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Advent Calendar Drawing Contest

Welcome one and all!
This year's Advent Calendar Drawing Contest is about to start!
We just finished scaring others, so now it's time to make up for the possible trauma. Christmas is the perfect time to gift what they've been dreaming of for years, so preparation is key!

The Advent is usually accompagnied with exhuberant dishes and numerous people exchanging stories so prepare yourself a lovely cup of hot chocolate, take your digital drawing supplies and let your fingers fly. It's time to get creative!

As some of you might already know, each December has an Advent Calendar. Every day, every user will have 24 doors, one for each day leading up to Christmas, with a small task and a reward waiting! If you manage to open every door through the task, you might even win a big prize!

We've had some lovely entries in the past (and I'm sure we'll have them in the future as well), so seize the present (and presents) with your images!

Reward
Drawing itself can be its own reward, but a chance to win something, adds that little edge of excitement. Aside from the wonderful feeling of winning, the five best designs will, as every year, be available as a background for everyone's calendar. They will also get their pick of any shiny Advent pokémon, that has been released so far [legendary excluded].
Currently available Advent pokémon: Snowling, Santa Bird, Skugar, Frosty Kecleon, Pachirisnow, Gooseboarder, Woopice, Rudolph, Unown Flake
Anyone else who joined/qualified, but just missed out on the big prize, will get a participation prize as thanks for joining. You'll have to wait and see [and join] to know what it is ;)

Artwork Requirements
Accepted File Types: .PNG .JPEG .JPG
Image Size: 650 x 1000 px (width x height)
Artwork Type: Digital, no transparency [final product]
Artwork Design: Enjoy yourself! This year the theme is "Festive Food"! Is it a grand buffet? A cozy get-together? Any food-related ornaments that you're not supposed to eat (but look oh so yummy)? How would a fire-type celebrate? How would that differ from a water- or ice-type? What about mixed groups? These and many more questions can be answered with your entry! Just make sure to include at least 1 pokémon and the food plays a central role.
[As this gets asked every year - yes, PokéSonas/OCs count as pokémon, but they can't be alone if you include them.]
File Upload: Please upload it to a website that doesn't delete it within the next 30 days and allows third-party viewing. (Recommended: tinypic.com, imgur.com)
Copyright: The artwork has to be drawn completely by you. You are not allowed to include images from other artists, including official art. Entries from previous years also can't be (re)submitted, even if it would still fit the theme somehow.

How to Enter

Please send your entries through PM to CatLady. Put "Advent Calendar Contest Entry" as the subject [without "]. Even if you have several entries, please don't change the title. I'll be able to see that you have several drawings (;

Also post a message saying "Entry/Entries submitted", indicating the number of drawings you submitted. This will help me keep track of who entered, without drowning in my PM-inbox ^^

Deadline
The deadline is November 22nd, 23:59.
The winners will be chosen by us, the staff, based on quality.
The results will be revealed on the 1st of December.

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Please keep SPAM posts out of this thread :)

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Most important of all, though, I hope you all HAVE FUN~

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Sent in my submission

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Submitted! 👍

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I know this is obvious, but just for confirmation. The theme "Festive Food" doesnt necessary need to be a table where pkmns/ trainers eat together during christmas? It can be anything as long as there is food and there is pokemon?

Edit: Ok, thank you!

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Yes, it doesn't have to be a table with food, it just needs to be a major part of the celebrations/image.

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Entry submitted. :)

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Entry submitted

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Entry submitted! :)

Question, is a white background okay? :>

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I guess that would depend entirely on how much of it would be white ^^'

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If its white because you want to represent it as snow then nothing is wrong with it cause.. snow is white after all 😂

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Okay thanks I’ll send my entry in, do let me know if it’s too much 😆

Edit: entry submitted!

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Submitted ^_^

I sent it through the same PM from last year.

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Entry submitted :3

Good luck everyone