Theme
Twelve Days of Christmas

Rules
1. Must be a form of visual art, be it drawing, painting, photography, etc. If you wish to use photoshop, you must have created/ taken the original image, and must post a copy of the original image along with your entry
2. Must include at least one day, can include more.
3. Must be your own work.
4. Each member may only submit three entries. Posts may be edited as many times as you like until the contest closing date, so if you change your mind about what you'd like to submit, you may.

Contest Runs
Today (Nov. 29) - Jan. 7 (to give those of us who are away over the holiday season a chance to put in last minute entries/ judge)

Judges and judging
Myself
wolverineh8ter
jamesish
monkeydoodle77
I am no longer accepting judges
Each of us will pick our top five. #1 will recieve 5 points, #2 4 points, etc based on which entry strikes us the most, aesthetically, and which fits the theme of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" the most. Images with the most points will win.

Prizes
Yet to be determined. Please donate to the contest page.

Current points:
1st - 347 points
2nd - 214 points
3rd - 140 points

Entries
None yet.

There seems to be some confusion about the theme. To clear this up, I give you the Twelve Days of Christmas:
On the twelfth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
12 Drummers Drumming
Eleven Pipers Piping
Ten Lords a Leaping
Nine Ladies Dancing
Eight Maids a Milking
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Golden Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

(obviously, there are more verses, counting the days up from 1, and adding a new set of items each day.)
The image must depict at least one of the previous lines. Eg. You can draw a picture of day six, showing "six geese a laying", or some such thing

Post edited at 7:47 am on Dec. 3, 2008 by Discordany

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So...what exactly do we do?

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Visual art: take a photo, draw a pciture, etc based on the theme "The Twelve Days of Christmas"

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how will you judge entries

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Each judge will pick their top five entries, absed on which they feel strikes them the most aestetically and fits the theme the best.

But first, someone tell me what a partridge is and what it looks like.

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I may enter your contest...

But first, someone tell me what a partridge is and what it looks like.

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I don't think I fully understand the logic in this?

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i'm athiest. this isn't fair. i feel discriminated against.

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Oh, dont be silly. So am I.

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Quote: from negative0 at 6:37 am on Dec. 3, 2008

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i'm athiest. this isn't fair. i feel discriminated against.

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Oh, dont be silly. So am I.

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christmas is a religious holiday. it seems a lot of people forget that.

fine. i'll draw something, but it'll be with all the sentiment i have for christmas.

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Quote: from orange joy at 11:50 am on Dec. 3, 2008

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Quote: from negative0 at 6:37 am on Dec. 3, 2008

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i'm athiest. this isn't fair. i feel discriminated against.

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 Oh, dont be silly. So am I.

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christmas is a religious holiday. it seems a lot of people forget that.

fine. i'll draw something, but it'll be with all the sentiment i have for christmas.

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I realize its religious, being raised Catholic. Birth of Christ and all that. In fact, in finding the lyrics to add into my main post, I found a site talking about the religious significance of each of the days in the lyrics.

However, there is no arguing that the celebration has become largely secularized and is celebrated by many/most people regardless of religious background. This contest is in the spirit of the season, not the spirit of the religion.