The above poster originally completed and posted on 15 August 2021. CDB was having a contest with the theme of ‘dream theater’ from August to September 2021. It looked like lots of fun, so I joined in with Bobotan!
The ones below are the contest posters from CDB’s official Twitter account. You’re allowed to post as many works as you like, so I was aiming for either best prince, best story or best visual. I liked the theme, so I ended up making LOTS of art! I’ll catalogue them below in this post. Enjoy!
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Post-competition
I finished 3rd place in the best prince user poll, so I did several things to thank my supporters!
Round 1: My Contest Entries
I really liked the contest’s theme, so I made and submitted multiple entries! Bobotan and I made a story about how a girl’s strong wish for happiness transformed her school into a dream castle and made miracles happen.
★ Short Film + Teaser:
★ Screenshot Edits & Illustration
★ Rhyme Photo Collection
Round 2: Best Prince User Poll Period
I got nominated for the best prince category! There’ll only be one winner for each category (prince, princess, supporting cast, villain) and it’ll be decided by user poll, which stretched 11 days from 3 to 13 September 2021. Made the extra screenshot edits below during the period. Met the other participants and did some stuff together too. All the participants were so lovely!
Special thanks to Bobotan and Fio-san for always being so supportive through the user poll period. And thanks to everyone for taking their time to vote for me too!
Results & Post-competition
I finished 3rd place in the Best Prince category with 1223 votes. Thank you so much to everyone who supported me till the end and voted for me! I did several things to thank my supporters and congratulate the winners:
Artist's Notes
Overall, it was a wild ride. The theme was fun, so I had fun making all my contest entries! I’ve never edited screenshots or made videos before, so I learned lots of new things by challenging them in this contest.
Even so, the user poll period was particularly tough and stressful for me since I had to overcome my shyness to spread word about my participation to gather votes. It was bad enough that I was constantly anxious and had several sleepless nights.
I really couldn’t have done this without the support of my friends and the people who voted for me. Sorry I couldn’t win first place for you guys although we put in our all, but thank you so much for helping me pull through and grow as a person! I’ll continue doing my best so I can make you proud!
