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NITTY CONTEST - non-art, design contest.

#6148 Posted on 2016-02-19 20:52:57

I've seen some people talking about the gap between players who make art, and players who don't make art and their finances. I understand it's a hot issue, as it's a lot easier to make money on the game by making art, but it's also something not everyone can do.

So here's a contest everyone can do! (If you can read/write/design, at least)

I want character designs, but not images (unless you feel the need to add them in). I want well-written, interesting, fresh ideas for character making that all of you have locked up in your head. c: Now, this may not go over terribly well, but I figured it a way for some who don't make art to make a little bit of spending cash, if you choose to do so.

Prizes
First Place: 1 million EVD
Second Place: 750k EVD
Third Place: 500k EVD
Consolation: I will buy any other designs I like for 200k, creator be willing. c:

End Date: Tentative, depending on number of entries, March 5, 2016.


Dos and Do Nots:
- DO be very descriptive and thorough. This is a contest, if you just put "bay paint with pretty star marking and shading" it's not going to cut it. Sorry. :c
- DO fill out the form. I don't mind if you think of a character that doesn't use a part of the form, but a half-empty form is a sad sight. D:
- DO be creative! Is this a half-scaled lizard horse? Does it spit venom then? Does it have reptile qualities?
- DO make things fit together. Example: don't make a horse an akhal-teke and make it seem like it would live in Siberia.
- DO enter multiple characters! Go wild! I might buy more off of you by the end of this thing.

- DO NOT copy anyone's previous design to the best of your ability. I know with writing things can be thought of differently, but if it seems you are taking ideas from other people's characters, I'll notify you. Vice-versa, if it seems someone has taken an idea from your characters, message me and I can sort it out.
- DO NOT add in every crazy thing you can think of on a single horse. I don't need eighteen horns, tusks, neon fur, and fire-breathing on one character. Unless you can make it fit right, then more power to you cause darn it that would be tough.


Form
Name:
Breed:
Gender:
Height:
Color:
Markings:
Additions:
-- Physical:
-- Physiological:
Mane & Tail:
Eyes:
Physical/Mental Issues:

Personality:


Explanation:
Name: Not Required by any means, may not be kept.
Breed: Purebred/Mixedbreeds - please use actual horse breeds.
Gender: May be changed, but I like to get a feel for the character.
Height: in Hands.
Color: Have fun with this one. c: Any color, realistic or non-realistic accepted (though I like realistic/semi-realistic - not neon)
Markings: Realistic, Semi-realistic, Unrealistic. Add multiple, tell me what they look like.
Additions: Anything at all.
-- Physical: Things you can see: wings, horns, spikes, snake tongue, canine teeth, etc. things that appear/disappear, anything that is seen.
-- Physiological: Things that can't be seen. Does the horse have a higher body temperature, do they have venom.
Mane & Tail: Anything here.
Eyes: I like pretty eyes. c:
Physical/Mental Issues: Scarring, weird things they like, are they anxious, split personality?

Personality: So this is more a "if you thought of something while making them" thing. I won't knock you for not having it, but it'd be bonus points if you did. You can either do just bullet points (Please, please, please don't just have "nice, kind, pretty, sweet") or explain why they are that way, up to you.


Okay, so I don't have crazy preferences for this, I want to see what you all can do. BUT, I do have an explanation of my form. As in, here's my character. c:
Example:
Name: Sepulcher - look at the pretty boy
Breed: Dutch Warmblood x Brabant x Shire x Arabian x TB
Gender: Stallion
Height: 17.2 hh
Color: Silver Bay // Perlino Chimera
Markings: Perlino Rictus grin overlayed with black lines as if mouth is sewn ; reverse perlino dappling ; star in shape of vertical silver line [2in long] on center of forehead ; blackened points ; black dorsal stripe
Additions:
-- Physical Serpent-like tongue with Jacobsen's Organ. Extra layer of muscles in all legs to increase strength of legs, provides a stronger stride and higher jump. Glowing internals, including: eyes, inside of mouth, blood, organs, and other bodily fluids, all have a glowing quality to them. Extra sensitive hooves feel vibrations through the ground [range of 300ft in any direction, can distinguish direction of movement]. Cuspid teeth are elongated and serrated.
--Physiological Jacobsen's Organ allows Sepulcher to taste the air around him as a snake would, attuned to the dead and dying even better than normal scents. Due to extra musculature, Sepulcher can jump eight feet in any direction (upwards, forwards, left, right) from a standing start. Sepulcher can sense dead and dying creatures around him. {Limits} Vibrations cannot be detected at a range higher than 300ft. Glowing internal anatomy, including: blood, spit, etc., lasts up to twelve hours outside the body.
Mane & Tail: Silver White
Eyes: Teal
Physical/Mental Issues: Extra layer of leg musculature, extremely attuned to the scent of death/decay, Taphofile, Mild OCD, Manic, Senses Dead/Dying Creatures

Personality: Honest, Dutiful, Earnest, Patient, Witty, Experimental, Familial, Old Fashioned, Uninhibited, Insane, Crazy, Impulsive, Childish, Ignorant.


Thank you to everyone who tries out! I can't wait to see your entries!


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#6342 Posted on 2016-02-20 05:01:58

Trying sounds fun!


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#6556 Posted on 2016-02-20 12:07:29

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Name: Cyaulin
Breed: Thoroughbred Percheron Cross
Gender: Stallion
Height: 17.2 HH
Color: Light dapple grey
Markings: Partial splash, mild sabino, irregular blaze with a left hind stocking and right front ankle
Additions: Light scarring on back legs, earring crawler on right ear, spiky chocker necklace with blue gem in the middle, henna tattoo up right front leg, antlers with spiderwebs spread across them
-- Physical: Long stride, nice jump, big neck and leg bend when fully extended, smooth gait (comparable to butter),back molars are very flat from bad floating treatments, pointed and curved inwards canine teeth, long eyelashes, no whiskers at all
-- Physiological: Higher body temperature, elevated sense of smell, has the ability to translate human feelings into words that he would understand, therapeutic abilities
Mane & Tail: Light blue highlights in both mane and tail
Eyes: Complete heterochromia (left eye is brown, right eye is hazel)
Physical/Mental Issues: Complete heterochromia, Claustrophobia, Fregoli delusion,Generalized anxiety disorder,Lacunar amnesia,Psychosis

Personality: Cyaulin is a very possessive fellow, he only trusts one person-his owner, he doesn't like to be around other horses or people which ended any hopes of a showing career early, he hates the outdoors and prefers to be in his stall with a black cloth preventing any daylight from being let in. It is unknown who his parents or siblings are because they were taken away from him early at birth thus starting his hatred of humans at a young age. He has to be at kept in a shed near the barn because even the smell of other horses bothers him immensely. Why he trusts his owner is unknown, it is assumed because he thought she was different something about her took away any pain or anger. He suffers from a variety of mental and physical issues. Some were brought on by the pain of losing his family members, others brought on by the a series of traumatic events that he refuses to enclose to anyone, even his owner. Also very stubborn, if he doesn't want to do something he's not going to do it.


Sorry this turned out so long 0___0, I have a very big imagination xD Will probably be back with more


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#6561 Posted on 2016-02-20 12:16:53

Im awful and decided to keep Neven. Oops.

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#6656 Posted on 2016-02-20 15:15:31

Name: n/a
Breed: Hippotaur (bull/horse)
Gender: stallion/bull XD
Height: 16.5 hh
Color: He is pure black.
Markings: Not really any true markings, however he does have various scars all over his body from, well, being a bull-horse and all.
Additions: He has three big, brass rings in his right ear, and two in his left. Has a gold bull ring through his nose.
-- Physical: Powerful build; thick, beefy neck. While he is more horse, his head is rather short, and his nose wide. His nostrils are large, and more to the sides. Where is his bull showing through, you ask? Well, kind of in his squished-up face, but mostly in the huge tan horns he has that spiral forward from his head. Also, his huge, black hooves are cloven. He has bull-like ears.
-- Physiological: This creature can tell if you are even the slightest bit angry. He will then ultimately attack you, not mattering what kind of animal you are.
Mane & Tail: He has a short, roached mane that is a dark smoky color. His tail is like a bull, with the hairs being that same smoke color.
Eyes: The Hippotaur's eyes are a dark, menacing brown. When he is really angry, they look almost black.
Physical/Mental Issues: He is very jacked up all of the time, and will attack on a dime. Just generally eccentric and feared.

Personality: mostly stated above.

-Just wondering, and tell me if you already said, but are you keeping the winners? Or are you gonna sell them?


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#6854 Posted on 2016-02-20 20:31:25

I'll be keeping the winners for characters of my own. c:
Any who don't place 1st, 2nd, 3rd that I like I'll buy for 200k, if the creator is willing to sell and doesn't fall in love with their piece and decide to keep it.


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#7226 Posted on 2016-02-21 14:10:45

Ok thanks. Slowly falling in love with him... XD


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#8548 Posted on 2016-02-23 14:31:20

This is an absolutely fantastic idea, good grief! I don't know how nobody's thought of this before.
Miiiighhht enter... But will definitely be stalking this, I love seeing what other people come up with 8D


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#8666 Posted on 2016-02-23 17:34:48

This is such a cool idea. ^^

Name: Ryba
Breed: Marwari
Gender: Stallion
Height: 15.9hh
Color: Bay Rose Grey
Markings: Thin, curved stripe going down his face; socks on both his hind legs. Minimal Rabicano on his stomach.
Additions: He has a strand of seaweed and kelp wrapped around his hind right leg. He also has a strand of tiny seashells in his mane behind his ear, and a piece of twine with a single black pearl on it around his neck.
-- Physical: Silvery, almost transparent fish scales on the upper part his back. Mostly on his withers, with a little on his belly and shoulders. He also has gills on his upper neck right behind his cheeks. He has small fins on all of his pasterns. On land they are hardly noticeable. They fold up and appear black in color, but once he's in the water they expand and appear dark green and purple. He is tall and refined, but a bit gangly and awkward on land. He has very smooth gaits, but he finds it a lot easier to move in water. Good conformation and quite muscular. Very graceful while swimming. Has a very refined head, and small, inward pointing ears. Also has long whiskers.
-- Physiological: Cold blooded, can breath underwater and on land (only for short amounts of time), eyes adjust very well to darkness, struggles to hear things clearly out of the water.
Mane & Tail: His mane and tail are much like a betta fish. His tail reaches to about his knees. It is black/dark grey at the roots fading into a light grey at the bottom. His mane is quite long and dark grey/black in color. Both his mane and tail have a bluish/greenish glow in the water.
Eyes: His eyes are a bright goldish-orange. His left eye is also half blue.
Physical/Mental Issues: Has a slight anxiety order. Gets easily confused and sometimes finds it very hard to remember what he's doing. This is most likely because of a bad concussion he suffered from as a young colt. He may also have short term memory loss. Goes into shock if he's been out of water for two long.
--Personality: Typically very shy. He prefers to keep to himself and doesn't talk much. However, this doesn't stop him from exploring. He has a strong craving for adventure and is extremely curious. Has a short attention span and often looses interest when others are talking to him. He is very quirky and is amused by the silliest things. He can also speak in multiple languages.

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#10785 Posted on 2016-02-26 22:54:50

My entry! I love this contest! I have no art skills, but I do love creating characters *lol*!

Name: Namaste (it means peace)
Breed: Quarter Horse
Gender: Gelding (I think it fits with his personality, but if you would like him to be a stallion for foals or whatnot it wouldn't be a big deal.)
Height: 15.2 hands
Color: Primative dun. His coat is not super golden, more of a sooty dun, if you know what I mean.
Markings: He has a medium sized blaze running down his face. No leg markings, besides leg bars. He has a dorsal stripe and leg bars.
Additions: He is a hippy horse, so he loves beads and feathers in his very long mane and tail. We'll say he has two hawk feathers in his mane, a three strands of red beads in his mane, and a braid also in his mane. In his tail he has a strand of of blue beads, three hawk feathers woven in his tail, and a few braids. Possibly a big peace sign branded onto his rump. Oh! And he loves tye- dye. I wasn't sure how to incorpoate that into his design. Maybe a tye- dye blanket or rug?
(I am leaving out physical and psychological stuff because he is not a super horse lol)
Mane & Tail: He has a VERY long mane and tail. Like, ridiculously long. He doesn't believe in haircuts. In his tail are dreadlocks and knots because he rarely brushes his tail. It is black, being a dun and all.. Also, as I said in the additions, he keeps many beads and feathers in his tails.
Eyes: He is a deep thinker, and has deep brown eyes.
Personality: Namaste is a hippie horse. If he was a human, he would live in the '60's and protest the Veitnam War. He would be that long haired, shabby looking, peace loving college student. He would like yoga, be a vegetarian, meditate, you get the idea. Of course, he can't do all that on EV. So as a horse, he spends lots of time to himself thinking or meditating. He loves peace, and protesting for what he feels is right (he makes constant visits to horses in the EV Rescue Center). He is relatively quiet, but will speak his mind when provoked. Namaste is very easy going, and gets along with most horses. He uses phrases like, "dude", "chill", "right on man", "groovy" (one of his favorites), and "far out." In general, he is a mellow horses who cares deeply about things that are important to him.

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#10857 Posted on 2016-02-27 02:34:26

Here is my two:
(Thank you so much for having this :) I can't do art and with this anyone can have fun)

Name: Star Shadow
Breed: Arabian
Gender: Female
Height: 15 hh
Color: Sparkling white with grey legs. Her coat glows with the power of the moon
Markings: A small full moon on her head. Only visible when she is being a normal horse to hide
Additions:
-- Physical: She has a glowing sparkly horn. She also has large glowing sparkly wings. Her horn and wings are opalescent.
-- Physiological: She can find and stop poison, talk to animals, and heal people and animals.
Mane & Tail: Grey with sparkles. She can read your history and future.yea
Eyes: Dark Brown almost black
Physical/Mental Issues: She doubts herself which makes her power go out. Her right wing bugs her sometimes and it is hard to fly with it.

Personality: She is very shy, not talkative, and only trusts those who are good people. She
is very smart. She has to hide in the forest to stay safe.





Name: Midnight Guardian
Breed: Arabian
Gender: Male
Height: 15.5 hh
Color: Raven Black
Markings: A Lightning bolt on his forehead
Additions:
-- Physical: He has a black horn and black wings. He has feathering on the back of his hind legs.
-- Physiological: He can make lightning and thunder when he gets angry.
Mane & Tail: Raven Black
Eyes: Black
Physical/Mental Issues: He thinks too much of himself sometimes. He has a very bad temper. When he is too angry nothing can stop him.

Personality: Very leaderlike. Bossy and strong


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#13015 Posted on 2016-03-01 13:00:28

Name: Grimoire; Hellebore (I couldn't decide)
Breed: Purebred/Mixedbreeds - Marwari x Teke
Gender: Stallion
Height: 16hh
Color: Flaming red chestnut tovero with black markings instead of white
Markings: 4 white coronets and a snip
Additions: Fire red dragon wings
-- Physical: Things you can see: A large, Khopesh shaped horn between his eyes with two smaller, goat-like horns behind his ears; Spikes that run down his back in a straight line, remaining the same size all the way down to his tail. There are a few spines that are not in line, a pair on his rump and a few that run down the sides of his neck, they all arch towards his rear; His hooves are split like that of a cow, but are not round, instead they are sharp and curved like claws.
-- Physiological: Higher body temp than actually cause small flames to rise from his body at times.
Mane & Tail: His tail is thin to about his hock with sparse long hairs then fans out to a full tail at the bottom; His mane is twisted and tangled around the spines that protrude from his neck.
Eyes: Black eyes that have a sooty smoke rising from them
Physical/Mental Issues: Bipolar
Personality:


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#14232 Posted on 2016-03-03 09:07:21

This contest will be closing 3/5/2016 at 7pm EV time.


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#14607 Posted on 2016-03-03 21:37:14

Even if I won the consolation prize I would be happy! LOL :D I am SO excited!!


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#15236 Posted on 2016-03-05 05:44:58

Since I keep losing my post from earlier... I'ma try and get a new pretty up here before it closes.

Name: Wight

Breed: Noriker
Gender: Stallion or gender less
Height: 15.3hh
Color: Silver Blue Roan
Markings: Few spot. Shows base color along knee and cannon bones on front legs. Along calcaneus and fetlock on hind legs. Also shows around lips, eye socket, and under jaw.

Additions:
-- Physical: Rather than the white of a normal appaloosa, Wight’s coat has a gray tint to it. Their hair is relatively thin, the gray skin beneath showing ever so slightly. Those areas along their body that show the base roan color are a silver-streaked black. Wears two large, dark elk’s antlers that are cracked in many places and have several points broken off, making them assymetrical and sharp. Multiple types of lichen, dead leaves, and spider webs are stuck in them. Mane/tail are thin and knotted, almost in dreads. The odd spider or other creepy crawly will occasionally be seen. They wear a tattered cape, hanging together by mere threads. It was once green velvet but has faded to a gray-brown, the hem caked in mud and other debris. The broken remnants of a golden crown, now tarnished, are caught in their forelock and the debris at the base of their antlers. Dim gems (emeralds and rubies) can be seen as well. Scar over right eye socket.

-- Physiological: Extremely sensitive hearing and touch. Capable of speaking any language spoken to them. Predators tend to ignore them entirely.

Mane/Tail: Silvery black
Eyes: White

Physical/Mental Issues: Completely blind. Operates under the delusion they are dead and, therefore, a ghost.

Personality: What does one do when they figure themselves for a ghost? Well. Whatever they want, really. Wight operates under the principle that they are some sort of unholy undead. The dead suffer no consequences. Depending on the day, they may play mischievious (borderline cruel) pranks, disguising themselves behind some foliage. Other times they may feel the urge to appear regal and wise and insist on imparting some wisdom (usually unwanted). They care not for personal boundaries, nor are they particularly adept at telling when they are not wanted. Despite their grand delusion that they are some sort of ghostly being, Wight does have enough sense to run if they've overstayed their welcome quite drastically enough.

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