Update 01/01/2017

Hey guys. Just a small update when it comes to the contest
The submission date is over. I will be adding every single work to the contest folder within the next few days. But DeviantArt is buggy, and I might have missed a few notifications.  
If you entered, please check if your work is in the contest folder. If it somehow isn't, shoot me a message so I can add it.

To be honest... I have over 200 entries and I had never expected so many.
Judging will therefore be a lot harder than I originally imagined, moreover because a lot of people added great descriptions to their submissions and it's going to take me some time to read them all.

Therefore the judging will take a bit longer than I originally envisioned.
Expect the contest results to be up by the end of January. 

Thank you all kindly for your interest and understanding

Heya Deviants! It's time for another challenge!!!

The challenge

The challenge is simple. 
Take an artwork from your gallery from either late 2015 or 2016 and re-do it.
Make it better! Show us what you've learned in the past year.

How to enter 

 Pick one of your older artworks from either late 2015 (june and onward) or 2016
 Redo this artwork. You don't have to use the same medium, or the exact same setting, but it has to have enough similarities to see that it's the same thing
 Put both the old and the new artwork in a before and after meme (something like this one). Make sure to add the dates of both artworks, like this!!!
 (Optional, but encouraged) Write in the artist description what you feel you've improved on.
 Link to this journal in the artwork description. 
 Make sure your work appears in my inbox, either by linking to this journal directly by thumb code, or to tag me DamaiMikaz (click here for instructions on how to tag).
 Visual art only (no writing).
 The artwork has to be submitted after November 25th, 2016 and before January 1st 2017. 

  Note that you need to do all of these (except for the optional one) in order to qualify for getting the prizes!

The prizes 

1st prize
500  (original prize pool)
100 x 100 animation by MyMelodyOfTheHeart
fullbody lineart/colour by CannabeDraws
Short story written for them by Hamish-Mitty
2000  by VanillatheNeko
Fully colored scene of 2 characters of choice interacting (background is optional) by smash8989
Sketch (digital or traditional) by Zamarozvannie
Character sketch like this by sambeawesome
Full color waist up illustration of character by Zenopic
Headshot drawing of a character by IdiotTwins
Full body drawing of a character of choice by PhantomDragon1
Digital full body drawing of character of choice by xXCheshireSinXx
Half Body (waist up) drawing by ProxyHorror
Inked drawing in this style by Chap0ng
Full body drawing with a simple background by FoxTa1l
Fullbody drawing with complex background by Kittastica
Headshot of character of choice by OoViolinaoO

2nd price (unlocked when 5+ people enter)
250  (original prize pool)
100 x 100 animation by MyMelodyOfTheHeart
waist up lineart by CannabeDraws
Short story written for them by Hamish-Mitty
1000  by VanillatheNeko
Waist up character drawing with simple background by smash8989
Sketch (digital or traditional) by Zamarozvannie
Character sketch like this by sambeawesome
Monochrome portrait like this by Zenopic
Headshot of a character of choice by PhantomDragon1
Two pixel icons by meeshemomo
Traditional full body drawing of character of choice by xXCheshireSinXx
Bust drawing by ProxyHorror
Inked drawing in this style by Chap0ng
Headshot with shading by FoxTa1l
Fullbody drawing (no background) by Kittastica
full body drawing of a character choice by AOTshadow1
Headshot of character of choice by OoViolinaoO

3rd price (unlocked when 10+ people enter)
100  (original prize pool)
100 x 100 animation by MyMelodyOfTheHeart
headshot sketch by CannabeDraws
Short story written for them by Hamish-Mitty
500  by VanillatheNeko
Character portrait lineart by smash8989
Sketch (digital or traditional) by Zamarozvannie
Character sketch like this by sambeawesome
Waist up lineart of 2 characters by Zenopic
Headshot of a favorite Undertale character by PhantomDragon1
Traditional full body drawing of character of choice by xXCheshireSinXx
Pixel headshot by ProxyHorror
Inked drawing in this style by Chap0ng
Full body flat colored sketch by FoxTa1l
Half body (no background) by Kittastica
Headshot of character of choice by OoViolinaoO

 If anyone wants to donate extra prizes for this contest, please contact me by note.
 If you want to kept updated on new prizes and updates for this contest, please press the +watch button on my page

The judging 

The challenge will be judged by me (DamaiMikaz), and will be judged on effort, rather than skill.
You don't have to be an amazing artist to win!!!

The deadline

The deadline for participating in this challenge is:
January 1st, 2017

The winners will be announced early January (might be a tad later, since holidays and everything happen XD)

But of course you can still do the challenge by yourself afterwards.
The prizes will be gone after the deadline, though

The submissions

You can see all entries here
If your entry isn't in the above folder within a few days of submitting, please contact me by note (because I might've forgotten)

Questions and Answers

Q: Does the before artwork has to be from a specific date?
A: Yes. It's about improvement in a 1 year period of time. If I allow older works judging would be near impossible

Q: I don't have full drawings from that time period. Are sketches fine too?
A: Absolutely.

Q: I don't have a DeviantArt account for so long, but I do have old drawings.
A: Drawing from an older account, or from other social media (instagram, tumblr, etc) are fine, as long as you can specify the date.

Q: I just wrote 'before' and 'after' on the meme. Why isn't it in the folder?
A: I will only allow entries with a specific date. If you don't know the specific day on which you made a drawing (or you spend more than one day on it), just specifying the month will do to.

Q: Why the specific date bracket?
A: I want to judge work within a one to one-and-a-half period of time. If everybody submits entries that cover different timespans it would be near impossible to judge the actual improvement.

Q: Can I submit more than one entry?
A: Yes, but you can only win once

Q: Can I donate a prize and still enter the contest?
A: Yes, you can. As long as you're not a judge, you can win (and I am the only judge for now)

~ Good luck and have fun!