The first two weeks have passed without entrants.  But I have heard some interest.

We might even have a cosplay entry from the sounds of one comment!

Hurry up and get your entries in so I can start tormenting myself with choosing the best of the bunch.

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I've been planning to put out several short stories based around the characters of Divine Blood this year and I'm proud to say that the first one is out!

Starting the Divine Blood: Extracurriculars off with magic, monsters and a smidgen of Immortal politics in Iceland.

Pick up Smoke over Grimsvotn for free to learn just why Lilitu was in such poor health during the novel and keep an eye out for more stories.



Pick it up from DrivethruRPG: [link]

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To coincide with the contest, the Divine Blood novel is currently on sale.

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The Thrythlind-Stories group should now be accepting all members!.

This is the first of my four art contests this year and it is centered on the world of the Divine Blood novel.

Note, some of the rules have changed from earlier announcements.

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What do I need to do?

Post a deviation based on Divine Blood to your gallery and submit it to the Thrythlind-Stories group in the Divine Blood Informal Contest or Divine Blood Canon Contest as appropriate.

A link to the group is here: [link]

If it is working, go ahead and submit it yourself or send me a note and have me do it.  I'm fine either way.  (though remain irritated at the system)

There are two folders one for portraits and the other for scenes.

The group seems to be having trouble still.

There are two contests, the Informal and the Canon.

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What are the rules?

For the informal pictures, you can draw any character from the novels that you want.  You can dress them however you want.  You can even have them interacting with your own OCs or characters from established series such as Marvel, Dresden Files, Naruto, City of Heroes and so on.  

For the Canon pictures, you need to draw a scene out of the book, but it can be any scene you want to draw.

No limit on size, number of characters, complexity or color vs black and white.  You may also submit as many as two deviations to each category of the contest, meaning each participant may submit a total of four pictures maximum.  If you desire to do more than that, awesome, but choose which four (two each) you want to apply to the contest.

Again:

Informal Contest maximum entries per person: Two
Canon Contest maximum entries per person: Two

Do not submit anything with sexual content.  The clothing damage incident one of the evil characters suffers should be the limit of that.

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When does this end?

11:59 June 1st, Japanese time

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How will the winners be chosen?

On June 1st, the contest will come to an end and I will spend the next week speaking about the entries with selected friends.  The final decision will lie with me, it will not be up to an outside vote.  I will choose based on the following criteria.

Creativity - how clever you are with portraying the characters and situations

Characterization - how well you keep my characters in, well, character

Technique - flat out artistic skill

These criteria fit both the Informal and Canon contests.

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What are the prizes?

For each Category:

First Prize: 4,000 deviant art points, a signed copy of the book

Second Prize: 3,000 deviant art points

Third Prize: 1,000 deviant art points

One of the First Prize winners will also receive the Grand Prize which is as follows:

Your choice between a $100 Amazon Gift Card or a commission from an artist of your choice up to $100 in value

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What is Divine Blood?

Divine Blood is a novel that features elements of science fiction, fantasy and even a trace of horror.  It is set in an alternate version of our own world.  A world where nonhuman beings live among humans everyday secret societies and organizations fight for the fate of the world, hidden realms of ancient power struggle with the idea of coming to a truce and war is on the horizon everywhere though no one seems to notice.

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What elements exist in Divine Blood?

Mecha - small mecha ranging from 12 to 15 feet tall exist as fast assault vehicles.  Traditional tanks still carry more firepower and armor on average.  Humanoid mecha are referred to as "uprights".

Supernatural Powers - magic, psychic powers and supernatural martial arts are all considered part of the Divine Blood universe

Nonhuman species - most modern day nonhumans have evolved to fit in among humans either through appearing almost the same, shapechanging or not entering their true form until puberty.  Most nonhumans live normal lives.

Intrigue - there are numerous secret organizations, some good, some bad and most not communicating well between each other.

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What if I don't have the book?

Public chapters are available through my gallery or in the group linked above.  Also, you can purchase the full novel in kindle format for $3 from both amazon.com and driverthrurpg.com.

Also, I will offer a free kindle copy to the first twenty people that retweet my add for this contest on twitter.  This will come through drivethrurpg.com.



Series: Divine Blood
Volume 1
Title: Semester Start
Format: Novel
Genre: Sci-Fi - Paranatural
Kindle Price: $3
Print Price:  $9.95

Sale Prices: Kindle and PDF E-book: $1
Print copy: $8

Amazon: [link]

DrivethruRPG: [link]

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What if I don't have a kindle?

Amazon offers a free program which allows you to read kindle books on your desktop or laptop.

[link]

Also, Drivethrurpg.com offers the book in PDF format

DrivethruRPG: [link]

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