Tricks and Treats: A Halloween Contest

[mithrandir]

Every year we see lots of Halloween-themed art submitted to Elfwood
around the end of October and it seems a good idea to run a small art
contest for Halloween. So this is the challenge: submit a picture that best
captures either the day's traditional roots or the more modern
interpretation of the holiday.

Requirements:

# You have to be a publishing artist in Elfwood.
# The artist and artwork has to comply with existing Elfwood rules and be
published in the artist's gallery before the contest ends.
# Only one entry per participant.
# The entry has to fall within the the contest theme, pictures not related to
the announced theme will not be considered.
# The submitted image should have been created recently - not over a
year ago; images created specifically for the contest will be given special
consideration.


Other information:

# Competition closes on 1 November 2009. (Timezone: GMT+1.00 hour)
# Work will be judged by a panel of Elfwood staff and prominent EW
published members on the basis of originality as well as technical skill.
# Feel free to use any visual medium.
# Prizes will be awarded to the winner and a few other people. Aside from
the top prize, the exact number and nature of prizes will remain
undisclosed - possibly until the end of the contest (that's the tricky bit),
roumor has it that more than the 3 top people will end up with a treat of
some sort.


To ENTER: Post a link to the image in your gallery here in order to enter the contest.

The prizes should be announced in the main Elfwood News section shortly.


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Current Entries (in chronological order):

1. http://www.elfwood.com/~blenda/Tilda_and_Autumn_on_ball.3524816.html by Emma Ji Jonsson

2. http://www.elfwood.com/~redheadnat/Underneath_the_Moonlight.3536872.html by Natalie Adams

3. http://www.elfwood.com/~rougevampirepal/Is_she_a_Trick_or_a_Treat_.3535973.html by Shirley x Ipswich x Therese van der Horst

4. http://www.elfwood.com/~bell1973/Samhain.3535954.html by Christopher bell

5. http://www.elfwood.com/~blackcross/Jack_O.3536325.html by James R. LeClair

6. http://www.elfwood.com/~touba/Halloween.jpg.3536263.html by Touba Guerroumi

7. http://goni.elfwood.com/The_Revenge_of_the_Pumpkin_Witch.3536786.html by Yoni Danziger

8. http://www.elfwood.com/~beiliwaka/Halloween_Elf.3536847.html by Stuart Barry

9. http://www.elfwood.com//~niekerk/Trick_or_treat_.3535414.html by Sky van Niekerk

10. http://voluspa.elfwood.com/Witches_Moon_Tricks.3536695.html by Charlotte Fire-Valkyrie Ahlgren

11. http://www.elfwood.com/~jchan/Thirst.3536430.html by Jasminn D. Chan

12. http://armiida.elfwood.com/Eh._.3535424.html by Anitta Hiekkanen

13. http://www.elfwood.com/~fairylights/All_Hallows_Eve.3537331.html by Regan Kubecek

14. http://www.elfwood.com/~lucypearl/Halloween_witch_I.3535962.html by Katalin Szabolcsi

15. http://capergirl42.elfwood.com/Welcome_to_Pumpkin_Avenue.3537566.html by Anne Dubois

16. http://www.elfwood.com/~dragonkittie/Trick_and_Treat.3537706.html by Anna G Hogsett

17. http://www.elfwood.com/~lerene/Trick_or_Treat_2009.3537339.html by Chelsea L Pennelly

18. http://www.elfwood.com/~elrohr/The_Headless_Horseman.3537793.html by Katie Price

19. http://www.elfwood.com/~shannamoore/day_after_samhain.3537849.html by Shanna L Moore

20. http://www.elfwood.com/~nanotyranno/All_Hallows_Eve.jpg.3537120.html by Anna Zebrastar Rose

21. http://www.elfwood.com/~fisi/halloween.jpg.3537807.html by Emese Fisi Szigetvári

22. http://www.elfwood.com/~abbycatgirl/Samhain_or_Halloween_.3537837.html by Ralitza catgirl Spasova

23. http://www.elfwood.com/~nikkivdp/Trick_or_(Tr)eat.3538275.html by Nikki van de Pol

24. http://www.elfwood.com/~guitarist91/Hallows_ve.JPG.3538004.html by Andy T Gray

25. http://www.elfwood.com/~siffert/Red-haired_Witch_II.3538098.html by E. D. Siffert

26. http://www.elfwood.com/~ellie15/Ive_Got_My_Eye_On_You.3538490.html by Elaine Martz

27. http://kataylor.elfwood.com/happy_halloween.3538436.html by Kimberly A Taylor
(Updated 01.11.09)

[atamis]

Sounds like another fun contest.

[ladyvampire]

This is my kinda contest! Halloweenn!!! XD

[blenda]

Hihi, halloeween ^^, fun

http://www.elfwood.com/~blenda/Tilde_an ... 24816.html

[lucypearl]

This is my kinda contest! Halloweenn!!! XD

It's not just your kind of contest, my kind of too This will be the first one where I will enter here in EW. I make two pictures so I have to choose one of them. But before it I wait until they will be published. ^_^
In my country Halloween doesn't have a deep root, but I read about it a bit, and just like that 'Halloween feeling'. ^_^ Maybe because my birthday is only a few days before it.

[rougevampirepal]

Fun! My favourite holiday!

http://www.elfwood.com/~rougevampirepal/Is_she_a_Trick_or_a_Treat_.3535973.html

Happy All Hallows Eve!

[bell1973]

I'll have a go!

http://www.elfwood.com/~bell1973/Samhain.3535954.html

[blackcross]

Yay Halloween!

Though I definitely don't want to win first place... I hate Twilight

http://www.elfwood.com/~blackcross/Jack_O.3536325.html

[touba]

http://www.elfwood.com/~touba/Halloween ... 36263.html

[goni]

Good luck to everybody!

http://goni.elfwood.com/The_Revenge_of_ ... 36786.html

[beiliwaka]

Hello everybody!

Here is my entry:

http://www.elfwood.com/~beiliwaka/Hallo ... 36847.html

I like what Im seeing in this thread! I wish goodluck to everyone
Had fun making this drawing.

All the way from Holland,


Stuart Barry

[niekerk]

my entry: http://www.elfwood.com//~niekerk/Trick_ ... 35414.html

A traditional pencil work

[voluspa]

oh grrr I managed to save a draft instead of posting and I don't know who knows how to get the draft back - I sure don't *mutters about being sent back to the thread three times and referred to tools that don't seem to be visible anywhere*

ANYWAY, I'm entering this in two contests and I focussed mainly on the other one, but I hope it works in this one too:
http://voluspa.elfwood.com/Witches_Moon_Tricks.3536695.html

[jchan]

My Halloween entry...

Didn't make it into the final pick for the contest it was originally for, but hey - this Halloween one is more specifically themed than the one I painted it for so. =)

http://www.elfwood.com/~jchan/Thirst.3536430.html

Cheers!

[armiida]

Now, not exactly my kind of contest, but lets give it a shot
http://armiida.elfwood.com/Eh._.3535424.html

(the description explains a lot, if anyone is intrested)

[monica1978]

fairylights --- your entry have been removed, since it's sadly more than a year old. Feel free to post a new picture for the contest.

[redheadnat]

SORRY! Can i change my entry? I would like to enter this new pic in - http://www.elfwood.com/~redheadnat/Unde ... 36872.html
instead of the Lycanthropy i originally put in. Hope that is okay, thanks
redheadnat xx

[monica1978]

redheadnat --- I've changed your entry to your new picture.

[fairylights]

Ok......I finished my new Halloween drawing. Sorry about the mix up before.

http://www.elfwood.com/~fairylights/All ... 37331.html

It is still to be published, hope you like it.

Thanks

[lucypearl]

http://www.elfwood.com/~lucypearl/Halloween_witch_I.3535962.html

Here is my work ^_^ I would like to enter with this picture.
Good luck to everyone! ^_^

[capergirl42]

http://capergirl42.elfwood.com/Welcome_ ... 37566.html



Would like to enter the contest- it sounds so fun- And it being one of my favorite times of year as well- Good luck to everyone and I hope that you had a great time creating your work.

[dragonkittie]

http://www.elfwood.com/~dragonkittie/Tr ... 37706.html

this is great! i've never entered a non-school related contest before.

[lerene]

http://www.elfwood.com/~lerene/Trick_or_Treat_2009.3537339.html

This is the first contest on elfwood that I've ever done. I love it. Lots of fun.

[elrohr]

This is my entry for the halloween contest http://www.elfwood.com/~elrohr/The_Head ... 37793.html

[shannamoore]

this is my entry for the tricks and treats contest!

http://www.elfwood.com/~shannamoore/day ... 37849.html

this isn't something i normally draw. so i am really weird with it. but i like the concept.

happy Halloween everyone!