http://smirk.nstars.org/feed/? Latest topics Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:22:56 GMT 10 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Kaidas_corner/blends/smirkbanner01.png http://smirk.nstars.org/feed/? http://smirk.nstars.org/current-contests-f13/inspired-by-insects-t81.htm Aurora Mission: Create a doll inspired by an insect! Any insect'll do! The goal of this contest is not to turn your doll into an insect, but to design a doll that is inspired by the insect you choose! Please keep that in mind!! You MUST include a reference pic of the insect you choose so I/we can /all see what inspired you, without having to google each entry (pretty please and thank you so much ) I'd rather we all stay away from the cliche 'pretty' bugs, like lady bugs, butterflies, bees, ... Current Contests Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:12:13 GMT http://smirk.nstars.org/current-contests-f13/inspired-by-insects-t81.htm#315 http://smirk.nstars.org/current-contests-f13/inspired-by-insects-t81.htm http://smirk.nstars.org/current-contests-f10/palette-01-t82.htm Juno Palette Contest Objective: Make a doll using the colors of the palette: Rules: You have to use at least 20 colors in your doll. That includes shades so broken down that's four different color palettes. There are enough to choose from and four is about half of what I gave you. I just want to see some contrast and not just one palette being used. Obviously, since this is a palette contest, only pixel shading will be allowed, no tool. Background are allowed, no size limit as long as it doesn't ... Current Contests Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:43:55 GMT http://smirk.nstars.org/current-contests-f10/palette-01-t82.htm#318 http://smirk.nstars.org/current-contests-f10/palette-01-t82.htm http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f12/character-genarator-awards-t84.htm Juno ]]> Awards Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:13:24 GMT http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f12/character-genarator-awards-t84.htm#321 http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f12/character-genarator-awards-t84.htm http://smirk.nstars.org/current-contests-f10/you-re-such-a-fruit-t83.htm Juno You're Such a Fruit! Objective: Your job is to design an outfit inspired by fruit and doll it. If you need help finding a fruit go to http://www.thefruitpages.com/sitemap.shtml Rules: When I say an outfit inspired by fruit I am NOT talking about any fruit of the loom characters. If you don't know what I'm talking about then google it. I want to be able to look at the outfit and tell what fruit it is so details are important. You cant just have a red dress and say its inspired by an apple. ... Current Contests Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:59:17 GMT http://smirk.nstars.org/current-contests-f10/you-re-such-a-fruit-t83.htm#319 http://smirk.nstars.org/current-contests-f10/you-re-such-a-fruit-t83.htm http://smirk.nstars.org/current-contests-f13/candle-contest-t90.htm Aurora Mission: Create a doll including and centered around the theme "Candles"! It doesn't matter what your doll is doing; it could be a seance, a relaxing bath, a blackout, a creepy dungeon, a ritual, praying/in a church, blowing out birthday candles, lighting a unity candle at a wedding, etc etc ETC!! The possibilities are endless, just use your creativity! Your entry must include at least one candle in it somewhere, but you can have as many as you can fit in your image (your doll ... Current Contests Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:22:56 GMT http://smirk.nstars.org/current-contests-f13/candle-contest-t90.htm#331 http://smirk.nstars.org/current-contests-f13/candle-contest-t90.htm http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f6/artistic-vision-portrait-contest-awards-t80.htm Aurora Hallelujah!! I finally smacked myself into shape and spit out these awards! Soooo sorry it took me so long! I promise I won't make it a habit! ;P Congratulations to all who entered! Thanks to all who voted for People's Choice, thanks to the entrants, and of course thank you to Just Our Judges for your unbiased votes! *woo* (please right-click and 'save as' to collect your award) (Base outline for awards is Juno's Muse Portrait) Awards Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:54:18 GMT http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f6/artistic-vision-portrait-contest-awards-t80.htm#312 http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f6/artistic-vision-portrait-contest-awards-t80.htm http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f15/alice-in-wonderland-awards-t76.htm Aurora Sorry it took so long to get these out! Congrats to all the winners! (please right-click and 'save as' to collect your award! ) Thanks to everyone who entered and voted! Awards Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:35:58 GMT http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f15/alice-in-wonderland-awards-t76.htm#300 http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f15/alice-in-wonderland-awards-t76.htm http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f12/shadow-girl-awards-t72.htm Juno I'm so so sorry it took this long to get the awards out. My life has been pretty crazy but I finally have some semblance of order and a computer again so Congrats to the winners, Thank you everyone for participating and Good luck in future contests! Awards Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:35:21 GMT http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f12/shadow-girl-awards-t72.htm#263 http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f12/shadow-girl-awards-t72.htm http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f15/black-white-contest-awards-t70.htm Aurora Congratulations to all of the winners! Please right-click and 'save as' to collect your award! Thank you to all of the wonderful entries, and also to the judges for helping me make some hard decisions (if any of you judges would rather the blue/green background, let me know! ) Awards Mon, 18 May 2009 22:11:17 GMT http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f15/black-white-contest-awards-t70.htm#251 http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f15/black-white-contest-awards-t70.htm http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f15/disney-who-awards-t71.htm Aurora Congratulations to all of the winners! Please right-click and 'save as' to collect your award! Thank you to all of the spectacular entries, and a special thanks to the judges for helping me make the hardest decisions in my contest running life! I wish I could have given everyone an award, they were all super awesome!! Awards Mon, 18 May 2009 22:21:33 GMT http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f15/disney-who-awards-t71.htm#252 http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f15/disney-who-awards-t71.htm http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f12/disney-princess-awards-t67.htm Juno Congrats you guys and thanks so much for entering my contest! You know I love and appreciate all of you Awards Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:50:51 GMT http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f12/disney-princess-awards-t67.htm#209 http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f12/disney-princess-awards-t67.htm http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f6/palette-contest-101-awards-t64.htm Jasper Congratulations to all who entered! And Thank You to Just Our Judges for your unbiased votes! (please right-click and 'save as' to collect your award) Awards Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:12:41 GMT http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f6/palette-contest-101-awards-t64.htm#197 http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f6/palette-contest-101-awards-t64.htm http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f15/calendar-contest-awards-t47.htm Aurora Congratulations to all of the winners! Please right-click and 'save as' to collect your award! Thank you to everyone who entered and voted! And sorry for the lack of creativeness with the awards lol Awards Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:35:44 GMT http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f15/calendar-contest-awards-t47.htm#127 http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f15/calendar-contest-awards-t47.htm http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f15/past-present-future-awards-t42.htm Aurora Congratulations to all of the winners! Please right-click and 'save as' to collect your award Thank you to all of the wonderful dollers who entered their spiffy dolls in my contest (the awards seem to have gotten a little funkified in photobucket, I tried to fix it but to no avail, sorry ) Awards Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:28:38 GMT http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f15/past-present-future-awards-t42.htm#105 http://smirk.nstars.org/awards-f15/past-present-future-awards-t42.htm http://smirk.nstars.org/welcome-f1/link-exchange-t35.htm Jasper Check it out! Here is where you can find out how to become an affiliate of SMIRK If you'd like us to add your website banner to the sidebar (>>>) that appears on all pages of the forum, just reply to this topic with the form below filled out completely and make sure you link back to SMIRK somewhere on your site Find our banners here. If you want another contest forum or dolling forum added, you must be the owner or co-owner of that site. You may submit more than one website, but please ... Welcome Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:51:00 GMT http://smirk.nstars.org/welcome-f1/link-exchange-t35.htm#57 http://smirk.nstars.org/welcome-f1/link-exchange-t35.htm http://smirk.nstars.org/welcome-f1/rules-for-hosting-t18.htm Jasper To host your contests here, there are a few things you need to keep in mind: 01. Every contest MUST have a deadline (a date or number of entries, whatever your preference). Don't make your deadline more than a year from the date you opened it, pretty please! You are not obligated to extend your deadline if it is requested of you, but if you agree to it, please try not to let it extend too long, or too many times. Waaay too many contests never seem to close... 02. Please try to end any ... Welcome Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:03:20 GMT http://smirk.nstars.org/welcome-f1/rules-for-hosting-t18.htm#19 http://smirk.nstars.org/welcome-f1/rules-for-hosting-t18.htm http://smirk.nstars.org/help-f20/questions-t17.htm Jasper Any questions or concerns about the forum please tell us here. Your inquiry will be addressed within 24 hours. All posts in this topic should apply to the forum as a whole, not a specific contest. If this is pertaining to a specific Host's contest, please see their individual questions thread/rules page. Please read the FAQ before posting here to make sure your question hasn't already been answered. Thank you. Help Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:48:46 GMT http://smirk.nstars.org/help-f20/questions-t17.htm#18 http://smirk.nstars.org/help-f20/questions-t17.htm http://smirk.nstars.org/welcome-f1/link-to-us-t15.htm Jasper Do we host your contests? Do you enjoy entering the contests hosted here? Or do you just like seeing my breathtaking features? Then link to us! (Please do not direct link, right click, save as, and save the image to your computer. Thanks so much ) 130x55 88x31 30x30 And if anyone wants to donate some banners for SMIRK, bring it on! Just reply to this topic with your banner(s) and I'll love you forever! All banners above by Aurora and Juno. Welcome Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:07:47 GMT http://smirk.nstars.org/welcome-f1/link-to-us-t15.htm#16 http://smirk.nstars.org/welcome-f1/link-to-us-t15.htm