Hello! I invite you to join my Summer themed Skin Contest! There will be three rounds, the first one being a topic, the second round being a palette, and the third round being a skin to shade. Everyone that passes to the next round will be PMed the next round's challenge.
The first round will start on July 6 and will run to July 16. The first round's theme is 'Daydreams' or 'Daydreaming' Interpret the theme as you'd like, but still keep hints to the theme. (An example of a skin not keeping to theme would be, "A casual girl." and your excuse cannot be "She's daydreaming.") Entries cannot be entered during the two days of judging.

After the round has ended, the three judges and I will take two days (So for round one, July 17 and 18 will be judging days.) Then the third day (July 19) will be the announcements on who makes it to the next round. If the expected amount of people join, (10) then we will have 4 people disqualified on round one, 3 people disqualified on round two, and then the final 3 will battle it out on round three.


Rules of the Contest - All PMC rules apply.

• Do not use a premade skin for the first round. You must make new and fresh content in order to be eligible to join.
  
• Only one entry may be made from one person.
  
• You may have feedback, but the whole skin must be made completely by you.
  
• Tag your entry for round one with 'DaydreamContest', comment on this post here, or PM me your entry.
  
• Don't make a skin unrelated to the theme.
  
• You may update and edit your submission until the due date of the round.
  
• Judges cannot join the contest.
  

IMPORTANT:
If you message me saying that you're not going to make a submission for the round, then you're automatically disqualified. Better luck next time! D:

If we get a large amount of people joining the contest (We're expecting 10 to join, so more than ten would be "a large amount.") then we'll divide the group of contestants into three categories. (You've probably seen this before.)

Beginner - No use of shading, use of shading, or basic shading.
Intermediate - Use of a more complicated shading, hints of knowledge on color theory.
Expert - Use of an even more complicated shading, knowledge on color theory.

Of course, we'll divide you up into what we think fits you. (But if you disagree, PM one of the judges.) Not all of the categories may be used.

Prizes
After those three rounds, there has to be a prize, right? So, if it's the regular ten people joining, there will be a first, second, and third. If we have to divide the contestants up into categories, then depending on the amount of people in the category, there will be a first second and a third as well.

First - Two requests, (The first-place winner chooses who to take the two requests from.) 15 diamonds on the 15 most recent skins.
Second - One request, (The second-place winner chooses from the remaining judges who to take the request from.) 10 diamonds on the 10 most recent skins.
Third - One request (The third-place winner chooses from the remaining two judges who to take the request from.) 5 diamonds on the 5 most recent skins.




We will put skins for rounds one, two, and three in a collection. This just makes it easier to judge. ^-^
Also, credits to DinowCookie for their blog post, "How to organize a Contest on PMC." It was really helpful for organizing all of this, so thanks, DinowCookie!