Update ---> 5.1.08

---> Contest News:

It's May! And thus we have a new topic and voting going on here at MGC. ^_^ Prehistoric Gargoyles has moved into voting so head on over! Some really fun creative enties for this topic, awesome work everyone!
And of course we have somethign new to play with, Gargoyles in Shakespeare! It's a redo of one of the 1999 topics, one of the last of the redos from the old MGC that I still wanted to do. ^_^ Enjoy!

A quick request - when submitting entries, PLEASE follow the guideline and include all of your information! It's a huge help to me in keeping up with prompt updates. Remember, we need -
Name:
Email:
Webpage Name: (if applicable)
Webpage Address: (if applicable and please leave the 'http://' in there?)
Title:
Comments:

Hey, I have a favor to ask of you guys. It's been going OK for the last few years with just one person running the site, as far as keeping the topics updated and such, at least. Unfortunately there's a few areas I've really had to let slip, and others that I just don't know how or can't do myself. So I'm here asking for help and volunteers...
Firstly, the site needs some promotion - BADLY. We've dropped in just one year from almost 35,000 average daily hits last march to barely over 9000 last month. This is an area I really stink at, since I am really shy and feel awkward trying to drop links anywhere they might not be welcome, and of course I'm also reclusive even on the web and have no idea where to START linking in the first place! I can assign one person to do promotion, or I can try to provide whatever the general viewership wants and turn you loose, up to you guys. *L* I'll be trying to update the link banners and such in the near future and if anyone would like to submit any, that would be welcome as well. ^_^
And speaking of that links area, that would be the second spot that badly needs help. It could use a MAJOR updating, purging and/or overhaul. It was a good but very ambitious idea to link to EVERYONE, and we just couldn't keep up. But it would be nice to have SOME things there, if anyone would like to take it over. We could even add some new content, like artist features or tutorial links or whatever. Very basic html skills are really all that would be needed.
So yeah, there's my plea - please email or get ahold of me anywhere with tips, suggestions, ideas, and of course offers of assistance. *L*

---> Website News:

You may have noticed that a brief summary of the next month's topic is now listed underneath the current topic description. This is a new thing we are going to try, since the biggest thing artists complain about is not having enough time! Please note that it is just a brief description, and intended to get you thinking, not neccesarily drawing, since the FULL topic description is not up yet. I don't want anyone getting mad because they started a pic that, once the month actually starts, doesn't really fit the topic!
The topic will not start until the following 1st, just like normal, and other times including deadlines and voting will all remain the same. Please wait until the topic starts to submit an entry for it, I'm easily confused.
Also, because the topic will be announced ahead of time, if anyone gets inspired to volunteer for the mascot pic, please email ekkapinto@yahoo.com! I'll make a note when the topic gets claimed. First come first served! ;P

Just a note for users of DeviantArt. Some of the new submission stuff they are doing over there is making it hard for me to get entries. Especially, don't select the option to add the watermark to your full sized image, unless you want it to be on your entry, too. It's also being a pain SOME of the times I tried to download full sizes, but not all. So if you get an email from me asking for your entry as an attatchment when you already submitted as a DevArt link, I'll try to explain why, but these new 'features' will probably be the reason. So far it's only happened a couple of times, but just a heads up. ^_^

If you need help getting your entry down to the allowed size limit of 200K, please check here for tips!

When using either of the forms on the site to email me either submissions, questions or suggestions, it is VERY IMPORTANT that you put your email in there. Firstly because there is NO way for me to reply to you if you don't, and secondly because with the amount of bots spamming my email from those forms, everything without a real looking email is getting deleted sight unseen. Not having that email spot filled out correctly could mean your entry either gets lost or can't be added because of probelms you can't be reached about. Please please please! ^_^

Artist Birthdays for this month! (Happy Birthday Gargs and Goyles!)
Zoe - May 2nd
Duncan - May 6th
A-Kitchin - May 19th
Silver - May 21st
Cerberus - May 22nd
Vashkoda - May 23rd
Rita M. - May 24th
If we've missed your birthday, let us know!

Any questions or comments can be directed to us at: ekkapinto@yahoo.com