Deluxe Days are here and it’s time to sharpen your pencils!
You’re invited to participate in the Be a Deluxe Designer Contest! We are looking for an awesome item to give away as our 2016 Super Deluxe Item! Submit your own design to the Share Center and, if you get chosen by the Webkinz team, your design will be turned into a virtual item that will be awarded to everyone who signs up for a 1 Year Webkinz World Deluxe Membership in 2016!
Entries will be judged for their originality, creativity and suitability for Webkinz World. The winning entry will be announced Webkinz Newz on the final day of Days of Play 2015 – Sunday, September 6, 2016!
To get your creative juices flowing, here are past Super Deluxe Items:
Mountain Mine Cart Ride
Alps Gondola Ride
Rocket Drop Ride
Super Deluxe Rollercoaster
Magic W Hot Air Balloon
It’s easy to participate! Just follow these four easy steps…
- Draw your item. If your item has moving parts that need explaining, please label them so we know how it works.
- Scan or photograph your drawing.
- Upload it to the Deluxe Designer Gallery on the on the GanzWorld Share Center any time between Saturday, August 1 and Monday, August 31!
- Visit Webkinz Newz on Sunday, September 6 to see if your design won!
The grand prize winner will receive a 1-Year Deluxe Membership AND their Design will be turned into a real Webkinz virtual item, which the Winner will have added to his or her Webkinz World account!
Remember, you can enter as many designs as you want- the more submissions the merrier!
Contestants HAVE to upload their work to the Deluxe Designer Gallery on the GanzWorld Share Center. Never uploaded to the Share Center before? Don’t worry! It’s easy. Just watch this video to see how it’s done!
You can use any kind of art supplies that you want! Want to use markers, pencil crayons, crayons, it doesn’t matter – this contest’s creativity Level? Unlimited!
We can’t accept submissions with company logos, or sports team emblems.
Please make sure you save your images as a jpg, gif, or png.
So sharpen your pencils, equip your imaginations, and get drawing!
Read the full contest rules here.
I’ll prob draw it but… I don’t know if I can use the Share Center, because I don’t comment on a computer. I’ll try, though. But each time I tried it won’t let me get my picture.
Yeah, same for me…
I am SO ENTERING!!!!! =DD
i have about 10 ideas to enter!
I’m so excited for this.
I’m Not The Best Drawer But I Will Try Anyway.
I know how you feel MissWebkinz04. I can only draw clothes for Webkinz they look alright but I could never draw like that.
YEAAAA
The past year’s prizes have been great, especially the rocket drop ride! I may enter this if I can come up with a good design.
awesome! I’m terrible at drawing though… ;) ~*JaneOfAllTrades*~
No way, GREAT!!! Can’t wait for it!!! Awesome:D
Interesting… I’m no architect, and inanimate objects aren’t my long suit when it comes to drawing, but hey, I’ll try.
Me neither. I only draw animals, plants, or living things. I don’t think I’ll enter, but I’ll be looking at the other drawings people have made. Very cool idea though!
Ditto, I’m no artist, I can only draw dogs lol but I will do my best!
I agree Pokekinz. I seriously doubt I could win, but I will definitely try!!
Me too! I would never win a contest like this. I can’t even draw very well…. anyway, onto the next newz post!
Same here; I can draw cartoony animals and stuff and pretty much anything that’s living with varying levels of success, but ask me to draw a house and I will probably run away (unless it is a cartoony animated house with eyes, then I can do that. Even though it’s still a house. I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S WRONG WITH ME.) I’ll try to draw some, though, since I already have a few idea of what I’ll do! Hopefully they’re looking more at the ideas than the drawings themselves, but I guess that wouldn’t be fair for the good artists who also have cool ideas. By the way, does “any medium” include computer programs? There was no rule against it but I know last time they were prohibited so I wasn’t sure.
If drawing animals is what interests you, maybe you can draw a structure or object that incorporates the shape of an animal or creature within its design. This contest is exciting- I cannot wait to see what people come up with. :)
That’s a good idea, thanks! I think I might play with it and see what I make. Good luck in the contest! :D
I see what you mean. But to draw structures, the only way for a truly good outcome is to have inspiration. If you REALLY like your own idea, you’ll be compelled to make something GREAT! Even if it isn’t your best piece of work, they are looking for the idea, not how great the artist is. ;)
Thanks for the encouragement, ArtMagician! This probably won’t be one of my best pieces, but if I don’t try, then I’ll never improve! So I think it’s definitely worth a try. By the way, I think you’ll do an awesome job! I’ve seen your work in the ShareCenter, and it’s really good!
No problem, Fracktail. ;) I should have more stuff on the Share Center soon.
Cool! I can’t wait to see them! :D
its august 8th, and there still aren’t many entries (only about 10), so the odds of winning at this point are extremely high!!!
Hey Fracktail, did you get your nane from paper mario?!
Yes, I did! Thanks for asking! Super Paper Mario is one of my favorite games. And Fracktail is my favorite boss, so I was like, “Why not?” And so now I’m Fracktail. Plus, the name sounds cool. :P
Omg i love that game!! Ive beat it a couple times already have you beat it yet? Yeah it is a Cool name i can’t believe i never noticed before!!
The same name for u and the boss i mean
Me too! Maybe I’m a softy but the ending always makes me choke up. Actually, a lot of that game is pretty emotional/dramatic/terrifying, come to think of it. It definitely didn’t pull punches, haha. Which boss was your favorite?
Oh geez…that’s a hard one…I’d have to say the jester cause I think the way he’s designed looks adorable lol, and Francis. And I always cry at the end it’s so sweet and just, like, TIPPI DON’T LEAVE MEEEE!! Lol XD
Shoot I gave it away….sorry everybody
Well dang, I just realized that around half of that gigantic post was just me rambling about Francis. That…says a lot about me, actually. Well, not more than what’s already evident, hah!
OH MY GOSH, FRANCIS IS AWESOME. Or should I say, “hi-technicaaaaal!!!” Actually, that whole chapter was probably my favorite (despite the lack of Fracktail). (In fact, I intentionally encountered Francis again in world 8 for the sake of it. It did not disappoint. Although I did get a game over after seeing Francis that second time. TOTALLY WORTH IT.) Also, Dimentio is clever because he looks so adorable and he turns out to be :SPOILERS FOR PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T PLAY THE GAME: a traitor to Count Bleck. Although I was already mad at him for being mean to Fracktail in the first chapter by the time it was revealed, haha. END SPOILERS, PROBABLY. Really, this whole post is riddled with spoilers. I’m just gonna put a spoiler warning for this whole thing. But yeah, the ending was sweet, especially how after the credits you see Blumiere and Timpani standing on a hill together and it’s like, “GAHH, TOO MANY EMOTIONS!!! I JUST GOT OVER SAVING THE WORLD, PEOPLE.” XD
I haven’t played that one, even though I like Mario. I didn’t even know Fracktail was a Mario boss! Cool fact!
It’s a really cool game! It’s on the Wii, and I highly recommend it! It’s cool to see Mario fans on Webkinz Newz, haha. Who’s your favorite character? Mine is actually not Fracktail (but he’s up there), but Iggy Koopa, one of the Koopalings (Bowser’s seven children). He’s the crazy mad scientist one with green tree hair (which used to be a rainbow mohawk but I like the tree hair better because it’s TREE HAIR) and huge glasses that are ultra cool. Nothing beats spiky mad scientist turtles with pineapple hair! :D
Oh….okay I don’t have 3DS or Wii, so naturally I would LOVE to know these characters, but I don’t. Out of the ones I DO know, my favorites are Waluigi, Kamek, King Boo, and I’m not sure if I have a FAVORITE. And man, Bowser’s got SEVEN children? AWESOME! I wish I had a game where I could meet them! Well not literally MEET them, but, you know. Sounds so cool. Oh and Kamek is the guy who has glasses and is like a wizard by the way, even though you probably knew that.
I love Kamek!!! He’s way up there on my favorites list, and so is King Boo, for that matter. I think Kamek was supposed to be in one of the first Mario Kart games, but he was scrapped in favor of Donkey Kong. Too bad, I would have played as Kamek a lot…but yeah, the Koopalings are pretty awesome! Their names are Ludwig (the presumptuous composer), Lemmy (the goofy and immature one), Roy (the brawny guy with sunglasses), Iggy (the crazy-go-nuts scientist), Wendy (the short-tempered diva), Morton (the cantankerous grouch), and Larry (the sneakiest). Which consoles do you have? The first games they were in were on the NES and SNES (Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World, respectively), and then they were never heard of again for about thirteen years until New Super Mario Brothers Wii came out, and they’ve been consistently in every New Super Mario game since. They’re even in the new Mario Kart and Smash Brothers now, which is super cool!
I only have a DSi, but I’ve played on the Wii before. I’m not sure if that’s what you meant by consoles or not, and if you want to know the games, I have Mario Party, Mario Kart, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Bros., and Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Miniland Mayhem. And those Koopalings sound AWESOME!
Awesome, you have Super Mario 64??? I’ve always wanted to play that game!! I’ve tried to get the remake, but to no avail. I have a DSi too, but my Mario library on it isn’t as impressive; on the DSi I only have New Super Mario Bros. and Mario Kart DS. I’m super close to passing the former, but DANG is World 8 hard!! Wait, I also have Yoshi’s Island DS, but I dunno if that counts. Does it? Some people say that Yoshi’s Island is its own series, but the original Yoshi’s Island was a sequel to Super Mario World, and it uses Mario characters, so I dunno.
I think it counts! And yeah, World 8 is pretty hard in New Super Mario Bros. Super Mario 64 is one of my favorites, just because it’s 3D all the way around (unlike Mario Bros.) and the point of the game just takes so many interesting turns. Back to Yoshi’s Island, I have never heard of that, but now I think that sounds cool! And yeah, I think it counts as Mario just because of the characters. All linked together. :)
Oh and umm….Where is the Gallery? I can’t find the Be A Deluxe Designer Gallery anywhere! Help please!
I couldn’t find the gallery either! I hope I’l be able to submit my stuff in time. D: But yeah, Super Mario 64 is pretty cool, especially since it’s the first 3D Mario game! There are a few others (Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 are the first that come to mind), but Super Mario 64 was what really pushed the frontier for the series, which was awesome. Also, Yoshi’s Island is really fun! You play as Yoshi (naturally), and your goal is to go on a journey to rescue Baby Luigi while keeping Baby Mario safe as he rides on your back throughout the levels. If you get hit, Baby Mario is trapped in a floating bubble and you have to get him back before the timer runs out and he floats away. Also, Kamek is the main villain!!! He has some pretty funny/weird dialogue in that game, which is cool because he very rarely gets the limelight in the rest of the series.
awesome!!!!!! But there is no way for me to scan or photograph my drawing if i did participate. 2016 seems so far away… but it will be here before we know it. I will be moving then I rather not think about it :( Good luck to everyone who enters!!
Aww I can’t do it either but I would LOVE to win a webkinz contest I never do though . . .
My creative juices are bursting. Danny (my Decade Dragon), hand me my quill. It’s ART TIME.
Necause all ameature artists use INK to draw their designa lol xD.
WEll, now that I think about it, I will sketch a design and then scan it onto my computer to color it, since there are more color options.
Lol sounds like a better plan XD
I wish i were deluxe… :( I love art!
does it say you have to be deluze? Because i domt thinkbyou need to… im not and i was planning on desiging something… it says you win a year free membership so i dont know if you have to be deluxe… sorry about the spelling.. touch screen keyboard covering the text box so i cant see the errors
I don’t think you have to be deluxe. However, I tried uploading to the share center, and they don’t have a category for the Deluxe Designer Contest! I’ll try again another day.
Oh yeah, I want to enter this! It will be AWESOME to see what people come up with! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! ;) ….And may the odds, be ever in your favor…
@marinewaterd59 LOL that’s awesome. ^^
i assume this contest is open to ALL kinzers and not just deluxe? the name’s kinda confusing. thx!
I can not enter either, but so cool!!!!
You could enter, all you need to do is go to your computer’s Paint application and draw your ideas on the computer. ;) Then save it as a .jpg, .gif or .png file, and you can upload it here.
Is it possible to snail mail it Michael Webkinz!!????? Because my mom doesn’t let me download ANYTHING on her computer and I have my design done on paper already!!! Please is it possible to mail it in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????? Please help!!
Oh, you don’t need to be Deluxe. If you DO win, you become Deluxe for a WHOLE YEAR! FOR FREE! But it’s FOR Deluxe Members, to receive the winning item for 2016 when they sign up for a Year Deluxe Membership. You don’t have to be Deluxe to submit a design, though! Hope that helped. :)
Is using digital programs allowed? I tend to make digital art rather than traditional, however if necessary I will use such tools.
aww so sorry you can friend me if it helps you at all good luck im sure you have amazing wonderful ideas
ENTERED!!! (Number one anyway)
Hey there §! I would love to enter, I usually draw pictures on my 3ds using a game, I upload the picture onto my computer making sure it is saved as a jpg, would this still be okay? I would draw it out with pencil and paper, but usually when I take a picture of the piece of artwork, it shows up blurry :P Thanks! ~lavadragon
I have a couple of ideas that I am gonna enter right now! xD Thanks §!
One more question :P Would it be alright if I posted a couple images per page of the same object to show detail? Because one item I am making has a bit of detail that needs to me zoomed in to see. I also have attached a text bar explaining the moving parts…. is this okay?
i saw yours elsafan13!!!