11-30-2013 06:53 AM
Hi everyone! Please join us in our theme week (TW) contest! The Dec 2013 TW topic is "All that glitters".
Create an ACEO inspired by this month's topic and list it on eBay on December 1st with ACEO TW DEC in your title. The listing can last up to 7 days.
Group members are invited to nominate their favorite ACEO's among the entries, and winners will be selected by polls (see below for more details).
To spread the word about TW, please include the following statement (or equivalent) in your listing description:
This is an entry in the Theme Week contest from the ACEO ~ Art Cards Editions and Originals group here on eBay. The contest takes place the first week of each month. To view other listings, click here: http://search.ebay.com/ACEO-TW
Contest rules:
ACEO theme week (TW) is a fun group competition where group members can win a jpeg “award” certificate to use in future auctions or web sites! Starting in July 2010, only "People’s Choice” and “Most Unique Interpretation” prizes and “Honorable mentions” will be awarded. As these awards are based on votes in a group poll, the art should speak for itself and there will no longer be any restriction on the starting price, shipping cost or listing upgrades. We hope this will encourage more members to participate!
The TOPIC is different every month. Upcoming topics for 2014 are being decided, and will be posted in the calendar when available.
How to enter:
* Create an ORIGINAL ACEO (2.5” x 3.5” art card, any medium) inspired by this month’s TOPIC. “Original” means not a print, unless the ACEO is an original photo or digital artwork, or artwork created using an etching technique such as lithography.
* List an eBay auction on the 1st of the month with a photo or scan of your completed ACEO. Put “ACEO TW _______” in the title (fill in ______ with the current month’s 3-letter abbreviation, i.e. Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec). This allows us to find your entries on eBay.
* Listing of your ACEO MUST BEGIN on the 1st of the month (by the eBay US official time - between 12:00:01 AM and 11:59:59 PM Pacific time, or GMT-7), unless otherwise specified.
~ You can view the official eBay time at: http://viv.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?EbayTime
* Auction duration must be 7 days or less. If you relist a TW ACEO later on, please remove "TW" from your title so there is no confusion about what ACEO's are for the current theme week.
* Please paste the following statement (or equivalent) in your listing description to promote theme week ACEO's.
This is an entry in the Theme Week contest from the ACEO ~ Art Cards Editions and Originals group here on eBay. The contest takes place the first week of each month. To view other listings, click here: http://search.ebay.com/ACEO-TW
Also consider mentioning the contest and posting images of your entries in your blogs/social networking sites, like for instance our siter Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/groups/153963054750715). If we all do this, we will all benefit from increased exposure of our artwork to potential buyers.
* Each auction can only be for a single ACEO, but you may list as many auctions as you want.
* Starting price and shipping costs are up to you.
* Listing upgrades such as bold, highlight, subtitles, featured, charity listing etc are allowed.
* You are strongly encouraged to post a link to your listing and/or an image of your ACEO in this thread to help other members find your entry.
How prizes are awarded: This is a 3-step process:
1. Nominations for "People’s Choice" and "Most Unique Interpretation" awards will be accepted by any and all members of the ACEO ~ Art Cards Editions and Originals group between the 2nd and the 10th of the month, or as specified each month.
* We ask that you nominate the ACEO’s based on the art itself - what is truly inspiring to you - and not on the popularity of the artist or private discussions or alliances among members.
Nominations can either be done by posting your choices for each prize category in this thread or, if you prefer, by sending an email to aceovotes@gmail.com specifying your ebay ID and the name and item number of each nominated piece. One nomination per category, per member (self-nominations will not be accepted).
2. On or around the 10th of the month, a group poll for each of the categories will be set up by a member of the ACEO Activities and Events Committee (AAEC) based on the number of nominations each ACEO has garnered. Up to 10 artists will be selected for each of the two award categories. Each artist can only have one ACEO nominated per category. If more than 10 ACEO’s are nominated for a given award, or if two or more are from the same artist, ACEO’s will be selected first based on the number of times they were nominated and second based on which nominations were made the earliest. Nomination decisions will be at the discretion of the AAEC members, which will strive to keep the contest fair for everyone.
3. The polls will close by the 15th of the month (or as specified), at which point the winners will be announced. There will be a minimum of four awards: "People’s Choice Award", "Most Unique Interpretation Award" and two "Honorable Mentions" (awarded to the runners-up in each poll).
In case of a tie in the polls, the corresponding prize will be awarded to each tied participant.
Winners will be asked to contact a member of the AAEC to request their jpeg awards.
We hope you will join in for theme week! Also, we love it when you post pictures of your topic-inspired ACEO's in this thread - and chat away!
This Month's theme (DEC 2013) is "All that glitters". Remember to use ACEO TW DEC in your title.
Happy creating!
12-01-2013 02:29 PM
This is my first time ever using glitter within a painting, or anywhere! LIttle did I know how easily it can overtake a home. It's everywhere I go - a bit like animal hair only not as annoying. Interesting stuff to work with
RABBIT'S GLITTERY SNOWFALL
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161164945756
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This one has stars.
RABBIT'S GLITTERY NIGHT
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161164946422
Thea 🙂
12-01-2013 11:32 PM
I went a different direction 🙂
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=121227460438&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:1123
12-02-2013 06:48 AM
IT'S TIME TO NOMINATE your favorite December theme week ACEO in two categories ("People's Choice" and "Most Unique Interpretation"). Nominated pieces will be put in a poll for voting.
To find ACEO's to nominate, search eBay listings containing the keywords "TW ACEO DEC". Also remember to click the "Completed listings" link to find ACEO's that have already ended.
You may post your nominations here or, if you prefer to do your nomination privately, email the AAEC (ACEO Activities and Events Committee) at aceovotes@gmail.com. Please tell us who you are on eBay (your eBay member ID or name), and which ACEO you want to nominate for each category, with the item number or the url of the listing (to help us find it and avoid any confusion).
No self-nominations, please.
Nominations will be accepted until Dec 8 and polls will be posted afterwards.
Thanks all!
12-02-2013 09:16 AM
first entry
http://www.ebay.com/itm/321265189096?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
2nd entry:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/321265215814?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
3rd entry:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/321265226246?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
thanks for looking 🙂
12-03-2013 03:33 PM - edited 12-03-2013 03:36 PM
Check out my entry please on auction now. This listing has the tag TW ACEO Dec. in the title. I hope you'll vote for me. thank you for looking !!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251393581316
12-03-2013 05:06 PM
"People's Choice" -----------------> my painting below is for the contest entry "People's Choice", hope you'll vote for me!
12-03-2013 09:22 PM
So if I understand right we are to list on eBay our entree on the 1st day of each month?. Is that the only day we can list our (TW) ACOE entree for the contest each month.?
12-05-2013 02:40 PM
I'm not sure , this is the first time I have entered this one.
12-05-2013 07:22 PM
That's right tsalagi-o-siyo, if you want to enter the contest the entries must be listed on eBay on the first of the month. You can list ACEO's later if you want, but they will not be eligible for the jpeg "award".
The topics for 2014 are up for voting until December 15. If you are interested in joining us, check out these polls:
Please follow the links below to select your favorite topic for each month (I had to make two polls because SurveyMonkey has a 10-question limit).
First 10 months: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VGQNDR8
Last 2 months: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VBS87RC
12-05-2013 07:27 PM
Hi 4salegoods,
Thanks for your entry and good luck with it! 🙂
Just a clarification on the voting process: in order to be included in the polls to determine winners, ACEO's need to be nominated by another member in one of the two categories (it's up to the person who nominates to decide if it fits better in the People's Choice or Most Unique category).
12-06-2013 12:56 PM
12-08-2013 11:19 AM
Took this picture today and also added it to my "me" page. We have sooo many animals that inspire my art. Well about the contest, I guess next time I need to slow down and read before I try to do anything...lol
12-09-2013 12:31 AM - edited 12-09-2013 12:34 AM
Such a cute kitty! You're very lucky to have many of your own animals as a source for reference photos.
12-09-2013 08:28 AM
Thank you !
Well it's cold outside and this is the aceo that I painted just for this type of weather. Oh, and it's up for sell if anyone wants to know.
I am under the contest page and well I stopped by to see who won. Oh, and I had to throw in the winter house seen....lol