Rift Concept Art Contest Part I

http://community.riftgame.com/en/2014/04/02/rift-concept-art-contest/

I have decided to enter this competition. But before I got started, I read the rules, terms and conditions.

Technical:

The creation must be consistent with the ESRB’s “T” rating issued to Trion for RIFT. The creation must be submitted in a digital format (JPG, JPEG, PNG, or GIF), and may not exceed 2MB in size. The creation cannot have been submitted previously in a promotion of any kind or exhibited or displayed publicly through any means.


This is to be expected, as they want new and original work.

Content: The creation must not contain material that violates or infringes another’s rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement; The creation must not disparage Sponsor, or any other person or party affiliated with the promotion and administration of this Contest;
The creation must not contain brand names or trademarks other than those of the RIFT universe;
The creation must not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene hateful, tortious, defamatory, slanderous or libelous;
The creation must not contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
The creation must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any jurisdiction where photograph is created.

Similarly, the same standard rules. What I had hoped to find was this - the terms and criteria on which the creations are assessed and evaluated.

Eligible Entries will be judged by a panel of Trion representatives, which shall consist of Trion’s Concept Art Lead and Executive Producer, and members of RIFT’s Art Team, according to the criteria set forth below, and whose decisions are final and binding in all respects. The panel of Trion judges will award each Entry a number of points based upon the following 30 point scale: 0-10 points for creativity; 0-10 points for presentation and visual portrayal; and 0-10 points for overall RIFT look and feel (the “Trion Scale”).

The Entrant whose Entry receives the highest number of points on the Trion Scale shall be the Grand Prize Winner, the Entrant whose Entry receives the second-highest number of points shall be deemed the Second Place Winner, the Entrant whose Entry receives the third-highest number of points shall be deemed the Third Place Winner, and all other Entrants whose Entries receive honorable recognition shall be deemed a Runner-Up Prize Winner (each a “Winner,” and collectively, the “Winners”). In the unlikely event of a tie, Trion’s representatives shall break the tie in their sole discretion.

With these rules in mind, I know what the criteria is and I feel confident I can produce something good.