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Hey guys, and welcome to my first contest! I'm excited! Look below for details.

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You, the artist, will be tasked with drawing one of my characters with one or more of your own.

The theme is: draw our characters sharing something they have in common. (A few of my characters' descriptions will be below.) I'm not particular, so you can pretty much draw whatever you want, so long as it follows the guidelines. (Questions about my characters should be directed to my PM.)

It will be due in two weeks. That's October 5th, 2016. Submissions must be entered by the end of that day. You may submit early. If, for some reason, you can't get yours in on time, or you can't submit it here (due to Wattpad being dumb), PM me.

The rules for this contest are as follows:
1. It must be your own art.
2. No bases are allowed, nor is tracing or stealing. If I find out any entry is unoriginal, the artist will be disqualified.
(EDIT: IF YOU PRIMARILY USE BASES FOR YOUR ART, TELL ME AND YOU ARE EXEMPTED FROM THAT PART OF THE RULE. Of course, tracing and stealing are DEFINITELY still punishable by disqualification.)
3. No NSFW/gore, please.
4. Prizes must be claimed within 24 hours of the results being posted. If not, then you don't get them.
5. In the drawing, you may use one of my OCs and up to three OCs of yours. It may be people or ponies, it doesn't matter. You can ponify people or personify ponies if you want. Don't really care.

Now, I know you guys are eager to see what you'd win. The prizes are as follows:

1st Place:
• Follow (if I haven't already)
• Featuring of the drawing as my background on this profile
• One fully colored and shaded digital request OR two fully lined, colored, and shaded traditional requests
• Shout out, and a vote spam on a book of your choosing

2nd Place:
• Follow (if I haven't already)
• One flat colored digital request OR one fully lined, colored, and shaded traditional request
• Shout out, and vote spam on a book of your choosing

3rd Place:
• Follow (if I haven't already)
• One fully lined and flat colored traditional request OR one fully lined and shaded black and white traditional request
• Shout out, and a vote spam on a book of your choosing

Runner Up:
• Follow (if I haven't already)
• Lined, uncolored but shaded traditional request
• Shout out, and vote spam on a book of your choosing

Honorable Mentions (everyone else):
•Follow (if I haven't already)
• Sketch request
• Shout out and vote spam on a book of your choosing

Note: Everyone has the option of opting out of any prize they don't want.

Now that prizes are taken care of, here is a list of preferences of my most used characters. (Note: Though I only am listing a few, you can use any of my characters that you know of.) If you need a visual reference, or want to use a character not listed here, tell me in my PM.

1. Diamond Dream (MLP)
Pegasus mare
Loves art, books, and coffee. Dabbles in writing and cosplay.

2. Ian Storykeeper (human)
Female
An artist and creative writer/poet. Loves animals and video games, and has a secret love of drama and musical theatre.

3. Sorwyn (deer)
Female
Loves cuddling, books, rain, and winter. Also loves hot chocolate with marshmallows.

4. Kaia (human)
Female
Likes to sing and does ballet, while dabbling in science and poetry. She loves ice cream and is actually pretty athletic. (Favorite sports are volleyball and ultimate frisbee.)

Those are just a few characters you can find in my art book.

We've covered pretty much everything, right? I think so... Prizes, rules, requirements, due date... Yup, I think that's it! It's a lot to read, yeah, but it's all important, I promise.

Comment your favorite animal if you're joining! Good luck, everyone!

-Rev