Birthday Celebrations 2012 (Bishonens, BL, Yaoi, contests, prizes)

Update!: Yep! I’m giving away a Y-shirt Akira plushie strap and other prizes this year.

Sneak peak of some of the entries I received :D Viewers choice poll will be open for voting after all entries have been submitted!

General guidelines:

  1. The illustration should have a “LalaParadise” theme. Based on your interpretation of the word :) Please feel free to let your imagination fly!
  2. Original male characters allowed but the illustration must also have at least -one- other existing male character, from any anime, manga, games, drama cd, etc, I’ve written about at my blog.
  3. If you have an original character, please give a short introduction of who he is when you send in your entry.
  4. If you’re thinking of drawing pairings or multiple characters, it can be any combination of characters BL or non-BL. Cross-overs are ok too.
  5. The characters don’t necessarily have to be love-love mode. Crack and comedy is ok. Simply posing is fine as well.
  6. Coloured entries preferred but B/W ok too
  7. NO 18+ entries this time round. Maybe next time :P
  8. Multiple entries allowed. But they must be visually different from one another in terms of layout, etc.
  9. I’ll collect all the entries then post them up for voting. Ponytale’s Top 3 picks + Viewer’s Choice Award.
  10. I may add more prizes based on the number of entries I receive :D
  11. Each illustration will be credited and linked back to your blog and/or url of your choice.

Where to Submit your art/Technical specs:

  1. The illustration should be at least 2480 x 3508 (vertical or horizontal), about A4 size so that it is big enough for me to make them into wallpapers.
  2. If you’re drawing on paper, please scan the picture at 300 dpi.
  3. Drawing and/colouring with software like Adobe Photoshop and/or traditional media like pencil/pen are all ok.
  4. Please save the final file as a TIF file and zip it up.
  5. Please email your entries as attachment or download link to contest@lalaparadise.com
  6. Indicate: Your name/nickname, Email, Url to link to.
  7. Please also feel free to send me your questions about the contest if you have any.

Last day of submission: 31 May 2012 (I hope the date doesn’t clash with your exams ^^;;)

Prizes include: Plushie, artbook and other BL/Bishie goodies from Nitro+Chiral, Lucky Dog1, Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi, Brave10, Kuroshitsuji, Viewfinder, etc.
Submit your entries today (^-^)/

Viewers choice poll will be open for voting after all entries have been submitted!

To get an idea how it works, take a look at Birthday Celebrations 2011 post.

Last update 23 April 2012:

Yep, my birthday is coming up in May, so similar to Birthday Celebrations 2011, I’m holding a contest again. This time, I’m late in planning it cos work and real life kept me very busy orz;; I decided to keep the same theme and see what surprises you guys can give me this year :D Please take part ok? \(;A;)/

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90 thoughts on “Birthday Celebrations 2012 (Bishonens, BL, Yaoi, contests, prizes)”

  4. I just sent my drawing! Please excuse my colouring. X_X I’m no good at it at all, and I was so stressed… >,<'' The linework has been laying in my room since weeks ago because I was too lazy to colour it. =w=''

    Sorry about bad english, and good luck to all the other participants! :D

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    1. @Sug: Hi sweetie, I did, sorry about the late reply *o* Don’t worry about the time zones. The contest will end at the last time zone in the world for 31 May :D

  7. -I also submitted.

    And somehow I´m a little nervous or excited, cuz it´s my first time
    I take part on a drawing-contest.>__<
    -Man, I hope everything went good and my e-mail arrived.

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  9. hiii i’m just submitted one :D
    it was a handmade, but i scan it 600dpi..
    it it ok? or i have to resend them?
    and happy birthday, thank you for sharing with us lovely information abtgoodies of BL n Yaoi
    without you, i will never know if there’s any yaoi dakimakura :D

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  10. sorry but can i just include the email and nickname only with the image?because I don’t think I have any URL to link to.

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  11. Oh gosh, I’m in the preview picture! I feel so special, haha. That Akira plush is so cute. I love it that the GIFT made it look like he’s blushing.

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    1. @planck-chan: yeah, they look so cute together. Tiny Akira has a different cutie appeal. He is 2/3 of Big Akira and 2,100 Yen probably because he can be stripped orz;; +proxy fees he is incredibly expensive for his size.

    2. 8D Haha! Didn’t expect to be in the preview! <3

      Hope everyone gets their pics in! The previews make me so curious! XD They look good as little snippets!

  16. i’ve finished the drawing but my mom’s lappie doesn’t have a zip file.. so i can’t put your gift into a zip file but it’s already in tif file.. what do i do~ TT

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  17. Happy (belated;;) Birthday pony!!<3 Have lots of fun and yaoi! lol
    Hope i can draw you up a small doodle when i get a chance ;_; (and i never forgotten about coloring that pic but it was just to much a mess. Wasn't happy with it to want to finish it.;;)

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    1. @dandycorsets: Thanks sweetie XD *hugz*
      Aww… hope you can take part! I think that artwork u did last year was awesome! I was disappointed you didn’t submit it in the end… Hope you can finish it someday! :D but don’t stress up over it okie?

  19. OMG!! I’M SO LATE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY PONY-CHAN!!!! HOPE U HAVE A GREAT TIME TO SHARE! DAMN… I CAN’T GIVE ANYTHING… =.=” I’VE NO TALENT AT DRAWING… my art is just well uhh? sucks? XD

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  21. You are finally turning one year older soon it seems~ X3

    Ohh, hope all of those ant colonies have been terminated! D:

    Hope many more people will participate this time and also wishing everyone who is participating good luck! If I am up for it, I shall send an entry myself! :D The last time I drew something was for this contest, hahaha~ XD (Shows how much time I invest in drawing, LOL!) It doesn’t matter if I am horrible at drawing and that my drawing can’t be considered a decent entry for the contest, but it could just be known as a Birthday Present for you~ XD

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  22. Ah damn, I lent my tablet to my cousin for a school project… orz. I’ll still draw sth in B/W on paper ; u ;. Happy Birthday!! And this contest sounds so exciting XD.

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  23. Ahh how exciting and early happy birthday to you!
    So I probably have to do a runthrough your blog entries :) mine is likely a funny entry LOL! I though of ponies when I read your titles!
    Is there a limit of entries per person? And will they be judge by only you or the public?

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    2. @pony: i must have anterograde amnesia or something, it was written right there in the first sentence that your birthday’s in may LOL
      sorry about that – i blame the hype for my dumb :B

  25. If everything goes great this week i will enter. my dude may not be that great but I will give it my all. good luck to everyone.

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  26. 8D I can’t draw but I will draw!
    I suck at landscapes so I think Lalaparadise will be… lacking in that department, but I’ll give it a go! <33333333

    D: I hope your ant colonies have burned and died and are no more!

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    1. Oh! Meant to say happy b-day by the way and what is your position on chibis…? OTL I think my Chibi art is probably my best… tabun ne…

  28. Happy birthday! I’m so tempted to participate. :3 Can I ask a dumb question though? Just want to make sure I understand…The picture has to represent the blog or have LalaParadise on it correct? And when I say represent I mean give insight to what your blog provides and that kind of stuff.

    And more importantly, where do I submit the illustration? ;u;

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    1. @Hannah: Thanks :D Not yet but coming soon! Lol~ no worries, good that you clarify your queries before you draw.

      LalaParadise is the theme… it can be your idea of what it is, not necessarily to represent what I write on my blog. You can write a short introduction of why you drew LalaParadise the way you did if you think it is not obvious to me… Take a look at some of the past submissions. Some do not have obvious LalaParadise themes but when explained, we understand why.

      Please submit to the email address listed above. I enlarged the text now so that its more noticeable in case other folks miss it too.

  32. Oooh! Birthday contest yet again! My drawing is so bad. ;__; I got not artistic abilities so I can’t draw for shit lol. So I most likely won’t take part XD

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  34. Oh, God, I missed all contests until now, and I regret it so much. ;A;
    This time I’ll definitely take part, no matter my college does. ÒAÓ

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    1. …and now i realize that it’s my first post here and I put my e-mail instead of website.

      Great first step into the contest ‘-‘ I need to study less and sleep more.

    2. @Senkai: Sleep is definitely important lol~ I slept at 3am yesterday fighting ant colonies D: so tired now lol~
      Looking forward to your entry XD

  36. Oh, that sounds like so much fun! I wish I had the artistic ability to even stand a chance XD (I totally peeked at last year’s entrants!) Maye if I muster up the time (and courage), I’ll give it a shot…but I’m terrible at drawing men! XD

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