Here's your chance to win a Studio Ghibli Character Hat or Doll!

:iconamaze-inghats: is doing a giveaway here - www.facebook.com/amazeinghats?…

Examples -

Amaze-ing Baby Totoro Hat by Amaze-ingHats Amaze-ing Totoro Hat by Amaze-ingHats Amaze-ing Calcifer-Inspired Doll by Amaze-ingHats
CONTEST: HAYAO MIYAZAKI BENTO IN  :iconbento-love:

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START: November 4th
END: January 31st
CONTEST SURVIVAL: At least 5 entries submitted
NEXT EVOLUTION: 7 Entries submitted
CURRENT WINNING PLACES: 3 winning places
EXTENSIONS: No extensions will be given


★。・゜゜・。☆★。・゜゜・。☆Rules☆゜・。。・゜★☆゜・。。・゜★

:bulletpink:Must be a new deviation created specially by you! No submitting of old/previously submitted works and no submitting works not created by you the artist.
:bulletpink:Provide a link in the artist comments of what movie(s) you have chosen to feature! (you can use a wiki, google, yahoo, bing, etc link)
:bulletpink:You must describe the contents of your bento within your artist comments. Just a brief description will do.
:bulletpink:Must contain a person/place/thing from the movie you are featuring and must be the main feature (If you are not sure please note me! I will decide whether it is an accepted idea or not.)
:bulletpink:Must use more then 2 colors. More colors the better.
:bulletpink:You may use cut outs however not as the main feature. It may compliment or be added on as an additional decorative piece.
:bulletpink:Only Photography of your homemade bento.
:bulletpink:Preferred if Bento box is used BUT if you do not own one you may use a rectangular tupperware.
:bulletpink:You may have ONE Hayao Miyazaki toy displayed in the bento photo. However it must not distract from the main feature which is your bento. This toy must be approved first by the founder! (Please send NOTE for Approval)
:bulletpink:Only one submission per entry.
:bulletpink:Must be a member to join the contest.

★。・゜゜・。☆Deadline & Judging☆゜・。。・゜★
Timeline for this contest will be from November 4th to January 31st! No Extension will be given. This is a 3 month long contest spanning over the Holidays so there should be PLENTY of time to get at least one bento completed. Judging will be based on craftsmanship, organization, attractiveness, effort, colors, thoughtfulness and more.

Craftsmanship (how you create your work and the types of foods/materials you’ve used)
Organization (how you placed/arranged your bento. If it looks Planned out or not)
Attractiveness (Is it neat and clean? Does it look good enough to eat??)
Effort (Does it look like you put a lot of thought and effort in?)
Colors (Does it use the 5 main colors used for nutrition? Black, What, Green, Red, Yellow)
Thoughtfulness (Did something unique or found a organic solution.)

Judging will be by :iconcorselia:


★。・゜゜・。☆★。・゜゜・。☆Prizes☆゜・。。・゜★☆゜・。。・゜★
As stated before the Contest is a EVOLVING contest! Meaning depending on the amount of participant receive the contest will either gain more winning places… OR… More prizes will be added to current winning places! (It all depends on my funds folks, everything right out of my own pocket.) Currently there are 3 winning places. For the contest to survive there must be AT LEAST 5 entries submitted. For the Contest to EVOLVE, the next evolution will occur after 7 entries submitted! So if you want more prizes come and join!

ALSO! Winners from previous contests will now be stated at the bottom of the contest page! Those that have won Bento prizes before may not win Bento prizes again for one year! (However you may still join contests and win OTHER prizes!) This is to give other people a chance on winning bento boxes. It wouldn’t be fair if you kept winning bento boxes all the time while someone else who doesn’t even own a bento never wins. I will be keeping track of them on and off the site. If you happen to have one a bento box before and have won a winning place again an alternate prize will be provided for you.

:bulletyellow: All three winning places will receive a form of Bento box. They have yet to be purchased and further details will be provided soon.



More information in :bento-love.deviantart.com/blog…:
So we've decided the winners for the contest!
And they are...



  1. Kiki's witchly work by SaEun
  2. ghibli: kiki in ghibliland by butterflaizen
  3. Kiki and the candy thief by Vicky-Mionelei




Congratulations to all the winners! Please send a note to all the prize donors asking what you'd like as your prize!♥ Here is the prizes list: ghibli-fan.deviantart.com/blog…



THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING PART IN THE CONTEST!!
Hello!! We are glad to announce that we are holding our first contest in the group!!
The theme is HALLOWEEN, since we are near that part of the year! You have to draw whatever GHIBLI character you like as Halloween as the main theme of the pic! Here are some rules:

:bulletblue: You can draw any character as long as it is from any Ghibli film. No character limit in one pic.
:bulletblue: You can crossover characters as long as they are from Ghibli.
:bulletblue: Both digital and traditional art are allowed. No fics allowed this time, sorry.
:bulletblue: You can submit as many entries as you like!
:bulletblue: You have to submit your entry in the CONTEST FOLDER! If you do not do this, we are not going to count your entry in.
:bulletblue: You have until October 31st to submit your entry. Entries submitted after that date are not going to be judged.
:bulletblue: The winner will be announced on Halloween, November 1st!

The judges are going to be:
:iconbrubruja: :iconiondra::iconkialun:

We are going to judge: originality, skills and effort!♥



:star::star: PRIZES :star::star:

:bulletblue:1st place:
-6 months featured by :iconkialun:, :iconiondra: and in the group's frontpage.
-5 months featured by :iconrobertarose:
-Full-body coloured drawing by :iconkialun:
-Full-body coloured drawing by :iconiondra:
-Drawing by :iconbrubruja:
-Drawing by :iconrobertarose:
-Drawing by:iconayumi-a:
-Stamp with the winner drawing.



:bulletblue:2nd place:
-3 months featured by :iconkialun:, :iconiondra: and in the group's frontpage.
-4 months featured by :iconrobertarose:
-Bust-up coloured drawing by :iconkialun:
-Bust-up coloured drawing by :iconiondra:
-Drawing by :iconbrubruja:
-Drawing by :iconrobertarose:
-Drawing by:iconayumi-a:
-Stamp with the winner drawing.



:bulletblue:3th place:
-1 month featured by :iconkialun:, :iconiondra: and in the group's frontpage.
-3 months featured by :iconrobertarose:
-Head shot coloured drawing by :iconkialun:
-Head shot coloured drawing by :iconiondra:
-Drawing by :iconbrubruja:
-Drawing by :iconrobertarose:
-Drawing by:iconayumi-a:
-Stamp with the winner drawing.



**If anyone wants to donate something please send us a note and we'll add you to the prizes! Thank you very much!**
In addition to the tragic death of Satoshi Kon, another "legendary anime director" Shojuro Yamauchi passed away last Tuesday. The cause of death is still unknown.

Yamauchi worked as a key animator on a dozen famous anime including Prince Mackaroo (Ojarumaru), Con, the Boy Future, Dagger of Kamui, Lupin III: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon, Lupin III: the Secret of Mamo, Grave of the Fireflies and Spirited Away.

He also served as animation director on One Pound Gospel, Prince Mackaroo, Sherlock Hound, and Kiteretsu Daihyakka. As recently as last year, he was still drawing frames for Mainichi Kaasan and Kawa no Hikari.

According to animator Murata Toshiharu’s blog, animator Yamauchi Toshio passed away on August 24th. Director Daichi Akitaroh looked back over Yamauchi’s contributions to Ojarumaru and cried all the night through. Director Hirakawa Tetsuo tweeted that the deaths of Kon Satoshi and Yamauchi Toshio have changed the history of anime.


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Key animator: the artist who draws the key frames for the other artists to model their frames in an animated
sequence.
References: www.cartoonleap.com/2010/08/26… www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/… "Legendary anime director" quote by fellow writer/director Sakichi Sato's twitter.
NB: Most of the contents of this blog was copied from the references (I'm feeling lazy today) so please give credit to them.