:la: yay! we officially have fifty members! Thank you to anyone who referenced to our group or contributed- your beautiful, amazing and awesome artwork is what makes this group run! To celebrate we're going to have ourselves a little contest. :D  All you need to do is create a piece of art that fits our theme for this contest: original characters. - any media is allowed other than literature, photos or sculpture, and any level is accepted- that means sketches, full blown drawings, digital media, paintings, etc. Rules and prizes are below!

Rules:
MUST be a new, original piece of art that features your OWN oc. The oc can be either old or new, that is up to you.
Your art must be submitted to the contest folder by the end of the month. (August 31, at 11:59pm, EST a clock can be seen here: wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time… )
The contest folder can be found here: thesketchyartists.deviantart.c…
Limit of one entry per member.

First Prize: five points, a journal feature by the founder, and a request of your choice done by :iconthewatersculptuer:

Any Participant: Journal feature by the group, will be featured on the group homepage for one week

NOTE: The contest will be cancelled if we do not have a total of at least five entries!!!

Like these contests? Help make them possible by donating points to :iconthewatersculptuer:'s donation pool! All of the points donated will be used for the group.
Would you like to donate an art prize? Note the founder!

EDIT: almost forgot: the winner of first place will be decided by a journal entry featuring all of the artwork. at the end of the month, if you wish to vote for the contest, come visit and select your favorite, then leave a comment telling us your choice! **THE FOUNDER SHALL NOT PARTICIPATE**
We have been getting quite a few submissions to the featured folder lately, and I love that! but just keep in mind that it is the featured folder, and I may deny your art there. If I fee that it isn't good enough for that folder I will deny the request, but I will send it to a more appropriate folder. I also want to keep the folder from being dominated by just one artist, so even if your artwork is completely amazing (which it often is!) If you have a giant pile of art in there already you 1) may be denied and moved to the appropriate media folder 2) have the piece accepted and one of your other peices moved to the correct media folder.
--Thank you!
I have opened up a new folder in our gallery labeled helpfulness. This is a place to find a bunch of random, yet amazingly helpful tools to help while drawing/paining/sketching/etc.! I want to keep the folder clean and free of anything that doesn't provide a growing artist with help. I will allow different drawing exercises, proportional guides, and possibly some drawings that show the base layer (the simple shapes). Bases and how-to's, however, will be denied.
I have fixed the problem where members cannot contribute or suggest art. Any member can now contribute, so feel free!

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