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My Little Pony Arena
Halloween Coloring Contest 2016

       

It’s time for our Annual Halloween Coloring Contest! Once again the Arena wants its members to show off their coloring and drawing talents. We are offering three separate divisions so everyone has a chance, even our members' kids!

Division 1
Design Your Own from scratch, no copied/traced line art allowed, all work must be original. Pony only, no background but simple accessories are allowed. Original designs only and no anthro ponies, please.

Division 2
The Big Picture again from scratch, The Whole Kit and Caboodle, backgrounds, costumes, accessories, whatever! Multiples and personas may be used but again all work must be original and no line art by Hasbro or other artists may be used. No anthro ponies please. Otherwise the sky's the limit!

Division 3
Color Ours
Just what it says, you color our line art. We are offering three sections. No Hasbro ponies, and no altering the line art – we are offering several versions this year so you can choose whichever pony type fits your idea best!
Section A Computer Media (digital, no hand coloring allowed)
Section B Traditional Media (hand colored, no digital touches allowed)
Section C Members' Kids, this section is for the active members' children who are 13 and under.
Each section must have at least 6 entries in order to be judged. If we do not get enough entries for each section they shall be combined.

Click the links to see your base pony – Artwork again provided by our talented Bekuno!
Earth | Unicorn | Pegasus | Alicorn
If you need a different file format, please PM ColoringContest with your email address and it can be emailed to you.

Voting
This year we are going to try out something different – the entries will not be judged by the Mod team but YOU the members! This means that our mods are allowed to enter, too, and there is no separate division for them. The contest organizers (Griffin, Uninu, Bekuno) are excluded, of course.
All Arena members are eligible to vote.

Contest starts NOW! So get busy!

The Deadline!
All entries due by midnight EST, October 31st (= November 1st). Voting begins November 1st or as soon as the poll threads are up.

Please read the directions carefully:

• You must be an active member of the MLP Arena to enter.
• All entries are to be PMed to ColoringContest.
• All entries must be PMed individually. If you send more than one entry in each PM, they will not be accepted.
• The title of your message MUST state what division your entry is for. You may enter up to two entries per division, but each must be submitted separately or they will not be accepted.
• On Division 3 entries, please be sure to include which section you are entering! i.e. if you were entering Division 3 Section B (traditional) you would say Div 3 B in your title.
• Please do not post your entry here on the Arena or other websites till after the winners are announced. This is to make sure that your entries stay anonymous for judging. After the contest has ended you are free to start a thread to show off your work!

Prizes
First place in each Division will get to choose one prize from the following list of wonderful goodies:

Five G1 accessories donated by Uninu

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G4 prototype pony (white Pinkie Pie mold one with pink hair) donated by Uninu

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A g1 or G3 pony rehair based on your wishes by Uninu

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Two G3 breezie ponies donated by Uninu

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A G4 custom pony commission based on your wishes (relatively simple one) from Uninu

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A G1 custom pony commission based on your wishes (relatively simple one) from Uninu

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Baits available:
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Artwork (ATC or digital art) from Bekuno

Artwork (ATC or other small format) from Griffin

READY -- SET -- COLOR AWAY!

FAQ

How many drawings can I enter?
You may enter two drawings for each division.
Can Hasbro ponies be used?
No, the idea of the contest is to unleash your creativity and design new Halloween themed ponies. OCs/personas are allowed in Division 2 if they fit the theme.

[CoonhoundBetty]

I just showed my daughter, and she is so excited to color! Bekuno, the coloring page is awesome, so much Halloween fun going on!

[cannibalism]

  so excited to enter!

[Aflame]

do we post them here ?

[Uninu]

do we post them here ?

All entries need to be sent to ColoringContest in a private message.

[Snapdragon]

Oh wow what awesome prizes!! :O And beautiful lineart! Many thanks to Uninu for donating so many prizes, and to Bekuno and Griffin as well!!

I'll have to start brainstorming, but an entry DID pop into my head...!! :O

[retrogradenova]

Just a super quick question if it's okay to post it here, in the Division 3 where it says no Hasbro ponies, does that include Luna on the cloud there or is the no Hasbro rule just for the running character?

[EmpressOfTheLibrary]

Oooooh!!  So, just so I'm clear, the first category requires wholly new art, we can't use the coloring page?  Very excited to enter, this looks like tons of fun!

[Griffin]

Just a super quick question if it's okay to post it here, in the Division 3 where it says no Hasbro ponies, does that include Luna on the cloud there or is the no Hasbro rule just for the running character?

It's for the running character. You may think of Luna as part of the background, so to speak. But you're also free to alter Luna's colours, if you like!

Oooooh!!  So, just so I'm clear, the first category requires wholly new art, we can't use the coloring page?  Very excited to enter, this looks like tons of fun!

Yes wholly new art in Div 1, the lineart provided is only for Division 3. But you can enter both divisions!

[ponyqueen]

Wow, those are awesome prizes!!

[EmpressOfTheLibrary]

Oooooh!!  So, just so I'm clear, the first category requires wholly new art, we can't use the coloring page?  Very excited to enter, this looks like tons of fun!

Yes wholly new art in Div 1, the lineart provided is only for Division 3. But you can enter both divisions!

Thank you!  I'll see if I can find time to enter; I've got midterms coming up.  Really excited to try, though, and to see all the other entries!  Halloween horses are always so pretty!

[SnowsLove]

I'm definitely entering.  I haven't been here in months.  This should be fun!!

[ColoringContest]

Two weeks until Halloween!

We have a couple of entries in, keep them coming!

[Hannah66665]

Started coloring the lineart and I was wondering: this definitely has a friendship is magic vibe and I'm not at all familiar with the cartoon... are the buildings in the picture based off of any specific houses from the cartoon? If they are I might still end up choosing my own colors but there are some bits of the houses where I'm not sure what's what so if there's references it would help. 

[Bekuno]

Started coloring the lineart and I was wondering: this definitely has a friendship is magic vibe and I'm not at all familiar with the cartoon... are the buildings in the picture based off of any specific houses from the cartoon? If they are I might still end up choosing my own colors but there are some bits of the houses where I'm not sure what's what so if there's references it would help. 

Hi! Artist here.
Yes the background buildings are from FIM. I'm not very good at BGs, so I traced buildings straight from the show. Just like everything in the image, you are welcome to color them however you please. You can choose to replicate the shows colors or you can simply choose your own. It's yours to color!