Thank God it loaded. The file was so big, I was sure it wouldn't .__. Anyway, I chose to go for an internet pirate I know Cho.mi already did somthing similar, but I swear I had the idea before I saw the drawing...and I really wanted to do this Big canvas because I like to work on big canvas sizes (I love that we can use bigger canvas sizes in the contest room...incentive to enter more contests?) It's been a loooong time since I've done any colouring, let alone lineless...and that background. I thought it was going to kill me still, it feels nice to have finally completed a picture withbackground for the first time in...two years? It's like, a proper picture as opposed to a doodle. C&C appreciated as always. I hope this is okay for pirate...I mean the "pirate" part isn't that obvious...it was going to be more obvious but then...idk Full view. Please. The thumbnail's small and it looks bad small.

WHOA! This is so awesome!!! The furniture and BG is amazing!!!

This is BRILLIANT. The coloring, atmosphere, and the background is downright FLABBERGASTING. THE BOOKSHELF. HOLEH. I just love this way too much to express.

Makes me feel like I shouldn't even bother finishing mine! SO AMAZING!

ha ha, thanks everyone. ^^

Skills, please.

Getting there- adding colour- (Edited on August 1, 2012, 3:45 am)

Eeeep this is so cool *o* It's awesome already!

fruit pirates!!!!!!!! I focused on the "original" part

Haha, cute!!!

These are adorable! What kind of fruit are they? I'm going to guess that the orange one is.. well an orange xD

I love it!

the , um, yellow like one is supposed to be a lemon

We are the pirates who don't do anything We just stay at home and lie around And if you ask us to do anything We'll just tell you We don't do anything

^Haha, very nice, Pajamajam! Too bad these are fruits instead of veggies

Pa Grape sang it, so it counts! :p

there is a chance that jtablet will crash on me and cause the applet to explode in my face. if this happens i'll let y'all know and please don't count it for the contest. if it doesn't, i'm beating err'won.
just kidding <3

anyway, c'est an internet pirate. not like the normal ones that get there photoshop and fancy things off piratebay, like a pirate that sails the 10000000 seas of the internet.

EDIT: oekaki won't load. will finish this in sai and post a link because i think this is cool, but please don't count it for the contest.

these 10000000 seas? http://xkcd.com/802_large/ haha love the idea, this picture looks awesome

Haha, those are awesome! I LOVE this idea!

@kira - omfg you thought of that too dude ok this is rly cool and i love it and jsut wow

Y'arr Mateys, it's contest time! I was having a real problem finding a theme I liked for my contest... So I decided to rummmage through old contest themes. I still LOVED nikki's mermaid theme, so I decided to do something similar. That's right Zoe, you guessed right, PIRATES. And just like before, you gotta create the funkiest combination or themed pirate you can think of! Entries will be judged on: originality (Be creative! I mean hey, elemental fire pirates? yes please.), basic aesthetics (Just try and not leave the background blank xD) and overall effort (I wanna see something SPUNKY. Just try your best ;D) Prizes! Oh lawd! 1st Prize!:A fully colored oekaki of anything you'd like! 2nd Prize!:A chibi of anything you'd like! 3rd Prize!:A detailed and shaded sketch of your choice! Contest ends on the 16th of August! Good luck and try your best mateys! ;D Thanks to Zoe for uploading :3

This is perfect! I can't wait to start!

.... I have so many ideas for this. I think my brain is going to melt.

^ I know right! I wish we could submit more than one! I'm probably going to draw a whole series of different pirates

Please do, they can't all count for the contest, but I wanna see the awesomeness that plays within your imaginations

oh my this is gorgeous, i reckon these ideas are cool i might enter if ive got time n.n

I hope I get my entry done soon...

okay sorry for lack of elaborate picture but i'm actually /not/ supposed to be on the computer right now 1st place - Origami Lily! just omg the composition and shading and the fact that it's lineless just blew me away 2nd place - Doodledraw! jfc this is really adorable and great and i love how realistically you made the windmill O: 3rd place - JJJorgie! i'm pretty sure you got america down pat, lol Honourable mentions go to crazy_ghost_light and Hummingbird98! thanks for entering my contest, and leave your requests either here or by pm and HOPEFULLY i'll get to them!

Yay! Third place!Congradulations to everyone!!! All the pictures were awesome!!! For my prize, I'd like a picture of this character, please: http://www.mangatutorials.com/file/pic/photo/2012/07/JJJorgie-new-marabelle-design-outline.png?t=5010bc75bf970 http://www.mangatutorials.com/file/pic/photo/2012/07/JJJorgie-oekaki-charcter-design.png?t=5010bdb421595 Thanks so much!!!

^ Lucky, I have never placed. BYt maybe that's because i haven't entered as much since I have improved. Congrats to everyone!

Thank you so much!!!!!! And congragulations to the other winners and also i think all the pictures that entered looked great and I liked looking at them again and again.

Congrats everyone!!! this contest was really fun thanks fiat-lux

Timer isn't accurate because I left the window open and I didn't want to have the layers combine. FULL VIEW PLZ!!!!!

This is cute! I love that cow!!! My guess is Switzerland (?)

the netherlands?

Holland?

Hama got it.

Yeah, it's the netherlands a.k.a holland! Ta-da!

This a leprechaun with its pot of gold. Leprechauns are said come from the country i live in. The thing beside it is a shamrock.Any ideas??

Ireland, of course!

yay

i was going to guess Ireland!

I KNOWS! IRELAND!!! :3 X3

I've been having troubles sending my drawings lately so it ended up eating my drawing. I get a weird error message and everything BUT I took a screenie of my drawing. If anyone knows where I live, please don't guess, haha! I haven't lived here long but I think I captured it okay. :0 It's one of the united states. http://oi47.tinypic.com/ei5qxf.jpg

arg that background is beautiful! I LOVE the feel of it, so warm <3 I'm gonna guess Cali or something :3

That's really pretty! I'm going to guess Hawaii.

I am guessing Hawaii too. Cause of the water, the warm weather cloths, and the palm tree. I love the background!!!

Okay, haha, maybe I didn't portray it very well. xD Should I say where I live or like uh... let people keep guessing?

Hmmm... how about Florida?

somewhere in the gulf coast? florida maybe. or puerto rico if you count that as part of the U.S.

You all were pretty close South Carolina. Palmetto state. xD

Haha, that actually would've been my next guess.

ahhh that's superb!!

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Hmmmm.... France?

close. Hint: You can find it in Europe sorry, but I drew the wrong windmills.

Netherlands?

your good 'cause your right! how'd you know?

Awesome! With my first guess, I was mainly paying attention to th cheese, but with I thought more about the windmills I remembered that they were Dutch. This is a nice picture. It symbolizes the Netherlands really well! Great job!

thanks <3 actually those windmills are german i drew the wrong ones

My pleasure! I guess it was just the idea of windmills

Haha, this was really fun to do! I hope I don't offend anyone I really like how the belt buckle turned out, though it's kind of hard to see (it's the playboy bunny symbol if you can't tell) Fullview PLEASE!

Ummmm...San Diego? Like the San Diego Zoo because of the animal colored background? Also the McDonald's leans towards America because that is were McDonald's originated and the dark skin would explain that San Diego has a warm climate. I really like this picture!!! <3~ Edit: The character in your drawing reminds me of the series Peach Girl!!!

Thanks! That's a really good guess, I never would've thought that in-depth into it! I guess I should've mentioned that I'm just going my country. Also, I tried to make the tan look like one of those fake, really poorly done ones.

My guess was also America xD This is hilarious! I really love all of it, her expression is perfect! Love all the bright colours you used ^^

some place WARM!

Thanks, Crivannia! Glad you like her! You and Doodledraw are correct! It's America. crazy_ghost_light, considering most of the girls at my highschool, I don't think it necessarily has to be warm for them to wear this

^ Kids in my MIDDLE school dress like this, it's sad.

contest time!!! all you need to do is draw someone or something that is stereotypical of what state/country you live in! the only catch here is that you can't tell us, we have to guess. (also don't make it /too/ offensive i don't want people getting upset or anything thank you uvu) winner(s) will be chosen on or around the 22nd! 1st place gets a full body traditional (recommended) or digital (not recommend) picture, colour or b&w 2nd place gets either a full body traditional/digital sketch, or a half body full colour or b&w 3rd place gets either a half body sketch or a bust full colour or b&w either honourable mentions or everyone else (depends on how many people enter) gets a bust sketch!

This is a funny theme, I'll totally try and enter

This is a really fun idea! I'll definitely try!

This sounds pretty funny, actually~ And it should be pretty easy for where I live, lol.

im in!

oh cool! i tried to do this when it was my turn like a year ago and it didn't turn out well, so i hope there'll be more entries for this <3

i'm defo doing this haha.

It's over! Because of the number of amazing entries that have been submitted for this contest, and because I worked all day and I'm tired, I'll post the winners tomorrow. EDIT: You guys have no idea how hard it was to pick the winners here. Every single submission was completely amazing, and there were so many that they run off to the second page. There wasn't a single entry that didn't have my jaw on the floor from amazement. Every single entry deserves first place and money and mountains of candy instead of crappy doodles from yours truly. All winners get a full-body, full-color picture with a background, and I'll sketch a picture for everyone else who participated. Otherwise, nothing about judging this thing feels fair. First Place: Lenny Your picture feels exactly like dancing around a campfire. Just completely gorgeous. Second Place: Origami Lily This reminds me of Wraeththu, a trilogy of books I was completely in love with as a wee youngin'. Also, those polka dot wings could cause world peace. Third Place: Crivannia Completely glorious. Like a Valkyrie preparing to choose fallen warriors to accompany her to Valhalla. Except she's emitting a mighty roar and is about to go Super Saiyan or something. PM me your requests as you think of them. Some prizes won't be drawn here on the board, simply because if they were it would take forever to get them all done. (Edited on July 4, 2012, 10:35 am)

Oh no! The anticipation!!!

I see you shiver with antici-

-pation...

Oooo, yay! Congrats to everyone!!!

Whoa, wow o.o Gratz to all the winners!

Cory: You made me laugh This was a great contest idea, wish I entered! Congrats to the winners <3

Congrats you guys!

And I'm glad I'm not the only one who got reminded of Valkyries when they saw Crivannia's picture~

Oh wow, I didn't expect this at all!!!!<3 Congrats to everyone, and thankyou:) It must have been so hard to judge>.> So many of the entries were simply amazing.

I used purple, blue, and white. Unconsciously, I made the girl in blue look like Miki from Shugo Chara.

Uhm, I used red, brown and cream. If it looks black, it's super-super-super dark brown, and I didn't use any white.

Adulted for decapitation/blood/gore/intense body modification and general not-child-appropriateness. Even though it's not as extreme as I had originally envisioned it.

Holy sweet jesus in heaven this is amazing <33333

So cool! *o*

decapitation is a pretty intense body modification. i don't think i'd go there