The Peacekeepers Present...
THE “PEACEKEEPERS UNITED” ART CONTEST!


THE CONTEST

The Peacekeepers were drawn together to fight a common enemy, and now it’s up to YOU to draw them together — FOR CASH AND PRIZES!



WHAT SHOULD I DRAW?

Your challenge is to show us your best group shot of The Peacekeepers as a united team, showcasing as many members as you can! Beyond that, the composition of the piece is up to you! Feel like showing the group together in an iconic pose? Go for it! Those pesky alien invaders needing a Peacekeeper beatdown? Show ‘em who’s boss! Or maybe a gang of super-powered villains wants to hold the city for ransom? Not on the Peacekeeper’s watch! Just draw whatever inspires you, so long as it contains four or more of any of the Peacekeepers. IT’S YOUR CHOICE!

For artistic resources for all members, please follow this link: Peacekeepers character references

(see below for full contest rules)



WHAT CAN I WIN?

CASH! - Cold, hard cash! Over $1000 in cash prizes, including a GRAND PRIZE of $800!

deviantART SUBSCRIPTIONS! - One month, three month, and ONE YEAR subscriptions!

...and MORE!
(see below for full prize listing)



I’M IN! HOW DO I ENTER?

Entering to win is simple! Simply create your entry according to the rules outlined below, and then email them to us at peacekeepers@live.ca by November 2nd, 2010! Include your name and e-mail address or deviantART account in the body of the e-mail! That’s it!



THE PRIZES

A: “PEACEKEEPERS UNITED!” - GRAND PRIZE! - To be eligible for this prize, the entry MUST contain TWELVE (12) or more members of The Peacekeepers!
--- $800
--- A FREE copy of Sony Online Entertainment’s DC Universe Online
--- TWO (2) Disney Tickets redeemable at any of the parks located in Orlando, Florida, USA
--- 1 Year Premium Membership to deviantART


B: “PEACEKEEPER TEAM-UPS!” - To be eligible for these prizes, the entry MUST contain NO LESS THAN FOUR (4) members of The Peacekeepers!

--- First Runner Up
--------- $250.00
--------- 1 Year Premium Membership to deviantART


--- Second Runner Up
--------- $150.00
--------- 6 Month Premium Membership to deviantART


--- Third Runner Up
--------- $75.00
--------- 3 Month Premium Membership to deviantART


--- Four (4) Consolation Prizes
--------- 3 Month Premium Membership to deviantART




THE RULES
Entry

-Entrants must be at least 13 years old;
-Entries must be in JPG, PNG, or TIFF file format;
-Entries will be accepted from October 1st 2010 through November 2nd. Entries submitted before or after the intake phase will be considered Fan art.
-Entries may originate in any visual medium (including but not limited to 2D art, 3D Renders, Videos, Figures, Statues, etc);
-Entries must be created specifically for this contest. Manipulations are not accepted;
-Entries may not use any watermarks or distinguishing artist marks (such as overly large signatures);
-Entries must not display explicit content including but not limited to sexual intercourse, lewd or suggestive themes, excessive blood or gore, etc;
-To be considered an entry, all submissions must contain no less than four (4) members of The Peacekeepers;
-To be considered for the Grand prize, the entry must contain twelve (12) or more members of The Peacekeepers;
-Resources provided are for visual representation only, Entrant may not use the Resources in their Work;
-You may submit more than one entry;
-Online entries only, hard copies not accepted;
-Collaborative efforts are accepted. Prizes will be awarded to the entrant and must be distributed by the entrant to his or her fellow collaborator(s).
-All entries must be submitted to: peacekeepers@live.ca and be no larger than 9MB.
-Please include your name and/or online identity, as well as an e-mail address or your deviantART account in the body of your submission e-mail for contact purposes.
-Common practices concerning fan art apply to every piece entered in the contest. You agree to permit The Peacekeepers to post the art on their respective websites and/or banners, signatures, avatars and the like. The Peacekeepers agree to not use the pieces in any manner concerning profit without discussing it with the artist and coming to that agreement first
-By submitting an entry, you are agreeing that you have read and understood the rules as we have written them.


Judging
- 25 Semi-Finalists will be chosen by a panel of judges consisting of members from allied supergroups to The Peacekeepers.
- From the 25 Semi-Finalists, the final winners will be selected by the whole of The Peacekeepers league.
- Entries will be judged on the basis of originality, technical skill, and keeping in-line with the theme of the Peacekeepers and its members.
- Special consideration will be given to those entries which capture the essence and personalities of the characters they contain.



Winning
-Winners will be announced November 9th, 2010
-Winners will be contacted via e-mail, through their DeviantART account, or both where applicable.
-Winners must respond no later than November 23rd, 2010 to receive their prize. If a winner does not respond within the allotted time, their prize will be forfeit.



Prizes
-All cash prizes are to be awarded via Paypal;
-DeviantART subscriptions are not redeemable for cash value;
-The copy of DC Universe Online (PC or PS3) is for the continental United States only. Winners outside the continental United States will have the value of the PC version of the game added to their total prize money;
-Disney Tickets may not be redeemed for cash value. Note that these tickets may ONLY be used at the parks located in Orlando Florida, USA;



WHO ARE THE PEACEKEEPERS?

The Peacekeepers are an organization made up of heroes from across the multiverse. These heroes have banded together in the face of adversity with the goal of stemming the ever-increasing threats against all innocent life, wherever they may exist. They make the painful sacrifices so that no one else has to, and heed the call to action to secure the basic rights and liberties all sentient life deserves.

The group is comprised of original characters from all walks of life. Our members strive for excellence and hope to constantly challenge ourselves and those around us to put extensive thought and passion into making our characters as iconic and memorable as possible. We do our best to provide a helping hand, and it is our goal to do whatever we can to be a positive influence in the community!

Wow, a free copy of DCU. Classy.





-I'm KeystoneMan and I'm keeping my substandard art skills out of this one!

I disagree, I don't think it's classy at all.

Keystone man was being sarcastic.

For once, I agree with both of you, advertising a copy of DCUO here is less than nice.

You do have to admire Thor's Assasins' insanely brilliant strategy to stretch his budget for character art.

He'll probably amass a couple thousand dollars worth of art from great artists that shoot for the prize. Why pay out a thousand plus for a few couple of great group shots, each would cost anywhere for 300 to 400 dollars, when you can do a contest and get twenty or thirty for the same amount? Sure, about half of the entries probably won't be of the highest quality, but you come out way ahead this way most likely.

If I had that kind of money lying around, it's how I'd do it too.

Yes... would have to say that the DCUO prize seem a bit questionable considering the context.

So yeah I never post, but I've had it with haters on this board.

I dont see anything wrong with this contest. Someone gathers up that much money and prizes, and then offers it out to the art community as a contest, I say cool.

How exactly is this contest any different then any other contest, or art fair in history? Contests for art have been held for centuries, some of them you don't even get anything but a crappy First place ribbon. Ever been to a art fair? County Craft Fair? Heck even comic book companies and magazines have had art contests.

As for DCUO as a prize who cares really? It's a drop in the bucket, the real meat is the money. Doesnt say you have to play DCUO, they are just offering it as a additional prize. I swaer some people would find fault with a twenty dollar bill if someone just gave it to them for free. If you dont want it EBAY it, or give it away, it's not like it cost you any money. I think there is even a condition to opt out of the DCUO prize and have that added to the total money prize.

Oiy.

This is why I wasn't big on advertising this to the Champions art community. Folks get extremely butthurt anytime DCUO is mentioned here. Let's just completely look over the other great prizes being offered, or do you all want to complain because this isn't a Kingdom Hearts forum and we're giving away Disney tickets?

I'll never understand the bitterness within this community. We could be giving away trains, planes, and automobiles and all some of you would see is DCUO and cast it out immediately. In all honesty? Grow up. If you don't like it, don't participate, and the snide comments about this being TA's contest are willdly inaccurate. I don't mean to put his personal business out, but the total amount was a group effort put forth by the entire league in which TA has yet to contribute to. So for him to get hammered with false accusations and ignorant side comments forced my hand to say something.

I appreciate Kebron for being one out of a very small crowd here to have the testicular fortitude to say, "I'm an adult," and drop the childish antics when it comes to DCUO being mentioned here. Its just another prize, and even if you don't want it, we'll be giving you the retail cash value for it.

And I am misunderstood again, this time by someone I know, more or less.

I only feel the DCUO prize is ...questionable, the rest is exactly as I typed it. Imagine the reception this would have gotten about fourteen months ago had this been a copy of Champions Online.. and posted at the CoX boards.. This is mild, friend.

Most individuals and groups buy art, by commissioning it from a specific artist, at the the artists preferred rates or by dealing with said artist on a case by case basis.

Yin, you are an artist, and a damn good one.

What would your going rate be for a large scale, high quality project featuring at least twelve characters go for? [I don't really need or want an answer, this is here for example only. I am not trying to call you out in any way.]

I imagine at least $180, probably more like $240 [that fifteen to twenty dollars per character, hand-waving off the background details completely, since the assumption is that the characters are the focus of the piece, and too much background detail would throw that focus off anyhow.] so most likely, the group could spend this collection to get three to four pieces of high quality at, and possibly one or two more smaller pieces depending on the rates worked out with individual artists.

Now, you're going to tell me it isn't just good sense to spend your groups collected thousand or so dollars and run a contest on a large art community like DA and trade that money in the form of prizes to get two to three times it's value in returned art? That my pointing it out is somehow wrong?

All I said was, it's smart, and if I could do it, I would.


That is, I literally meant that. No snideness or anything implied, or intended to be implied.

How dare we question anyone's motives! HOW DARE WE SPEAK UP! Speaking up means we have no testicular fortitude. Speaking up means we are snide! No, Kebron speaks up and he HAS testicular fortitude. Is Kebron being snide? That doesn't make sense.

Sure you feel should be able to mention DCU here, its only the competition or the people who are giving you free advertising. Why wouldn't that be ok!?! And why wouldn't be ok to mention DCU on their competitors website without so much as mentioning CO!?! And how could it be wrong that someone who's ONLY post is to advertise a contest that doesn't even mention CO on the CO boards AND gives you a prize to the competition? That don't make sense.

Who here is vocal about not playing CO? Raise your hand, Yin. But at least you come back cause you love the community. No, wait, that doesn't make sense either.

Thanks, you guys, for starting the game of "Don't question us!"



-I'm KeystoneMan and I'm classy!

While I agree with what Keystone said when I saw the prizes yesterday I was pretty wowed (I was thinking in-game money first :D) and thought to myself "Huh, if I entered and won, I guess I would end up playing DCUO." I don't think it's a punch in the nuts to CO - sure they may be a competitor, but a lot of people play a variety of games and aren't just devoted to a single one.