I quite like that you've decided to do it that way. I've seen contests before where it has been completely poll based and some people have won purely based on how popular they are. This way it gives some of our newest members who we don't know yet a fair chance

Also I never thanked you for clearing up my confusion earlier so, thanks.



My thoughts exactly, I'm sure she's swimming in gifts but it's just..warm and fuzzy you know?

So... I uploaded the picture to the gallery, but I don't see it now.

Is it there? I have to leave in a bit and won't be back until tomorrow, so I want to make sure.

<@Rainshine - Your entry has been uploaded to the Gallery. >

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here is my entry for thank you hiromu arakawa contest

i uploaded to the gallery to so hopefully it worked

This is for "Thank you Arakawa category"...I'm happy that I finished on time

Everyone, please do not make any misunderstanding. There is no new deadline.
The committee will keep the thread open in case anyone needs some extra time because of technical difficulties and such. It doesn't mean everyone can now submit their entry on Monday. The original closing date is still in effect.

@Sariachan - I assume you would like to correct the typo on your caption, and that would be fine. Please go ahead.

This is my entry for the Arakawa-sensei appreciation fanart contest.

Decided to make a 2nd entry today and just finished with 12 minutes left of the 31st in my time zone

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My scanner made it very de-saturated so I tried to lower the midtones. I hope it didn't come out too funny

Everyone,

I deleted some of the chat posts from this thread. Please keep this thread free of chat posts so that we can concentrate on taking care of members' entries and technical questions and such. If you would like to chat, please take that to PM. Thank you.

Oh no... I uploaded my drawing before the deadline, and here it is, past the deadline, still not in the gallery. Does that mean my chance for winning is screwed over?

@~Puppet Alphonse~ - Before you get the "chance to win," you must complete your entry.
Please change your forum skin as directed by PM, then go ahead and UPLOAD your entry to the Gallery. Also, edit your entry post as directed per PM to make your entry complete.

"Thank-you, Hiromu Arakawa!" category

This is more of a personal thank you, hope that's alright.

"THANK YOU Arakawa-sensei so much for teaching me to follow my dreams no matter what. You showed me that every ending is a new beginning, and only I can choose my own future and path. I will miss Fullmetal Alchemist with all my heart. ♥"

My entry:

P.S. This was a little late because I had a lot of trouble with the Attachment Editor... Sorry!

<@Riza_Mustang - We still don't have your entry in the Gallery. We are currently trying to see some other way to get this done. Please hold on....>

@Riza_Mustang - We still don't have your entry in the Gallery. Have you tried uploading your entry to the Gallery? If not, please go ahead and upload your entry to the Galley. If you have already tried, then post and let us know so that we'll know you're having difficulty.
Or, if you are having any other difficulty, please POST and let us know.


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If your name is listed below, your entry process has not been completed yet, and you need to complete the process:
(Please complete your entry as specified ASAP so that we can enter your fanart to the contest. )
If you're having a problem and need further assistance, please post here and let us know right away.

* ed elric lover Please uploaded your entry to the Gallery.

* Riza_Mustang Need to upload the entry to the Gallery.
Since we judge this is due to our technical problem, the contest staff, Chiyo has uploaded th epic to the Gallery in lieu of Riza_Mustang.

Okay this is a plea to all members who have posted their contest entries on deviantart/other art sites.

Can I please, please ask you DO NOT ask people outside of the forum to make an account and vote for you. This is unfair on everyone involved in the contest, both those who have entered and those who have organised. I don't wish to sound like a spy but I will be keeping an eye out for anyone asking for votes outside of the forum. Pirates, ye be warned.

As it has been said, this contest is to say Thank-You to Arakawa. She is going to see your work, what could be a better prize than that? If you entered the contest for the right reason, you should all feel like winners.

Ah right...I thought someone else submitted an old piece of work of theirs...Guess I was mistaken. x.x I was actually gonna get one with the watermark taken out, but I guess it doesn't matter now.

Cheers anyway.

EDIT ~ I was informed by another member that I submitted it to the wrong catagory anyway. Sorry about that!



"As it has been said, this contest is to say Thank-You to Arakawa. She is going to see your work, what could be a better prize than that? If you entered the contest for the right reason, you should all feel like winners."

That's so true!

ATTENTION CONTEST ENTRANTS

I want to make it perfectly clear that on MONDAY August 2nd, this thread will be closed at 5am central Chicago (US) time.

This is NOT a new closing date. The original closing date stands. But, those who are having incomplete submission can have this time to complete your submission.

Any members that are still trying to fix their problems with the submission, you are still able to do so.
If you're still in process of trying to overcome the technical problem at the time of thread closing, after the thread closing time Chiyo and/or ScarMySoul will keep contact with you by PM.

After the closing of the contest thread there will be a few days before the voting polls are up, so please be patient.

THANK YOU!

Yeah, I'm having issues. It's not uploading even though I changed my skin to modern. An error came up saying that I'm not allowed to upload that kind of image.

<@~Puppet Alphonse~ - It worked, and it's uploaded in the Gallery now. ^^ >

I already fixed it before you telling me, are there other typos I didn't notice? °_°

Also, why is a watermark on the fanarts a problem? With all the art thieves out there it's pretty normal to add one, nowadays. ^^'
My entry has one too but you didn't told anything to me. Is it because you didn't notice it, or because if a watermark is put on a pic it has to be almost clear like the one I added?




Can I fix a couple of things in my entry, and/or add some more characters in it, before tomorrow?


Sorry for all these questions!

^ Yes, I think you fixed all the typo.


@Sariachan - NO. This period is basically to aid in any technical problem for the entry, or to complete the entry process and such, and NOT for improve/edit/modify your already submitted fanart itself.

However, if anyone would like to edit the CAPTION for the fanart that would be allowed.
If anyone made such changes, please post here and let us know.

As for watermarks, if you would like to add watermarks we will allow period later to add such to your artworks, if so requested.
However, for your original submission, please do not submit one with watermarks, unless it is clear & normally unnoticeable one.
This is based on a request from the mail handler team who will make the print-outs of all eligible entries and mail to Japan.

My watermarks should be fine then, it's pretty unnoticeable. ^^

Thanks for clarifying everything up, and sorry for using "because" instead of "why" in my last question... English isn't my native language and I still do stupid mistakes like that, sometimes. -__-'

Here's my entry for the thank you hiromu arakawa contest


<@Steff - This one is in the Gallery now. Thank you for making the separate entry. >

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and my last entry for the thank you hiromu arakawa contest uploading these things was harder than i though

<@Steff - This one is in the Gallery now. Thank you for making the separate entry. >

Riza_Mustang - since we could not resolve your technical problems, I have submitted your piece in the gallery for you.


Thank You to everyone who participated in this contest! It will be a few days before the voting threads are up. I apologize for some of the mix ups with this contest and I"m glad that everything was resolved! Good luck! -ScarMySoul

The voting threads are now open!!


July 2010 Arawaka Appreciation Fan Art Contest: General Fanart Category Voting Thread

July 2010 Arawaka Appreciation Fan Art Contest: "thank You, Arakawa" Category Voting Thread

I wish I had remembered to change the name of my image XD, 'scan0001' sounds so impersonal.

@mellulah - I posted many times on "contest thread" to let members know that you guys can edit the caption of the entry. ^^
BTW, I'm going to move your post and mine to July 2010 Arakawa Appreciation Fan Art Contest thread shortly.

ETA: Moved the posts. In case you would liek to reply, I will keep the thread open for a while.

Can it be changed now? Just to 'Thank You Arakawa'? I saw the posts I thought it's just too late now.

All right, since it is only the caption part and not the entry fanart itself, I changed it for you.
It's captioned now as "Thank You Arakawa."

Thank you very much.

Well, your fanart had been also sent to "Thank you fanart to Arakawa" program and that's already sent while ago, hence I can not change that part. Just letting you know. But, at least your caption in the Gallery, and your fanart title on the poll thread are now changed, and in a nick of time, since after yours now the poll threads are officially opened and therefore we can no longer make any other additional changes on the contents.

BTW, if anyone else wants to change the title for his/her entry on the poll threads...sorry, but the poll threads are now officially open, and hence we can not change the content. Therefore, please do not ask.

A question regarding the contest: how many Finalists are there in each category?

On poll thread you choose your 3 favorites for General category and your 6 favorites for Thank-you category.

Then, after the poll, top 3 in General category and top 10 in Thank-you category will become finalists.

Last chance to cast your VOTE!!

The member voting polls for Arakawa Appreciation fanart contest will close soon!! The poll will decide the Finalists for each category!!
Don't forget to check out these poll threads and cast your vote today!!

July 2010 Arawaka Appreciation Fan Art Contest: General Fanart Category Voting Thread

July 2010 Arawaka Appreciation Fan Art Contest: "thank You, Arakawa" Category Voting Thread

<Double posting with justice. This post will be merged later>

Thank you for your votes! The voting is now closed.

The Contest Comittee will check the votes and announce the finalists tomorrow.


ETA: Aug 16, 2010

We have Finalists!!


These are the finalists as decided by the general member voting:

For General fanart category: (Listed in order as they appear on the entry list for each category)

Cries of Ishval (by DSender) ... One is Hiromu, All is Arakawa (by Winry Chan) ... Saved By Bliss [EdxWinry] (by Winry Chi) ... Alphonse Elric (by Forsaken Love)

* Because of the very close vote between 3rd and 4th positions the Contest Committee has decided to place 4 finalists instead of 3 for this category.



For "Thank You Arakawa" category: (Listed in order as they appear on the entry list for each category)

Thank You, Arakawa! (by S.F. Thunder) ... THANK YOU HIROMU ARAKAWA (by DSender) ... THANK YOU, HIROMU ARAKAWA! (by Nacchan) ... Thank You, Arakawa! (by methuselah.alchemist) ... Thank you, Arakawa-Sensei! (by A Pierrot's Aria) ... Thankyou Arakawa! (by Forsaken Love) ... Big thank you hug (by Darklion) ... ... Family Photo (by Raichi) ...'Celebrating Arakawa Month!' (by FullmetalFlame29) ... Thanks Arakawa! (by Dragneel) ... Thanks for Fullmetal Alchemist, Arakawa-sensei! (by Sariachan)

* Because of a tie on 10th position we have 11 entires as the finalists for this category.


Congratulations to all the Finalists!!



The 1st, 2nd, 3rd place winners will be chosen among these finalists by the Judging Panel consisting of board administrative staff who are of fanart experts, and then the winners will be announced shortly after. Please stay tuned for the winner announcement!



Good News!!
Because of the great response we have added more FMA Prizes (small FMA merchandise items) for the contest!!
Please stay tuned for the further announcement!

I´ve been without the Internet access some days so I couldn´t vote...
Anyway, I´m so glad to be one of the finalists! thank you so much!!!

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Here we are, at last!

We have the Winner Announcement for Arakawa Appreciation fanart contest!

As our Prize team director for the contest has put it aptly: "Arakawa does not end her FMA series every month." ...indeed this contest was a special contest for our board, to celebrate the series conclusion of FMA manga and it's author's amazing work during the past Nine years. And, we are very grateful that our members have responded by graciously entering their amazing artworks for the contest!! You honored us by your overwhelming responses to the contest, with your amazing entries, in overall number of entries, and the quality of artworks entered. Thank you!!

In return, we have added some additional winning positions and Award for the contest, and also our Prize Director has come up with some additional Prizes to show our appreciation for your overwhelming responses to this contest. Please read on for further details.

And now, without further delay, here are the winners of the contest....



General fanart category:


First, Second, Third, & Fourth place winners:


First place:

Cries of Ishval by DSender


Second place:

Alphonse Elric by Forsaken Love


Third place:

Saved By Bliss [EdxWinry] by Winry Chi


Fourth place:

One is Hiromu, All is Arakawa by Winry Chan




HONORABLE MENTIONS: (Listed in order as they appear on the entry list)


Lust and Gluttony (by Mysteria)

Fanart Fullmetal Love (by The Stubborn Alchemist)

fmafanart2.jpg (by mellulah)



Note: As previously noted during the announcement for the Finalists for this category, because of the closeness of the member voting results between the 3rd and 4th places, the Contest Committee has decided to place 4 finalists instead of 3 for this category, and accordingly, the Judging Panel has come up with winners for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th places, as well as Honorable Mentions.

Prizes: As previously announced, all the winning entries in this category, including Honorable Mentions will be displayed in our Gallery (scroll down toward the bottom for the Arakawa Appreciation Contest section), as well as in the Fanart forum and the Board Announcement forum with each respective distinctions.
And, as previously announced, there were no FMA prizes given for winners in this category, and hence the entries in this category were made purely for the joy of entering the contest (with the honor of having winning artworks displayed. ^^) As such, we very much appreciate the noble gesture by everyone who have entered their artworks to this category, and therefore....
Surprise!! We have decided to show our appreciations to members who have entered to this category, by providing small "Surprise FMA prizes" (small FMA merchandises) for ALL of the winners in this category including Honorable Mentions, in additions to the previously announced prizes!! They are, in most part, minimal FMA merchandise items. Nonetheless, our Prize Director did her best to match each winner with the prize item, based on the winner's fav FMA characters, etc. Though, winners will not know specifically what item each will receive till he/she opens the "gift" from us. ^^ Please read the Note at the end of this announcement for further information regarding this prize.




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"Thank You, Arakawa" category:



First, Second, & Third place winners:


First place:

Thank you, Arakawa-Sensei! by A Pierrot's Aria

Special Prize: As previously announced, the First place winner will receive Shounen Gangan issue 7 with complete chapter 108 (series final chapter) of FMA manga and Shounen GanGan FMA Manga Series Completion Memorial Clock


Second place:

Thanks Arakawa! by Dragneel

Special Prize: As previously announced, the Second place winner will receive an FMA pencil case.


Third place:

'Celebrating Arakawa Month!' by FullmetalFlame29

Special Prize: As previously announced, the Third place winner will receive a wrist band & a badge set.




Additional winners:


Fourth place:

Big thank you hug by Darklion


Fifth place:

THANK YOU, HIROMU ARAKAWA! by Nacchan


Sixth place:

THANK YOU HIROMU ARAKAWA by DSender


Seventh place:

Family Photo by Raichi


Eighth place:

Thank You, Arakawa! by methuselah.alchemist


Ninth place:

Thanks for Fullmetal Alchemist, Arakawa-sensei! by Sariachan




"Judge's Choice" Award winners:


Judge's Choice (Chiyo)

THANKYOU ARAKAWA-SENSEI by QueenTiria


Judge's Choice (ScarMySoul)

Thank you for everything, Arakawa! by MsLinn




HONORABLE MENTIONS: (Listed in order as they appear on the entry list)


Thank You, Arakawa! by S.F. Thunder


Thank You, Hiromu Arakawa by penguintruth


Thank you, Hiromu Arakawa! by Michiyo-


Thankyouarakawa contestcolor3.png by paca


Thankyou Arakawa! by Forsaken Love


thank you Hiromu Arakawa! by starfruit89


Thank-you Arakawa!.jpg by Broken Chouchou


THank you hiromu arakawa by Steff


Thank-You Arakawa by Riza_Mustang



Note: Because of the overwhelming number of entries we received in this category, in addition to the previously announced 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners, the Judging Panel has decided to name 4th through 9th place winners as well. In addition to the overwhelming number of entries we received, the quality of artworks for the entries were very high. Even after choosing 4th through 9th place winners there were still many more great artworks left that might have been placed in much higher winning positions, had the quality level of the entries not been this high and the contest not been this competitive. Therefore, in addition, the Judging Panel has named 11 additional entires as Honorable Mentions. Then, aside from the decisions as a whole as the Judging Panel, each Judge was given an option to pick one entry among the pool of all the Finalists plus entries in Honorable Mentions (minus the ones that are already named as one of 1st through 9th place winners) and name that entry as that individual judge's Judge's Choice, if that Judge would decide to exercise that option, and as a result two entries were chosen from Honorable Mentions, resulting in two Judges Choice Award winners, and 9 entries as Honorable Mentions.

Prizes: As previously announced, all the winning entries in this category, including Honorable Mentions will be displayed in our Gallery (scroll down toward the bottom for the Arakawa Appreciation Contest section), as well as in the Fanart forum and the Board Announcement forum with each respective distinctions.
And, as previously announced, 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners will receive additional optional Special FMA prizes as described in the contest detail.
ADDITIONALLY, the Contest Committee has decided to expand the Special "Surprise FMA prizes" to ALL winners in this category, including Honorable Mentions, as our way of saying thank-you for creating all these wonderful entries that are expressing their "thank-you" to Arakawa-sensei and FMA! Please read the Note at the end of this announcement for further information on this optional prize. ^^
In addition, as previously announced, ALL ENTRIES in this category will be sent to Japan, to Hiromu Arakawa, c/o Shounen GanGan through our "Thank-you letters/fanarts to Arakawa" project. (We're still preparing for the mailing package to Japan, please stay tuned for further announcement on "Thank-you letters/fanarts to Arakawa" project on this.)




Note regarding the optional "Surprise FMA prize": FMA prizes are, for the most part, small FMA merchandise items. Our Prize Director has prepared a variety of small FMA merchandises for this prize, and they will be sent to the addresses specified by the winners at our expenses (however, please understand that we'll not be held responsible for any mishaps, if any, caused by the carrier during the mailing ^^) if the winner chooses to accept this optional prize. This prize is optional, and each winner has the choice of accepting or declining this prize without affecting the winner's other winning distinction or other prize won. Also, the Contest Committee has the full list of the variety of small FMA merchandise items prepared for this contest, but each winner will not learn exactly which FMA merchandise item he/she has won until he/she opens the prize package from us. As such, please do NOT hound our contest staff, board staff, nor Prize Director with PM asking to reveal the item. Please take this as a "surprise gift" from us. ^^

Shortly after this Winner Announcement, the Prize Director, Valérie will start contacting each winner of this prize with further information on how to provide the mailing address for the shipping of the prize, etc., should the winner choose to accept the optional prize. Please note that the Prize Director will not reveal such addresses provided by the winners to any other party (except the prize mailing team staff, if needed) and these specified addresses are used solely for the purpose of mailing the FMA prizes to the winners only.
Also, it may take a while for our Prize Director to contact all winners. Meanwhile, we ask everyone NOT to send PM to the Prize Director with the inquiry, as we need to reserve the PM capacity for the Prize Director for other necessary communications, and instead use alternative mode for such inquiries as specified below.

If you have any general questions regarding this prize, you can post your question on Arakawa Appreciation Fanart Contest thread, or ask our Contest Staff (but not asking to reveal the prize items) by sending PM to the Contest Staff. Please do NOT send PM to Prize Director with your questions, as we'd like to reserve her PM capacity for other necessary communications. If you have a very specific question that must be addressed by the Prize Director (but not asking to reveal the prize items) please send such question to our project email address for "Thank-you letters/fanarts to Arakawa" project, thankufanartsfmadotcom@gmail.com (please include your board name on your email message.)



And...that's it! ^^

Congratulations to all the winners!!


And, thank you so much, everyone, for your participation in the contest!!


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ETA: Sept. 18, 2010

To all winners: Update on the FMA prize distributions.
Just got a communication from our Prize Director. It turned out our Prize Director has been sick around the same time I had been forced to stay off board for a while because of my lung infections (first half of September)
She is recovering now and plans to resume the rest of the prize distributions shortly. Meantime, we ask for your patience, and also I see her PM box is full... as noted previously, if you have any communications that have to be addressed by the Prize Director, please use our project email address for "Thank-you letters/fanarts to Arakawa" project, thankufanartsfmadotcom@gmail.com (please include your board name on your email message)... but, since she is still recovering, if you have any general questions please send me PM and see if I can help you with your questions.

Thank you!!

Congratulations to everyone, and sorry if I disappeared for a while... I didn't get e-mail notifications from this forums for some reasons, and when they were sent (in December) I was without internet connection, then I was really busy with work and things like that... ^^'

Anyway, I'm going to be active in this forum again. Too bad I missed the Holidays contest, but the Winter has been a bit hectic for me so far.