STS Show - STS Civil War! CLOSED

EVENTS-

Conformation (all breeds aside from mixes allowed)
Weight Pull (all dogs allowed)
Schutzhund (all dogs allowed - entrants may choose to illustrate any part of the Schutzhund process, including tracking, obedience, or protection)
Costume Contest (all dogs allowed)

SETTING-

Conformation is outside in a spare pasture. The grass is green and mowed short, mixed with flowering clovers and dandelions. The ring is surrounded by a white wooden fence, 4 feet high with panels in an X-shape, hung with bouquets of cosmos and daisies. There is a treeline off in the distance of a rich deciduous forest, with rolling hills beyond. It’s a beautiful late spring day, with bright sunlight and only a few wisps of cloud in the blue sky. Drawings should be full body with color and some background, shading not required but will add to your score.
Fence Examples
Area Example
Cosmos Flowers

Weight pull takes place adjacent to the conformation ring, on a broad dirt-and-gravel road that leads into the stables. Behind them is a large weathered stable and paddocks. The road is set up with a blue and black carpet for the dogs traction. The sledge is weighted appropriate to each dog. Well-fitting weight pull harnesses are required to be worn. Drawings should be full body with color and some background, shading not required but will add to your score.
Stable appearance (in better weather, of course)
Dirt Road
Carpet and Sled
Pulling Harness Examples

Schutzhund takes place a bit farther away, in a large empty field with grass a bit taller (6-8 inches or so) and no fencing. The treeline and a large hill are off in the background, and the weather is just as sunny as for the show ring. The tracking and obedience takes place closer to the woods, while the protection is more centered in the field to allow more space. The bite targets are wearing padded sleeves for the dogs to grab. Drawings should be full body with color and some background, shading not required but will add to your score.
Nearby forest edge
Field Example
Target Example

Costume Entries have no specific setting, and no shading/background is required (though you can add one if desired). Unlimited costume entries per person/dog are allowed, multiple dogs in one image is fine. Any type of costume - superhero, fantasy, ghost, etc - is allowed. As above, these should be full-body drawings with color.

JUDGING AND RULES-

Judging is based off of effort - in order, we are looking for: breed/character drawn to standard, general anatomy accuracy, and setting accuracy, and bonuses for shading/complexity. There are no hard and fast number values, but in general we are looking for dogs drawn to standard and with effort. Bonus images, written stories, STS cameos, and handlers will not contribute a significant amount to your score, though they are of course always welcome and appreciated.

One dog per entry, though one entry can have multiple drawings if desired (again this will not necessarily earn extra points).

Artists may enter as many different images/dogs as they would like, but only may place with one of them per category (ex: you can win either first place or runner-up in a category, but not both)

Traced images, re-colors, re-used linearts or templates, and photo backgrounds are immediate disqualifications. Everything in your entry must be original and created by you - even if you draw it for the show, we will not allow the same lineart recolored multiple times. We are familiar with how to tell if an image is traced/manipulated!

The drawing must be your own work. You may rent out a dog to use if you wish, but you cannot have someone draw your entry for you.

User-created breeds are allowed, as long as the species is realistic (ie no magic, wings, horns, neon colors, etc). They will be judged against their breed standard, so please link to the breed's standard sheet.

Dogs must not be shown behaving inappropriately - no snarling/lunging at other dogs or aggressiveness allowed. 

Entrants must participate in the DARPG with either a kennel of their own or one they co-own. Non-DARPG OCs are not allowed.

1st-place winners award a bonus 10 points to their team, runners-up provide 5 points, and all conformation/Schutzhund/weight pull entries provide 2 points.

All costume entries award an automatic 1 point per dog to their respective team. (Multiple dogs in a picture will add 1 point per dog, but again the full body should be visible.)

PRIZES-

Each event has 3 prizes given out. 1st place, and 2 runners-up. 1st place receives either one free reference sheet OR a shaded sport picture OR a set of 5 designs of any breed, AND one breeding slot (any kennel’s dogs). Runners up may choose from either one of the art options OR the breeding slot. 

Honorable mentions (sketches) may be given to any entry that we feel displays exceptional effort or creativity. There are no limitations on amounts or per which category. Honorable mentions receive a bust sketch of the animal of their choosing.

The Costume Contest will not be judged and will not have prizes awarded - it is strictly for fun and to add points to your team However, outstanding entries will be eligible for an honorable mention!

Members of the winning team get a banner graphic they can display on their page (and bragging rights of course)

THE TEAM SYSTEM-
There are two teams - Team Uno and Team Evan, represented by the colors red and blue respectively. Entering dogs are encouraged to sport a red or blue collar, handkerchief, or other token showing their team, but it is not required. Each kennel may choose which team they’d like to participate on, or if they do not have a preference they will be sorted by STS. If teams become too unbalanced, we will hand-sort all teams to ensure balance. Any costume entries and winning event entries will earn points that will go towards their team. At the end of the contest, all points will be tallied. The winning team will receive an exclusive banner graphic and bragging rights.

TO ENTER-

SkogarKennel, samuRAI-same, 

Chaos7707, SWIFT-Rider

Painted-Koolie, spacepitbull 

DovieCaba, Bafa,

stormtime DarkForestKennels

Scourge-The-She-Wolf

13Camilla13, ZAR-kennels, prettypinkey2
Sedillo-Kennels

TEAM EVAN ENTRANTS:

Maltes-Kennels, 

IcelandicRidgeKennel, 

AgentSpicy-BBEFUBAR

ThomasBlack1, WagginKennelClub

SunnyAcreFarms, BinaryGlitchKennelsm
18smiths, ShiaWolfe, RoseWoodEstate, Haagen-Daagen
VotheiaAgapi, olivionary, DojaMedisin
stockcoat

(*Edit: Had to remove the entry thumbnails as it was bugging out and causing the journal to appear blank. 
Please CLICK HERE to see the entries!*)