What is riyal? It is the common currency of elysiphim! It is used to buy various items such as MYOs, potions, and pets!
How do i know what qualifies for what bonus? See the submission guidelines page
FAQ
Can i claim art for designs not on the masterlist (for example family members)?
Yes, though a character from the ML must be present and the focus of the piece!
Can i customize pets?
Yes! You are free to give your pet any markings you please or different traits that are listed under the pet's page.
Art rewards
All characters must be rendered at the same level (meaning if one character is shaded, all characters must be shaded!).
For examples please see the submission guidelines page
Bases
Snapshot: 10r
Snapshots are drawings of closeups of the face or limbs. A piece must include at least one other base that is not a snapshot for it to be accepted!
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Headshot/bust: 20r
A headshot includes the head and optionally neck of the character.
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Halfbody: 40r
A halfbody includes 50% of the character's body.
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Fullbody: 60r
A fullbody includes at least 75% of the character's body.
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Small pet: 40r
Small pets include baby pets, bugs, and birds.
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Large pet: 55r
Large pets include adult versions of pets or beasts. [coming soon!]
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Megafauna: 75r
Megafauna include massive pets or beasts. [coming soon!]
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Ornamental background: 30r
An ornamental background is typically made up of props, frames, or decorative items such as flowers.
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Simple background: 60r
Simple backgrounds make up a scene around a character and must have 1-2 planes (foreground + background). If more than 5 props are present, you may count the background as simple rather than ornamental.
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Complex background: 100r
A background featuring 3 planes (foreground, middleground, and background) or a background featuring 3+ different kinds of objects that are not grass/dirt and sky ( trees, books, flowers, etc.)
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Extravagant Background: 150r
A background featuring extravagant details, depth of field, and dynamic lighting. Detail must be significant in order to count as an extravagant background. There must be at least 3 planes and 6 different kinds of objects that are not grass and sky (flowers, rocks, trees, vines, bushes, ferns, cliffs, and clouds).
Bonuses
Complex design: 10r
This bonus applies to characters that feature immense detail. This includes markings and/or extravagant outfits.
Markings: A character must have all of the following: 5+ markings, 3+ layered gradients, 10 small details.
Extravagant outfits: An outfit must cover the whole body with 2+ large items (bags, coats, armor) and 4+ accessories (jewelry, bracers, gauntlets, scarves, etc).
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Gift art: 15r
Must include another user's character! The gift character must be the main 'character' or one of the main characters of the piece. They cannot simply be in the background!
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Featured character: 15r
Must include the character featured on the homepage! The featured character must be the main 'character' or one of the main characters of the piece. They cannot simply be in the background!
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Colored: 150% riyal
Piece must be cleanly colored!
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Minimal shading: 120% riyal
Shading with a single tone of shadow or light.
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Complex shading: 160% riyal
Shading with 2 tones of shadow or light.
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Rendered/painted shading: 200% riyal
Shading with 3+ tones of shadow or light with painted edges.
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Simple Animation: 120% riyal
Simple animation includes simple movements such as ear flicks, head bobs, and tail wags.
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Complex animation: 150% riyal
Complex animation includes fully redrawn frames changing to different poses and complicated tweened motions where the whole body is moving.
When submitting complex animation, please include each frame in the comments section (trello works well for grouping frames together!). Under rewards, include each frame as its own image, so if you have drawn 5 fullbodies in the animation, write 5 under the fullbody section and toggle complex animation.
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Low effort: 50% riyal
Low effort drawings are quick or sketches.
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Standard effort: 100% riyal
Standard effort drawings are drawings usual for the artist.
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High effort: 200% riyal
High effort drawings are drawings well out of the ordinary for the artist, whether it is experimenting with new techniques/mediums, or simply lots of special effort was put into the piece.
An abstract explaining your efforts is required in the comments section. Explain the new techniques you used or how much time you spent on each aspect.
Writing Rewards
Base
Wordcount
Base rewards are 25% of your word count with a cap of 2k words.
You may write over the word cap, however you will only recieve rewards up to 25% of 2k. If you go over 2k simply put 2k words in the wordcount section on criterions!
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Characters/pets: 15r each
Characters/pets included must have some intereractions or significant mentions! The character/pet must have at least 3 interactions or mentions to count.
Bonuses
Gift writing: 15r
Must include another user's character! The gift character must be the main 'character' or one of the main characters of the piece. They cannot simply be in the background!
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Featured character: 15r
Must include the character featured on the homepage! The featured character must be the main 'character' or one of the main characters of the piece. They cannot simply be in the background!
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Backstory: 25r
The backstory bonus will only apply when a character experiences a moment in the past such as a memory or flashback. This is not a description of their backstory, but rather them actively experiencing it via memory/flashback. A sentence or 2 explaining how you used this bonus is required in the comments section.
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Character development: 25r
The character development bonus will only apply when a character's traits are challenged, or if your character experiences a significant event. A sentence or 2 explaining how your character's traits are being challenged, or how they are develping is required in the comments section.
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Character arc: 25r
The character arc bonus will only apply when the submission continues the story of a character from another submission (A link to the previous submission is required!).
A sentence or 2 explaining how your character has developed, continued, etc between the two pieces is required in the breakdown section. To say "this is the second part of the story" isn't quite enough, consider something more like: "As character name leaves his birthplace of the Elysium to travel to Eden, he feels more lost than excited. He wonders if it's the right choice--and if there's still time to go back on that." It depends on what you write, but this would be a good example for a piece where the first piece was him growing up in the Elysium, and then the next piece was a piece about him growing up and leaving.
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Lore: 25r
must prominently feature official lore or user created lore tied to The Elysium, Hades, or The Glyss.
📚Official lore can by found in our library, but feel free to make your own!
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Roleplay Bonus: 10r
Applied once per post. Must be a minimum of 100 words to apply.
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Light dialogue: 10r
The light dialogue bonus will apply to pieces that feature at least 5 lines of dialogue. This will also apply to pieces that are nearly entirely dialogue but under 500 words. Dialogue means a conversation between two or more!
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Heavy dialogue: 25r
The heavy dialogue bonus will only apply when a piece is mainly made up of dialogue and has a minimum word count of 500. Dialogue means a conversation between two or more!
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Low effort: 50% riyal
Low effort writing is quick.
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Standard effort: 100% riyal
Standard effort writing is writing usual for the writer.
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High effort: 200% riyal
High effort writing is writing well out of the ordinary for the writer, whether it is experimenting with new techniques, or simply lots of special effort was put into the piece.
An abstract explaining your efforts is required in the comments section. It is not enough to summarize your piece, or explain the 'vibe' of it all--you should be able to specifically explain why you made the writing choices you did and the meaning. Consider it a bit more of a literary analysis of what you wrote rather than a summary.