The idea of this contest is to promote trying new things and showing the personalities you have created with your characters!

After last summers contest I have found a site I can use to host for the voting process but I want everyone to vote under this criteria if you can.

I don't mean to be rabid about this but I don't want this to overflow from some person begging for votes because it's really truly not fair. I have faith that members are above such nonsense but I just want to make this clear:

Don't vote on artistic skill. This group is for learning, not for who is the best Picasso. The idea is to reward for trying new thing

Vote on how well they stuck to the color palette

Vote on originality of the oc's personality

How well do you think they did, have they improved? See if the person you're voting for learned from the contest at all :3

(still deciding on the exact number but it will be above 1000 )

ONLY SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES HERE SO THEY CAN BE CONFIRMED digitalponyocs.deviantart.com/… 

One submission per person

It has to be digital (we are a digital pony group )

No bases, or pony creator type things
I know some of your OCs aren't exactly ponies (ie Griffons, Giraffes, torch hounds ect) We will accept these too

If you enter you must advertise the contest either by a journal or clearly stating the name of the contest in the entry (just do something to make the contest more heard)

You can have as many ponies as you want in a scene and can use anyone elses OCs (provided you asked/they gave you permission) You can also use canon characters as long as you remember the picture is to show off your OC

There are 2 main rules you have to keep to enter the contest. You need to follow BOTH rules to enter

The first rule is to show your OCs with pride and show them off to a personal level

What do I mean by this?

No bust shots/"lol ima stand here and look pretty" pictures. You need to show off your ponies personality in your picture and have it very clear who they are as a pony. I have hosted this group for quite a while now and I know a lot of your characters can do a lot more than just "sit pretty", a lot of them have wonderful stories and personalities we never get to see! 

"But TTB I don't know how to show this!"

You can do this by showing what their job is, what their special talent is, what they don't like,  a fault they have or how they act towards other ponies, heck, create a whole new pony for the contest if you'd like!

Do whatever you need to do, comics, animations, Feel free to write stories and long winded descriptions if you need to go into detail! The more thought and care into it the better! 

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What on earth is a restricted palette?

The best way to think of it is... 

Think of it as a black and white picture, BUT WITH COLOR :yay:

The idea is you don't use the colors of your characters but rather focus on shading and lighting to make the picture awesome.

Relax... I know a lot of us are still learning how to do shading properly, and I've thought about this and I came up with a solution.

These live streams are being planned on both specific days and spurt of the moment times, so don't fret I will make it work for all time zones.

You don't have to do EXACTLY the colors shown, this is just a guideline, you can add a few more colors (don't go overboard) or alter the colors as needed as long as it generally fits the palette. We aren't gonna be that picky about it, don't worry.

I think the best way to explain this is to show you so here

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I know it seems like a lot but don't worry! I made it so you all can learn how to do these by the time of the contest! 

If you have any questions please go ahead and note me TioTheBeetle or ask here :3

Seriously if you feel like you lack the skill to enter just note me saying something silly like "AH SUCK AT THIS, HALP ME" and I'll go right to work with you :3