Spiral Knights is coming up on its 6th birthday in early April! To celebrate six years of diving into the clockworks, a small handful of artists and myself are hosting an Artist’s event!
--- What is the event? ---
This is an event for amateur and experienced artists alike to show their appreciation for Spiral Knights! All skill levels and artstyles are welcome - we want to see what amazing work you all can come up with! We figured that six years of hosting a game is a pretty great milestone, so what better way to celebrate than with creativity?
--- How does it work? ---
If you’d like to participate, simply create an original art piece for Spiral Knights and upload it to a website that we can access. Imgur and Deviantart are preferred.
Your art should reflect one of the following as its theme:
- Spiral Knights turning six years old!
- Grey Havens and Three Rings - the new and the old
- Your favorite Spiral Knights Event!
Your post should follow the format below:
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Knight name:
Entry:
You need to get your art piece submitted by April 7th at 11:59PM game time.
NOTE: Due to connection issues regarding Spiral Knights websites, the due date has been extended to April 10th. You can view the post regarding this by clicking here.
Throughout the duration of the event, all users are able to give a thumbs up to up to two art entries. You can change your votes as new entries are submitted, but a total of 2 will be counted. Players cannot vote for their own submission if they participate.
After April 7th, Event Supervisors will tally up the scores and announce the winners from the votes. Roughly half of all entrants will be declared winners of the event. After the winners are announced, the event enters its second stage.
Following the announcement of the winners, those who participated but didn’t win will get partnered up with one of the winners. From here, the participants get to request a free art commission from the winning artist! The art can be anything, so long as the artist is comfortable creating such an artpiece. The artist is then given an additional two weeks to finish their commission, unless a timeline is settled on between the two artists.
--- Why should I participate? ---
The biggest reason is simple - it’s for fun! However, I can understand that some of you may want incentive to participate. As such, all members are entered into a participant giveaway via donations from the community! I’ll be throwing some items into the pot to kickstart it, however I will be accepting donations into the rewards pot from all who wish to donate!
The giveaway will take place on Saturday April 22nd, at 4:00PM game time.
On top of this, all winners can earn up to 10k-50k crowns (depending on levels of participation) for their commission!
”Up to?”
Yes. Upon completion of the second half of the event, those who complete their commissions get to be scored on a scale from 1 to 10 by the person who commissioned the art piece! Depending on the score given, the artist will earn whatever amount of crowns that the commissioner deems worthy*, with a maximum amount ranging from 10k crowns to 50k crowns. This amount can increase as the event goes on, but will start at a minimum of 10k.
*(NOTE: Depending on the art piece, Event Supervisors can overrule unfair scores and instead score them on their own metrics)
So as a participant of this event you get A) some stuff, B) to make some art, and C) get a bit of cash or an amazing art piece just for you!
--- I want to help! ---
Awesome! This event shouldn’t need too much administration to overlook it, however we’d greatly appreciate any donations and spreading the news via word of mouth. If you have any questions you can contact Fangel directly in game, or you can message me or the other Event Supervisors on the unofficial Spiral Knights Discord server.
As it stands, the following knights are acting as Event Supervisors:
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Fangel
Fighting-Polygon
Matejboy
If you have any questions, concerns, or ideas for this event, we’re all ears! Get in contact with an Event Supervisor in-game, on the Discord, or leave a post on this thread.
We can’t wait to see what exciting art pieces you all will come up with! Best of luck to everyone!
I'm grabbing another slot here for a small FAQ post, along with the donors list.
Donors:
FAQ
Q: Can I make more than one entry?
A: Yes, you can make one art piece for every theme listed. However, you can only "win" once, even if you make three art pieces and they all get voted into winner territory.
Q: What counts as "art"?
A: Pretty much anything you can create! Traditional art, such as pencil and paper or digital art is encouraged, however other types of art, such as a shadow box, puppet, or even writing your own song is welcomed! So long as you keep to the themes, you can make anything!