Ferguson's "Romance Long Ago" contest. Create your best historical romance novel cover using Poser and any other software application. Are you a romance reader? A writer, maybe? Or do you just cruise bookstores wearing a trenchcoat and secretly stealing into the romance section to look at the book covers?<--- No wait that's me. If you are a fan of romance in whatever capacity, and you are a graphics artist at any level, this is the contest for you!! Here's YOUR chance to expand your artistic talents, to be both the artist AND the art director, to create the historical romance novel cover of your dreams... and the prizes ain't too shabby either!! Ah, but wait... there be rules, my friend. Drumroll please... HERE ARE THE RULES: 1. Contest will begin on Monday, June 21, 2004 at 12:00 am Renderosity server time (they are on CENTRAL Time, CST), and end at 11:59 pm CST on Friday, July 30, 2004. This means you CANNOT post anything before the start date, or your entry will not be considered... 2. Entries must be submitted to the "Romance Long Ago" Contest area right here (see below), linked from Renderosity's front page. 3. THEME: ROMANCE LONG AGO - You are to depict a romantic scene that could be found on the cover of a mainstream romance novel and it must be set in a "long ago" time... which could be the Old South, Medieval Times, Victorian England, the Italian Renaissance, the Gothic Era ... ANYTHING that predates the 20th century (meaning 1900). 3. Image must be displayed in portrait format to resemble the actual front cover of a novel, ie. an example being 8 x 10 inches, or 600 x 800 pixels. Anything in landscape format will not be considered. (Refer to contest banner image as a guideline). 4. The image MUST have two Poser characters in it, one male and one female (Vicki/Mike, Steph/Mike, DOrk/Posette, V3/V3 [so long as one is morphed to look like a man])-- NO nudity, with the exception of a possibly bare male chest, as mainstream romance novel covers are frequently depicted in this fashion. There also must be some kind of landscape background behind them, ie/ whether painted, rendered in Bryce, Vue, or what have you (these can also be from any background pkgs which can be purchased or found in free stuff (so long as using it for a contest doesn't violate the product license). 5. You must have a title for this novel printed RIGHT ON your image, using whatever text format you like -- see banner image here for reference. The banner image here states the Contest title, but you must make up a creative title that goes with the story your image is portraying. Your name as the author's name must also be printed ON the image (see banner image here). 6. ONE entry per person ONLY. NO collaborations allowed. Any software can be used, so long as the figures are Poser figures. Postwork is ALLOWED. 7. You are free also to post your contest images in your gallery once the image has been approved to the contest page, but comments and ratings must be DISABLED or your image will be disqualified. Once the contest is over, you are free to post your images to your gallery with comments and ratings ENABLED 8. Work must be YOUR OWN WORK -- ripoffs from other artists will automatically be disqualified. 9. Work must also be NEW and not previously seen in any gallery. (see rule #7) 10. This contest is open to everyone. PRIZES: 1st: - $50 gift certificate to the Renderosity Marketplace purchased by me (Ferguson) - choice of ANY 5 items from Cimerone's store - custom screensaver for your work (by ann0314) 2nd: - $25 gift certificate to the Renderosity Marketplace purchased by me (Ferguson) - choice of ANY ONE character from Stormi's store (note: items from Stormi's collabs with other artists are ineligible) - custom screensaver for your work (by ann0314) 3rd: - $10 gift certificate to the Renderosity Marketplace (from anonymous donor<--money is already in my paypal account) - Printemps texture for V2/Preteen by Spiritfoxy - custom screensaver for your work (by ann0314) JUDGING: Judges will be two of my family members, same as with my first contest, and Crasher, the winner of my first contest. Winners will be announced on or before Saturday, Aug 8, 2004, at noon, Renderosity time. JUDGING CRITERIA: Depiction of contest theme Artistic merit (colour, lighting, composition, overall finish) Book cover design Judges' decisions are FINAL. HAVE FUN! :O)!!!! Artists grant permission to Renderosity for the use of submitted images for an undetermined period of time. This is strictly for posting the image on the front page and within the contest archives. The Artist will remain the intellectual property holder.