[Emma Loo]

username; Emma Loo
name; Dalia Fernández Saldaña
gender; Female
family tradition; Dalia and her family consisting of her grandparents always go all out for Dia De Los Muertos. In a tragic accident in the past, her parents passed away, so every year they celebrate Dia De Los Muertos to honor them. They always start it traditionally by helping her grandparents make Pan De Muerto, alongside with some traditional dinners her parents used to love. They wrap all the food gently in a basket, and shower it with flowers to add decoration. In the next basket they bring, they carry small memories and drinks with finely decorated glasses. Normally, they bring wine to toast in honor of her parents. After the two baskets are ready, they set them aside, and begin to mold and paint sugar skulls. They usually decide to bring a small box and put all the decorations and such in there. So with that, they take the two baskets and the box with them to the graveyard, where they walk to her parents graves, and begin to light the candles, and place the decorations neatly along the stones. Sometimes, her grandfather will bring a Spanish guitar, and they will all sing along to a song her parents loved dearly. After the offerings and toasting, they pray to her parents, and Dalia always says; "It almost feels like they're here..". With a heavy heart, and the last decorations, they grab the flower petals and slowly lay them out from the box onto the grass, then the sidewalk, all the way back home so the spirits can find there way..
1 piece of required art; (wip!)
extra writing; Dalia's parents were on vacation, traveling the Bahama's, when the ship mysteriously crashed. To this day, nobody knows how it sank. Dalia is a kind, sweet, and quiet gal who loves spending time with the people she loves. Her talents include singing and playing Spanish guitar. Her grandparents took custody of her as soon as they found out her parents passed away. Dalia has always been an only child, and would usually spend time with some friends on her street, but when she moved, she lost them. Dalia still respects everything her grandparents have done for her and loves them dearly.
extra art; (wip!)

(I will have the art ready ASAP!)

[Mint Chip]

This will end on the 12th @ 8pm CST!
that's in 7 days, good luck! Loving your guys' forms thus far!

[~Teya~]

This will end on the 12th @ 8pm CST!
that's in 7 days, good luck! Loving your guys' forms thus far!

Thanks!<3

[caesou]

username; crystals.
name; anita vookarado
gender; female
family tradition; wip
1 piece of required art; her surrounded by lovely candles

[Rainfallish]

good luck guys!

[Mint Chip]

Still about 7 1/2 hours left to make any last minute edits/add-ons.
this closes at 8pm CST (central standard time).

good luck all and I look forward to judging this comp. c:

[Rainfallish]

is it okay if its earlier? Its just that's about 1:00am/2:00am and I won't be able to see c:

[jolteon]

good luck everyone!!! :D

[Rainfallish]

congrats to the future winner!

[Mint Chip]

again sorry for the late judging, there's been a lot going on as of late and it's kept me rather detained. c:

alrighty, so I got some advice on the forms and who I really felt did the best with the overall character and form.
That being said, I decided to give some HMs as well.

first I'd like to give an HM (x1 Stubs) to Pterolykus for the effort and thought you put into your form and your artwork. great job.
second I'd like to give HMs (x2 Stubs) to ~Teya~ & Just A Rainy Day..

Both your forms were great and both unique from one another. I love the effort both of you put forth in your pieces of art as well. There was a lot of thought put into both of your forms, and it shows - great job guys.

and last but certainly not least-- the winner of this viscet is solgaleo

now while I was not judging based on quality of the artwork, it did help to see the sort of emotion and life you put into your art which came through so well. But your tradition and your extra writing combined with the artwork you did made you the clear winner. The amount of effort and love you put into the form is clear, and going the extra mile is what I look for in my forms. The development of your character is also really well done too.

To mention-- I made a 1 piece of art requirement for this viscet for a purpose. This was not to give an edge to a trained artist but to ensure that whoever this viscet was won by could at least draw or order artwork of the viscet. This was to ensure that the viscet would get some form of artwork as I know the design and trait is tough to draw/make. The level of skill didn't truly matter, and I want to point this out -- because while solgaleo won, and their art is beautiful, my decision to choose them was not based on that fact. It was based on the sort of form they gave me, and the extra effort and time they put into making their form great. I hope this makes sense to everyone and I really loved all your forms. Thank you for trying out and for the passion you guys put into your forms. It was truly an awesome competition.