Official MTS 2016 Calendar Contest: The Sims 3
Use your creativity to showcase your sims in a shot fitting for each month of the year. The picture should be a scene with sims in it representing the "feel" of a particular month. Have the family gathered for Christmas dinner? Beach party in June? Romantic dinner for two in February? We'd love to see what everyone can come up with for this year's calendar. Please use northern hemisphere seasons.Season expansion pack and use of seasons holidays (Love Day, Spooky Day, etc) not required.

Rules
1. 1 picture per entry. You may only enter a month one time but may enter 2 separate months. (If you enter twice, you need to submit two different posts)
2. Only 15 entrants per month. Please no place holders. Each spot is only filled once the picture, that meets all the rules, has been submitted.
3. CC is allowed. However, please make sure to follow MTS rules for CC; no pay content.
4. Pictures must be 1000 (width) x 750 (height).

5. No photo editing.
6. When posting your picture, please make sure to include the month it belongs to.
7. Sims 3 only. For Sims 2 version, please go here and for Sims 4, please go here.
8. REMEMBER: This is a PG-13 Forum! Your entries may not include adult content, pornography, or other inappropriate content.

How to Enter
1. Pick a month and take a picture to represent that month.
2. Upload the picture to any image host - Tinypic, Photobucket, Flickr, ModYourPanties, etc
3. Start a new post on this thread - click Go Advanced, and you can click the little "Insert Image" icon in the toolbar, or just copy-paste the image location into some [img] tags. Make sure to include which month your picture is for.
4. Submit your post - doing so will submit your entry.
5. If you want to do two entries, you need two separate posts.

Duration/Time Period
The contest begins November 1st, as soon as this is posted. Contestants will have until November 30th to post pictures. However, if a month fills up before that date, that month will be closed for new entries and judging.

Contestants
15 per month maximum

Judging and Scoring
Judging will be done by a panel MTS Staff and these are the things that the panel will be looking out for when entries are judged.

• Theme - Does your picture represent the month you chose?
• Creativity - Originality of idea
• Style - Use of space, props, is it pretty?
• Rules - CC adherence, no editing, inclusion of month

Prizes
A sticker for both winners AND participants, like these.
A calendar will be made for download with each winning month.
And, of course, the blue ribbons for each month’s winner.

Questions
Q: I already entered 2 separate months for TS3. Can I compete in the TS2/TS4 calendar as well?
A: Yes, you may. You're more than welcome to submit for all the contests, giving you 6 chances to win!

The picture you post will be your final shot - make it good. Posting a random picture of a christmas tree, easter bunny, yourself, etc to reserve a spot is not allowed and it will be deleted.

Once your post has been added to the table, it may not be changed. Do not change the picture, you may not delete it and enter a new month instead, etc. If you choose to delete your entry, you are removing yourself from the contest and no further entries will be permitted from you.

If anyone is notified that they have used pay content, their entries will be disqualified. The spots they had will NOT be held.

Contestant Entries

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
1	spladoum	Maddie_Tried	Ghost sdoj	spladoum	xPennyxTallyx	bellakenobi	Strawberry Cheesecake	BulldozerIvan	ShakespearesSunshyne	Beltanefire	FreakiiUnicorn	Strawberry Cheesecake
2	Amira11	Luckk	Luckk	simgamer18955	alva03	Grijze Pilion	ShakespearesSunshyne	kadience	attuned	Amira11	xPennyxTallyx	Maddie_Tried
3	Freya5	RumBeo	attuned	kadience		Ghost sdoj	seigyoku53227	tsyokawe		bellakenobi	Innamode	Innamode
4	Qnshr5	KingTre	fairymist			MagicalMoon	KingTre	roselovejoytwd		Freya5		Manna2710
5		AuburnGurl					RumBeo	fairymist		Qnshr5		Nemiga
6										Manna2710		tsyokawe
7												Gingerxyz
8												EMMYPESS
9												miarell
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November - Rembrance Day. A Bride's last dance with her husband. (I know you can't tell looking at the picture but it's raining in this scene. I had hoped it would show up in the image)



Edit:
@heaven Now 1000x750. Sorry about that, I was so focused on making it non pay content I forgot about that rule.

Month: June
Theme: June bride. A bride choosing her wedding gown at a bridal shop.

January
A cold ride, a warm welcome.

So glad to see our first TS3 entries!

@xPennyxTallyx your picture is 1024 by 578. You'll need to edit your post to replace the image with one that is 1000x750 before I can add your entry to the table.

@bellakenobi and @spladoum your entries have been added.

September
Schoolhouse Rock

November - Bonfire night

@ShakespearesSunshyne and @FreakiiUnicorn - your entries have both been added.

I have a quick question: When you say no editing, are you talking about *any* type, or just no painting additional stuff in? Because I can make a Camelry shot for August with everything except power glow effects and Laney's hat. However, I have very specific standards for lighting and color grading, and tend to run my shots through a color filter to achieve that specific look.

Would my color filter and film grain technique break the rules as well, or do you just not want me Photoshopping weapons or clothing details in? I would appreciate knowing. I'm not even going to try to attempt a Sodality or Q-Basic Gorilla picture, because those are impossible without at least some Photoshop.

Though I don't know what your examples are, the rules are no photoediting at all, including filters, effects, etc. The only exception to this is the obvious cropping needed to get your image to the correct dimensions.

Are all types of sims included in this? Or are any excluded, like vampires, or robots, or dogs?

edited to add: I am subscribed to this thread, and it shows that you have replied. But, I don't see a reply.
It's been over an hour since you did, and it doesn't show on my computer. I'll check again later.

new edit right after the first edit: I don't believe it. Just this second when I hit the save changes button, your post below showed up.

There is no limit to what kind of sims to include. Go crazy with your ideas.

PLOT

It's August, and September is right around the corner. Kids will be a-learnin' again soon. Dromedary Heights is very particular about its start of school days, and they don't much like that Xironooti the Alien is still loose. But what silly nonsense will he do this time, in his quest to avenge the death of his evil cousin Xiboruty? Why, create a Shakesbear of course, to make kids not want to learn literature! (And destroy the town while he's at it!)

Laney the Laughable was already at the scene, ready to spread some joy; but was interrupted by the reveal of Shakesbear. And she was all set to retire from super work to become an ordinary circus clown! So much for retirement. The Camelry is re-assembled to deal with the threat, as the Judo Iguanas are still missing. Lightning Hobo is glad to help, but needs some friends. Sadly, they're all in Camelorum Correctional because of their dumb luck from two years ago, before there was a Camelry. Thankfully, their defeat of Xiboruty and Utkitroll has proven that they are more than just criminal misfits: they're super-goofs with hearts of gold. Clumsy, but well-meaning.

The Camelorum staff agrees to let the Camelry assemble for a third time, to ensure Shakesbear doth not deter the learning climate.

IN THIS PICTURE

Behind Shakesbear are the Camelry members, minus some of their post-processing effects.

Left to right:

- Johnny Geriwall / Lightning Hobo: Homeless man with lightning powers. Nuff said.

- Emily Barnes / Semaphore: Her hair changes colors to communicate messages. Or because it feels like it. Skilled athlete. Inmate at Camelorum because she was involved with a major accident involving the two Jens as well, and tried to flee the scene.

- Barry Navoz / Ion Boy: He tripped over a wire at a party, and the chain reaction of following Rube Goldberg-like events resulted in him accidentally destroying a million-dollar car belonging to a vigilante known as "The Gnat." While at Camelorum, he was attacked by invading space aliens and given powers to hover and to manipulate ionic chemistry.

- Jackie Regg* / Laney the Laughable: Accused of stealing Wi-Fi though it was never proven, Jackie got tossed around by one system after another; for her irrepressible spirit in the face of torture. A series of confusions resulted in her and a gal named Marissa being transferred to Camelorum. Tired of the abuse, Jackie escaped one day and then joined a circus a short time later, where she was reincarnated as a super clown. She was recruited by Lightning Hobo to help him save Dromedary Heights from Xiboruty - and became a hero in doing so.

- Carly Rancine / Maddening Rod: Things glitch up when Carly gets near them. After Xiboruty hid a battery inside her, he went to stupid lengths to erase all public conscious memory of her existence. She awoke at Camelorum one day with no memory of how she got there - and not even her own family had any memory that she ever existed. The staff decided to keep her there until they could solve the mystery of her origins. When Utkitroll rampaged Dromedary Heights, however, she discovered that she had limited control of her randomness aura if wearing black gloves. Logically, she joined the Camelry. Having a sense of purpose in her glitchy life made a huge difference in her attitude - thus improving her chances of being released from Camelorum.

- Janet Joblin / The Glob: Also Xomified, this sassy black woman is like Marvel's Blob in many respects, though not as huge. She is just as tough to beat, however. She calls herself "Glob" because "Blob" is "already taken." (There are three different Globs in Marvel too, but don't anyone tell her that!)

Oh no you dinna-in't just deny her, girl! She'll sit on you! She got sent to Camelorum after falling through five floors of a skyscraper. Before she knew how to turn her power off, she could manipulate gravity around her and became so heavy that they needed a forklift to get her out and arrest her. She became the Camelry's top bruiser.

- Candace Mason / Lemon Witch: Xiboruty attacked her in her own bedroom, and some sort of tentacle-like things went all over her face and into her ears. When she came to, everything she pointed at became a June bug or a fruit. Scared, she ran away to a mall. Where she foiled a robbery, but also turned a cop into a lime by accident. The media was quick to give her the moniker that has stuck with her. She learned wearing yellow gloves allows her to control her power. She waits for the day she'll be permanently free from Camelorum custody, but is determined to prove herself a hero with the Camelry in the mean time.

If you'd like to see the Dozinematized edited version not being submitted here, with the effects added in, it's here.

Camelorum Adventures and the Camelry are co-owned by me and Prodigal-Gamer at DeviantArt.

*Jackie Regg / Laney the Laughable was created by me and Barefoot-Inmate at DeviantArt.

PS- This isn't Laney's original hat, but a close substitute. The edited version features more details.

I have a question about the rules. Are poses and custom content allowed to be used?

Very good question. I didn't see anything saying to the contrary. Just that CC can't be from paysites. I use non-pay CC and custom poses galore in my Camelry August image. And use props in an unusual way. I really don't see why that would be such a horrible thing.

May - The first foal of the year is born



@heaven I double checked this and my November entry to make sure they are 1000x750. Let me know if I'm wrong though, I'm using a free online editor so I could be wrong.

Touching. A tip on the lighting though: don't be afraid to position some ground floor garden lamps just off view of the camera, as well as cheats to change the light colors. Those horses look awfully blue, unless that was the plan. I know it's too late to change it for purposes of this contest, but you'd be amazed what a little light positioning can do. For my August image, I had to hide the garden lights in front of the statue serving as Shakesbear, so that the Camelry's eyes would have proper eye-lighting. For best results, have all indoor Sims with extra-bright lights and have all outdoor Sims in shots be facing the sun at 3-4:30 PM in most neighborhoods. This may seem annoying; but at least it isn't SIms 4 lighting. There, you need Photoshop.

@WingedCat - the rules clearly state that custom content is indeed allowed. That includes ANY custom content so long as it's not pay content. As long as the picture follows the rules of the site, you may use what you like.

@xPennyxTallyx and @BulldozerIvan - your entries have been added to the table.

I've got two Pictures, the first one is for december:

My second one is for July:

July
Splash

@BulldozerIvan

The idea was for it to be dark, as in the middle of the night and it was suposed to look like it's their only source of light. I looks more shadowy to me than blue too. And I'd like to point out the mare was kind of a blue/grey colour to begin with. (According to my friends anyway. I'm slightly colourblind so this was a challenge for me.)

April
Does it rain because they dance, or do they dance even though it rains?

I have the opposite problem: hypersensitive to glare, and have super-sensitive green cones. If the colors are even a little off, it drives me buggy. I can see how that would be a challenge.