Summer of 2008 ART CONTEST RULES

[Ravyn Crescent]

1.) If you have not read Predator Turned Prey by Ravyn Crescent or Corp.Agents by Allyson Boeckman, no worries! Please look at the Character Description post for examples of the characters and refer to the Preferred Scenes list for posing suggestions and more. You can also read Corp.Agents for free here

2.) Be kind to everyone here! Unless they start spouting Nazi talk, racism or steal something... be polite. If someone annoys you, tell Allyson or myself, don't start fights as most of the time that is what they want you to do.

3.) If you want to advertise for us, feel free to!! ^_^

4.) NO ART OR CHARACTER THEFT! These pictures do not have permission to be posted anywhere else but here, on DeviantArt, or on their artist’s art sites/profiles. You may NOT use them as example pictures for your characters or for anything else! (Even if you get the artists permission, you need Allyson and my permission as well depending on who the character belongs to)
No exceptions will be made! If you did the artwork, you can post it on your own site or a site like DA if you so desire, but remember to put the standard fanart copyright info (*character* (character name) from: Predator Turned Prey (or Corp.Agents) by Ravyn Crescent (or Allyson Boeckman). Art by: *yourname* (should be self explanatory)) and it'd be really nice if you link to readptp.com. Especially if you put the picture up on DeviantArt.
Please go here for more copyright info

5.) Please sign your work, I want to be sure everyone knows that it's your art! Not a huge watermark or anything, something small, please.

6.) You may enter as many pictures as you want! But remember, this contest is for our characters, nothing else.

7.) I can add rules as I see fit.

8.) ABSOLUTELY NO S&M BONDAGE!! (If you are into that sort of thing in life, fine. I don't care, but I fight against true slavery and many people confuse what real slavery is, so I stay away from the S&M stuff) Chains may be used as symbolism or scenes, but nothing sexual or S&M fetish stuff. If they are in chains, they shouldn't be happy about it. I'd post examples of what I don't want, but I cannot find any that's child appropriate. If you're wondering why, ask me.

9.) Please do not use these characters, ideas, concepts, names, or anything else for... anything else! I do NOT give permission for character theft, and since my novel is copyrighted I will press charges and be very sad. I lost a friend who tried to steal Hunter for her comic book after originally drawing him as a birthday gift for me... It was heartbreaking and I never want to go through it again.

10.) On 30 April 2003, President George W. Bush signed into law the PROTECT Act of 2003 (also dubbed the Amber Alert Law) which again criminalizes cartoon child pornography. This means characters who are, or are depicted as being under eighteen are not to be placed in elicit, suggestive, or pornographic poses. So this is not JUST a personal choice by me, it is also a law. A few of these characters are CHILDREN and putting them in sexual situations will not be tolerated. Sorry, but I have to include this rule... we received an entry of Hunter in my last contest that... angered a lot of people. Especially me... they're black listed for life.

11.) You can have more than 1 character in a picture, but please, for this, make sure that the two characters you put together aren't from different stories.

We are making a AMV of sorts with these images, which us why we have scenes picked out. Theses scenes aren't always things that actually happen in the story, more of an ideal on what happens in the story or a “what the fans wish” happened in the story as well as just some things that aren't even related.

The AMV's will be set to:
For Predator Turned Prey
Shanie Evans: Unchained
Nickelback: If Everyone Cared

For Corp.Agents
Blind Melon: Change
Lacuna Coil: Enjoy the Silence

They will be hosted on YouTube and each artist will be listed on a page here and linked to it on youtube. That way, everyone gets credit where it is deserved.

I go to a lot of conventions and while I am there, I will have the Predator Turned Prey commercial(s) playing on my table throughout the convention and when allowed I'll have the Corp.Agents commercial playing as well.

[marzaally]

Also, I do have all of my work officially in the US database for copyright so there. ;p Did that about 5 years ago and I've been checking on it since.

I think I speak for not only myself but Ravyn here when I say these people are our babies and very important to us. We took a lot of time to create every little nuance of their appearances and personalities so please be respectful.

[Ravyn Crescent]

Speakin for me, too, Ally. These characters set me free. They literally are the reason I got out of the abuse situation at my father's house. Hunter and the poetry and stories I wrote about him were what saved me.


We both have copyrights on them! We both love them! We both have some friends who are very into hunting down character thieves... my publishers also do that. SO! No theft. Not that you would, we just have to let it be know that we will fight back against those that would try.

[marzaally]

Yup, but don't let us scare you. We're just really dedicated to these people.

[Ravyn Crescent]

Unless you want us to scare you... in that case...


BOO!

[munchinmonster]

Well it's right, they are your creations so why should people be allowed to use then without your permission. Those laws are there for a reason.

Oh and Ravyn, I like the sound of your friends.

[Ravyn Crescent]