Craft A Piggy - free to enter competition

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We are pleased to announce a brand new type of free to enter competition open to all forum members.

In this competition we want to see members showcase their skills and creativity by crafting their own guinea pig(s).

This is not a photography competition but the type of craft you can use is up to you, some examples are:
knitting
crochet
sewing
drawing
painting
needle felting
metal/wire work
pottery
woodwork
embroidery
quilting
papier-mache
model-making

The list is almost endless!


How to Enter and How it works....
1. Submit a photo of your creation to this thread which will be open until 20:00 hrs on Sunday 15th December 2019 GMT.
2. All Photos will be added to a Craft A Piggy page shortly after the closing date where all members will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite.
3. Voting will take place week commencing 16th December 2019.
4. The winner will be announced on Christmas Eve.
5. In the interests of good sportsmanship please do not vote for your own entry. We cannot prevent this but hope that fair play will win the day.


The winner of the competition will:
1. Have their artwork featured on The Guinea Pig Forum social media pages.
2. Have their 'User Title" for the rest of December and January as "Craft A Piggy Comp Winner!"
3. Have bragging rights over all others on the forum.
4. Have the photo of their winning creation go into a sticky thread in the Stories & Photo's section for everyone to see and the forum gallery.


Now for the boring bit... the rules:
1. The artwork uploaded must be your own creation. No taking photos off of the internet please, let's not ruin the spirit of the competition. Anyone caught breaking this rule will be disqualified from any further entries.
2. A maximum of 3 entries per forum member will be accepted.
3. One creation per photograph. All entries should be photographed individually so it is clear in voting rounds which item members are voting on.
4. One photograph per entry please.
5. No photography based entries. Whilst we appreciate photography is art we would like to separate this competition from our photo based competitions.
6. Any entries into this competition will be made with the acceptance that you are granting theguineapigforum.co.uk permission to use and publish your image on any of our associated social media pages. We may also use your photo in print in any future article in the Guinea Pig Magazine and any promotional event we attend. By entering this competition you are acknowledging our rights to use your photo. If you do not agree with this then please do not enter.

Any pictures not complying with these rules will be removed from the thread.


Please keep all photos of your out-takes and works in progress as we would love to see these and will be starting another thread to share these images.

Happy posting and looking forward to seeing your creations.

Anniversary Herd

LET'S SEE YOUR CREATIONS!
 
Anniversary Herd said:
We are pleased to announce a brand new type of free to enter competition open to all forum members.

In this competition we want to see members showcase their skills and creativity by crafting their own guinea pig(s).

This is not a photography competition but the type of craft you can use is up to you, some examples are:
knitting
crochet
sewing
drawing
painting
needle felting
metal/wire work
pottery
woodwork
embroidery
quilting
papier-mache
model-making

The list is almost endless!


How to Enter and How it works....
1. Submit a photo of your creation to this thread which will be open until 20:00 hrs on Sunday 15th December 2019 GMT.
2. All Photos will be added to a Craft A Piggy page shortly after the closing date where all members will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite.
3. Voting will take place week commencing 16th December 2019.
4. The winner will be announced on Christmas Eve.
5. In the interests of good sportsmanship please do not vote for your own entry. We cannot prevent this but hope that fair play will win the day.


The winner of the competition will:
1. Have their artwork featured on The Guinea Pig Forum social media pages.
2. Have their 'User Title" for the rest of December and January as "Craft A Piggy Comp Winner!"
3. Have bragging rights over all others on the forum.
4. Have the photo of their winning creation go into a sticky thread in the Stories & Photo's section for everyone to see and the forum gallery.


Now for the boring bit... the rules:
1. The artwork uploaded must be your own creation. No taking photos off of the internet please, let's not ruin the spirit of the competition. Anyone caught breaking this rule will be disqualified from any further entries.
2. A maximum of 3 entries per forum member will be accepted.
3. One creation per photograph. All entries should be photographed individually so it is clear in voting rounds which item members are voting on.
4. One photograph per entry please.
5. No photography based entries. Whilst we appreciate photography is art we would like to separate this competition from our photo based competitions.
6. Any entries into this competition will be made with the acceptance that you are granting theguineapigforum.co.uk permission to use and publish your image on any of our associated social media pages. We may also use your photo in print in any future article in the Guinea Pig Magazine and any promotional event we attend. By entering this competition you are acknowledging our rights to use your photo. If you do not agree with this then please do not enter.

Any pictures not complying with these rules will be removed from the thread.


Please keep all photos of your out-takes and works in progress as we would love to see these and will be starting another thread to share these images.

Happy posting and looking forward to seeing your creations.

Anniversary Herd

LET'S SEE YOUR CREATIONS!
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Is it ok to use pictures off the internet for collage work?
 
Seven7 said:
Despite people might laugh at my drawing, I want to try to draw my boy Finn. :nod:
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Do it, I want to start drawing aswell, I used to be good... Apparently so people say, when I was a bit younger. Everyone has their own style. I just don't know how to shade, it's so difficult
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
Do it, I want to start drawing aswell, I used to be good... Apparently so people say, when I was a bit younger. Everyone has their own style. I just don't know how to shade, it's so difficult
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I wouldn’t draw if it was someone else with a full knowledge that I am just not good at it.
I will only do it because it is my boy Finn, :D.
 
Winniepeg said:
Is it ok to use pictures off the internet for collage work?
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We have no problem with images from the internet being used in the creation of a traditional collage piece as often images from magazines/flyers/the internet are used. However, you do need to be aware of potential copyright issues. Having looked this up the jury seems out on whether copyright is still held for the original picture, given that it has been used to create a new whole, or whether there is potential for the original picture owner to claim for copyright. We would suggest looking for royalty free/ non copyrighted images which we believe there are filters for on google images to help you with your search.
 
Here is my entry. I wasn’t sure whether to enter this or not, as it’s rather personal. I made this as a gift for Helen @The Potteries Guinea Pig Rescue after the loss of her beloved Howard. After discussing it with Helen, she is happy for me to share it here.
This little piggy is made from fimo. It is meant to capture the essence of Howard as he gained his angel wings and passed to the Rainbow Bridge. B74CB579-2259-4121-9132-10B6C5DDFA23.webp
 
VickiA said:
Here is my entry. I wasn’t sure whether to enter this or not, as it’s rather personal. I made this as a gift for Helen @The Potteries Guinea Pig Rescue after the loss of her beloved Howard. After discussing it with Helen, she is happy for me to share it here.
This little piggy is made from fimo. It is meant to capture the essence of Howard as he gained his angel wings and passed to the Rainbow Bridge. View attachment 126018
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What a precious gift as well Vicki, very thoughtful
 
VickiA said:
Here is my entry. I wasn’t sure whether to enter this or not, as it’s rather personal. I made this as a gift for Helen @The Potteries Guinea Pig Rescue after the loss of her beloved Howard. After discussing it with Helen, she is happy for me to share it here.
This little piggy is made from fimo. It is meant to capture the essence of Howard as he gained his angel wings and passed to the Rainbow Bridge. View attachment 126018
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So beautiful - I am sure Helen was deeply touched.
Howard was clearly a very special piggy.
 
VickiA said:
Here is my entry. I wasn’t sure whether to enter this or not, as it’s rather personal. I made this as a gift for Helen @The Potteries Guinea Pig Rescue after the loss of her beloved Howard. After discussing it with Helen, she is happy for me to share it here.
This little piggy is made from fimo. It is meant to capture the essence of Howard as he gained his angel wings and passed to the Rainbow Bridge. View attachment 126018
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It's lovely @VickiA . You have got Howard right and the wings. (yep I have a tear) What a very special thing xxxxx
 
I was hoping to work on this this weekend but unsure if I will have time. Here's hoping as I need to get in the loft and sort through the masses of yarn I have stockpiled :))
 
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