As promised (although a bit late) we are setting up a contest that members of this club can participate in. Enteries will be due on April 22nd so that gives you guys a month and half of work time.

The idea is to create a concept piece based on ONE 30 Seconds to Mars song off of their FIRST album, the self-titled 30 Seconds to Mars, OR one of the unreleased tracks (if you don't have them, they won't be provided).

We will accept traditional mediums, digital art, (quality) photomanipulations, photography, prose and poetry.

What we are looking for is art based on the ideas of the songs. It can range from the song's lyrics, to the music, to the feel and mood. Here is an explanation of concept art from Wikipedia, "Concept art is a form of illustration where the main goal is to convey a visual representation of a design, idea, and/or mood for use in movies, video games, animation, or comic books before it is put into the final product."

Here are some examples of work that have already been submitted to the club that fits in with what we are looking for.

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There are prizes for this contest (including subscriptions features) but we are also looking for donations and 2 other judges.

We need:

Subscriptions

Features

Dedicated Art Work

Any other prizes you can think of

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IMPORTANT DATES:</u>

Contest Begins: March 8th 2009

DEADLINE: April 22nd 2009

Judging Begins: April 24th 2009

WINNERS ANNOUNCED: May 1st 2009

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Now for the rules and guidelines.

CONTEST RULES AND GUIDELINES:</i>

Work based only on the self-titled album or unreleased tracks will be accepted. You must let us know which song you chose in the description.

We will not accept portraits of band members for this contest. They can be in the picture but cannot be the central focus of it.

Please do not depend on the use of lyrics. If lyrics must be used please limit them to one or two lines. This also goes for prose and poetry.

Speaking of prose and poetry, we will not accept fan-fiction.

Photomanipulations have to be of quality. Changing the coloure hue and exposure with a few brushes thrown in does not count as photomanipulation. To see what does, please see the All Time Popular in the dA search.

Must be original art work. If you use pictures that are not your own you MUST credit.

Only pieces created specifically for this contest will be accepted.

ONE submission per member please.

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JUDGING:</u>

All of the work will be judged by myself, ~waxwng and ~totcdxbassist. We are currently looking for 2 more judges.

Judges will be looking for the following:

QUALITY: It needs to look like something that wasn't whipped up in 15 minutes.

CONCEPT: Since this is a concept art contest, we will be judging on how well you used that beautiful gift called imagination.

RELEVANCE: How well the piece applies to the selected song.

ORIGINALITY: Come on, give us something that we haven't seen before!

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HOW TO SUBMIT:</u>

Upload the piece to your account and in the description you must say: that the piece is for this contest, what song it is based on, how long it took to complete, credits (if applicable), and anything else you want.

Send us a note with the subject "Contest" with a link to your uploaded piece. In the note state the song you used.

The contest entries will be uploaded into the gallery, in a folder specifically made for this contest. All the entries will be displayed in the journal for the duration of the contest.

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PRIZES:</u>

First Place:

1- 3 Month Club Journal Feature

2- 3 Month Subscription from ~waxwng

3- 2 Month feature from ~waxwng

4- 2 Month feature from ~totcdxbassist

5- 3 Month feature from ~Occam-sRazor

6- 1 Month feature from ~whenSmyledoesnttalk

7- Fully coloured drawing request from ~waxwng

8- Free B&W portrait commission from ~totcdxbassist

Second Place:

1- 2 Month Club Journal Feature

2- 1 Month Subscription from ~totcdxbassist

3- 1 Month feature from ~waxwng

4- 1 Month feature from ~totcdxbassist

5- 1 Month feature from ~whenSmyledoesnttalk

6- Drawing request from ~waxwng

Third Place:

1- 1 Month Club Journal Feature

2- 1 Month Subscription from ~totcdxbassist

3- 1 Month feature from ~whenSmyledoesnttalk

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If you have any questions, suggestions, concerns, or you want to donate a prize, please comment or send us a note.

Have fun guys! We hope to see a lot of entries!