UPDATE [10/1/14] - WINNERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED and this contest is now over! Thank you so much for all who participated and to everyone that watched and favorited this contest!

Winners: 

Be sure to contact both Zilch and I via PM about your prizes, and please title them as "Genderswapped! Contest Winner" so we can tell your PMs apart from others. We'd love to start working on your prizes ASAP!

This was a tough choice for a couple of the categories, as all of the entries were very good and unique from others. Alas, there can only be one winner per group, but I will send all participants that sent in entries a little something within the month! It's just my way of saying "Thanks for a great job" so that everyone gets consolation prize.

Now, the Grand Prize winners are:

Solo Genderswap: Troll Berserker - Niju "Nina"

Group Genderswap: kittynamedk-9 - Steele, Nikki, Kaltag and Star 

Scene Genderswap: Chastity [Eris] - White Wolf & Balto scene from "Balto"

Congratulations to our winners and thanks again to all that participated! I hope to have you had fun with this contest!

- Juuchan17

CONTEST PURPOSE:

According to the website "Know Your Meme", Rule 63 is an anonymously-made "Rule of the Internet" that states this: "For every given male character, there is a female version of that character. For every given female character, there is a male version of that character."

This contest is mainly created to give Balto Source members and fans of the series the chance to give the cast of the original Balto movie and the two sequels - "Wolf Quest" and "Wings of Change" - their genderswapped opposites in their own creative way.

And besides, I'm sure we've all wanted to see our favorite wolfdogs, huskies, geese and humans in the other gender at one time or another, right?

HOW TO ENTER:

Balto Source members that choose to join this contest have to draw or render any official character from the Balto trilogy of movies in the opposite gender. For example, Boris would become female and Stella would become male in any entries here. 

Genderswapped names are not necessary, but are highly welcomed [for example: A female name for Balto that I thought up was Baltine [which I used for one of Aleu's daughters with Niju actually]... but I'm sure YOU can think up something better!] as long as all genderswapped names are still PG-appropriate.

There are three categories for the contest:

• Best Solo Genderswap - Entries must be of one official Balto character only. No other characters must be in it or it counts as a group or a scene.

• Best Genderswap Group - Any entry with more than one official Balto characters that's not an official movie scene counts as a group entry. Couples are allowed in this category, and this includes any non-canon pairings and friendships. 

• Best Genderswap Scene - Take any screencapped scene from the movies and simply swap the genders of the characters in it - it's that simple! Like the others, only official Balto characters count.

IMPORTANT RULES:

PLEASE - Be sure to put either Solo, Group, or Scene at the beginning of the filename of your entries, based on what category they belong in. This makes it easier to tell the entries apart for sorting them in the judging process. 

Also, every member that joins the contest is allowed one (1) entry per category - that means you can have up to three (3) entries in the contest. I would allow more than one entry in each category, but I want this to be a fair contest so that everyone has a fair shot for one of the prizes available in each category.

Also-also, be sure to put your Balto Source username on your entry somewhere, like a signature. Make sure it's readable so that we know who created the entry! Same goes for any lineart credits!

WHAT'S NOT ALLOWED:

• OCs [Original Characters] and fursonas are not allowed in any entries. This is a Balto series contest, so only official Balto characters will be allowed in entries.

• Since we are talking about official Balto characters, I haven't thought about what to do about the unnamed puppies of Balto and Jenna's litter in "Wolf Quest". Since Dingo and Saba are named in the film, I will count them as official characters as long as they are based on the first adopted pup [Dingo; he also was the pup that pounced on Aleu after she was told to stop howling in the box] and the blue-eyed obviously-female pup that talks to Balto before the adoption starts [Saba]. The other two pups, unfortunately, will not count as official Balto characters in this contest because we do not know what gender they actually are. Sorry about that!

• No stealing anyone's art or lineart for fanart and render entries. It's stealing, of course, so you should know better than to do that for a contest! If you choose to use a lineart, please credit the original line-artist in your work near your signature.

• Bad quality entries are not allowed. When I say "bad quality", I mostly mean renders that have less to no effort put into them. Fanart can be of bad quality too, but everyone has a different style and way of drawing. Still, be sure to take time with your entries and make them count! 

• Any of the other "Not-Allowed"s when it comes to fanart and rendered fan-images that haven't been specifically mentioned yet are not allowed in entries [specifically the R-rated sexy stuff, as well as the blood and gore/violence stuff; there are others, but this is mostly a fanart/fan-image contest so keep it as such!].

• If there's any other "Not-Allowed"s that I may have forgotten about, I will add them here. Feel free to ask questions in the comments too. 

• If any entries have broken any of these rules, they will be disqualified. The enterer will not be able to enter a replacement entry for any disqualified entries they may have. 

JUDGING CRITERIA:

Entries will be judged on the following criteria:

• Creativity - Be creative with your designs! Remember that it still has to be like the original character but the opposite gender, but that doesn't mean you can't be creative about it!

• Style - It may be hard to make an official character into something original, but be sure to use some style. It doesn't have to be in the movie's style as it's okay to use your own personal style [realism, anime-esque, cartoony, etc.] to make the characters the opposite gender.

• Effort - It doesn't have to be extremely detailed, but please put some effort into your entries! Color and some basic details like markings are necessary, but shadows and other nit-picky details are optional.

PRIZES:

Prizes will be given out to the best in three main categories - Best Solo Genderswap, Best Genderswap Group, and Best Genderswap Scene.

The prizes are as follows:

Solo Genderswap:

• - One (1) colored solo character drawing [from Juuchan17]
• - One (1) solo character render [prize donated by Zilch; prize can also be a simple character reference render, if the winner wishes]

Genderswap Group:

• - One (1) colored two character drawing [from Juuchan17; can be a couple but as long as it's two characters, it's fine]
• - One (1) small group render of 1 to 3 characters [prize donated by Zilch]

Genderswap Scene:

• - One (1) colored small group drawing [from Juuchan17; can have from 1 to 3 characters]
• - One (1) group render of 2 to 4 characters [prize donated by Zilch]

More detailed prizes will be added soon - please keep an eye out for them!  

DEADLINE & CLOSING REMARKS:

Deadline for all entries is September 1, 2014. UPDATE [8/26/14]: The entry deadline has been extended for an extra week! You now have until September 8, 2014 to submit your genderswap entries! 

The contest will be closed starting on 9/9 and the winners will be announced by the end of September 2014.

Special thanks goes to: Zilch [for prize donations]! [more maybe to be added]

Thanks for reading and if you choose to enter, please be sure to have fun with this contest!

- Juuchan17 [contest made 6/28/14]

Members who have joined the contest :

Nani	FormulaT heWolf	Troll Berserke r	Rest in poptarts	The Solo Hero
SkulShur tugalTCG	Wild Wind	Guest	Hige Is Epic	Eris
Periwink le-blue	Kittynam edk-9

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Entries submitted :

• by Chasity (September 08, 2014)
• by Troll Berserker (September 05, 2014)
• by Troll Berserker (August 28, 2014)
• http://www.animationsource.org/balto/en/view_fanar... by kittynamedk-9 (July 25, 2014)
• by periwinkle-blue (July 22, 2014)
• by periwinkle-blue (July 19, 2014)
• by Chasity (July 18, 2014)
• by Chasity (July 17, 2014)
• by mamakoto (July 14, 2014)
• by Hige Is Epic (July 10, 2014)
• by roxie (July 08, 2014)
• by roxie (July 08, 2014)
• by Wild Wind (July 05, 2014)
• by FormulaTheWolf (July 05, 2014)

Comments

Juuchan1 7	August 23, 2014
	WQ > Balto > WoC

Troll: Do you mean like the markings or body shape... or something else? I think I get what you mean, but I'm not sure exactly... - Juuchan17

Troll Berserke r	August 22, 2014
	Site Builder (Content), Site Builder (Co...
	Big Bad Mod

would you mind altering character's designs a little?

Juuchan1 7	August 21, 2014
	WQ > Balto > WoC

Troll: Okay. I can easily give everyone an extension to the contest, so you don't have to rush. I'll edit the contest deadline stuff when I wake up in a couple of hours or so. Thanks for letting me know! - Juuchan17

Troll Berserke r	August 20, 2014
	Site Builder (Content), Site Builder (Co...
	Big Bad Mod

I'm rater busy now. I could use an extra week.

Juuchan1 7	August 20, 2014
	WQ > Balto > WoC

UPDATE - 8/19/14 We're counting down to the deadline of the contest, and I'm hoping you're finishing up those gorgeous genderswap arts and renders! I may extend the deadline to mid-September but it might just be for an extra week. Check by or leave something in the comments if you think an extension is a good idea. The number of entries hasn't changed yet, but I'd like it to increase by the start of September! Let's aim for it, so get those last-minute entries submitted for judging soon! Thanks again for joining and for reading! - Juuchan17

Juuchan1 7	August 07, 2014
	WQ > Balto > WoC

UPDATE - 8/7/14 Wow, this contest is doing quite well! Keep it up, you Balto fans! As usual, here's the number of entries in each category so far: Solo - 5 entries Group - 5 entries Scene - 1 entry [let's change this, shall we?] Remember the deadline for all entries is on September 1st! Be sure to have them in before then in order to be officially in the contest and to qualify for prizes! - Juuchan17

Juuchan1 7	July 21, 2014
	WQ > Balto > WoC

UPDATE - 7/20/14 Thanks goes to Zilch for a nice donation of rendered prizes for category winners! Also, the contest prizes have been organized and updated with my prize and Zilch's. I am still accepting prize donations [probably until the end of July], so feel free to PM me if you'd like to offer something to the three category winners. I will gladly add them to the prize list once I get a specific detail of what you're willing to donate [examples: a render, a signature/icon set, an art piece, etc.]. Prizes can be either OCs or official characters, depending on what the donating person wishes to do. Also, here's an entry count: Solo Category: 4 entries Group Category: 4 entries Scene Category: 1 entry Thanks for reading and keep those entries coming! - Juuchan17

Juuchan1 7	July 20, 2014
	WQ > Balto > WoC

Chastity: I'm glad to hear that you're joining - the more, the merrier [and the more fun it is]! To answer your question, full body or head shots of characters are allowed in the solo and couple/group categories. For the scene category, however, characters can only drawn or rendered in the same way as they are shown in the original screenshot of the scene you choose. So, some may be in full body, some may not - it all depends on what scene it is that you are genderswapping. I hope that clarifies things for you, and I can't wait to see your entry... or entries! - Juuchan17

Eris	July 17, 2014

Best contest ever, totally joining it! But, I have a question: For every entry, does the presented character must be shown in full body, or the image can be from the head to the shoulders too?

Juuchan1 7	July 16, 2014
	WQ > Balto > WoC

UPDATE - 7/15/14 I'm proud to say that there are a lot of nice entries as of right now! Here's a break-down of the categories so far: Solo Category: 4 entries Group Category: 2 entries Scene Category: 0 entries [let's change this, okay?] My example doodles are coming soon [probably by the end of the month], so be patient if you're waiting for them! Yes, I will do a Genderswap Scene example. Thanks so much for joining the contest and please be sure to share this with your friends! - Juuchan17

Juuchan1 7	July 03, 2014
	WQ > Balto > WoC

First announcement! Already this contest has been chosen for Selection (Contest) of the Week! Thanks so much! Also, I am doodling some example pieces for each category, so look forward for them in about a week or two. Also-also, feel free to tell your friends and let them join in! Also-3-times, if you're interested in offering your artistic services for category prizes, let me know via PM. I'll reply ASAP and maybe add your specific prize offerings to the prize list. Thanks for reading! - Juuchan17

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