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My partner EvilInstinct and I are holding a character design contest, and everyone who enters will receive a little something so long as their submission adheres to the rules.
Please read all of the contest information FULLY if you would like to participate, and feel free to ask questions if something needs clarification!
Create a character that might live in the Vesper Facility, the world in which Pull Down Heaven and Soldier are set.
Perhaps your character is a tamarin who makes his living fishing tilapia in the expansive tanks of a huge hydroponics farm. Or perhaps a rat priest who dons a mask to conceal her identity from demons. Or perhaps a drunk mink who hunts in the deep, wet bilges for mollusks to trade to the macaques for algae wine. The possibilities are endless!
Characters must be created specifically for this contest.
Entries must be submitted to DeviantArt between the time that the contest is announced (i.e., now) and the contest end date (listed below).
Your submission must include a drawing. Bases and "dress-up game" submissions are not allowed. However, pose and/or anatomy referencing is certainly allowed and even encouraged! Tracing is only allowed if you have permission from the original artist or photographer AND you link the original image.
Your entry can be as simple as a single character on a white background or as complex as a full-blown reference.
Species may be chosen from the pre-approved list found at the bottom of this announcement. You may choose a species that is not on the list. HOWEVER, if you choose a non-listed species, you MUST include (either in the artist comments or on the image itself) the original purpose for that species to be in the facility (e.g., research specimen for X, food source, endangered species breeding program, etc). You may also include details such as how the species escaped, the areas that it prefers to live in, how it survives, and so on, but this is not a requirement.
Hybrids of species that can naturally breed are allowed, as are laboratory-created chimeras and hybrids. However, I highly recommend including an original purpose for any artificial hybrids and chimeras.
You must name your character. You may include other statistics as well - such as age, history, and gender - but this is not a requirement!
You may base your character design on a character or concept that you already own, altered sufficiently to fit within the Vesper Facility universe, as long as your new character conforms to all other listed rules.
Once the contest is over, you may do whatever you please with your character. It's your character after all! You can change the statistics or design or leave everything the same. You can leave it a part of the Vesper Facility mythos, or you can change it to fit within your own stories, RPs, etc, or you could even sell it.
Your character will never be used by me without permission (although if I really, really like it, you might get some extra fanart sometime).
You may either link your character in the comments on this journal or to me through a note. Along with your Vesper character link, please also link me to a reference of or provide a description for the character that you would like sketched.
You may enter more than once, but you will only receive one prize! So it is probably better to submit one good entry rather than three or four smaller ones.
Please feel free to ask any questions that you might have about the Vesper Facility or its denizens if you feel that it will help to design your character. I will answer as best as I can (without spoilers for the comics). There is a lot of supplemental material available over at as well, including many things not seen in my MoonsongWolf gallery, so please feel free to peruse the group!
Each character will be scored up to a hundred points in the following areas:
Creativity: 40
Design Aesthetics: 25
Fit within the world: 25
Skill: 10
Please don't ask for your final score!
January 16, 2013 at 11:59 PM EST (23:59 GMT -5).
Winners will be announced within 5 days of the closing date.
First Place
400 DA Points or commensurate cash value
Six month DA membership (or commensurate value in DA points or cash)
8.5" X 11" drawing of the character of your choice OR 9" X 12" comic page featuring the character that you designed for this contest.
Sketch of the character of your choice that was linked with your submission
*Includes free shipping of the original art anywhere in the world
Second Place
100 DA Points
Three month DA membership (or commensurate value in DA points or cash)
4" X 5" drawing of the character of your choice OR 8.5" X 11" drawing of the character that you designed for this contest.
Sketch of the character of your choice that was linked with your submission
*Includes free shipping of the original art anywhere in the world
Two (2) Honourable Mentions
50 DA Points
One month DA membership (or commensurate value in DA points)
ACEO (2.5" X 3") drawing of the character of your choice OR 6" X 9" drawing of the character that you designed for this contest.
Sketch of the character of your choice that was linked with your submission
*Includes free shipping of the original art anywhere in the world
All entrants
All entrants adhering to the rules will receive:
20 DA Points
Sketch of the character of your choice that was linked with your submission
If winners choose cash option, this will be transferred via paypal, and paypal fees may apply.
Sketches will be similar to this quality: moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar…
First place and runner-up drawings will be similar in quality to this: moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar…
(Species in italics have their own extensive entry, while all others are listed only in the "related species" portion of the given link)
Rat moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar…
Degu moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar… (links to "rat"; scroll down to "related species")
Wood Mouse/Apodemus moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar… (links to "rat"; scroll down to "related species")
Tiger moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar…
Fishing Cat moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar… (links to "tiger"; scroll down to "related species")
Fossa moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar… (links to "tiger"; scroll down to "related species")
Fox moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar…
Mink moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar… (links to "dog"; scroll down to "related species")
Macaque moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar…
Uakari moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar… (links to "barbarian"; scroll down to "related species")
Tamarin moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar…
Snub-nosed Monkey moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar… (links to "tamarin"; scroll down to "related species")
Capuchin moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar… (links to "tamarin"; scroll down to "related species")
All contest entries will be added to the Contest folder in my favourites. However, I will not be commenting on the image itself so as not to influence any of the other judges. So please don't be offended if I "fave and run," there's a reason!
:thumb346776191: :thumb346521957: :thumb347012539: :thumb347202818: :thumb346957491: :thumb347687499: :thumb347038192: :thumb348056476: :thumb348415232: :thumb348700948: :thumb348880296: :thumb348755893: :thumb348837900:
Please read all of the contest information FULLY if you would like to participate, and feel free to ask questions if something needs clarification!
Contest Theme
Create a character that might live in the Vesper Facility, the world in which Pull Down Heaven and Soldier are set.
Perhaps your character is a tamarin who makes his living fishing tilapia in the expansive tanks of a huge hydroponics farm. Or perhaps a rat priest who dons a mask to conceal her identity from demons. Or perhaps a drunk mink who hunts in the deep, wet bilges for mollusks to trade to the macaques for algae wine. The possibilities are endless!
Rules
Characters must be created specifically for this contest.
Entries must be submitted to DeviantArt between the time that the contest is announced (i.e., now) and the contest end date (listed below).
Your submission must include a drawing. Bases and "dress-up game" submissions are not allowed. However, pose and/or anatomy referencing is certainly allowed and even encouraged! Tracing is only allowed if you have permission from the original artist or photographer AND you link the original image.
Your entry can be as simple as a single character on a white background or as complex as a full-blown reference.
Species may be chosen from the pre-approved list found at the bottom of this announcement. You may choose a species that is not on the list. HOWEVER, if you choose a non-listed species, you MUST include (either in the artist comments or on the image itself) the original purpose for that species to be in the facility (e.g., research specimen for X, food source, endangered species breeding program, etc). You may also include details such as how the species escaped, the areas that it prefers to live in, how it survives, and so on, but this is not a requirement.
Hybrids of species that can naturally breed are allowed, as are laboratory-created chimeras and hybrids. However, I highly recommend including an original purpose for any artificial hybrids and chimeras.
You must name your character. You may include other statistics as well - such as age, history, and gender - but this is not a requirement!
You may base your character design on a character or concept that you already own, altered sufficiently to fit within the Vesper Facility universe, as long as your new character conforms to all other listed rules.
Once the contest is over, you may do whatever you please with your character. It's your character after all! You can change the statistics or design or leave everything the same. You can leave it a part of the Vesper Facility mythos, or you can change it to fit within your own stories, RPs, etc, or you could even sell it.
Your character will never be used by me without permission (although if I really, really like it, you might get some extra fanart sometime).
You may either link your character in the comments on this journal or to me through a note. Along with your Vesper character link, please also link me to a reference of or provide a description for the character that you would like sketched.
You may enter more than once, but you will only receive one prize! So it is probably better to submit one good entry rather than three or four smaller ones.
Please feel free to ask any questions that you might have about the Vesper Facility or its denizens if you feel that it will help to design your character. I will answer as best as I can (without spoilers for the comics). There is a lot of supplemental material available over at as well, including many things not seen in my MoonsongWolf gallery, so please feel free to peruse the group!
Judging Criteria
Each character will be scored up to a hundred points in the following areas:
Creativity: 40
Design Aesthetics: 25
Fit within the world: 25
Skill: 10
Please don't ask for your final score!
Contest End Date
January 16, 2013 at 11:59 PM EST (23:59 GMT -5).
Winners will be announced within 5 days of the closing date.
Judges
Prizes
First Place
400 DA Points or commensurate cash value
Six month DA membership (or commensurate value in DA points or cash)
8.5" X 11" drawing of the character of your choice OR 9" X 12" comic page featuring the character that you designed for this contest.
Sketch of the character of your choice that was linked with your submission
*Includes free shipping of the original art anywhere in the world
Second Place
100 DA Points
Three month DA membership (or commensurate value in DA points or cash)
4" X 5" drawing of the character of your choice OR 8.5" X 11" drawing of the character that you designed for this contest.
Sketch of the character of your choice that was linked with your submission
*Includes free shipping of the original art anywhere in the world
Two (2) Honourable Mentions
50 DA Points
One month DA membership (or commensurate value in DA points)
ACEO (2.5" X 3") drawing of the character of your choice OR 6" X 9" drawing of the character that you designed for this contest.
Sketch of the character of your choice that was linked with your submission
*Includes free shipping of the original art anywhere in the world
All entrants
All entrants adhering to the rules will receive:
20 DA Points
Sketch of the character of your choice that was linked with your submission
If winners choose cash option, this will be transferred via paypal, and paypal fees may apply.
Sketches will be similar to this quality: moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar…
First place and runner-up drawings will be similar in quality to this: moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar…
Pre-approved Species
(Species in italics have their own extensive entry, while all others are listed only in the "related species" portion of the given link)
Rat moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar…
Degu moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar… (links to "rat"; scroll down to "related species")
Wood Mouse/Apodemus moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar… (links to "rat"; scroll down to "related species")
Tiger moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar…
Fishing Cat moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar… (links to "tiger"; scroll down to "related species")
Fossa moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar… (links to "tiger"; scroll down to "related species")
Fox moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar…
Mink moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar… (links to "dog"; scroll down to "related species")
Macaque moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar…
Uakari moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar… (links to "barbarian"; scroll down to "related species")
Tamarin moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar…
Snub-nosed Monkey moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar… (links to "tamarin"; scroll down to "related species")
Capuchin moonsongwolf.deviantart.com/ar… (links to "tamarin"; scroll down to "related species")
Current Entries
All contest entries will be added to the Contest folder in my favourites. However, I will not be commenting on the image itself so as not to influence any of the other judges. So please don't be offended if I "fave and run," there's a reason!
:thumb346776191: :thumb346521957: :thumb347012539: :thumb347202818: :thumb346957491: :thumb347687499: :thumb347038192: :thumb348056476: :thumb348415232: :thumb348700948: :thumb348880296: :thumb348755893: :thumb348837900:
Good-bye, DeviantArt - Find me elsewhere
You can find me on these websites: Moonsongwolf on Comic fury: Comics only. I am in the process of re-uploading Pull Down Heaven here. It will probably take a few weeks to get caught up. New updates to PDH will go here. Moonsongwolf on FurAffinity: Art and comics. Probably the closest corellary to DA in terms of upload content. MoonsongwolfArt on Instagram: Art and pet photos. Might post comic pages in the future, but I haven't decided yet. I also have accounts on Tumblr, ArtFight, and Toyhouse, but they are not updated (with the exception of AF, which has activity during battle season).
Comic redraw requests
4/23/20 EDIT: So I have picked out a few pages that I want to try out, but please feel free to keep posting! I might go back and pick out a few more later, and I always enjoy checking out other people's unique comics.
I'm really trying to make an effort to get back into sequential art. Does anyone have a comic page that they are interested in seeing interpreted in my style?
I am particularly looking for pages that feature one or more of the following:
Dynamic posesUnusual lighting conditions (examples: strong shadows, backlighting, night scenes)Environmental effects (examples: rain, snow, fire, mist)Deep backgrounds or landscapesUnique pan
Farewell to a decade
3/26/20 update: Well, so much for that. We're not even a quarter through it, and 2020 has already been a shitshow. Congratulations, universe. You win.
2010s? Good riddance. Hopefully 2020 will bring better things.
At least Benny is happy, showing off his favorite Christmas gift: a package of cozy fleece blankets!
Of comics, commissions, and photo manipulations
Oh, hello! Long time, no art! But I think I'm finally reaching an equilibrium where I can finally work on personal projects again. It is tough. I'm working around a full time job, part time bookkeeping, and a 2/3 full class load. But I'm getting there.
I do get questions periodically regarding my art, and I feel very privileged to still have people interested in my work, considering how inactive I am! So I thought that I would answer some of the most common questions here.
Are you going to finish any of your comics?
Although this is always subject to change, depending on real life circumstances, I am hoping to pick Pull Down Heaven up agai
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Ahh.... goshdarnit. I would of loved to enter into this. I have so many ideas.
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