NintyFans Halloween Contest Winners

My Nintendo group on deviantART ran a Halloween competition that ran from mid-October to the 8th November.

We had plenty of people enter for a chance of winning some great prizes, such as commissions from artists, deviantART points and features and more. 

As the Founder, I also got to judge the entries. Here's who I chose as the first, second and third place winners. Congratulations!

FIRST PLACE

Smash Halloween Party by Spelarminlind

SECOND PLACE

Haunter House by artisanpanda

THIRD PLACE

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Halloween Boonanza! by Misswaterfox

Princess Zelda by artspell

Princess Zelda from the Legend of Zelda series is given something of a Disney makeover here with this piece by artist David Lojaya (known as artspell online). 

Beautifully vibrant, whilst picking out Zelda's key features and peaceful demeanour  this is a great piece of fan art.

See it below:

Check out more work from artspell via their deviantart page.

NintyFans: Halloween Contest Now Live!

It's October, which means plenty of Halloween shenanigans are found around the internet.

My deviantART Nintendo group, NintyFans is currently holding a Halloween contest. The idea is to create a Halloween-themed piece of Nintendo art in any medium.

Plenty of fellow artists have come on board to kindly donate prizes for our first, second and third place winners, who will be announced on the 7th November 2013.

If you would like to get involved and enter this competition for a host of excellent prizes, then head on down to the competition entry page. Similarly  please get in touch with me via my email address if you would like to donate a prize for one of the three winners.

Have fun!

Kayleigh
8-Bit Girl

NintyFans: Smash Bros. Competition Winners

My Nintendo deviantART art group (NintyFans) recently held a competition to create a piece of art based on a character the entrant would most like to see in a future Smash Bros. game. They were encouraged to draw some of the characters move-set if they wish.

We had a lot of excellent entries, but these three were by far the best, and were awarded our three winners!

Ridley by BonnyJohn

Tetra/Toon Zelda by Icy-Snowflakes

Wart!! by Dominosaur

Congratulations to those who won! If you wish to enter future NintyFans competitions, please keep an eye on the group page.

NintyFans Smash Bros. Competition

I often use 8-Bit Girl as a place to let my readers know about my Nintendo deviantART group's competitions. Every few months or so, NintyFans holds an art competition based on a particular theme, with a bunch of prizes up for grabs each time.

The theme this time is:

Smash Bros. Characters
Draw a character you want in the next Smash Bros. game. They have to be a character that has never been added to the series character roster before!

Prize Donations?

As for the prizes, there are drawing commissions, features and more up for grabs, but we are still on the lookout for more!

If you are a dab hand at being creative, or would just love to feature some fantastic Nintendo art on your gaming blog amongst any other prizes you may have available to donate, then please get in touch with me!

I would be happy to add your prize to the competition blog. Also, please feel free to enter yourselves if drawing is a passion of yours. As the saying goes, the more the merrier!

For prize donations, please email kayleighjpowis@gmail.com with the headline 'Smash Bros Competition Prize Donation' and I shall add them to the competition blog straight away.

Check out the current prizes, rules and entries here: http://nintyfans.deviantart.com/journal/New-contest-386645991

Good luck everyone, and have fun!

Cute The Walking Dead Fan Art!

Check out this rather cute piece of The Walking Dead fanart by artist Bisparulz.

This piece features Omid, Ben, Kenny, Christa, Clementine, Lee and Chuck from the Telltale Games series. Check out the larger version of it here. 

New NintyFans Contest!

Art by Know-Kname

I often let you all know about the latest contests that are running on the group I founded, 'NintyFans'.

NintyFans is a deviantART group which brings together thousands (5,966 members at the time of publishing!) of creative/arty Nintendo fans. I'm the Founder and boss of the group, and have been for over 3 years now. 

This month's contest is: What Nintendo Characters Do In Their Spare Time.

Plenty of prizes are up for grabs, including points (dA's currency), features and llamas. Hopefully more people will be donating more prizes shortly!

Head on down to this journal entry for the competition rules and the full list of prizes! http://nintyfans.deviantart.com/journal/New-Contest-358148552

Tomb Raider Reborn Contest!

To celebrate the release of Crystal Dynamic's new Tomb Raider reboot, they have teamed up with art site deviantART to host a Tomb Raider Reborn competition.

Professional and budding artists alike are encouraged to depict Lara Croft's latest transformation in an original piece of artwork.

The prizes include points to spend on the deviantART store, cash prizes, hoodies, bags and Tomb Raider Xbox360 consoles amongst other things.

You must be a dA member to enter, and entries must be in before the 14th March 2013.

If this sounds like your type of contest, then you can enter here: http://ayame-kenoshi.deviantart.com/journal/Tomb-Raider-Reborn-Contest-351846219

Good luck!

Feature: Nerdy Aprons!

I love seeing people's creativity, so I jumped at the chance of featuring DarlingArmy.

The brains behind DarlingArmy is Amanda Marin, who creates custom-made aprons for a whole host of nerd-dom, gaming being a large proportion of it. On her Etsy store and deviantART page, she shows off her creations, those inspired by Zelda, Pokemon and Portal to name a few.

When I asked Amanda these two questions, she replied with these answers:

What inspired you to create these aprons?
I've actually been creating femme cosplay designs for my best friend and myself for several years. We're both a little tan and therefore can't always cosplay for authenticity, so why not cute it up? Afterall, I don't wear pants in real life, why should I when I cosplay?

Anywho, the aprons came about when I was strapped for cash while I was student teaching full time and still going to school full time. When Christmas came around and I had no cash, I had to use scrap fabric to make my friends geeky aprons.

From there I decided to sell them. Instead of offering dresses, I decided pinafores were much more versatile and accessible for all women since they can be worn fifty different ways instead of just one way like a dress <3

What has been your favourite design so far?
Gaaaaaaah. Such a hard question. I would say...probably my design for Matt Smith's new costume for the newest season of Doctor Who. When I found the leaked photos from the filming of the new episodes, I instantly fell in love with the deep colours!

Amanda's current favourite design!

Check out a few of her gaming designs below.

This has to be my favourite!

Check out more of DarlingArmy's work here:
Etsy- http://www.etsy.com/shop/darlingarmy
deviantART- http://darlingarmy.deviantart.com/

NintyFans Halloween Contest Announced

It's that time again, folks!

My Nintendo group which I founded over on deviantART (called NintyFans) is currently running a Halloween competition. 

The aim is to create a Nintendo themed Halloween art-piece. Any mediums are accepted (as long as they abide by the current group rules). 

Prizes include art pieces drawn by several deviants, art features and hopefully soon, even more. Normally these NintyFans contests gain a lot of great prizes in the end, so it is worth entering if you are a member of the group.

If anyone would like to donate prizes to the contest, please give me an email!
The contest closes on the 13th November 2012.

All details, including prizes and rules can be found here.

Good luck everyone!

Perhaps The Best Alice: Madness Returns Cosplay I've Seen!

I loved Alice: Madness Returns, and happened to stumble upon this rather excellent cosplayer last night during a brief browse.

Ormeli on deviantART has plenty of fantastic cosplays besides her Alice one, so it is worth looking through her gallery. However, I decided to feature her Alice cosplay photos, as she looks scarily like Alice Liddel from the game-the same frame, big eyes and face shape. Check them out below. You can also view the bigger versions via the Alice folder in her gallery.

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Art Feature: Lenka Simeckova

Today I am featuring art from deviantart member MadLittleClown, aka Lenka Simeckova. 


Lenka's whole gallery is full of excellent traditional and digital illustrations, but I've decided to focus on her Bioshock collection in particular in this post (I urge you to check out her gallery though!).


Check them out below, and see the full size images via her gallery.

Art Feature: theDURRRRIAN

Today's feature goes to deviantArt member theDURRRIAN. He has provided a lot of artwork for Anchora Games, who created online trading card game Forgotten Myths.

Check out these pieces below, inspired by Alice: Madness Returns and World of Warcraft. 

Lady Glodien Dawnwing

Alice: Chaos In Wonderland

Feature Friday: ghostfire

Today's art feature goes to deviantART member ghostfire. They have plenty of excellent digital art in their gallery, much of it dedicted to games.

Here are some of her works!

Mass Effect: Tali's Reflection

Sleepy Link

Not Enough Torches

I Drew Lara Croft!

Tonight I decided to get out my drawing tablet for the first time in almost a year and a half. I've not even been doodling really in all this time!


As a lot of you like your art features here on the blog, I decided to share my latest picture. I'm not the greatest at drawing, but feel free to check out my deviantART page for my previous efforts (I like my photography more!).

Lara Croft

Art Feature: GrandmaThunderpants

Today's art feature comes from deviantART user GrandmaThunderpants.

GrandmaThunderpants creates some cute and fantastic looking clay pieces, many of which are based on games. Her gallery is home to necklaces, keyrings, models and much more.

Check out a few of her gaming creations below!

Ghirahim Necklace

Leon & Claire Charms

Mini Zack/Cloud Loveheart Necklace

Art Feature: Sweetochii

Today's art feature comes from deviantART member Sweetochii. An artist hailing from the United States, Sweetochii's style is cute, chibi-fied and fun. 

Check out a few examples of her work below.

Mario Digital Painting

Beanie Squirtle

Red Dead Redemption-Chibi Marston

NintyFans: "Unlikely Alliances" Contest Details

I am the Founder of a Nintendo art group over on deviantART, which is currently boasting 5,000+ members (this rapidly grows every day too!).


Every other month or so NintyFans runs a competition where members must create an entry based on the chosen theme. Many prizes are always up for grabs, including deviantART points (which can be used to buy items in the dA store, amongst other things), free commissions from varied artists, features, handmade items, and much more.


May 2012 signalled the groups next competition.


The Aim
Entitled "Unlikely Alliances", the aim is to create an entry that shows your chosen alliance take down an unspeakable evil. It can be anything from the Nintendo universe...and perhaps the enemy in question is not normally considered a Nintendo antagonist! Members can create their own conflict, if they so wish.


Two or more Nintendo characters can be chosen for the entry, and d both do not necessarily have to be heroes either-again, perhaps a villain has decided to do some good for a change. 





The contest closes on the 29th June 2012, and will be judged by myself and the Co-Founder. For the full list of rules and prizes, check out the contest journal entry.


I hope to see a lot of you join NintyFans and participate in the contest!


Also, feel free to follow us here!:
Twitter: @nintyfans
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nintyfans

Art Feature: Gabe Rose

Today's feature comes from deviantART member Gabe Rose. 


Gabe has a fantastic style, and has drawn pieces from a variety of fandoms, including Harry Potter, Tim Burton films, and gaming. Here are a few of his video gaming pieces below, but be sure to check out his gallery!

Street Fighter Part 2

Tomb Raider Reborn

Zombie Mario

Megaman Vs. Sonic

Earthworm Jim

Art Feature: Stahss

Deviantart member Stahss (real name Stacie Ponder) has quite a cute, cartoony style, which reflects well in all of the video game related pieces in her gallery. 


Stacie has drawn games such as Skyrim, Tomb Raider, Dragon Age and Mass Effect. Check out a few below.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Legend of Zelda: Link

Portal

Resident Evil - Nemesis

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