May sketch theme poll and a discord contest announcement (Patreon)

Hi there! The time has come to pick a new theme for the goodie bag sketch = v = /  I'd like to explore the multiplication of form with this one. It may go into a bit psychedelic areas inspired by mandalas and fractals 😤👌 The options are available below, please choose your favorites. The winner will be included in the May's mail and sent out by the middle of June to the May Plugs tier subscribers alongside a matching sticker ✨  

I’d like to also introduce you to a new event that will be happening every now and then starting April. By participating in the polls like this one you've been influencing the theme of the next goodie bag sketch. I’d like to broaden it,  give your art some exposure and add some more rewards!

So, how will it work?

1. From now on some of the monthly polls will not only determine a theme for the goodie bag sketch but also a theme of the contest.

2. Once this special poll ends I will be announcing the winner theme and its hashtag in a dedicated contest chat on our discord server.

3. Starting from that day, for the following month everyone will have a chance to enter the contest. You’ll be challenged to create an art piece in the announced theme. The theme is completely up for your interpretation. It can be whatever visual medium you feel comfortable with: digital drawing, painting, traditional sketch, animation etc. It can be SFW or NSFW - no matter what annotation shows next to the theme in the poll. It should include either your OCs, mine, mix between those two or no characters. Headcanons are totally ok. Multiple entries per person are allowed.

4. All of the entries must be submitted in the contest chat on our discord. You can additionally post them on Instagram with an assigned hashtag so I can share it with my followers in stories throughout the contest.

5. You’ll be able to win in these three categories:

⭐ Discord favorite. First winner will be picked by the number of upvotes on the  emoji the art will receive in the contest chat. In addition to the main prize, a winner will receive a title role of the “Heart devourer“.

⭐ Instagram favorite. Four of the next highest rated entries will enter an Instagram poll of which the winner will receive a second main prize and a title role of the “Abyss charmer”.

⭐ My favorite. I’ll look through all of the submissions to pick that one special piece which made my heart beat faster = v =  In addition to the main prize, a winner  of this category will receive a title role of the “Tar walker“.

6. Prizes. All of the 3 winners will receive:

⭐ A shoutout on Instagram stories and a post. Please make sure to include your Instagram handle while submitting the art.

⭐ A goodie bag of the current month or 2 month gift of Discord Nitro

⭐ A small traditional doodle of one character/item, scanned. It can be your OC, a pet, your loved one, your plant or a fantart - there’s no restrictions on what it can depict as long as it is a one character/item and you’re fine with it being a doodle. Additionally, if the goodie bag was chosen as the reward instead of Nitro, the doodle will be included in the bag.

The first contest theme is already chosen and it correlates with the last month's winning theme - “Expanding growth” with the hashtag of #gtexpandinggrowth when you decide to post it on Instagram.

I’m looking forward to seeing your entries!