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I want to host a circus show! For those of you that don't know, I love the circus and all sorts of performance, so I thought I'd have a show here on DA!

So, the idea here is that you draw your charries (or random circus performers if you don't have any performing characters) doing an act for the circus!

Rules
1. Some people seem to get 'circus' and 'freak show' mixed up. What I'm looking for here is /talent/, which means your act cannot revolve solely on the fact that your character is abnormal.
A good rule example here is this- Imagine you have a shiny pink horse. You're act can't be you just parading the horse around the ring. Your act /can/ be you doing horse vaulting on it.
In other words, your act can involve un-realistic things, as long as that's not what the whole thing is centered around. If you have any questions about if your idea is okay or not, ask me! I'm most likely to say yes!
2. Just draw a snapshot of the act It will take place in a sand-covered ring, but you can have any apparatus you need ^^ the background of the ring doesn't need to be huge and time-taking just enough that we get the idea.
3. No linearts or re-used work....
4. There is no limit to how many time you can enter. Just that one character can't be in more then two acts otherwise it gets crazy as heck backstage, let me tell you
5. Along with the entry, fill out this form:
Act Name:
Performer name(s): (and link to refs of pre-existing characters, if they have one)
Music to go with act: (if any, if you do, a link to is would be awesome)
Description of Act or Short Story:
6. Have fun! Don't let the realistic guidelines stop you!

Some performance ideas:
(If you don't know what they are, google image 'whatever the thing/ circus' you'll probably get what you need ) You aren't limited to these in any way! Just ideas for those who need them
~Horse vaulting
~Lyra (circular trapeze)
~Trapeze
~Silks
~Juggling (balls, hoops, clubs etc.)
~Clowning
~Animal Tricks
~Staff or Fire Staff
~Poy or Fire Poy
~Acrobalance
~Stilts
~Contortion
~Magic Tricks
Need more ideas? Go to check out the Cirque du Soleil website- [link] If you click on one of the shows, you can look at a snapshot and description of every act in that show! They have some truly amazing stuff there (select a show- the show- acts) the list is endless!

Prizes:
Every performer will be features in a group pic of the performers, no matter whether you place or not!

1st place-
A colored picture of up to three characters with background or a graffiti sig
A lineart of one character
A full-body horse pic with background from ~orengel
A drawing of up to 5 non-human characters by ~krisylakluver
A drawing of one animal character with background by ~Estafina
A colored picture with background of one character from ~artdiva101
A sketched lineart by ~Berr-Sugar

2nd place-
A colored picture of up to three characters with no background
A lineart of one characters
A horse pic without background from ~orengel
A journal feature and a 3-week signature feature from *asiamary
A drawing of up to 5 non-human characters by ~krisylakluver
A drawing of one animal character without background by ~Estafina
A non-colored picture of one character with background by ~artdiva101
A sketch by ~Berr-Sugar


3rd place-
A colored picture of one character with no background
A lineart of one character
A journal feature and a 3-week signature feature from *asiamary
A drawing of up to 5 non-human characters by ~krisylakluver
A non-colored pictures of one character without background by ~artdiva101
A sketch by ~Berr-Sugar


If anyone could donate prizes, it would be much appreciated

Deadline:

None yet, but maybe in December sometime?

Entries can be seen in a folder in my faves: [link]

Please comment if you're interested, and ask any questions you have!


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Adoptables- [link]
Moss' name Madness- [link]

Fave announcement- [link]

~~~StormChaser Stables~~~~

Mares- [link]
Stallions- [link]
Staff- [link]

Okay, this is just to say that my internet freaked out, and lost count of everyone who faved my work recently. So, if you faves it and were not thanked for it, please let me know, and I will drop by your page

sorry about that
~Moss

Theme
I want to host a circus show! For those of you that don't know, I love the circus and all sorts of performance, so I thought I'd have a show here on DA!

So, the idea here is that you draw your charries (or random circus performers if you don't have any performing characters) doing an act for the circus!

Rules
1. Some people seem to get 'circus' and 'freak show' mixed up. What I'm looking for here is /talent/, which means your act cannot revolve solely on the fact that your character is abnormal.
A good rule example here is this- Imagine you have a shiny pink horse. You're act can't be you just parading the horse around the ring. Your act /can/ be you doing horse vaulting on it.
In other words, your act can involve un-realistic things, as long as that's not what the whole thing is centered around. If you have any questions about if your idea is okay or not, ask me! I'm most likely to say yes!
2. Just draw a snapshot of the act It will take place in a sand-covered ring, but you can have any apparatus you need ^^ the background of the ring doesn't need to be huge and time-taking just enough that we get the idea.
3. No linearts or re-used work....
4. There is no limit to how many time you can enter. Just that one character can't be in more then two acts otherwise it gets crazy as heck backstage, let me tell you
5. Along with the entry, fill out this form:
Act Name:
Performer name(s): (and link to refs of pre-existing characters, if they have one)
Music to go with act: (if any, if you do, a link to is would be awesome)
Description of Act or Short Story:
6. Have fun! Don't let the realistic guidelines stop you!

Some performance ideas:
(If you don't know what they are, google image 'whatever the thing/ circus' you'll probably get what you need ) You aren't limited to these in any way! Just ideas for those who need them
~Horse vaulting
~Lyra (circular trapeze)
~Trapeze
~Silks
~Juggling (balls, hoops, clubs etc.)
~Clowning
~Animal Tricks
~Staff or Fire Staff
~Poy or Fire Poy
~Acrobalance
~Stilts
~Contortion
~Magic Tricks
Need more ideas? Go to check out the Cirque du Soleil website- [link] If you click on one of the shows, you can look at a snapshot and description of every act in that show! They have some truly amazing stuff there (select a show- the show- acts) the list is endless!

Prizes:
Every performer will be features in a group pic of the performers, no matter whether you place or not!

1st place-
A colored picture of up to three characters with background or a graffiti sig
A lineart of one character
A full-body horse pic with background from ~orengel
A drawing of up to 5 non-human characters by ~krisylakluver

2nd place-
A colored picture of up to three characters with no background
A lineart of one characters
A horse pic without background from ~orengel
A journal feature and a 3-week signature feature from *asiamary
A drawing of up to 5 non-human characters by ~krisylakluver

3rd place-
A colored picture of one character with no background
A lineart of one character
A journal feature and a 3-week signature feature from *asiamary
A drawing of up to 5 non-human characters by ~krisylakluver

If anyone could donate prizes, it would be much appreciated

Deadline:

None yet, but maybe in December sometime?

Entries can be seen in a folder in my faves: [link]

Please comment if you're interested, and ask any questions you have!


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Adoptables- [link] and [link]
Moss' name Madness- [link]

~~~StormChaser Stables~~~~

Mares- [link]
Stallions- [link]
Staff- [link]

~~Edit: answers added!~~

'Kay, so for those of you who don't know, I love making up long, complicated names from horses or any kind of charrie
So I compiled (and alphabetized) a list of all the ones that came through my head (with the help of my sister) and posted it here.

So, pretty much, feel free to look through this and use them that's what they were made for! Just let me know what your name/ titling that

1.Adagio
2.Aja
3.Alegrium
4.Anushka
5.Battle for The Sun
6.Between Thunder and Lightning
7.Birthday Wishes
8.Bloodred Sky
9.Caresse Sur l'Ocean (a song from the French movie 'Les Choristes' [link])
10.Crimson Triumph
11.Curin
12.Cut-time Waltz
13.Dancing Queen
14.Dangerous Delight
15.Dare to Dream
16.Darkening Skies
17.Deep Dark and Dangerous (also the name of a book by Mary Downing Hanh)
18.Deivka (Russian for 'girl' )
19.Desert apparition
20.Diamond for a Raja
21.Double Dare
22.Dreams of Spring
23.Earth Wind and Fire (a band from the 60's, sang 'September' [link])
24.Eleanor Rigby (the name a song by the Beatles [link])
25.Enlightened Soul
26.Esperanza
27.Esteban
28.Eternal Sunshine
29.Even In the Quietest Moments (a song by SuperTramp [link])
30.Fifty-Two Keys
31.Fire in the Sky (Lyrics from the song 'Smoke on the Water' by Deep Purple [link])
32.Firefly Waltz
33.Fly Away Home (also a movie)
34.For Ever and Always
35.For What It's Worth (a song by Placebo [link])
36.Fox in the Snow (this really old song by Belle and Sebastien [link]layList&=E29E5AC0820173D0&laynext=1&laynext_fromL&index=104)
37.Freedom's Call
38.Freedom's Wunderkind
39.Garnet Grace
40.Honest Luck
41.Hazy Shade of Winter (a song by Simon and Garfunkel [link])
42.If You Knew
43.Into the Storm (a classical piece)
44.Into the Sunset
45.Just For Fun
46.Ka'va (Cherokee for 'horse' )
47.King of The Wind (also a book by Marguerite Henry)
48.Lessons for Forever
49.Leticia
50.Licensed to Kill (from James Bond)
51.Lucky Number 13
52.Lupe (lupe-ay)
53.Luz
54.Memories in the Moonlights (from the song from the musical 'Cats' [link])
55.Mischief Managed (from Harry Potter)
56.Modigliani (a famous painter)
57.Momentary Confusion
58.Moonshine
59.Natalia
60.Never Say Die (from a song by the Cheetah Girls >< [link])
61.Night in the City (a song by ELO [link])
62.Night Thief
63.Night's Silver Symphony
64.Nirvana
65.Noemi
66.On The Road
67.Once upon a Fairytale
68.One-Thousand and One Nights
69.Pearl Tears
70.Poppies in the Fields
71.Porcelain Perfection
72.Queen of Calamity
73.Raindrops on Roses (from the song in 'The Sound of Music' [link])
74.Red sky At Morning
75.Ripples of Joy
76.Reasons with Rhyme
77.Rhymes with Reason
78.Sail Into the Sunset
79.Samba Into the Sunrise
80.Stealing Secrets
81.Sterling Secrets
82.Shades of Winter
83.Shiva
84.Short and Sweet
85.Soledad (sole-ay-dad)
86.Smoke on the Water (the name of a song by Deep Purple [link]
87.Sparrow's Song
88.Strangers in Love
89.Sunday Evening Blues
90.Sunset Serenade
91.Symphony in Silver
92.Take Me To Forever
93.Trojan Prince
94.Twist and Shout (a song by The Beatles [link])
95.Under Night's Cloak
96.Upbeat Jazz
97.Venus on Broadway
98.Victory in Treble Clef
99.Welcome to My World
100.Wings of Hope
101.Wishes in the Dark
102.Whisperings of a Crystal Skull
103.Xylophone Symphony
104.Yours Truly
105.Zeeke
106.Zan

so yeah.. there y'are! I hope someone listens to those songs Most I really like, 'cept that stupid cheetah girls one (it got stuck in my head once, not a good experience) and maybe the fox in the snow one (a little old for me)...

even if you don't use them, any comments on which are your faves and all that will be greatly appreaceated!!


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Art Trades Still going- [link]
Adoptables- [link]

~~~StormChaser Stables~~~~

Mares- [link]
Stallions- [link]
Staff- [link]

Alrighty, so I know that no one read my journals, but think I want to do one for this anyways

I was thinking of doing a circus-show themed contest. The idea would be that anyone who wants to participate draws their char (or a random performer) doing an act for the show!
The entry would have to be minimally realist- different colored characters or horses would be okay, but no flying around on a pegasus or anything. If you have doubts about whether something is realistic or not, YouTube it, and you're sure to see

I would definitely participate in it as well

Prizes will be determined if I do end up holding it....


so, that's the idea folks! If you like it and think you might enter, please comment- if enough people are interested, I'll hold it!!


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Art Trades Still going- [link]
Adoptables- [link]

~~~StormChaser Stables~~~~

Mares- [link]
Stallions- [link]
Staff- [link]