Annual Cel Contest 2015!! - WINNERS ANNOUNCED!!!

[theultimatebrucelee]

Well, I have artwork that looks something like these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Touhou-Pro ... 25ad021f7e

I'm almost 100% sure they are not done by manga artists or animation artist, no signature, or date, but quality wise certainly no less than a lot of signed art done by professional artists, if that's the concern. Would they be considered original artwork?

[Jadeduo]

It's a lovely piece but without proof it is industry art, i.e. Signature or other official documentation. This I feel would fall into the fan art category for the sketch contest, which should totally be a thing in 2016! I am working on the cel contest post now...

I will keep the type of art name as shikishi, but I will clarify that it does not HAVE to be drawn on a shikishi board but, it MUST be drawn by someone in the industry, animator, mangaka, director etc. and make use of a multiple color pallet, any monochrome or monochrome with an accent color should be saved for the sketch contest.

I hope this helps!

[cutiebunny]

I agree with JD. It looks like the sort of stuff that I'd find in the Artist Alley portion of most conventions. Still a lovely sketch though.

I thought we did have a fan art category

[Jadeduo]

Hi All!

My computer crashed right before I hit post so I am doing this on my iPhone so if anyone sees any errors let me know! I wasn't sure where to elaborate in the rules about us adding FULL color shikishi to enter in the cel contest! So see the few posts above this one where we elaborate!

This change was made to include some of our sisters and brothers who have recently stepped away from cels and moved into just as interesting of a hobby, but one that is highly under represented in the contests so to hopefully see more entries we did this!

Also I still need a trophy volunteer! Remember no one is allowed to complain if I have to make them! As this could also delay me announcing on time! IJS!

Open Volunteer Positions:
Awards Creator
Site Tester - Star-Phoenix (Position Filled!)

(C) = Cel (H) = Hanken (MC) = Model Cel (O) = Other (P) = Painting (R) = Rilezu (SH) = Shikishi

Accessory - Emphasis on what the character is holding, using, swinging, playing, aiming. (C, R, SH)
Action - Scenes of action, movement, motion. (C, R, SH)
Background - No characters allowed. (C, P, R, SH)
Bliss - Dreamy, joyful, heavenly, euphoric. (C, R, SH)
Blood on the Ground - Characters on the verge of death, or those that really are gravely injured, dying, or dead. (C, R)
Chibi/Superdeformed - Characters drawn in a semi-deformed, comical style (C, R, SH)
Femininity - Delicacy, gentleness, maidenly (C, R, SH)
Tomboys - For all those lovely ladies that are redefining what it means to be a woman! (C, R, SH)
Funny - Laugh out loud moments. (C, R, SH)
FURRIES (have a cel of a furry friend? A dog, a cat, a cabbit, a catgirl/boy? a Kero..... you know ANYTHING with fur) (C, R, SH)
Group - Art of two or more characters. (C, R, SH)
Hanken - Art used for merchandise or other non-production special circumstances. Hankens are not allowed in any other category except hentai. (C, H, P, O)
Heroic - White knight saves the day. (C, R, SH)
Itadakimasu! (Our favorite characters stuffing their faces with deliciousness) (C, R, SH)
Love - Kissing, hugging, cuddling, any displays of affection, innocent or physical – just not explicit. (C, R, SH)
Muscles - Beef, brawn flesh, sinew, tendon. (C, R, SH)
Bishonen - Young men whose beauty (and sex appeal) transcends the boundary of gender. (C, R, SH)
Mech and Tech - Robots, vehicles, ships, cars, gundams, Oh MY! (C, R, SH)
Monochrome/Weird Coloring - Those scenes that require you to see the world through a different lense... Must be oddly colored, black and white, or shades of all the same color. (C, R, SH)
Outfit - Best dressed, emphasis on clothes and costumes. (C, R, SH)
Rage - Mad, angry, extreme agitation. (C, R, SH)
Shocked - Stunned, horrified, utter dismay. (C, R, SH)
Sorrow - Tear-jerkers, sadness. (C, R, SH)
Tranquility - Characters who have found inner peace or a welcome opportunity to unwind. (C, R, SH)
OP/ED/Eyecatch – Cels used only in these special animated sequences. These cels are not allowed in any other category. (C, R)
Villainy! - Love evil things? Show off your Villainesses and Villains, only requirement is they must be irredeemably evil! (C, R, SH)

OPTIONAL - Eyes on Me, Anime Eyes, love them hate them, they must be the focus of the cel. (C, R, SH)
OPTIONAL - Novel Set-Up - Cel or cels with an UNMATCHING background that creates an original image. The background must be an original production item (not photocopied or Photoshopped). (C, R, SH)
OPTIONAL - Hentai/Yaoi/Yuri - The risque genres, nudity not a requirement however it must be from a Hentai, Yaoi, or Yuri anime with a higher maturity rating! (C, R, SH)
OPTIONAL - POSTERIORS - the Backs of anime in a non sexual way. (do you have a cel of someone's butt?, the back of their head? the back of their knees? do you feel it is not appreciated because its someones back, this is the category for you!) (C, R, SH)
OPTIONAL - Fan Cel - Back by popular demand! A cel produced by someone not in the industry, must be fan made could be done by your self or any fan artist! (C, R, SH)
OPTIONAL - Sexy - Male, Female... Whatever! Whatever gets your motors revving! This I know is a highly subjective category we shall test it out and see how it goes! (C, R, SH)


ELIGIBILITY RULES

1.) You must be a registered member of Anime-Beta by the start of the submission process.
2.) You must physically own all artwork that you submit. You may not submit artwork which has been sold, or for which a sale is pending. Submitted artwork does not have to be posted in your online gallery.
3.) Submitted artwork may not include watermarks or any other type of 'tag' that could affiliate it with a gallery or owner.
4.) If you submit artwork for consideration in this contest, you must vote for all categories. The only exceptions are the optional categories (animated, hentai, settei). These categories are both optional to vote in and optional to submit artwork to. However, you submit artwork to an optional category, you must vote in that category.
5.) Even if you do not submit artwork, you may still vote in any or all of the categories.

SUBMISSION RULES

1.) Participants are eligible to enter the contest in 9 standard categories and 3 optional categories, for a total of 12 pieces of artwork submitted.
2.) While a participant may choose to enter 12 pieces of artwork, you are not required to submit twelve items. You may enter fewer items.
3.) In order to cut down on bandwidth usage, please limit your entries to less than 1 MB in size a good rule of thumb is if it doesn't upload to RS it will not upload for the contest!
4.) Artwork which was previously entered into the Anime-Beta Awards is eligible for re-entry, provided that the winning piece has changed owners. If you choose to submit a previous winning piece, you must e-mail the contest coordinator before submitting it. This way, the organizer knows the piece has changed owners and that it is a qualified entry. If you do not e-mail the coordinator, your entry will be disqualified. Please check previous awards websites carefully.
5.) Sequence mates of previous winners will be allowed if there is a substantial difference between the two. Please inform the contest coordinator which piece you are submitting a sequence mate of. You may not submit a sequence mate if you also own the previous winning piece.
6.) Sequence mates in the same category are not permitted. Whoever submits the artwork first will be given a spot in that category. If you submit a sequence mate to an item that is already in a category, you will have the chance to re-submit another item in lieu of the repeated piece.
7.) If a category has only four entries, only #1 and #2 awards will be given. If a category has only three entries, only a #1 award will be given. Categories with fewer than three entries 24 hours before the beginning of voting will be eliminated. Contestants will have the chance to re-submit artwork to another category.
8.) Modification and/or enhancement of images is not permitted. The only exception is for oversized images requiring multiple scans. You may piece these scans together to make a complete image.
9.) When there are tie votes, awards will be given in the following ways:
two #1, no #2, one #3
one #1, two #2, no #3
one #1, one #2, two #3
two #1, two #3.

SCHEDULE:

October 1-31 - Submit Entries
November 1-8 - Viewing Period
November 9-30 - Voting Period
December 15 - Winners Announced!

How entries are submitted:

E-mail them to Jadeduo at gmail.com

And include with each entry the following:

1. Your Beta User ID
2. What Category you are submitting to.
3. Character Name
4. Anime

Keep in mind the most recent Anime TV Show I have watched is Puella Madoka Magica, so I can basically figure out SM/DBZ and some other old school animes however I am not familiar at all with the newer shows. So make this easy on me please label everything as asked! Everyone that has ever run these things knows they are a time suck so the faster I can get done with admin tasks the smoother this will go.

JD

[Jadeduo]

We do have a fan cel category it was brought back because four peeps asked for it! We had one entry last year this is why it was cut!

[cutiebunny]

*poke poke* What do you mean you're asleep now..?

Just to be that person, you might want to change the Hanken category to just H. Otherwise. You'll have a hanken category that will be full of anything but hanken.

Also, I don't think shikishi apply to OP/ED/Eyecatch as they're not production based.

[Jadeduo]

This is why friends, shouldn't let friends post tired...

All fixed!!!



*grabby hands*

Send me entries!

[star-phoenix]

I have a questions....

What would be considered/qualified as a Shikishi? I see an entire range of what they are, but some may cross over as a painting vs as a shikishi. Just wanted to be clear before submissions.

[Jadeduo]

Here is the clarification, if anyone has any individual questions on a particular piece e-mail or PM me!

Shikishi – Original Artwork, drawn by a director, character designer, professional animator or mangaka, not someone you found in the Artist Alley at a convention. It does NOT HAVE to be drawn on a shikishi board but, it MUST be drawn and signed or with documentation attached to the entry when sent, by someone in the industry, animator, mangaka, director etc. AND make use of a multiple color pallet, any monochrome or monochrome with an accent color should be saved for the sketch contest.

Medium is mostly unimportant paint, colored pencil, crayon... ^_^;; What matters most here is original content from a professional in the industry, and that it makes use of a full color pallet. Any Black and White sketches or Black and White with one color accent can be saved for the sketch contest.

[JWR]

Here is the clarification, if anyone has any individual questions on a particular piece e-mail or PM me!

Shikishi – Original Artwork, drawn by a director, character designer, professional animator or mangaka, not someone you found in the Artist Alley at a convention. It does NOT HAVE to be drawn on a shikishi board but, it MUST be drawn and signed or with documentation attached to the entry when sent, by someone in the industry, animator, mangaka, director etc. AND make use of a multiple color pallet, any monochrome or monochrome with an accent color should be saved for the sketch contest.

Medium is mostly unimportant paint, colored pencil, crayon... ^_^;; What matters most here is original content from a professional in the industry, and that it makes use of a full color pallet. Any Black and White sketches or Black and White with one color accent can be saved for the sketch contest.

Double checking. This is the Cel contest not the Sketch contest, is Shikishi considered part of this contest even though being they are not cels?
I may have missed if this change was discussed and made.

[cutiebunny]

We talked about it on the previous page.

Colored shikishi or original signed artwork done by professional artists is now a part of the cel awards provided that the item being submitted is colored. Black/white/monotone/1 color accent shikishi and other original artwork will be included in the sketch awards.

[Jadeduo]

Our worry about adding Full Color Shikishi is that it will make the sketch part of the sketch contest harder to compete.

So by allowing ONLY Full Color Shikishi, we are including a category, that till now has been largely ignored.

It also opens up some of the pre-production paintings and concept art that we never really see in the contests as well, I think this is a win win for all.

Also it can't hurt to test this out, if it doesn't go well it can be just nixed next year. I'm pretty flexible ^_^

[JWR]

Our worry about adding Full Color Shikishi is that it will make the sketch part of the sketch contest harder to compete.

So by allowing ONLY Full Color Shikishi, we are including a category, that till now has been largely ignored.

It also opens up some of the pre-production paintings and concept art that we never really see in the contests as well, I think this is a win win for all.

Also it can't hurt to test this out, if it doesn't go well it can be just nixed next year. I'm pretty flexible ^_^

No problem on my end since I really don't collect Shikishi that much. I was gone for a week for work without much time for internet so I most likely missed that part of the discussion.

[Jadeduo]

NP, Cutie brought it up yesterday afternoon, and Lee and Star-Phoenix seem to be super excited about it! ^_^

So let's all hope for a successful contest!

Ganbatte ne!

[Jadeduo]

So far... I have received 4 entrants submissions to the cel contest!!

2 newbies, and 2 oldies but goodies!

Nice mix peeps!

Anyone who has entered before we would love to see you back again, and anyone else who is new to us don't be scared all BETA members are welcome!