not to love about her? We've traded e-mails, and although I'm not claiming to be her "number one fan", I did get her official endorsement for this contest. (I have the e-mails on file in case anybody has a question.) She looks forward to seeing what comes out of this contest, and so do I! Let's all hve fun, but first (duh duh dum dum duh) . . .

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---the rules---

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1. Up to 50 entries, one per person, scanned 100 KB or less out of consideration for those of us stuck with dial-up Internet service and cheap modems. (Case-by-case exceptions allowed here). Contest will end once 50 acceptable entries have been submitted, or eight weeks have passed, whichever comes first. In the event of increased demand, more than 50 entries will be accepted---provided satisfy the other requirements.

2.) Technical quality will not necessarily be the deciding factor, as most of us entering do not have the artistic skills to be commisioned book cover artists! Imagination, creativity, emotion, depth and distinctiveness will all be important factors. This is NOT an intimidating environment!

3.) The following will NOT be allowed: lined paper entries (if you have an otherwise good entry, there are ways to remove those lines without harming the art itself); traceovers/forgeries of Dee Dreslough artwork; and particularly ACTUAL Dee Dreslough artwork you say is your own! Lined paper entries will be given time to be modified (and then disqualified if not fixed by a certain time); all other rulebreaking entries will be removed and disqualified without further argument. I will alert Dee Dreslough and the Guards if someone claims her artwork is theirs!

4.) Any and all media forms are acceptable, providing they are 100 KB scans or smaller. You, the entrant, may either have your Dimar dragon characters; or, (even better!) your own style of dragon interacting with a Dimar dragon. (For Example: Your Chinese-style dragon fast asleep on a beach, using a snoozing Dimar dragon's shoulder as a pillow.) Have fun, and let your imagination soar! Preference will be given to mixed-subspecies art. But there must be at least one clearly visible Dee Dreslough-style dragon in your artwork.

5.) VERY IMPORTANT : The artists will allow [Paul Doyle] to send one copy of every entry, free of charge, to Dee Dreslough at www.dreslough.com . This is her dragon art style we are celebrating, after all, and she very much enjoys guest artwork. If you have a problem with this, sorry! Start your own contest.

6.) VOTING:

(VERY IMPORTANT)

. No contest entrant may solicit votes on their Elftown page(s), or their entries will be disqualified. Only the runner of this contest, [Paul Doyle], can do this (to publicize the contest itself on Elftown/Elfwood), but in the spirit of fairness [Paul Doyle]'s entry will not be eligible to be voted upon. My reasoning is because many Elftown art contests have been ruined by solicitation of votes, resulting in a questionable ten-minute entry winning by a landslide over art that clearly took hours of hard work and undivided attention. In the event of unresolved, questionable voting practices (very unlikely) [Paul Doyle] reserves the right to select the winner himself, possibly with the assistance of Dee Dreslough herself. Again, [Paul Doyle]'s entry will not be eligible for votes.

7.) [Paul Doyle] may change the terms of this contest at any time, and Dee Dreslough has the right to Cease and Desist this contest at any time (not that she would, but that's just a little pseudo-legalese jargon I threw in just for the heck of it.)


NEW RULE! November 14, 2003--- Contestants may advertise the contest (but not solicit votes) on their page. Please, go ahead. The more the merrier.

ANOTHER NEW RULE! November 15, 2003--- You may post in-progress works, but please finish them before contest deadline

DON'T LOOK NOW FOLKS, BUT HERE COMES YET ANOTHER RULE CHANGE! November 22, 2003--- Until we get a LOT more artists submitting entries, go ahead and put up multiple entries. If this contest catches on in a major way, all entrants will choose which entry to keep back, and we will revert back to th original rule.

HAVE FUN!

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DEADLINES: This contest will begin Monday, November 17 and end

APRIL 15th, 2004.

(Please leave spaces between your entries, along with your name. If you leave a title or comment, the happier we'll all be.

:-) Have fun!

SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THIS CONTEST

***GASP***CONTEST IS CLOSED!***

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(1.) [teptep]  this is almost finished I think maybe very very few minor changes need to be done to it. this was the first one that was up edited to spiffyness. (on a side note I got alittle help with the detail)

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(2.) [teptep]  In progress

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3. [Nere]- yep, this is my attempt :P Darsinth isn't too impressed with the dimars' attention :P

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(4.)[blackphoenix] almost finished

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(5.)
. ( i think ) [Dragon Hawk]
Here's mine ^_^
I have never actually seen Dee's work before today, but i think it is cute, so here is my fan peice.

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...I call him Phantom...

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(7.)* [Kamona] is very confused on the entree counting*

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(8.) Two Worlds [liiga] - um sorry this turned out very wide and resizing slaughtered the detail. It's at full size and detail at http://www.angelfire.com/art2/bilzhuki/dimarenepic.html - 291Kb.

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(9.)"Bathing for a Change" by [Nulltorque]. This is not nearly as crisp and detailed as the original, and I have nowhere to host a full size, so I am afriad you will have to deal with this blurry one for the time being. It's a Dimar dragon in the midst of a genetic change in case it was unclear. :)

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10.) [Pnelma Tirian] untill I pretty up my entree...(: And that is now!!

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(11.)
Please note this "entry" is not an actual entry! No voting on this one, please. art contests no longer allows contest owners to actually enter their own contests. Thankfully . . .
[Paul Doyle] Finished way, way after the fact . . . this pic was damaged by slush, salt and sand, and I didn't bother restoring/redoing the partially washed-away background. The much darker stuff is new . . .

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(12.)Still not really happy with the nose, and I feel like I should have included a sheep -- ah well, this one's done, anyway 3:) [Sheepy]


(13.)I just couldn't manage it in 20 pixels *sob* even in 40 it's impossible to make fur look furry. Doh!

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Gotta love the hot pink hair. Now I want hot pink hair. [TamponLollipops]
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(15.)And for entry number two...

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16)(i think anyway)[Bad_Badtz]Yeah, changed my entry, thought it could use one.^__^

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(17) [Fire fae] (YAY!! My lucky number.)

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(18) [t6] This is Mogur.

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(19) [Mom] Finally got around to posting him..

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(20) [cerulean33] uploaded by [Paul Doyle]



(21) [Sirfy] Believe it or not, this is Dee's style! I mixed verious of her styles together into one. First is the head. Looks better on webcam than on the digi cam, lol! And the body :D Got to do the butt on different page and part of its leg got cut out die to digicam bg issues.
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