Hello, my dearies~

~Welcome to my little art contest.
(the contest has been given a one week extension! And also, prettied up a bit)
Now, I've never hosted any contests here on dA before, so I have absolutely no idea what I am doing. X3 But I'm giving it a go anyway, and I can tempt you all with the chance of drawing one of my main characters, with absolutely free hands on how you draw her, and with the promise of a Premium Membership for a year to the winner! So, without any further mumblings, I'm just gonna jump right to the important stuff!

~Contest Begins :: Now. As in the very moment you read this. So, get drawing!

(officially it started on Thursday the 22nd of August 2013)

~Contest Ends :: Friday 18th of October 2013!

All art must be submitted to me through a private NOTE before midnight on the 18th of October (I'm on GMT +1 timezone)
(the original end date has been extended from the 10th of october)

~Winner is Announced :: On Sunday the 20th of October 2013

I'll be using all of Saturday to judge the entries and decide on the winner

You can submit as many pieces of art as you want, but can only win with one. M'kay?
Remember to submit the entry through a private NOTE! (it's important!)
And, when submitting art, let me know how you found this contest
(are you one of my watchers, or did someone refer you here?)

~What to Draw

The person you'll be drawing is the 6th Gatekeeper and Fire Medium; Kj!

Full Name :: Anata KeyJester Phoenix
Appearing Age :: 27
Race :: Humanoid shalant of the Formtaker subrace (a kind of shapeshifter)
Class :: Medium (it is a sort of summoner, fyi)
Main Weapon :: Her own soul. Usually takes on the form of a staff-like key when wielding it.
She has recently learned to transform it into chains that comes out of her hands, with keys on the ends.
Most likely, this will become her prefered weapon of use, over her staff.
Eyes & Hair :: Her eyes are the same turquoise colour as her hair ( tinypic.com/r/2lb2wlg/5 ) but with dark teal pupils.
Important Traits :: Her rainbow-coloured gem on her forehead, and the tattoo beside her right eye of a yin&yang symbol, a crescent moon (these two specific tattoos are magic ones and can be left out, as only those with magesight can see them), and a chain with 5 links. She also has the wolf and the ankh tattoo on her upper right arm ( tinypic.com/r/14970pd/5 ), and a dragonfly tattoo on the lower part of her right arm (I haven't drawn it yet, sorry). And keys. She ALWAYS has keys with her. Her summonings are tied to some of her keys, so she uses them when summoning (I'm working on drawing the keys she uses for summoning).

You have absolutely free hands on how you draw her. Do a fancy scene, or a portrait. Draw her in a cosplay, or design her a new outfit. DO WHATEVER COMES TO MIND! I originally intended to have you guys have a go at designing her new battle outfit when I thought of this contest (this was the first version, and me cosplaying her in it: aratri.deviantart.com/art/Kj-C…  and you're still allowed to have a go at re-designing it), but I decided to not limit it to only that. So yes, draw her however you like! As long as you keep in mind the colour of her hair and eyes and her forehead gem, you can do anything you like. Even give her a haircut, if that's your fancy. Just go wild!


Thank you in advance for your lovely entries~

~Honorable Mention

It's just a silly little extra prize, but why not? You can get this by sharing this contest and getting people to enter it. When people enter and they tell me you pointed them in this direction, I note down on my fancy piece of paper that you get a point. At the end of the contest, the person with the most points win. It's as simple as that. It's basically a silly way to hopefully get as many people as possible to enter this contest!