Weapon Design Contest 2021

[Eien713]

Reading the rules I had gotten the impression it was a recommendation for our own benefit to ensure no one tried to steal your art, not an actual restriction. It states, "Please refrain from sharing your artworks publicly until the winners are announced, in order to protect your Entry."

Notably, it starts with "please" when the other bullet points state you "must."

I saw someone on Twitter sharing their design as a sample of their submission instead of directly sharing what they submitted on the provided template. That seemed like a good work-around as it keeps anyone else from having access to the actual file they submitted to try and claim it was their own later if it wins or something crazy like that.

Better safe than sorry, I say :P

[RitsukoSonoda]

I think when they did the armor set contest previously they had an announcement of winners and like 1-2 runner ups for each gear set category. There was a fair amount of time that passed between the end of the contest and the announcement. Most likely because there are a lot of submissions to go through. I suspect this one to take longer simply because of more categories and it generally being easier to draw a weapon as opposed to a full on suit of armor or a costume.

[StriderShinryu]

I had only half of an idea and have little artistic ability so I didn't submit anything, but best of luck to those who did!