What are VectaDESU Special contests?

For 2011 the VectaDesu Team thought about adding some more spice to the group by introducing a bunch of nice and challenging special contests. The schedule contains 3 contests over a time span of 4 months each.

The long running time has mainly two reasons: VDS is supposed to be an enrichment to VD, not an alternative. So members who want to participate in both will have the chance to do so(without having to give up their lives.)
And secondly the themes will be more challenging and demanding in the Special contests, so the long time will also ensure you guys can do your best to deliver!

Another fact that makes these contests special are the higher prizes (papers up to 10000papers(!) and 1000papers just for participation!) Also we will introduce a new voting system exclusively for the special contests.

If we will run more VDS than this one in the future is mainly determined by the success of VDS#1. We already have nice themes up our sleeves, look forward to them!

Hope to see some entries from you guys!

Deadline

30.01.2011 - 29.05.2011 - 22:00 GMT+2
Reasons for the longer time span, see above.

Who can apply

No restrictions, just be sure that your work is your own and has high quality.

Rules

• The submitted entries must be just a character vector/vexel, no full wallpapers are allowed.
• The submitted entries must fulfill the requirements for vectors in AP's FAQ.
• The submitted entries should be posted on AP.
• Only one entry per person.
• One character only. Full or close-up, depends on you.
• No limitation in style, you also can use colored lines, gradients or light effects. (but vector-masked painting is not allowed, it goes over the term of vectoring)

Round rule :
* The vectored/vexeled character must be a mecha

Rule description

The vectored/vexeled scan should contain a mecha from any Manga/Anime series, or even game (e.g. Neon Genesis Evangelion, Code Geass, Gundam, etc. etc.). Note that it must be something that fits the definition of a mecha, a cyborg for example would not be acceptable just because it has mechanical parts (see Wikipedia/Mecha for help or feel free to pm @CloudGer anytime to if you are unsure about the validity of your entry.)

Remarks

No need to write here who will or not will join, just submit your entries in this topic and we will take that as participating. Be sure to post a link to your entry on AP. Vector downloading is now free on AP so there is no reason to upload them somewhere else. Prizes & voting After closing the contest a voting topic will be created. Everybody can vote, who is a member here at least for one month. Prizes will be badges with the achieved placing with papers reward, and also everybody else will receive one for mere participating (papers included too.) 1st place will receive 10000 papers, 2nd 5000 papers, 3rd 2500 papers and participants get 1000 papers.

FAQ

• What's VectaDesu?

It's a vectoring/vexeling contest which strives to showcase the vector/vexel prowess of AnimePaper's members. It's also a good place for people to increase their vectoring/vexeling skills.

• Who can enter VectaDesu?

Anyone who's a member of AnimePaper. Members, scanners, wallers and senior members are treated the same. No need to become a group member to enter the contest but it's mandatory if you want the badge and to add your vector to the group pool. Be sure your entry is not full of flaws though.

• Is there any restrictions on the scan used?

It doesn't have to be on AnimePaper but be sure the scan you used for your entry respects AP's FAQ (except for the resolution and quality part.) You have to vector/vexel only one character. Missing parts of the character can be added but it's not mandatory.

• In which format should I submit my entry?

Your entry should be submitted in AP's vector section and follow the FAQ. The entry resolution should be large enough to grasp easily all the details and eventual flaws. SVG are fine too.

• My character is seating on a chair/bench/wall and or surrounded by objects, can I vector/vexel them too ?

You can vector/vexel small objects which occlude the character and supporting objects (chair, bench, etc...) The character should be the main part of your entry not the surrounding.

• What are the styles/techniques/effects I can use ?

You can use any styles (grayscale, halftone, colored outline, etc...) BUT techniques and effects should not make use of brush works or raster filters/effects. Vector-masked painting is NOT allowed (an tutorial from @Nysha is available here as an example.) Textures aren't allowed either. The only exception is Gaussian blur. You can use Gaussian blur as you want but you can't emulate it using brush works. We trust you and thus we won't ask you to prove that your entry respects this rule.

• I have question about the rule and/or the validity of my scan/entry. Who can I ask ?

You can post your question in the call-for-entries topic or send a pm to @CloudGer, @Akiranyo or @Moutonzare. You will get an answer as soon as possible. If your question is general enough, it will be added to the FAQ for future reference.

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