Charcoal art is a drawing technique using powder or stick charcoal. Charcoal sticks are traditionally made from peeled wet willow branches and heated without oxygen. In this contest you may submit either a 2D or 3D charcoal drawing. The 2D drawing refers to a hand-made drawing using actual charcoal on paper. The 3D drawing refers to a charcoal drawing made with any graphics software. You must list in the description if your drawing is 2D or 3D. Some examples of classic charcoal drawings are Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, John Sargent, Leonardo da Vinci, and Mary Borgman. Nudity is not permitted in this contest.

Submissions Open: May 4, 2021 at 10:00 AM CT
Deadline / Voting Begins: June 1, 2021 at 10:00 AM CT
Voting Closes: June 15, 2021 at 10:00 AM CT
Winners Announced: June 17, 2021 at 10:00 AM CT

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As a query... there are a number of entries in this contest which are labelled as "2D", even though they are clearly postworked images of a 3d render (I can recognise some of the Poser models used in the images).

I think a number of people are entering under the impression that working on the image, and turning it into a charcoal drawing, in an image manipulation program such as Krita, GIMP or Photoshop would make it a 2D entry, while the rules seem to state that only those images which are drawn by hand should be considered thus.

Can we get some clarification on this rules point, please?

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Subject: Charcoal Contest