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WINNERS First of all, thanks to everyone who entered this contest! We've received a total of 39 entries, making our second contest a great success! We hope everyone enjoyed expressing their unique views of an Angel and Devil!!
It was extremely difficult only choosing three entries, but our judges were able to pull through and narrow their choices down to three winners!
1st PLACE 
with her entry Angel and DevilShei99
"Very unique clothing choices, not what one would typically connect with 'angel and devil' but works very well in context. Very nice attention to detail. Overall, very nice colors used, giving it an airy and ethereal feel and making it stand out amongst the other entries." - Suxinn
"First of all, for this picture, I love the art – it’s so fresh, and I just like it a lot. I really like the clothing design and the vines on the angel’s head in contrast to the devil’s white hairclip. I also really like how there are white roses all over the water and black butterflies all over the air. Isn’t it just ironic how you usually associate ‘angel’ with sky and air and ‘devil’ with below the ground and such…so it’s really cool how they have the 'dark' butterflies flying around above the 'pure' roses. I really like it." - bananajam
"This piece closely adheres to the angel and devil thematic, contains creative aspects such as symbolism, and is of great artistic quality." - evilrulerx22
"I love the bright colors and composition of this piece; it makes the entry very pleasing to the eye. The symbolism with the bird cage is also a nice touch that kept this entry in my mind." - haiyun
2nd PLACE 
with her entry Born This WaySharp13
"Conveying a very pure and true message, 'Born This Way' by Sharp13 made to my top favorites because of it's different take on the theme and execution. While the art style is very simple, it matches well with the theme of friendship and leaves a great impact." - haiyun
"This entry is just, well, adorable. The artist's use of thick lines and bold colors and the simplicity of the whole picture really lends to the simple message of friendship that she is trying to convey. Overall, a very cheerful and unique approach to the idea of an angel and a devil." - Suxinn
"The theme is unique and the art very cute." - razpberry
"I really like this one because the art is cute and simple and it takes on a pretty original idea. When I think of ‘Angel and Devil’, it’s usually some kind of forbidden love between an angel and a devil, so this kind of ‘friendship’ going on between an angel and devil is really nice and fresh." - bananajam25
3rd PLACE 
with her entry Contest Entry-Angel and Devilpl-o
"Her art, her design, and her colors are all really nice and it just melts my eyes (in a good way)." - bananajam25
"The art is really nice and I immediately think of an angel and a devil when I see this piece." - razpberry
"I absolutely love the little details pl-o put into the costuming and design! It's also great how both costumes mirror each other, but are also unique in their own ways to pertain to the characteristics of an angel and devil." - haiyun
"The lineless art really lends a nice feel to this entry. The overall color and shading is also done very well. I also like the similarities yet differences between the angel and the devil. A very simple yet effective entry." - Suxinn
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See all entries here: shoujomanga.deviantart.com/gal… News article featuring the winners and all entries: news.deviantart.com/article/14… Be sure to fave and spread the article!haiyun will send all three of the winners a note later regarding prizes. CONGRATULATIONS!! Thanks again to everyone who participated! Look forward to the next contest!!
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Sorry for the lack of activity going on in the group;; However, with just over 1000 members, it is now time for our second contest!!
CONTEST THEME
What image comes to your mind when you think of an Angel and Devil? Do you visualize an epic battle between good and evil? Or perhaps you imagine a romantic scene about forbidden love. Maybe you automatically come up with cute character designs and costumes! Whatever your interpretation, here's your chance to show the rest of us here at ShoujoManga!
For this contest, create an original drawing with the theme Angel and Devil that falls under the Shoujo category.
Extra info:
• The content of the drawing can be anything as long as it follows the contest theme and fits in the Shoujo genre in terms of style and content – feel free to go all out with your imagination (while keeping it appropriate)!!
JUDGING
Judging will be done by haiyun, bananajam25, razpberry, evilrulerx22, and Suxinn.
The judging procedure is the same as before. For those who are participating for the first time or those who forgot, here it is again -
Entries will be judged by the following three points, in order of importance:
1. How well it appeals to the theme - When we see your entry, you want us to automatically relate it to the theme.
2. Creativity - Is your design/concept original? True, it might be difficult to create a COMPLETELY new design while following closely to the theme but do your best, it will show.
3. Artistic Skill - This area is kind of ambiguous so it'll be left as is.
RULES
Rules have not changed from the first contest:
Failure to comply with the following rules will result in disqualification.
1. You must be a member to enter! Joining is super easy and automatically approved ^^
2. This must be your ORIGINAL design and art. This is not a fanart contest, those will come in the near future.
3. The artwork must be drawn for this contest, as in no entering something you drew last week, last month, yesterday, etc.
4. No intense violence/gore or material that is above PG-13. For this contest, the theme is not meant to be interpreted too deeply, so please keep your entries available for all audiences to view.
5. ONE entry per person.
6. Have fun! Let your imaginations run wild with cute, sparkly, Shoujo magic!
PRIZES
.:.:First Place:.:. Pita-Ten artbook : a lovely rendered artbook by the well known Shoujo mangaka Koge Donbo! This artbook features illustrations of the cheerful angel Misha and the quiet devil Shia, as well as their friends and adventures! Includes two pull out pages!
Cover: ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I…
Inside: i116.photobucket.com/albums/o1… Three (3) keychains from i116.photobucket.com/albums/o1…
♥ Color character drawing - EchoTreekeeper
♥ Chibi character drawing - Saphirya
♥ Color character drawing - diraxy
• Blog feature at ShoujoManga
• Blog feature at shoujokawaii
• Blog feature at Hana-To-Akuma-FC
• Blog feature at DrawAnimeArt
• Blog feature at Yui-Fanclub
• Blog feature at Koukou-Debut
• Blog feature at Artistic-Otakus
• Journal feature - haiyun
• Journal feature - KiGaMin
.:.:Second Place:.:. Two (2) keychains from i116.photobucket.com/albums/o1…
♥ Color character drawing - EchoTreekeeper
♥ Sketch character drawing - Saphirya
♥ Lineart character drawing - diraxy
• Blog feature at ShoujoManga
• Blog feature at shoujokawaii
• Blog feature at Hana-To-Akuma-FC
• Blog feature at DrawAnimeArt
• Blog feature at Yui-Fanclub
• Blog feature at Koukou-Debut
• Blog feature at Artistic-Otakus
• Journal feature - haiyun
• Journal feature - KiGaMin
.:.:Third Place:.:. One (1) keychain from i116.photobucket.com/albums/o1…
♥ Sketch character drawing - Saphirya
♥ Lineart character drawing - diraxy
• Blog feature at ShoujoManga
• Blog feature at shoujokawaii
• Blog feature at Hana-To-Akuma-FC
• Blog feature at DrawAnimeArt
• Blog feature at Yui-Fanclub
• Blog feature at Koukou-Debut
• Blog feature at Artistic-Otakus
• Journal feature - haiyun
• Journal feature - KiGaMin
**more prizes to come =w=
If anyone is willing to donate a piece of art (sketch, colored, lineart, etc) to any of the winners, it'd be greatly appreciated!! Journal features and group blog features are welcome also! Prizes help make a contest much more motivating and are great publicity for the donor also! You can still enter the contest even if you are a donor!
You have just a little over a month! Best of luck to all who will participate! ^w^
EDIT: This contest has been featured in this news article: news.deviantart.com/article/14…
Faving it will help to publicize our contests and other groups' events too! Be sure to check it out!
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