2. You must draw your new Items on the provided Avatar bases. If you feel that your drawing skills aren't great, then you can include a description in addition to your drawing in order to help us better envision your Items. If you are unable to draw something, then we are sorry, but there will be no exceptions. Your submission must look like it required some amount of effort to create. For example, drawing a few straight lines on a canvas and saying that they're "armor" will not count towards participation.
3. Avatar Items submitted must be Themed to this Festival. This means that it can be anything related to the season, such as any holidays that occur within the season, weather, etc.
4.Please do not reserve posts. If you reserve a post, we will delete your post.
5.Please do not Ping me with your submission. Please only Ping me if you have a question.
6. Before submitting your entry, please make sure to scan the thread to see if someone else has already done something similar. Try to make your entry unique and if someone has already done something that you were wanting to do, then we highly suggest that you pick something different. If you feel that someone has "copied" your design, please do not say anything to that person - especially in this thread. We will intervene ourselves if we see something that's suspicious.
7. You may only submit ONE official entry for the Items listed above. If you wish to submit more, then you can send me a PM with drawings of your ideas. However, all PM'd entries that are sent to me will not count for prizes.
8.IMPORTANT: By participating in this contest and submitting your designs to us, you agree that we, Sylestia Games LLC, will retain full rights to your submission to use as we see fit for the purposes of Sylestia.com and Sylestia Games LLC. You will not receive any royalties or reimbursement from us if we decide to use your designs, or otherwise. Any designs that we pick will be recreated from scratch by our art team; we will only be using your submission as a reference for said artwork. We reserve the right to alter your design in any way that we see fit and are not obligated to adhere to any specific depictions or descriptions that are provided.
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10. The end date is June 21st at 11:59 PM server. After that, there is no guarantee that we will see your entry and the thread will be locked once designs are picked.
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Contest Prizes
The following are scheduled to be the prizes for this contest. Please note, these are subject to change. However, we would not do so without a good reason to change them.
Winners (Players who have their designs picked) Prizes: [Peerless Avatar Token] x1, 3-Visible Summer Festival Themed Pet of Choice (2-Visible if Majestic) x1, Re-Colorable Avatar Items of Winner's Entries if applicable, Pre-Colored Avatar Item Set of Choice of Winner's Entries if applicable
My design is based on traditional Indian cultural dress and fashion. I figured that it is ok to call my design "Indian Dancer" as we have other avatar sets named things such as Irish/Oriental/Arabian/Samurai/Leprechaun that are very culturally-specific IRL. If "Indian" is too specific then I thought naming it "Eastern Dancer" or "Nephini Dancer" or "Nephini Charmer" would be appropriate alternatives. I think it would be lovely if we could add in some new avatar sets that embrace the beauty of the many different cultures around the world :)
Edited By Godiva on 6/7/2026 at 5:39 PM.
Sprinkledonut
Level 61
The Kind-Hearted
Joined: 4/1/2023
Threads: 1
Posts: 44
Posted: 6/5/2026 at 4:14 AM
Post #3
Just thought we have a sad, sad lack of big poofy dresses. I am not great at drawing big poofy dresses, though, so here is my best try. I kept it sky/sun-themed, so there could even be a night-sky version! Lots of ideas but not much free time to execute them, I'm afraid. (I also just adore low pigtails, they're my favourite thing ever.)
Katelynn4545
Level 71
The Kind-Hearted
Joined: 5/24/2015
Threads: 352
Posts: 17,673
Posted: 6/5/2026 at 10:08 PM
Post #4
Question for you because its been ages since Ive participated in one of these and I have a bad habit of being too detailed XD. For the held items the idea I have would have 4-5 color sets and each color sets companion would be different in terms of pose and they would each have a held item thats the same just colored to each set would that be too many held items to showcase? It would be like one companion held (4-5 different poses one for each color set) and the one held item thats only changed with the color pallet.so a total of 5-6 items total if you count each pose as a different held item
Question for you because its been ages since Ive participated in one of these and I have a bad habit of being too detailed XD. For the held items the idea I have would have 4-5 color sets and each color sets companion would be different in terms of pose and they would each have a held item thats the same just colored to each set would that be too many held items to showcase? It would be like one companion held (4-5 different poses one for each color set) and the one held item thats only changed with the color pallet.so a total of 5-6 items total if you count each pose as a different held item
That's fine. You can go ahead and showcase them. =)
Katelynn4545
Level 71
The Kind-Hearted
Joined: 5/24/2015
Threads: 352
Posts: 17,673
Posted: 6/5/2026 at 10:25 PM
Post #6
Sweet thank you!
Heilix
Level 73
The Kind-Hearted
Joined: 2/2/2013
Threads: 6
Posts: 182
Posted: 6/10/2026 at 1:43 PM
Post #7
Ants, ants, Myrmecophobia, ants.
I couldn't look at a references, lol. but heres some cute ants for the summer.
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(don't mind the color shift in background, was an accident)
Bluefox192
Level 75
Trickster
Joined: 8/26/2018
Threads: 2
Posts: 41
Posted: 6/18/2026 at 12:26 AM
Post #8
Paradise Nobles Though it must surely be sweltering in those outfits, it appears that these nobles would rather brave the summer weather than place a single feather out of place. Based on various birds-of-paradise display feathers and the extravagant clothing of nobility. Primarily took inspiration from late 1500s fashion.
Head 1: Regal Wire-Lace Capotain (Feathers inspired from the male King of Saxony bird, more feathers from other birds could potentially be added. Other head items could be based on coifs, veils, or crowns.)
Outfit: Noble's Silk Suit (Tuft around the throat is inspired by the tail/ back feathers of the Greater Bird of Paradise. The shirt has puffy sleeves, should be made of a shiny/ iridescent fabric. Intricately embroidered.)
Cloak: Paradise Noble's Sumptuous Cloak (A collar featuring a large frill based on the Vogelkop lophorina display. More inspiration could be taken from parotia birds of paradise. Cloak could potentially be split into a cloak and accessory item, with the frill becoming an accessory more similar to lace cartwheel ruffs. In this case, the cloak should be moved to cover the shoulders more)
Tail: Noble's Trailing Feathers (Feathered tail based on the Black Sicklebill.)
Wings: Noble's Display Wings (Based on the display dance of male Riflebirds. Should probably be more rounded)
Held 1: Bird of Paradise Staff (Based on the Bird of Paradise plant. Could be shortened into a walking cane. Other held options could be a Bird-of-paradise companion. There are quite a few to choose from, and they are known to hybridize, which could be interesting inspiration to draw from.)
Drawn in relatively neutral colors, full sets would likely be very bold and colorful.
Justahobgoblin
Level 75
Serene Storyteller
Joined: 11/2/2019
Threads: 39
Posts: 125
Posted: 6/20/2026 at 7:38 PM
Post #9
Let's go camping!
Marshmallow dog (held)
comes in uncooked, perfectly toasted, and burnt and a marshmallow stick to match!
Firefly lantern (held)
a simple lantern filled with lovely fireflies. can be any color really.
Camping outfit (outfit)
a simple flannel with cargo pants
Campfire (aspect)
Stary night campsite (background)
Torey
Level 75
Fancy Pants
Joined: 12/29/2017
Threads: 71
Posts: 719
Posted: 6/21/2026 at 4:38 AM
Post #10
Depths Pirate
Head: Pirate hat with barnacle cirri "feather plume" (the frilly red part of the hat), fin hair with embedded fish hook, and facial spikes
Body: Coat with translucent ooze (green), bottom/tail of the coat based on vampire squid tentacles. Ruffles under the sleeves and emerging from the chest based on external gills eg axolotl. Coat buttons are small teeth
Cape: Simple flowing cape with pointed ends
Tail: Finned serpentine tail with small tendrils and spikes
Accessory: Leather scabbard with cutlass, with a pearl at the top of the hilt
Held: Vampire squid buddy sitting on a pearl
Held 2: Cursed Cutlass
Edited By Torey on 6/22/2026 at 12:24 AM.
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