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Nostalgic for more Pixel art contests?

THIS IS A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL NEWS ARTICLE LOCATED HERE - [link]

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Welcome to the first Pixel Community Contest of the season!

:bulletred: Subject :bulletred:
Pixel something that makes you, or our community, feel nostalgia.

:bulletred: Definition :bulletred:
The term nostalgia describes a longing for the past, often in idealized form. The word is made up of two Greek roots (νόστος nostos "returning home", and άλγος algos "pain"), to refer to "the pain a sick person feels because he wishes to return to his native home, and fears never to see it again". It was described as a medical condition, a form of melancholy, in the Early Modern period, and came to be an important topic in Romanticism.

:bulletblue:Exerpt taken from Wiki

:bulletred:Example:bulletred:
1) The rolling hills of your home town.
2) An old photo of a loved one come to pass.
3) An abandoned room with a dusty NES system tossed in the corner.
4) An old toy.
5) A past lover.

:bulletred: Rules :bulletred:
350x350 max,
250 colors max,
Please save your image file as a .gif - OR - .png.
A preview image is required for .Gif files. Please choose an area of your image that best reprisents your submission to the contest. Haveing a white block with the words "preview" in it, doesn't do an image you have to download any justice. :-)


No blending, tooling, gradients, photo manipulations, tracing, sprite-ripping, or the like will be accepted.
Images found to have been used from other images, or programs, will be disqualified and moved to scraps.
Animation is allowed and encouraged.
No group entries.
Single entry per account.
:bulletblue: JPEGS or JPGs will not be accepted due to image artifact.

:bulletred:Advice:bulletred:
We encourage you to post in our pixel art forum [link] and get some serious discussions and ideas flowing! Post your wips and utilize critiques to improve your submissions! We would love to see the forum continue to grow and this is a great opportunity to utilize it to your advantage.

:bulletred: Time frame :bulletred:
We would like to see this contest be successful and enjoyable for all of our pixel artists.
The contest will run from May 12th to June 12th.
That's 1 month to come up with a concept and work your fingers to the bones!

:bulletred:Prizes :bulletred:
1st place - 1 year subscription to Deviantart.
2nd place - 6 month subscription to Deviantart.
3rd place - 3 month subscription to Deviantart.
Community favorite (will be poll related) - Dev wear.

:bulletred: Where to submit :bulletred:
Please be sure to post your artwork in the contest gallery, rather than in the pixel art category.
Contests > 2009 > Nostalgia

:bulletred: Questions :bulletred:
Please post any questions you have or you can note :iconmistress-jaeden: or :iconarmaina: directly.
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:iconakarui-kurai:
~Akarui-Kurai Jun 27, 2009
I totally forgot to check up on this lol. Was this judged already? o.o
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`Mistress-Jaeden Jun 27, 2009
no, there is a minor issue with the note system and some of the judges votes havent been accounted for yet.
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~Akarui-Kurai Jun 27, 2009
Ohhhh I see. Alrighty then. x3;
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~Gwendlyne Jun 5, 2009
Definately going to enter this! Will give me a chance to do some pixeling other than for work!
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~catzav3ncu May 29, 2009
I'm participating :)does exist a better pixel software than MS Paint ? :D
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:iconmistress-jaeden:
`Mistress-Jaeden May 30, 2009
Paint shop pro or photo shop, but you can not use the tools outside of the pixel brush or flood fill.
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~catzav3ncu May 30, 2009
ok ^_^ I think I will use just paint :D
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:iconakarui-kurai:
~Akarui-Kurai May 26, 2009
Hehe... I entered when I wasn't even planning on it. xD I had to do something to get this feeling off my chest so I decided to do that 'two bird with one stone' deal.

[link]

Good luck to all of those that enter! <3 ^^
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~i-wiwl-nuke-joo May 17, 2009
I'd love to join in on it! sounds fun!
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~Isis-M May 15, 2009  Professional Interface Designer
I want to participate too! ^^
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