November 2023 Art Contest

[Trot Shuffle 3,597]

Welcome to the MLP Forums November 2023 Visual Art contest

(Note: December's contest is now open as well and runs through Jan 8th -- see thread for details)

Visual Art contests will start every other month. In some months there may be a theme, and that may be a character, a general emotion, holiday, or prompt.

The theme for this month is:

Family or friends gathering together for festivities

Requirements

• Create artwork of ponies (and/or other canon creatures) gathering together for any festivities during the Autumn/Winter season
• Both canon and original characters are allowed, as well as any MLP generation
• All members of MLPF are eligible
• No AI art will be accepted, however it can be used for initial inspiration
• NEW: Animations no longer than 10 seconds are allowed

 

Deadline

Submissions will close on December 8th, 2023.

 

Judging

Public voting will be open during December 9th. Afterwards, voting will be finalized within staff and results will be posted as soon as we are able to share them!

 

Winners

Winners will be granted the Canterlot Artist Rank and Badge. All entries will be eligible to receive an Art Achievement Bronze Badge. Future participation will count toward Silver and Gold Art Badges.

 

Submit Here or you can use the top navigation menu to add a submission.

 

If there are any additional questions, please feel free to ask!  

[Brony Number 42 9,932]

I can't draw, but I will sketch some stuff just to participate. 

[Shiny Silvermoon 2,996]

@Kramathia, are you participating? You should! You're one of the greatest artist in Equestria! I calculated that your chances of wining are approximately 200%!!! 

[Twitchy-Tremor 281]

Oo ima try it! 
It’ll be my first event thing on here.

[Fluttershutter 2,120]

Do I win? Do I? Do I? Do I?

[Brony Number 42 9,932]

@Fluttershutter haha now I don't feel so bad about mine. The sad thing is, I tried really hard on mine. 

[Evil Pink One 12,992]

Ahh yes it has finally arrived!.

Derp legions!!! Assemble!

[MidnightFire1222 1,682]

Do they have to be canon characters, or can OC ponies/creatures be used?

[Trot Shuffle 3,597]

2 hours ago, MidnightFire1222 said:

Do they have to be canon characters, or can OC ponies/creatures be used?

@MidnightFire1222 OC's can be used! 

[Rethajni 1,994]

@Shiny Silvermoon Thank you for the invitation! Of course! Would be ok if I try g5 characters and can they be GIFs or just draws??

Edited November 14, 2023 by Kramathia

[Shiny Silvermoon 2,996]

@Trot Shuffle could you answer my friend @Kramathia's question for me? Thank you! 

Edited November 16, 2023 by Shiny Silvermoon

[Trot Shuffle 3,597]

On 2023-11-13 at 7:28 PM, Kramathia said:

Would be ok if I try g5 characters and can they be GIFs or just draws??

@Kramathia All generations are allowed!

We'll get back to you on the GIFs though 

[Trot Shuffle 3,597]

@Kramathia We'll allow animations but they can't be longer than 10 seconds.

Hopefully this should allow for enough frames for those who want to maybe add a moving effect to their submission 

[JaspersJuno 20]

Oh this sounds like a delight!!! Totally gonna participate!

[Cash In 21,517]

I'll see if I can try my hand at this.

[Treeglow Flicker 13,034]

I'm definitely going to try and get something done for this.

[Trot Shuffle 3,597]

Heads up! There are about 2 weeks left until the deadline, all you creative ponies!! 

You better act fast or I'll eat all of the crayons