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Thanks everyone for participating!! I had no idea I would get this many great entries!You've all come up with great concepts and it's going be tough to choose the winners!
Therefore I'm going to take some days and announce the winners in a new journal entry on Wednesday May 21 !


Double check to see if you're entry is in here! (If I forgot to include yours please resend me a note with your entry asap! )

The entries: 


                           
         
                                  
 

This was the briefing:
Hi there!
I'm doing a Caldyra creature design contest for those who want to and have the time
 1st place: 
- 3 month premium membership.
- A book send from amazon. ( Color  & Light by James gurney. Or other if you already own this one)
-Your concept will be featured in the Caldyra artbook with full credits.
- Journal feature.
 2nd place:
- 1 month premium membership.
- Your concept will be featured in the Caldyra artbook with full credits.
- Journal feature.
 3rd place:
-1 month premium membership.
-Your concept will be featured in the Caldyra artbook with full credits.
- Journal feature.
 4th to 10th:
- Your concept will be featured in the Caldyra artbook with full credits.
- Journal feature.

How to win this?
It's simple! Make a sketch for the following topic...
In my artbook Caldyra. There is a mystical creature known in common tongue by Skyworm.

    
The size can be between a cat and a medium sized dog.
Image should be optimal for print, so please use 300 Pixels per Inch, on at least 2000 wide/tall
You may submit more than 1 concept!!
You can use this logo to place on your image to show it's made for the contest  

There are only 2 of these creatures, Male and Female.
In the story the female roams the sky, forever leaving sad rain clouds and frustrated thunderstorms in search for her beloved male companion. Her male companion had been cast from the sky hundreds of years ago it's remains fertilizing the the earth with a magical tree-sort, The Caldyra.
Born from one of these trees was a small creature. The male Skyworm reborn.
However, the magical Caldyra trees that have grown from the Skyworms energy have all been harvested by greedy humans. Leaving this small flying creature earth bound, forever out of reach of it's female companion.
The book's heroes Ninae, Borus and Fennek are in search of the last trees to hopefully restore it back to a forest. Their companion, being this baby Skyworm. They are not even aware of it's heritage! As their aim is to restore the Caldyra's magic back to human kind, not knowing they would help this creature in the process.
Now it's up to you to design this creature. It has to look magical and able to fly.
It can be birdlike, dragon like, fishlike. It's up to you!!

For more on the book and story. Visit the facebook page: www.facebook.com/Caldyra
Deadline is my Birthday! May 16 2014 !



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Comments: 191

Hehayo In reply to ??? [2014-03-25 08:56:17 +0000 UTC]

Do you accept, Photomanipluation?  

, can't draw for the life of me... is "2432 x 3648" resolution okay? So, we have to base the entry on the description, correct?

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Suzanne-Helmigh In reply to Hehayo [2014-03-25 09:03:46 +0000 UTC]

yes ofcourse
Concept artists use photos as well most of the time.
Go ahead.
And that format is big enough indeed

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Xocoa In reply to ??? [2014-03-20 15:54:48 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, I might get this a shot!
So the baby Skyworm isn't just a mini Skyworm? It's been resurrected in a different flying form?

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Suzanne-Helmigh In reply to Xocoa [2014-03-20 15:59:48 +0000 UTC]

Yes it changes shape completely. So the baby shape could even be a fox, monkey, butterfly something fantasy completely. 
Remember it's a magical mythical being. It becomes what it wants to become when resurrected

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Xocoa In reply to Suzanne-Helmigh [2014-03-21 03:16:53 +0000 UTC]

Was there magical fruit on the trees? What do they look like?

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Naeomi In reply to ??? [2014-03-19 21:55:30 +0000 UTC]

naeomi.deviantart.com/art/Cald… Bloop

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Suzanne-Helmigh In reply to Naeomi [2014-03-20 16:00:11 +0000 UTC]

added it to the journal you're the first

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Naeomi In reply to Suzanne-Helmigh [2014-03-20 16:01:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Naeomi In reply to ??? [2014-03-19 20:02:45 +0000 UTC]

im confused by the dimensions. Does one side have to be at least 2000 px wide (and anotehr smaller) , or does the picture have to be bigger then 2000 px both long and wide?

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Suzanne-Helmigh In reply to Naeomi [2014-03-20 16:00:58 +0000 UTC]

2000 as a minimum or any side.
So any size is acceptable as long as the numbers of the dimensions don't go below 2000

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Naeomi In reply to Suzanne-Helmigh [2014-03-20 16:01:34 +0000 UTC]

Ok, just wanted to be sure!

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Otamineko [2014-03-19 01:37:34 +0000 UTC]

Any medium can be used? Can I make each sheet in one different medium? I'm so excited to do this \o/

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2tall4yall In reply to ??? [2014-03-18 23:57:23 +0000 UTC]

in case you're counting entrants or something, you can count me in!

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CatCouch [2014-03-18 23:17:41 +0000 UTC]

Sounds good, I've been avoiding designing creatures so here's my incentive!

One question: where do we submit?

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danielwachter In reply to ??? [2014-03-18 19:27:40 +0000 UTC]

I shall try this.

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saloniD In reply to ??? [2014-03-18 13:17:14 +0000 UTC]

I AM IN  

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RogerStork [2014-03-18 03:34:25 +0000 UTC]

sounds fun

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Observer14 In reply to ??? [2014-03-18 02:11:53 +0000 UTC]

would be interesting to do this as a sculpture...   
Not sure if I could pull it off, but I may try.

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FTMPro In reply to ??? [2014-03-18 00:17:54 +0000 UTC]

I love the concept.  I will try and make something worthy but no promises.  

And your birthday is shared by my daughter.  So very cool.

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DaddyHoggy In reply to ??? [2014-03-17 22:28:06 +0000 UTC]

I can't draw - but I'm looking forward to everybody else's inspirational entries.

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GavinMichelli In reply to ??? [2014-03-17 17:48:37 +0000 UTC]

Can't wait to enter this!!!

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Suzanne-Helmigh In reply to GavinMichelli [2014-03-17 17:56:51 +0000 UTC]

awesome! looking forward to see what you'll make!

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TobyFoxArt In reply to ??? [2014-03-17 17:10:21 +0000 UTC]

Your Caldyra project is so cool! I'm definitely entering this. But I do have a question, do you want the entries to be displayed like a fully rendered illustration with background etc or a piece of concept art where the creature is displayed as if to be modelled or a different style all together?

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Suzanne-Helmigh In reply to TobyFoxArt [2014-03-17 17:13:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!!
As a concept that is the main focus.
If you then decide you also want to make an illustration with it be my guest ^^

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TobyFoxArt In reply to Suzanne-Helmigh [2014-03-17 19:06:15 +0000 UTC]

Cool thanks! So like this piece that you made? 

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Suzanne-Helmigh In reply to TobyFoxArt [2014-03-17 20:02:27 +0000 UTC]

exactly! you can even do it with a plain white background

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TobyFoxArt In reply to Suzanne-Helmigh [2014-03-17 20:53:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for taking the time to explain! I can't wait to get this done!

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NoreyDragon In reply to ??? [2014-03-17 17:07:11 +0000 UTC]

I love designing stuff <3 Can there be mutliple concepts on one page, or does there every concept have to be in a separate file?

(Not to be annoying, but I find the R in the Cyldyra logo looks a lot like a B )

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Suzanne-Helmigh In reply to NoreyDragon [2014-03-17 17:12:24 +0000 UTC]

ooh yes that it alright As long as the file remains big enough, so if you want to do mor ein one page make it a little bigger than if you would have 1.


Aah yeah.. well the logo needs some more work later I've never made logos or fonts before

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NoreyDragon In reply to Suzanne-Helmigh [2014-03-17 17:49:23 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! I love winged creatures and have been enjoying your art for a very long time, so I'll definitely put it on my to-do list^^ I'm excited to see what the other contestants come up with

Thanks for the nice reply, btw!

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Suzanne-Helmigh In reply to NoreyDragon [2014-03-17 17:58:10 +0000 UTC]

aah no problem!
That's nice to read!

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Ardinaryas In reply to ??? [2014-03-17 16:54:32 +0000 UTC]

wow, what a great contest to enter!! 
I think I'm in!!  

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Suzanne-Helmigh In reply to Ardinaryas [2014-03-17 16:54:55 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!! looking forward to it!

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Lazy-chicken [2014-03-17 15:20:36 +0000 UTC]

I will try to participate....anything that takes my mind of the stress I currently had.
Count me in ^^

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Suzanne-Helmigh In reply to Lazy-chicken [2014-03-17 16:55:13 +0000 UTC]

stress? hope you're okay!
Looking forward to seeing your entry ^^

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Lazy-chicken In reply to Suzanne-Helmigh [2014-03-17 17:37:57 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, i just finished my aprenticeship and now I'll less than I was supposed to...it's called tarif-zahlung in Germany every worker get's a set payload...and I will get less than my normal pay. Now we have to think how to get over the month.
Thankfully I still have grandparents...
but we'll pull through. ^^

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Corey-H [2014-03-17 01:23:52 +0000 UTC]

Cool! I know what I'm doing today.

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Suzanne-Helmigh In reply to Corey-H [2014-03-17 10:58:36 +0000 UTC]

Awesome looking forward to seeing it!

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Timcreo [2014-03-17 00:19:55 +0000 UTC]

Where would we submit it?

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Suzanne-Helmigh In reply to Timcreo [2014-03-17 10:59:03 +0000 UTC]

simply upload it into your deviantart gallery and send a link or thumb to me ^^

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Timcreo In reply to Suzanne-Helmigh [2014-03-17 14:48:53 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I guess I should've known.

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FinalFinals [2014-03-16 21:29:39 +0000 UTC]

Perhaps I'll give it a go! I'll try my hand at weaving a monster from the basic description...Is it ok if it's a Black&White concept sketch?

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Suzanne-Helmigh In reply to FinalFinals [2014-03-16 21:31:53 +0000 UTC]

That's up to you ^^
Everything is welcome.

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Nokinami [2014-03-16 21:17:39 +0000 UTC]

Hnn. Sketch? Like sketch, sketch? No need for colour and lineart? No inking? 

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Suzanne-Helmigh In reply to Nokinami [2014-03-16 21:20:19 +0000 UTC]

With sketch I meant concept sketch. 
When you make a sketch in concept art it has all the colors, poses, characteristics etc. Yet it does not have to be extremely highly rendered out.
Just like these are sketches:

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Nokinami In reply to Suzanne-Helmigh [2014-03-16 21:28:08 +0000 UTC]

Ah. Thank you.

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JulioCastelo [2014-03-16 20:37:11 +0000 UTC]

Yeah! Awesome!

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Suzanne-Helmigh In reply to JulioCastelo [2014-03-16 21:20:26 +0000 UTC]

!

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clemensons [2014-03-16 19:56:57 +0000 UTC]

Do we get to keep the rights to the image?

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Suzanne-Helmigh In reply to clemensons [2014-03-16 20:04:47 +0000 UTC]

Ofcourse!
As long as I have the rights to have it printed into the book and use it's design for storytelling images.

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