CLOSED Nicky’s Unicorn Art Jam (and raffle)

Posted 1 year, 7 months ago by nickyflamingo

UPDATE Dec 13th: I'm so sorry for the delay while I recovered from a treatment and another appointment but we now have our winners!

First, the points have been added up for every entry into the Unicorn Jam. I’ve included everyone ranked by number of points (individual piece points added up to each person’s totals) and also a link to each comment on either the deviantart journal or toyhouse bulletin where I awarded each piece’s points. If it was not linked there, I didn’t see it and couldn’t count it. I did triple check I didn’t leave any out but please message me if I missed one here that I had previously replied to!

🦄 PatheticCreature 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2 = 44 total (Our Winner!) 🦄

PatheticCreature, I will reach out to you via note within the next couple days about your Custom Bite-sized Unicorn

Curious-Insanity: 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 = 30 total

Diluculi: 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 = 22 total

NekoChanTheKitty: 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 = 12 total

Reneri ( Erii-chii ): 2, 2, 4, 2, 2 = 12 total

StormbornPirate : 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 = 10 total

HighTideSiren: 2, 2 = 4 total

wandering-kotka: 2, 2 = 4 total

Homicidal-Bunny : 2 = 2 total

https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/931262438/5019722940

SkyJynx: 2 = 2 total

https://toyhou.se/~comments/19582012

Next up are all our raffles. One bonus art raffle was included to thank everyone for their patience. I used a list of all qualifying entrants in each raffle and randomized in using the Random.org random list feature. I’ve included a screen shot of each roll and who was included in each next to each winner.

I will reach out to each of these folks on here or toyhouse within the next couple days!

🦄 Raffle #1 Prize: Bite-sized custom Unicorn. (Raffle for everyone who made a gift art or writing for another person’s Unicorn).

Reneri ( Erii-chii ) https://sta.sh/0e7d1oex5a8

❄️ Raffle #2 Prize ACEO artwork (Raffle for everyone who made a gift art or writing for another person’s Unicorn).

HighTideSiren https://sta.sh/0eca11tbs2a

❄️ Raffle #3 Prize ACEO artwork (Raffle for everyone who made a gift art or writing for another person’s Unicorn). This is a bonus raffle to thank everyone for their patience while I was unwell and needed time to put together results!

Curious-Insanity https://sta.sh/01h7ker3bkjp

❄️ Raffle #4 Prize ACEO artwork (“Spread the Word” Raffle for anyone who shared the Art Jam journal/bulletin on Deviantart or Toyhouse).

StormbornPirate https://sta.sh/0zygd80f7fk

Thank you everyone for joining in! Congrats to the winners, I appreciate everyone’s being a good sport and also making this such a fun event by giving so many wonderful gifts and showing my silly little Unicorn designs such love. I hope I can host another fun event soon!

UPDATE Dec 9th: The Jam is now CLOSED! Thank you everyone for joining in! Please give me a couple days to get everything added up and get the raffles ready and I will let everyone know the results. <3

No more entries accepted after this time, thanks again!

Please do not remove any entries from stash until after the end of December in case I need to refer back, thanks!

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Nicky’s Unicorn Art Jam (win a custom and/or art)

*this will be cross-posted on Deviantart so some links will be DA links!

Hello friends and Unicorn lovers! I always try to do something special near the end of the year for my Unicorn adopts (sometimes called Nickycorns), usually including a give-away of some sort. This year I’d like to foster the spirit of giving between others as well as giving out prizes myself. Read on to learn how YOU can brighten someone’s day and also enter to win a bite-sized Unicorn of your very own! But, before I dive into everything PLEASE remember this is in the spirit of fun and giving. DO NOT enter if you will be upset by not winning as I can only give out so many prizes. Only do what you feel up to and be a good sport. Thank you for helping me keep things fun and be motivated to host events, it means a lot.

What is a Nicky Unicorn (Nickycorn)?: They are simply a series of Unicorn people adopts made by me. If you own any of these adopts you own a Nicky Unicorn: See this gallery

What is a Bite-sized Nicky Unicorn?: Unicorns made on this base (small cute lil Unicorns!): Unicorns made on this base

What is the Nicky Unicorn Art Jam?

An art Jam is when several people are all making art on the same theme. Additionally, writers are welcome to join this too! (I will say “art” repeatedly here but that includes you, writers). I’m running this one on the theme of my Unicorns, with a twist that you can also win a Bite-sized custom of your own, or art by me (see prizes below). We are only drawing/writing for Unicorns designed by me, not random unicorns. At the bottom of the list there will be Unicorns people have volunteered to allow people to make art of (yay, gift art!). While I am including one of my personal ones I would prefer you try to draw/write for others first (or your own Unicorns if you own one) before considering mine because this is about you all, not me. I have however included one mine in case anyone doesn’t feel comfortable drawing/writing for a stranger and to make sure there is enough for writers to work with in case there are no other volunteers allowing writing.

IN ADDITION, you get an entry for a raffle for an ACEO just for spreading the word even if you don’t draw or write.

What will the winners get?

I will be making two winners a custom “bite-sized” Unicorn Like these: Bite-sized examples and two winners will receive ACEO artworks. You MAY win more than one prize but I will award the winners in this order before rolling the next:

Winner 1 CUSTOM PRIZE: The person with the most points at the end (per scoring) will get a custom bite-sized unicorn.
Winner 2 CUSTOM PRIZE: Any person who makes an artwork/writing for this Jam of another person’s unicorn (that is not one of my personal unicorns) is entered into a raffle for a custom bite-sized unicorn custom (you only get 1 entry into this raffle regardless of how many gifts you make). Winner chosen via random number generator
Winner 3 ART PRIZE: Any person who makes an artwork/writing for this Jam of another person’s unicorn (that is not one of my personal unicorns) is ALSO entered into a raffle for an ACEO of any character which I will mail to you (you only get 1 entry into this raffle regardless of how many gifts you make). Winner chosen via random number generator.
Winner 4 ART PRIZE “Spread the Word”: Anyone who shares this journal/bulletin on Deviantart or Toyhouse will be entered to win an ACEO of any character which I will mail to you (you only get 1 entry into this raffle regardless of if you share this on both locations). Winner chosen via random number generator.

When will it run?

The art Jam starts on Sept 29th 2022 and runs through Dec 8th 2022 (extended from Dec 1st). That means you have two whole months to participate!
I may need a few days afterwards to tally everything up and announce the winners so I will keep everyone informed as to the award date when we get closer (and allowing for the fact I have a history of being ill during the end of the year). This end date is subject to change if my health requires or if a small extension is warranted but let's aim for this date.
I will then work on the winner’s prizes within two-ish months <3

What you can enter with (see point scoring below):

Traditional artwork
Digital artwork
Pixels
Writing (you must check to see if the owner of the unicorn allows writing first before writing for them).
On-base work (though for reduced points)

What is NOT allowed?:

Anything made with AI, including backgrounds.
Any extreme violence/gore (for my comfort), or x-rated stuff (to avoid having the contest journal/bulletins taken down). If you have nudity in your entry, mark it as mature on DA or marked nude on TH, please. Only include nudity if the owner has specified they are alright with it; we may have people who are either not interested in that art for their character for various reasons or are too young.
Dollmaker/ Picrew art. They're super fun and creative but not meant to be used this way (there's prizes involved here).
Crafts. I ADORE and respect crafts greatly but I don’t feel I can evaluate the time or cost of making crafts within the simplified scoring, so I’m barring them this time, my apologies.
Anything that is hateful, demeaning, inflammatory, ect towards the owner of the Unicorn or a group of people. Basically, no hate art/speech. Let's keep this welcoming and full of good intentions.
I am the judge on all these points.
I have the right to amend these rules as needed if I realize there is an issue.

Artwork Requirements:

All artwork/writing must be your own.
You may draw/write about your own Nicky Unicorn if you have one, or use one of the ones listed below. Some prizes reward you for drawing Unicorns belonging to people other than you or me. This is not about general unicorns, just the adopts made by me.
No AI images, including backgrounds.
All bases must be your own bases, free-to-use, or a base you have bought/have permission to use. No bases traced from animes, ect. All bases must be credited. Artwork made with bases will have reduced scores (see below).
If you include one, backgrounds must be either made by you or be a resource provided for use AKA art/photo stock (not just “a background from google”) and source must be credited. There are no additional points for backgrounds, to keep things simple.
I have the right to amend these rules as needed if I realize there is an issue.

Artwork scoring (multiplied by number of Unicorns in a piece): I am trying to make this as easy as possible and don’t want to make value judgements on gifts so minimal scoring here.

Artwork should be at least a clean, clear sketch. Example: https://www.deviantart.com/nickyflamingo/art/Reward-Madison-909168657

Uncolored Clean sketch or lines full body (non-chibi): 2 points
Uncolored Clean sketch or lines half body, bust, or chibi: 1 point
Plus color on figure (also can be monochrome/screentoned/detailed inks... basically anything that shows you put the same effort as coloring would): +2 for full body, +1 for chibi, half, or bust
BASES: Artwork made on a base will be half the points that it would usually be (yes you can receive half-points). All bases must be credited.

Examples: A colored chibi is worth 2 points usually. A colored chibi on a base is worth 1 point. An uncolored full body is 2 points. An uncolored full body on a base is 1 point. A full body plus color, monochrome coloring is 4 points. A fully shaded ink drawing without color is 4 points.

Writing Scoring: (Please be forgiving of my scoring here, I don’t normally host writing entries in contests so it’s my first try. I just would like to include writers in the fun!).

500 words: 1 point
1000+ words: 2 points (this is max points a writing piece will get, regardless of number of unicorns or words over 1000)

Please only write for characters that have given permission to do so in their forms, and if you need more info than given, you can reach out to the owner. It’s possible you may have to write more than once for a unicorn, if there aren’t many that give permission, my apologies.

I will reply to each art and writing entry to reward points but please allow me up to a week to do so. Please have patience for a pretty busy and very tired Flamingo, she will reply in batches!

I am the judge on all these points.
I have the right to amend these rules as needed if I realize there is an issue.

Other non-art/writing Rules (sorry this is long but important to read):

I have the right to amend these rules as needed if I realize there is an issue. The prizes will not change
My Unicorns cannot be resold, but may be traded for artwork or other adopts. They cannot be used for commercial purposes, merchandising, v-tubing, N/F/Ts, make other adopts or derivative designs/characters from them, or any other way of monetizing my artwork. By entering you agree to my ADOPT RULES, PLEASE READ THEM! Nicky Unicorn Adopt Rules
By entering you agree to my artwork Terms of service, which are here: https://www.nickyflamingo.art/terms-of-service
The password is “Unicorn Magic”. You must include this in your entry forms to show you have read everything
You must be a watcher of mine either on Deviantart or Toyhouse.
Your account must be at least three months old (or you must be willing provide me a link to your old account privately) and cannot be empty of either art or writing. Sorry, I have legitimate reasons for this and will not budge on it!
By volunteering your Unicorn to be allowed to be drawn (and/or written) by the entrants of the Art Jam, you are allowing them to draw/write for the character, post that art/writing to their Deviantart and/or Toyhouse accounts WITH CREDIT to you as owner and me as designer. It would be nice if you thanked them for the gift, as well.
By choosing to draw/write for someone else’s Unicorn who volunteered it to be allowed to be drawn (and/or written) by the entrants of the Art Jam, you agree that you do not own the character but can post that art/writing to your Deviantart and/or Toyhouse accounts WITH CREDIT to them as owner and me as designer. Also please be kind/respectful to the owners.
You can only enter for yourself, not on behalf of others. This is to avoid people entering on behalf of banned users and also to make sure the person winning is the person who has agreed to my unicorn adopt rules and terms of service.
If you enter something here that is against the rules and/or art and writing guidelines, you must be comfortable with me declining the entry or asking for you to change things to make it eligible. This shouldn’t be an issue but I want to put that out there upfront/
As usual, if you are banned from owning my adopts or entering events I hold, you are still banned from this (and I will ban others you ask to enter in your place if I find out).
PLEASE remember this is in the spirit of fun and giving. DO NOT enter if you will be upset by not winning as I can only give out so many prizes. Only do what you feel up to and be a good sport. Thank you for helping me keep things fun and be motivated to host events, it means a lot.

How to submit your Art or Writing entry for points:

Your artwork/writing needs to be posted on Deviantart or Toyhouse so I can see and score it, link it in the journal, and everyone can see what I scored it, for transparency's sake.

Fill out this form and reply to THIS COMMENT

Link to your artwork or writing piece (Deviation links or toyhouse links ONLY):
Who this art/writing is for (you or the person that the Unicorn belongs to):
Password to show you read the rules of this Art Jam/ raffle and agree: (type password here)
Do you agree to my Nicky Unicorn Adopt Rules and Artwork Terms of Service? https://www.nickyflamingo.art/terms-of-service : (y/n)

You can also enter the Artwork raffle for an ACEO by me without making any art/writing. You can enter this raffle AND also make artwork/writing. To get entered in the “Spread the word” Raffle, you must share this journal or the Toyhouse bulletin (once I post it) and then fill out this form (you only get one entry and REPLY HERE):

Link to your deviantart journal/poll/status or Toyhouse bulletin: (link here)
Password to show you read the rules of this Art Jam/ raffle and agree: (type password here)
Do you agree to my Nicky Unicorn Adopt Rules and Artwork Terms of Service? https://www.nickyflamingo.art/terms-of-service

Hey Unicorn owners! If you would like your Unicorn included in this Jam, REPLY HERE) to volunteer your unicorn. Please fill out the following form:

Link to Unicorn(s): (please provide a name as well as a link):
Are literature submissions okay for these unicorns and writers asking you questions if needed?: (y/n)
Would you be okay with holiday-specific artwork (ie halloween, christmas, ect): (y/n)
Special notes: (give us any info that you’d like for our artists/writers to know)

Available Unicorns to draw/write:

Key: (unicorn) / (owner) / (link to DA or TH comment with form filled out)/ (Writing yes/no)

Stella / nickyflamingo / (https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/931262438/5012179626) / writing: Yes!
Azuma: https://toyhou.se/11646375.azuma / HighTideSiren /https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/931262438/5012181757 /writing: Yes!
Saorise: https://toyhou.se/6767813.saoirse / MichiYaslana / https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/931262438/5012185458 / writing: No
Scylla https://toyhou.se/12856513.scylla#40039688 / Novarin / https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/931262438/5012187755 / writing: no
Zahrah https://toyhou.se/12369605.zahrahurs / Sketching-Panda-Ren / https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/931262438/5012188451 / writing: Yes!
Multiple Unicorns / Dayaja / https://toyhou.se/~comments/19349176/ Writing: Yes!
Selene and Eclipse / SoiLotus / https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/931262438/5012192738 / writing: Yes!
Hayami / https://toyhou.se/11633208.hayami / @erii-chii / https://toyhou.se/~comments/19349505 / writing: No
Vaiva https://toyhou.se/5210428.vaiva / NekoChanTheKitty / https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/931262438/5012219445 / writing: Yes!
Multiple Unicorns https://toyhou.se/~comments/19349943 / Lunathyst / writing: Yes, except for Tempest!
Asherah and Cyra and / Silevren / https://toyhou.se/~comments/19350298 / writing: Yes!
Triton / https://toyhou.se/13317915.triton / StormbornPirate / https://toyhou.se/~comments/19351429 / writing: Yes!
Medea/ https://toyhou.se/13318182.medea / Curious-Insanity / https://toyhou.se/~comments/19355757 / writing: yes!
Leagannia and Brach / MamaLantiis / https://toyhou.se/~comments/19356864 writing: yes!
Multiple Unicorns / https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/931262438/5012252938 / Unisamas-Art / Writing: No
Clíodhna https://toyhou.se/6049964.cl-odhna-love / LolitaCynder / https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/931262438/5012271097 / writing: No
Multiple Unicorns / Diluculi / https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/931262438/5012353836 / Writing: Yes!
Multiple Unicorns / wanderingkotka / https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/931262438/5012694485 / Writing: Yes!
Rune/ https://toyhou.se/13317681.nero / PatheticCreature / https://toyhou.se/~comments/19505450 / writing: Yes!
Mutiple Unicorns / SkyJynx / https://toyhou.se/~comments/19575960 / writing: Yes, except Carys
Thalia/ https://toyhou.se/2464139.thalia / crimsoncommande / https://toyhou.se/~comments/20003172 / writing: Yes!

Completed artwork and writing showcase:

Comments

Curious-Insanity

Hey just FYI the link to submit your unicorn to be drawn/written actually leads to the art/writing submission comment!