Old School AC Week: Art Contest

[Chris]

Old School Animal Crossing Week:
Art Contest
August 21, 2019 - September 4, 2019

Has it really been two years since we last had a simple, straightforward art contest here on The Bell Tree? Let's hope no one's drawing skills have gotten rusty! As part of Old School Animal Crossing Week we are looking forward to seeing some artwork honouring the older Animal Crossing games.

Theme

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Old School Animal Crossing. All games in the series before Animal Crossing: New Leaf.


Rules

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• This art contest is for drawing and painting only. You may only use content you have made yourself from scratch - this means that you cannot use craft supplies, make sculptures, use renders, etc.
• Entries may be traditional or digital. Please scan or take a clear picture of any traditional artwork - it would be a shame for your work to be ruined by a bad photo!
• Your entry must fit the Old School Animal Crossing theme.
• Only one entry per person. No plagiarism or collaborations.
• Please write your forum username either directly onto your entry or include it on a separate name card. You may submit two separate images of your entry (one with your username and one without) if you prefer. This means we will not need to blur your name out of the photo if your entry is nominated.
• Once your entry has been submitted it cannot be edited.
• Please put effort into your submission. If we think your entry lacks effort, or has been submitted as a joke, then it'll be disqualified.
• Keep content suitable for a PG-13 audience. If it would breach our [URL="https://www.belltreeforums.com/showthread.php?94559-The-Bell-Tree-Rules-amp-Guidelines"]Rules & Guidelines[/URL] then it's not suitable here.
• Entries that fail to meet the requirements will not be accepted.

Submission

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When your entry is finished, submit it by creating a new thread in the Contest Submissions board! Your entry cannot be edited after it has been submitted.

Submissions must be in by September 4th at 11:59PM EDT.


Prizes

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• First Place:
  - First Place Trophy Collectible
  - 40 Tokens
  - 500 Bells

• Second Place:
  - Second Place Trophy Collectible
  - 30 Tokens
  - 400 Bells

• Third Place:
  - Third Place Trophy Collectible
  - 20 Tokens
  - 300 Bells

• Nominated:
  - 150 Bells

• Entry Prize:
  - 10 Tokens

FAQs

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Can I post my work in this thread?
You can if you'd like! It is not a requirement though.

Does it have to be a drawing or can I enter an alternative arts and craft project?
For this contest we are only accepting traditional and digital drawings.

Can I use fonts in my artwork?
Digital text is acceptable as long as everything else was drawn by you. Renders or editing game artwork is not allowed.

Who will decide who wins? The staff or members' votes?
The staff will vote internally to nominate entries. The entries with the most staff votes will then go forward to a public poll. The recipients for the first, second, and third place prizes will then be decided on by the community.

 

[Lancelot]

Just woke up to this news. Y A S

 

[hzl]

would a pixel 'scene' be accepted as digital work?
I want to enter a digital piece but it would be pixel art

 

[Chris]

would a pixel 'scene' be accepted as digital work?
I want to enter a digital piece but it would be pixel art

As long as it is a still image (so not animated like your avatar) and you have made it entirely by yourself then this is fine.

 

[Sweetley]

Does the Contest Submissions board exist? Because the link doesn't work (if it's suppose to be one in the
OP).

Also, do we need to write our username somewhere on the pic? Or if it's ok to upload a scan of pic and a
pic of the pic with a little card next to it where the username is written down (that's what I wanted to do
but I wanted to ask first if it's against the rules or not)?

 

[hzl]

As long as it is a still image (so not animated like your avatar) and you have made it entirely by yourself then this is fine.

that's great, noted, thanks! :]

 

[Chris]

Does the Contest Submissions board exist? Because the link doesn't work (if it's suppose to be one in the
OP).

Also, do we need to write our username somewhere on the pic? Or if it's ok to upload a scan of pic and a
pic of the pic with a little card next to it where the username is written down (that's what I wanted to do
but I wanted to ask first if it's against the rules or not)?

The submission board is not available yet; Jeremy is going to make it later today. I originally wrote the post before all of the details were finalised and the admins needed to make some edits while I was asleep - so that's just a bit of inconsistency on our part!

Oops, I missed that in the rules it seems! Yes please include your username somewhere either on it or with a name card. Two separate images would be better because then we won't need to blur the name if your entry is nominated. I'll add this to the OP. Thank you for asking.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

Ooh I would love to enter this! Maybe I could find some time this weekend to make a drawing of my AC:GCN player and all of his wacky neighbors! I started a thing with all of them a while back, where I turned my daily antics into a comic-strip style thing, so I can even give each one their own personality ^o^

 

[DaCoSim]

Sooooo excited for this one!!!! I know exactly what I?m going to draw!!!

 

[DubiousDelphine]

can it be for animal crossing wild world too?

 

[Chris]

can it be for animal crossing wild world too?

Yes, Wild World counts as old school for the purposes of this event. As does City Folk.

 

[Jeremy]

The submission board is now ready for your art! You'll find it underneath the Contact the Staff board, or click here.

 

[DaCoSim]

I can?t believe I may actually finish this today. Carpal tunnel syndrome is killing me but I?m working through it. I really need to practice digital. I honestly suck at it, but my wrists would probably thank me for it lol!!! I?ll post when I?m done.

 

[ahousar97]

I'm really excited for this!
My digital art is poop since I use a mouse, but I'll get to finish my City Folk painting traditional style~. <3

 

[Fluffy_Isopod]

Sorry for the noobish question but how exactly do I enter? I'm new to this website

 

[LambdaDelta]

Sorry for the noobish question but how exactly do I enter? I'm new to this website

The submission board is now ready for your art! You'll find it underneath the Contact the Staff board, or click here.

^^^^^^^

 

[The Pennifer]

I am excited for this part of the contest too! I just submitted my entry and hope I did it right ... I didn’t put my signature on my art submission
I drew my interpretation of one of my most favourite, yet frustrating events in Animal Crossing City Folk ... if nothing else, this contest/event has brought back a lot of great memories!!
Sure wish I had kept my old game systems!!!

 

[The Pennifer]

I thought I posted my submission successfully but I don’t see it when I check ... is there a way to view your submission after posting?
I am worried that I might need to repost it.

 

[Stella-Io]

I have a question about submissions. Normally I do an artist signature on my works, which people might recognize since they can see my art. Should I not include the signature or does it not matter? That way there's no 'biased' voting?

 

[Chris]

I thought I posted my submission successfully but I don’t see it when I check ... is there a way to view your submission after posting?
I am worried that I might need to repost it.

We haven't received a submission from you. Please resubmit, thank you!

I have a question about submissions. Normally I do an artist signature on my works, which people might recognize since they can see my art. Should I not include the signature or does it not matter? That way there's no 'biased' voting?

If you were to do this we would need to blur it out like we would a name card. This is explained better in the rules. Typing on mobile is a drag.