I promised I would get this up, and so here it is! This is just a tentative start for the categories, I poached all the categories from the Cel contest this year including the new categories Eyes on Me and Posteriors which did phenomenally well in the cel contest. I also did the split with Male and Female which seemed pretty popular as well. I also repopulated the rules, including the tie break rules which are VERY helpful! If confusing at times. I am also asking for volunteers I have broken the roles down as follows:
1. Organizer - In Charge of Survey Monkey Surveys/Monitoring - Jadeduo!
2. RS Site Creator to announce/post awards. (Person will also be responsible for creating graphics for the awards site.) - Sensei!
3. Awards Creator, responsible for creating awards and uploading them to RS - Milestogo! So PRETTY! I am excited!
4. Site Testing/Error Checker for both SurveyMonkey, Rubberslug, and will double check the math on all tie breaks, per the tie break rules set down by Beta. - Majinuub!
5. Contest Post Monitor/Institutional Memory Person. Jadeduo/Majinuub are splitting this duty!
Entries are running the exact same way I ran the cel contest, send entries to: Jadeduo @ gmail.com - with each entry labeled with:CATEGORIES:
(S) = sketch
(H) = Hanken
(MS) = Model Sketch
(P) = Painting (must be on paper)
(A) = Autograph
(Ill) = Illustration
(St) = Storyboard
(Sh) = Shikishi
(Hy) = Hybrid
* indicates optional categories
Accessory - Emphasis on what the character is holding, using, swinging, playing, aiming. (S)
Action - Scenes of action, movement, motion.(S)
Background - No characters allowed. (S)
Bliss - Dreamy, joyful, heavenly, euphoric. (S)
Blood on the Ground - Characters on the verge of death, or those that really are gravely injured, dying, or dead.(S)
Comic/Manga Art - Original art from comic artists and manga-kas (S, p, Hy, Ill)
Fan Art - Made by you or another artist. (S, P)
Femininity - Delicacy, gentleness, maidenly (S)
Tomboys - For all those lovely ladies that are redefining what it means to be a woman! (S)
Funny - Laugh out loud moments. (S)
FURRIES (have a cel of a furry friend? A dog, a cat, a cabbit, a catgirl/boy? a Kero..... you know ANYTHING with fur) (S)
Group - Art of two or more characters. (S)
Hanken - Art used for merchandise or other non-production special circumstances. Hankens are not allowed in any other category except hentai. (H)
Heroic - Hero/Heroine saves the day! Heroically! (S)
Hybrid - Artwork that incorporates original artwork with xeroxed work. More than 50% of the drawing must be original art. Hybrid artwork is not allowed in any other category. (Hy)
Itadakimasu! (Our favorite characters stuffing their faces with deliciousness) (S)
Love - Kissing, hugging, cuddling, any displays of affection, innocent or physical – just not explicit. (S)
Mech and Tech - Robots, vehicles, ships, cars, gundams, Oh MY! (S)
Muscles - Beef, brawn flesh, sinew, tendon. (S)
Bishonen - Young men whose beauty (and sex appeal) transcends the boundary of gender. (S)
Outfit - Best dressed, emphasis on clothes and costumes. (S)
Rage - Mad, angry, extreme agitation. (S)
Shikishii/Signatures - Original signatures and/or artwork drawn by industry artists. Only the artist's signature and accompanying sketch are allowed for submission, all other images must be cropped out.
Shocked - Stunned, horrified, utter dismay. (S)
Sorrow - Tear-jerkers, sadness. (S)
Special Effect - Power bursts, transformation effects, etc. (S)
Tranquility - Characters who have found their inner peace. (S)
Villainy - Archenemies, evil scientists, meanies, wicked bad guys. (S)
OP/ED/Eyecatch – Cels used only in these special animated sequences. These cels are not allowed in any other category. (S).
OPTIONAL: Animated - Short sequences of animated artwork. (S)
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! (S, H)
OPTIONAL: Settei - Characters, items or scenery. Settei are not allowed in any other category. (MS)
OPTIONAL: Back to the Start - The initial draft of how the sequence should run. (St)
OPTIONAL: The ugliest, most poorly drawn sketch you own. No random body-part submissions, please! Seriously hideous artwork only. (S)
OPTIONAL: Eyes on Me, Anime Eyes, love them hate them, they must be the focus of the cel. (S)
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!) (S)
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. 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 the following dimensions:
Standard: 600 pixels wide, 300kb in size
Horizontal pan: 800 pixels wide, 300kb in size
Vertical pan: 800 pixels high, 300kb in size
Animated: same pixel restrictions as above, size limit is increased to 800k.
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.
one #1, three #2
SCHEDULE:
December 13-31: Preliminary stuff, finalizing of categories/roles, final changes to rules, timeline and list of tasks approved.
January 1-16: Submit Entries
January 17-18: Viewing Period
January 19-31: Voting Period
Winners announced: February 15th
Best in Show Voting: February 15th – 28th
Winner Announced: March 1st
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, also, because I have been behind I will extend the deadline for submissions for a couple of days but I will have to adjust the schedule a smidge...
Thanks all! And Best of Luck to Everyone!
JD