Mission filed by Karinui #1

[_ k e s s h o]

Hello all again. I couldn't get on much to this board because my net has been capped for this month, and it quite a struggle for me to actually get in without a blank page appearing instead. Dunno why this forum lags so much when my net gets capped...

Anyway, I'm here to announce a contest mission to everyone [authors are also welcome...but I think you folks have your DNs and stuff XD;;;;;]

Anyway, your quest is to write a oneshot or create an artwork which fulfill my criteria.

All of these works must be Prince of Tennis related.

Two sections to submit to:
Fiction
Art

Fiction:
You will write a oneshot a decent length, not too long In fact, you can write your own Dream Novel if you wish [grasp the challenge!!!] You can write One-Shots, Drabbles, Songfics, Poems, Dream Novels.

Art:
B/W or Coloured, traditional mediums or computer generated, the world is your oyster. You can do whatever you like as long as it full fills the criteria. You can draw fanart, make avatars, create banners, image manipulation, wallpapers...however, the size of your image must not exceed 1024x768 [that's the size of a standard wallpaper.] or 768x1024 [you might want your artwork vertical.] For Avatars, Banners, Image Manipulation, you can use Fanart/Doujinshi material if you wish, as long as you credit the person, or even got their permission.

You can submit two entries, however, each entry is must be in to different categories. In otherwords, you can only submit one fiction and one art. You can't submit two fiction, or two art.

There will be two winners, one for the fiction section, one for the art section. Winners will be selected via Member Voting. If a decision isn't made, I'll be the final Judge. My decision is final.

Now, for the prizes:
Since this contest is made entirely by me so we can all interact more [yosh!], all prizes will be created by me. You will be allowed to choose ONE from this list:

FanArt [B/W due to lack of time...I do better B/W art anyway.]
Banner [for sigs and random other things. Winner may specify.]
Avatars [cos I can. You'll get a batch of 5.]
UserInfo banners [For those who want a pretty userinfo/Friends Only banner for their Livejournals or GreatestJournals. Winner will specify.]
Fiction. [One shots of the Winners preference.]
A dreadedOMGWTFBBQ DN a la Karinui style. [I'll laugh if you pick this.]

More details once I get hold of the winners.

If you want examples of my work [in case you think you're getting ripped off or something] just post here and I'll show you examples. Mind you though, while I'm dark/macabre and cynical artist, I can adapt into other genres. In fact, I have drawn/made/written happy stuff a lot, just that I don't do it a lot.

Alright, time to give you your theme.

LYRICS :: THE SCIENTIST [COLDPLAY]

As many would know, I'm a total sucker for music. I'm also a total sucker for Jrock OMGILOVEIT!!! angsty music. The lyrics of Coldplay is usually very angsty. And so, I present to you, the LYRICS of Coldplay's The Scientist [Please note: JUST BECAUSE IT'S CALLED THE SCIENTIST IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU MUST WORK ON INUI. You can do other characters, that's what the lyrics are for.]

How will you use these lyrics for your works?
Fiction: I need at least a focus on a minimum of one line.
Art: A minimum of 3 consecutive words in your work.

The Scientist - Coldplay
Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are

I had to find you
Tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart

Tell me your secrets
And ask me your questions
Oh let's go back to the start

Running in circles
Coming up tails
Heads on a silence apart

Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard

Oh take me back to the start

I was just guessing
At numbers and figures
Pulling your puzzles apart

Questions of science
Science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart

Tell me you love me
Come back and haunt me
Oh and I rush to the start

Running in circles
Chasing our tails
Coming back as we are

Nobody said it was easy
Oh it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard

I'm going back to the start

For inspiration, I'm going to provide you with the song itself: The Scientist


How to Submit

You'll pm me [my username is vorspiel], of course, with "Mission #1" as your title.

In the PM, it'll look like this [I'll do an example]:

Fiction:
Title: Doppelganger
Author: Karinui
Characters: Akutagawa Jiroh [main], Marui Bunta, Female OC.
Type: Dream Novel [this is where you write One Shot, Poem, Dream Novel, Songfic, or Drabble. For those who wrote DNs, Just leave a random name for the girl/boy, I'll do the coding for you, unless you already know how.]
Theme Focus: You don't know how lovely you are...I had to find you/Tell you I need you/Tell you I set you apart [notice how I split them? Lines which don't come after the other, I split with "..." lines which do come after the other a split with "/" ]
Synopsis: Akutagawa Jiroh has always admired Marui Bunta, and has always sought to be as great a serve and volleyer as he. However, truth be told, Jiroh has also been chasing Marui's shadow due to a classmate, a girl he has always wished to be with, a girl who had always been a great fan of Marui Bunta.
URL: www.kessho-ism.com/fiction/doppelganger.htm [This link doesn't exist, by the way. I don't want the fiction pasted in the PM. If you don't have a host, you can even post it in your blog and link it to me, I'll be reposting the stories in another host anyway. Probably lycos or something.]

[*notices weird looks from people about the example* Hey, I always thought this made great DN material...actually...don't write this. IF I GET AN ENTRIES ON THIS...I'LL KNOOOOOW!!! Anyway...moving on...]

Art:
Artist: Karinui
Type: Avatar [This can be FanArt, Banner, Signature, WinAmp Skin (I wish XD), Wallpaper, etc...]
URL: i37.photobucket.com/albums/e92/kesshoism/tenipuriavatars/banepickup.png
Credits: [If needed. I just want to know where you got your brushes and textures from...cos I'm curious ]



DUE DATE :: February 17th. You get an extra week since I'll be on holiday on the week I wanted.

Any questions, just post, and I'll answer.

Good Luck and have fun!

[Kanzaki Kei]

I see this contest is finally up ne... but why can't you give a more emotion filled song? This is doesn't sound really that angsty to me...

Ara? You're taking winamp skins too?? can make but is too troublesome... *make skin using PS, since it's better and nicer*

[_ k e s s h o]

Listen to the song, mate >D Coldplay's power doesn't lie in lyrics alone, as all songs should be: to draw emotion even from the simplest lyrics...*rants on like poet*

Yep, so more variety and I know it's troublesome, but some people might make them ultra fast or something *shrugs*

[Kanzaki Kei]

I listened to song, dear. And yet, still I don't think it's really that angsty... at least not enough for me GIVE ME SOME CHARACTER DEATH!!!!!

What do you not accept then? I've tried making winamp skins using PS and it took me about... 6 hours =.=;;; because it's about overwriting the .bmp files...

PS: What does 'criteria' means?

[_ k e s s h o]

Not angsty as in "OMG DEEEAAAATH!!!!", but it's a "What if?" type angst =w= Death I rather keep for my morbid stuff >D

*ponders* For art? No Statues, No Physical Structures, No Photos. Yup =w= Mainly cos they're too hard to judge I haven't bothered to make one at all.

Criteria: Conditions, the stuff you must follow. It's not exactly instructions, it more things you must fulfill.

[Kanzaki Kei]

Fine then... 'what if' type... I got a idea on Shishido/Ohtori/OC but... the lyrics doesn't suits it AT ALL T__T

... something related to this contest... Oh well, guess I'm too bored then

hmm... don't understand. Forget about it.

[_ k e s s h o]

Oh right, forgot to add:

You don't need to use the lyrics in your fic, you just need to use the meaning of the "line/s" you chose in your fic. And you can make up the meaning of the line/s you used however you like.

So you just pic one random line, and warp the meaning to suit whatever fic you have. That's what I always do >D [is a member of the LJ comm bleach_liners] Really, for the example I put up...the actual idea doesn't not use ANY OF THE MEANING OF THE LYRICS AT ALL. But with a few lines, I/you/others can transform the meaning of the lyrics into something else.

Just anything related to the lyrics, and uses PoT, then it's accepted ^w^

[Karyu Rou]

Meh...will try my best...seeing I'm free and bored anyways... <--Homework forgotten

If I don't submit Senpai, don't worry...I probably either gave up, or something... *whistles*

[Kanzaki Kei]

Oooh... I know, is now trying to find to see if anything fits into the fic...

btw, I just remembered that someone had once requested for a Chota DN here, about him loving Shishido-san's girlfriend =.=;;; <-- is having this idea ^^;;;

[Karyu Rou]

meisuke151 said:

btw, I just remembered that someone had once requested for a Chota DN here, about him loving Shishido-san's girlfriend =.=;;; <-- is having this idea ^^;;;

You know, it's funny how that setting SEEMS TO BE EVERYWHERE... ==||| <--Reads too many DNs

Good luck anyways. *waves*

[mrs.jung.yunho]

Whee! I'll do this!

[cough] After I finish that durn Yuuta DN that I'm having a brain fart on. [cough]

[_ k e s s h o]

meisuke151 said:

Oooh... I know, is now trying to find to see if anything fits into the fic...

btw, I just remembered that someone had once requested for a Chota DN here, about him loving Shishido-san's girlfriend =.=;;; <-- is having this idea ^^;;;

V^^V

I think it was YUI *pondereth*

sakura1118 said:

meisuke151 said:

btw, I just remembered that someone had once requested for a Chota DN here, about him loving Shishido-san's girlfriend =.=;;; <-- is having this idea ^^;;;

You know, it's funny how that setting SEEMS TO BE EVERYWHERE... ==||| <--Reads too many DNs

Good luck anyways. *waves*

That's TRUE...oh dear oh dear XDDDD;;;

admin said:

Whee! I'll do this!

[cough] After I finish that durn Yuuta DN that I'm having a brain fart on. [cough]

*snorts* HAHAHA oh yeah...;;;;;

[Kanzaki Kei]

Yui requested for it?? ^^lll Well, I think every Shishido and Chota fans would want something like this ^^;;;

PS to Mitsuko-chan:
HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT TO YUU-CHAN!!! >_<

[_ k e s s h o]

Heh heh heh, I think it works for most Doubles, like Golden Pair, Silver Pair, Platinum Pair, Dirty Pair, as well as Marui and Jiroh, hence where I got that example. Love Triangles *GASP*

Poor Yuu-chan *gives him a cookie*

[mrs.jung.yunho]

I'm sorry Yuuta-chaaan! ;-; But...I've written an outline, and now all I have to do is fill out the outline with sentences, and I've got a completed DN! :3