Greetings friends, family, and followers! I've come up with a truly spectacular idea to foster deviantART community involvement and artistic creativity! Following the coat tails of the popular 30 Characters 30 Days challenge, where artists draw a new character for each calendar day in November, I'd like to propose the Symbiote September Challenge and Contest! It's similar to 30C/30D, except instead of creating original characters, we draw a predetermined symbiote character from the Marvel Comics universe every calendar day in September. Symbiotes are like French Fries: it's hard to have just one! So why not 30?

THE RULES (For the Challenge)

The rules of the challenge are simple:

· Sketch, draw, or illustrate the character assigned to each day

· Scan/take a picture of your creation

· Upload it to deviantART, and submit it to the "Symbiote September 2013 Challenge" favorites collection at SM-WoS-FanClub every day. (Note: The Challenge collection allows for only 1 submission per day, per deviant. If there is a mistake or you require special arrangements, contact me via a note.)

It's that simple! And if you need a visual reference of each character, visit my Venom Family Tree deviation, Comic Vine, and the Marvel Wikia.

The last four days labeled FRE-CREATION are special: during these days, you can either redraw any one of the listed characters or draw a symbiote character not listed, including your own original creation!

THE RULES (For the Contest)

Along with the challenge, a Symbiote September contest will be simultaneously hosted. The rules for the contest are the same for the challenge, except:

· To qualify, you must submit all 30 character submissions during September—one for each day.

· Instead of submitting only to the aforementioned favorites collection, you will also need to submit your entries to the "Symbiote September 2013 Contest" gallery folder at SM-WoS-FanClub. (Note: You do not need to be a member of the group to submit to this folder; however, membership requests are always welcome. Also, just like the Challenge collection, the Contest folder allows for only 1 submission per day, per deviant.)

At the end of the challenge/contest, I'll host a series of polls on my page ( OrionSTARB0Y ) for each day where submissions will be judged for popularity. The winning deviation of each poll will be featured in my journal as a "Best of Symbiote September 2013". Each submission must be uploaded and submitted during the month of September on or before their respective day to qualify for the contest; for instance, a submission due on September 8 must be uploaded and submitted to the gallery by or before that day. You will want to follow my page activity for alerts on the polls, or at least check in regularly to vote.

This is supposed to be a fun event, so go wild, but be respectful of yourself and your fellow deviants! I shall make another announcement on my page and SM-WoS-FanClub on the day before September 1st, so be ready! I shall be participating with you all, and I hope to see some cool art!





Tootles,

Orion "OrionSTARB0Y" Petitclerc



