If you've been reading my continuing story "My Vacation On the Exotic Shores of a Black Hole", you've likely tried to imagine how the ship might look, or how the character might look.
Hell, I haven't even really given a full description of the main character. I plan on fleshing him out over time.
I'd like to see what you've imagined though. Whether it's a character, or a scene, or the ship. Whatever.
So, lets run a little art contest. I'm a little afraid of not getting much response, because maybe my story series doesn't have a ton of artists that follow it, but I still wanna see what you all got.
So, I'm gonna take a risk, and put up 10 Steem for the winner, and 1 Steem each for 5 honorable mentions or runners up.
Maybe that isn't a lot for you, but it's a chunk for me.
Edit: I've decided to raise the prize. Now it will be 15 Steem with an additional 5 Steem for a runner up!
However, I will only be giving out the honorable mention entries unless I get more than 10 entries.
I know it sucks, but this is really only the honorable thing to do. Otherwise, there would be no real winner, as there would be no competition. If I have to do this, I may choose to give out a few extra steem at my sole discretion.
If this happens, I will extend it to 1 week past the payout of this post, to give an extra few days for people to enter, and keep from having to withdraw any prizes.
I hope it's enough to entice you to compete, even if just for the fun of it.
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The Rules:
Resteem. The contest needs more exposure. Maybe I'll even get some new fans, even if they only read enough to enter the contest. Maybe they'll like it.
Make some art! Whatever kinda art you want to make, it's cool. Make whatever you want. Wanna draw? Awesome! Charcoal? Pencil? Digital? Whatever! Wanna paint? Cool! Maybe you like mixed media! That's awesome too! Maybe you wanna create a clay sculpture. Maybe that's your thing. Whatever you wanna do.
Make the art consistant with the story. Otherwise, what's the point? It should be something from the story. It can be anything from the story. It can be a character, or a scene, or hell, it can even be an orange Scuttlebutt. Whatever you want to recreate, you do so. I must warn you though, that a traditional can of soda wouldn't work in zero-g. I almost made that mistake myself in my writing.
If whether or not you created the art is in question, you will be disqualified. I don't wanna make any specific rules regarding signs or anything. You can do whatever is your preferred method of proof that you made it. If it is in question, you will be disqualified from the prize though.
Put your art into a post, and link it below. This increases the exposure that the contest gets, and gets you some extra rewards.
You grant me at least a limited license to use your art in future posts on the steem blockchain. This is kind of required. I need to at least use your art in the post where I announce the winners. I might also want to use it in future posts, either for a section of the story, or in future contest announcements. By entering the contest, you are granting me permission to use your art in this limited regard, and to save a copy for myself. I will ask if I want to use your art in any other media other than on the Steem blockchain in the future though.
That's it. You don't have to upvote this post. Though it will help me pay for this contest and future ones. I will more than likely be upvoting your posts though, as well as your comments. I might not be upvoting them at 100% though. I do still need to curate. I'm sorry if that offends you.
The contest will be judged 3 days after the payout of this post. This gives people a little longer, even if they only find out right before this post pays out. It gives them at least a day or two after payout. But don't wait until the last minute! You don't wanna miss out on it because I end up making my decision an hour before you post.
Most importantly, have fun!
If you've missed any of the story, you can click below to access it.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
I'm super proud of managing to push myself to get this much of the story fleshed out.
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