WINNER: Daepher!
What Do I Want?
First off, let me be clear that this isn't an art competition - so long as I can tell what everything is, I don't care if you drew it with a top-class tablet or by means of a potato held between your toes. X3 The design is what matters.
You also don't need to actually draw Naali himself if you don't want to - a mannequin figure is fine, too. However, in case you do want to draw him in his snazzy new outfit, here's his headshot for reference:
Now, to the all-important guidelines for what I'm looking for:
Required
- Naali wears an arctic fox tail somewhere on his person at all times.
- This is for a DnD campaign set in a medieval fantasy setting - think Lord of the Rings. Everything in his outfit must be reasonable for that genre.
Preferences and Helpful Info
- Naali is a woodsman ranger, so consider that in any designs for him. His clothing needs to be relatively durable and not something that's going to be noisy or easily caught on things.
- Naali's people generally make clothing from furs or leather, especially deer/reindeer/moose, bear, wolf, fox, lynx, etc.. They also often use wool or linen and make relatively simple clothes. However, Naali has lived in the city for a bit as well, so more complex clothing of the time is also fair game. :3
- As a ranger, he needs to be sneaky at times - mid-to-dark clothes are generally preferable, or at least a cloak to hide lighter clothes underneath.
- Some clothes/items Naali might need or want could include a tunic, shirt, undershirt, trousers, leather bracers/shin guards, a hood, a cloak, a hooded cloak, boots, a backpack, a hat, a vest, a quiver, gloves, a headband, an overcoat, and probably more things I've forgotten about. His outfit certainly doesn't need all of these - they're just suggestions if you're looking for ideas.
Things I Don't Want/Need
- DON'T COPY OFF SOMETHING ELSE! I don't want him running around in Aragorn's hand-me-downs - while it's okay to use video games, movies, doll designers, etc. for inspiration and general ideas, the design should be unique as a whole.
- I don't need armour designs beyond perhaps basic leather armour - certainly no metal armour. This is for his base costume before he starts finding cool stuff with his party in-game.
- No weapons are needed for him beyond maybe a bow and a handaxe (his weapons of choice and the only ones he has at the moment).
PRIZES
All the prizes are C$ plus store pets from past years. You get to pick the one(s) you want from the available pool based on how you placed. :3
FIRST PLACE: 100 C$ and any one 2013 store pet OR any two 2014 store pets from the prize pool
SECOND PLACE: 50 C$ and any one 2014 store pet OR any two 2015 store pets from the prize pool
THIRD PLACE: 25 C$ and any one 2015 store pet from the prize pool
Runners-up: 20 C$
*Prize substitutions available* - if there's a particular store pet you would like that isn't in the prize pool but is in the value range of what you've won, feel free to ask AFTER the results are announced - the prize pool is only the store pets I've got extra extras of, so there is a little more variety in my Store Pets trade group that I might be willing to swap in on request. :3
Also, if you would rather have a prize of all C$ rather than getting a store pet, that can be substituted at the C$ value of the single pet, so first place could get a total of 145 C$, second could get 90 C$ and third could get 60 C$. And no, you can't go for the two-pet option and then replace those two pets with C$!
Prize pool examples include:
Rules
- No copying someone else's character design or using someone else's art as your entry
- Please don't ask to substitute any pets *before* you know if you've won something.
- You may enter multiple designs, which will each be separate entries and could potentially win multiple prizes
- If you use a lineart for anything (including as a base mannequin), you must link and credit the original artist when you post your entry.
- If your outfit wins a prize, that particular costume design will belong to me and is not to be reused as a whole for any other characters you may own or make. However, if it doesn't get a prize, feel free to reuse it elsewhere as you like. :3 Just chop Naali's head off the design if you had him actually wearing the clothes.
End Date: October 15
(May be extended depending on entries or lack thereof)
(May be extended depending on entries or lack thereof)