new contest!!!!!!!!!!!! heart of fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hello friends and members! actually, i consider all of you members friends!

it's time again!  what time is that?

CONTEST TIME!

our theme this time around is

Heart of Fire

give us your take on the theme. we don't want to see a lot of exact interpretations.  
you're creative, make something out of the ordinary!

we're doing things a bit differently with this contest which, hopefully,
will make ALL of our members feel that they have of winning, regardless
of what mediums they work with.

instead of having three winners, we will judge things within categories. we will choose one winner from each category.

the categories will be very similar to the folders in our gallery.

Traditional Art
*this includes all traditional media *painting * drawing, *mixed media *collage *pastels
 Digital Art
*animation and film *photo manipulation *collage *mixed media * 3D art * digital painting and drawing *vector *stock
Photography
*self explanatory
Fractal Art
*raw fractals *fractal manipulations
Artisan Crafts
*self explanatory

the rest of the contest rules....

entries must be made specifically for this contest. we will check!
  one entry per person
the winner of each category will get 100 points.
we will be judging for...creativity, originality, if it fits the theme,  and is highquality.

the contest will last for 2 months.


i will open a folder called "Heart of Fire Contest." remember, you will only be able to submit something to that folder once!!! you will not be able to switch one entry for another. pick one and that's it.
i will also put a countdown at the upper left corner of this page.

please feel free to ask questions in the comments of this journal.

thanks everybody! i hope you're as excited about this as i am!!!