I view my horse Guacomo as a dapple gray who is mostly light, but darkens at the head, neck, and legs. He also has a large squiggly blaze and floppy ears.
Ian Nicastrin sees his colt, Uys, as being a big, thick muscled roan grey with black points on his muzzle and ears. His eyes are big and wild, and his nostrils are large.
Kira Ravenwood describes One Listens as a beautiful mahogany bay colt with no white markings. His black points are dark as night, and his coat has a lot of dark dapples.
My Paint filly, Lovelovelove, would be sorrel tobiano if Paints had the tobiano option currently. She is a very petite filly with a “babydoll” head and each of her eyes are partial blue eyes. She has a large blaze that stops just before it reaches her eyes, and she has a silver dollar-sized spot in her blaze above her right eye that is in the shape of a heart.
Alex Puderbaugh sees her broodmare, Dhansak, as a little on the short side. She’s a dark gray with dark dapples, and a medium-sized build. She has unruly mane which reflects her personality and the wild streak in her eyes that indicates she’s a fighter.
So you’re probably thinking, “Shut up already, Mea, and tell me what the contest is!” Here are the details:
Mission: The mission, if you choose to accept it, is to produce an illustration of a horse that is in your barn. I gave you an idea of how some members view their horses.. but I want an actual ILLUSTRATION of what you think your horse looks like - not a verbal/written description (you can do a verbal/written description, but it will not be eligible for the prize). It can be a sketch, drawing, cartoon, an actual photograph (you MUST have taken it), a computer-generated drawing, or whatever else you would like. It can be a full-body shot or in the style of a head shot. It must be your work, no matter what.
Guidelines:
1. The horse that you pick must be a horse that is in YOUR stable. (Seriously, you cannot draw someone else’s horse, because that would defeat the purpose of seeing a horse as the horse’s owner.)
2. The horse may NOT already have a headshot. (Again, it defeats the purpose of the contest because overall, Em is God and she is actually the only one who can see a horse.. but this is just for fun. Plus if you use a headshot made by Dave, it disobeys copyright rules.)
3. This illustration can NOT be one that has already been presented to the members on the SIM forum. I know that once upon a time, people were bored over the break and made some freakishly awesome SIMages of their own. That’s all well and good, but I’d like to see new and fresh ideas.
4. You can enter one illustration, you can enter two illustrations, you can enter a bagillion illustrations – I don’t care. (The more illustrations you can pop out, the greater chance you have of winning.)
5. It can be a mixed breed, OR a Thoroughbred. Whichever you would like.
Time Limits and Judging Processes:
The contest will open now. Like, seriously, as SOON as I post this topic, it will be open for submissions. (For details on how to enter, see below.) Submissions will CLOSE on MONDAY: NOVEMBER 17, 2008 at 11:55 PM CENTRAL TIME. That’s 12:55 AM on Tuesday morning for you people that are on the East coast. 10:55 PM on Mountain Time, and 9:55 PM for the people on the West coast. For those who are in other parts of the world.. well.. I have no clue what time it is there when the contest ends.. so, uh, I would say to submit your entries as soon as you get them finished.
I will assemble a team of “Judges” to select several submissions, and then I will present them in a poll for the SIM members to vote on. The poll voting will be OPEN on TUESDAY: NOVEMBER 18, 2008 from 12:00 AM CENTRAL TIME (or whatever time I get them up) until WEDNESDAY: NOVEMBER 19, 2008, at 9:00 AM CENTRAL TIME. (Yes, I’m taking advantage of the Steward’s absolutely AWESOME day coming up on the 19th!)
Based on the poll results, I will announce a winner, and the Runner-ups.
(I’m fully aware that this is a short time to do so much, but I’m determined it will happen. And if the time limit to do so is any longer.. well.. you most likely will not keep my attention, and the contest will be forgotten about. And we don’t want that.)
So What Is The Prize?:
The first-place winner will receive a HEADSHOT for any horse that resides in their stable.
The first and second runner-ups will receive 5,000 Game Points apiece.
How To Enter:
Once you create your image/illustration, upload it to a free image hosting site such as Photobucket, webshots, etc. If you do NOT have an account on one of these sites, PM me in the game (not the forums) and I will send you my email address in which you can attach the picture to, and then I will upload it to *my* photobucket. You will need to post the image on the forums so that I can see it. (Honestly, it’s hard to judge anything when I have to flip back and forth between browsers and tabs.)
To post an image within the forum, use the code:
[img](insert%20url%20here)[/img]
(without spaces)
So.. have at it!
(And, just fyi... These.Colors.Rock.My.SOCKS.)
Except now I'll be under a time crunch to get it out in time.