The Grand Goal of this Workshop is to allow new artists to jump out of the shadows,
to learn to give and receive Contructive Criticism, to enhance the Community Feeling by making
a collaborated effort to get a Guru Member amongst the Winners, and most of all;
have a great deal of FUN in the process.

You might fret that this thread is to be focused on winning the Official Wintersday Contest alone,
but that is NOT the case. The Official Wintersday Contest is our superficial carrot, something people
will strive for if the goal of progress and growth isn't enough at first. The most significant purpose of
this thread will be to see people make an effort, and to see them grow by doing so. The Wintersday
Workshop Awards will aid this cause. This time around we're even introducing a couple of new categories
which may otherwise not be so compatible with the Official Contest.

This Workshop will last from 07.11.2009
and until the results of the Official Guild Wars Wintersday Contest have been posted on GuildWars.com.



NOW WITH COSTUME CODES!





















The prize pool and Awards rely solely on donations from the community.
Any and all donations are welcome, from Red Iris Flowers to Ecto. Please PM me here at Guru
if you're interested in donating something. Please consider donating towards an already existing Award
before coming up with one of your own. Chances are you will find one or more which you think are worthy of your donation.

The Best Progress Award is given to the artist(s) who have listened intently to critique, mastered the art of Personal Growth, and made long leaps to better his/her piece regardless of whether he claimed a prize in the Official Wintersday Contest or not. 1rst Place Best Progress - [200k][23e] 2nd Place Best Progress - [155k][18e] 3rd Place Best Progress - [120k][15e] (donor(s): Tzu, Avatar Of The Element, Crucist Ovv, Evangelin)

The Most Original Art Award is given to the artist(s) who have, IN A GOOD WAY, stood out from the crowd, in choice of art form, subject, style and finish. Most Original Art [175k] (donators: Perynne, Morag D, Avatar Of The Element)

The Wintersday Artist Extraordinaire Award is given to the artist who meets with 3 criterias; was menioned in the Winners section OR the Honourable Mention section of the Official Wintersday Contest, participated actively in this thread; both giving and receiving critique and generally being chatty, AND, finally, was a candidate for at least 1 of the other Awards (Harsh, eh? Well, believe me, there will be more than 1 candidate for this Award in the end). Wintersday Artist Extraordinaire - [50 ecto][Q11 Clockwork Scythe][3 golds of your choice from Deatgs Corrupter's stash][200 assorted beverages] (donor(s): Deatgs Corrupter, ravensong)

The SmileyFace Award is given to a person who didn't necessarily enter the thread as an artist, moreover as a supporter of the thread and the goal. He/she is a person who kept the thread alive with kind chatter, maybe donated something to the prizes, gave useful critique, submitted tutorials and ideas unselfishly, and generally kept us motivated all the way. SmileyFace - [100k] (donors: YunSooJin, Morag D)

The Wintersday Spirit Award is given to the artist who manages to inspire the most Wintersday Spirit in the cold, dark hearts of the Judges. Wintersday Spirit - [COSTUME CODE (Dwayna's Regalia)] (donor: Inde & Arenanet)

The Grentch Steals Wintersday Award is given to the artist who's piece is connected to Wintersday, but bows in favour of Grenth, not Dwayna. Creepy, grentchy and "bah, humbug!" entries apply for this. The Grentch Steals Wintersday - [COSTUME CODE (Grenth's Regalia)] (donor: Inde & Arenanet)

The Most Epic Award goes to the artist who's piece made the Judges /doubletake. Most Epic - [100k][50 zaishen keys] (donor: Baibai)

The Bonus award goes to someone who didn't get any of the other awards, but whom the judges still believed was worthy of one. This could be based on effort, positive energy, donations, or something else entirely. Bonus - [50k] (donor: YunSooJin)

The Best Wintersday Caption prize is awarded whomever managed to screencap a scene, with or without their character, which best portrayed this Guild Wars holiday. To take an "in-game photograph", press Shift+PrtSc (print screen) and find the caption in the folder adress which then appears in your chat window. No photomanipulation allowed, you may only crop your image to best frame your caption. To ensure that you've followed this rule, include information on where and when (and if applicable; how. If for example you've used a skill for a visual effect) your screencap was taken. Best Wintersday Caption - [250 Wintergreen Candy Canes] (donor: KiyaKoreena)

Produce a piece of written work to the theme of Wintersday 1078 AE. ☆ (2500 words maximum) ☆ Any written genre, poetry, short-story, lyrics, we welcome them all. ☆ Submit it via PM, or to my e-mail before the 23rd of December. PM me for my e-mail if you need it. No seperated files, no attatchments, just copy-paste into the e-mail, please. If you're having trouble submitting it via PM or e-mail, you can post it here. I'd prefer you didn't though, makes it easier to find afterwards. Best Wintersday Poetry & Prose - [200k] [250 Wintergreen Candy Canes] (donor(s): Charlie Dayman, KiyaKoreena, Avatar Of The Element)

The Honourable Judges

Judges are eligible for every award they're not judging themselves.

Tzu (Tzunedaine Fouil) [All Awards]
Zho (Zholn Cherub) [All Awards]
BlueXIV (The Black Earth) [undecided]
Verene (Farai Savitri) [undecided]
Ravensong (Blasius Acutus) [undecided]
BladeWind (Daniel Frozenwind) [undecided]







Artists and Their Progress!

This year I reccomend that EVERY entrant sets up an archive of sorts.
Photobucket, DeviantArt, ImageShack, Wordpress...... a place for you to store all progress pictures
and put down notes/journals. This is for the sake of the Judges, both here in the Workshop AND for
Arenanet and the official contest. It makes it much easier for them to root out fraud and identify hard
work and restless effort if you can refer to an archive of progress. Please, all serious entrants, set up
something of the sorts a.s.a.p. You don't *have* to share it with the Workshop right away,
if you're feeling a little sensitive about your ideas. Of course, it makes you a stronger competitor,
if you can and will share ideas and progress all the way!

Thanks to Verene, the Workshop Participants have their own place to store progress! Just
Register Here! and Verene will add a folder
for your personal use. Please register with your Guru username!











Tzu's Little Helpers!


I always need a helping hand, and I'll gladly accept any and all offers I get!
Currently though, these positions need to be filled, a.s.a.p!


☆ Gingerbread Guardians - moderates the thread, ensuring that people never lose their motivation or inspiration,
and that the rest of Tzu's helpers (not to mention, if not especially, Tzu herself) do their job.

-Verene

☆ Thawers of Frozen Ectoplasm - a.k.a donors, of items, services, gold and the likes!

- Deatgs Corrupter [X]
- Hailfall
- BlueXIV
- Tzu [X]
- Crucist Ovv [X]
- Baibai
- Perynne
- Ravensong
- Charlie Dayman
- YunSooJin [X]
- KiyaKoreena
- Morag D [X]
- Avatar Of The Element
- Evangelin [X]

☆ Pious Snowmen - co-organizers of every event, positions include Judges and Party Organizers for now.

- Miss Temptress
- Minami Kaori










Because of the holidays the Workshop Party will probably be held either 1-2 weeks before Christmas, or 1-2 weeks after.
It will be 1 day only, but last all day so that everyone has a chance to show up. Instead of confining ourselves to the limits
of [ZEN]'s Guild Hall, we will probably pick an outpost and a district and party there instead. The party will include a couple
of minigames and contests, and is open to every participant of the Workshop, regardless of how and how much they've contributed.

Most of the Awards will be handed out during the Workshop Party.

- Tzu [Host of Workshop Party]
- Miss Temptress [Chief Organizer of Workshop Party]
- Minami Kaori [Co-Organizer of Workshop Party]

Want to help organize the party? PM me!