The Bound Contest - Your Sin, My Life

BOUND is a comic in making of pending war between Heaven and Hell.

In the beginning, angels under Lucifer's command were cast down with him when he refused to bow before God's greatest creation - Man. Banished from Heaven, the fallen (or demons as we call them) have set out to do their duty of luring mankind to sin.

However, a group of demons are attempting to protect humankind from the coming war by happily cutting down the growing army of demon spawns while fulfilling their respective jobs.

Their reason: Less Bad Guys, Less Human Casualties.

Each of my demons have their particular sin in accordance with the 7 Deadly Sins. All you have to do is show 1 - 2 characters with their respective sin. You can put in more characters if you want as long as they keep within the theme because sometimes it helps to convey a scene better with more characters in it. This also applies with a comic strip or comic page entries.

Consider how they'd act, what they'd do, what would happen. As an example, they can be shown indulging the actual sin, punishing the sinner, reveling in the aftermath... Or whatever you can think of.

Be sure to make them as "In Character" as possible. Which means Bob going on a diet is out of the question.

Since I have not fully disclosed all of the characters yet... You may work on those who are already in the BOUND Gallery.

All the references are there. Take note of their 'markings'. Cid, Stan and Ira have the most visible ones. The gallery will be updated as soon as I can so as to make referencing easy.


SINS and Main Characters:

CID (Acedia)    -  Sloth/Laziness/Indifference
                
                -  Stan's 'Guardian' and Best Friend
                -  Generates Lightning, Cold, Manipulates ice/snow
                -  Weapon of Choice: Dual Swords
                -  Has big white wings (falcon)
                -  6'8", White Haired, ice blue eyes
                -  Shell colored horns curve backwards
                -  Red marking across his chest that wraps around right bicep
                -  Lazy and Indifferent but loves to fight and 'invent' things
                -  Pet/Bonded Creature - Big white Bear: Cub


STAN (Luxuria)  -  Lust/Lechery/Extravagance (Unrestrained Excess)
                
                -  Cid's Best Friend, Used to be an 'Angel of Hope'
                -  Shape-shifter, Manipulates/Generates Fire, Manipulates Earth and Metal
                -  Weapon of Choice: Long Metal Rod which can be manipulated into
                   a spear, sword or whip
                -  6', Red Head - normally straight but can shift to dreads, red eyes
                -  Brown horns resemble that of a Mouflon, spiraling forward
                -  Red marking across his back that wraps around left bicep
                -  Huge scars on his back where his wings used to be
                -  Loves to fight and lure humans to sin
                -  Has soft spot for kids and is protective of them
                -  Pet/Bonded Creature - 2 Large Wolves (Hell Hounds): Slick and Slaughter


CREED (Avaritia)-  Greed/Avarice/Covetousness
                
                -  Used to be an 'Angel of Benevolence'
                -  Wind element, strong powers of persuasion
                -  Weapon of Choice: curved hand-held blades
                -  5'10", Black Haired, green eyes
                -  Black ridged horns curving upward
                -  Chain smoker
                -  Deal Maker, Will grant a wish in exchange for your soul
                -  Enjoys winning and loves his job saying it's too easy
                -  Pet/Bonded Creature - Large Goat


BOB (Gula)      -  Gluttony/Over Indulgence/Over Consumption
               
                -  Used to be an 'Angel of Providence'                
                -  Manipulates Water and earth elements
                -  Weapon of Choice: Cleaver-like Sword
                -  Can devour almost anything in 'Verus Ultima'
                -  5'7", Brunette, blue eyes
                -  Light brown horns curve upward like a boar's
                -  Always eating, is never full
                -  Likes electronics and blowing things up
                -  Pet/Bonded Creature - Large Warthog: Vor


IRA (Ira)       -  Wrath/Rage/Righteous Anger (Revenge)
               
                -  Used to be an 'Angel of Justice'
                -  Generates/Manipulates Fire, Manipulates earth
                -  Weapon of Choice: Fiery Whip which extends from her hand markings
                -  5'3", Black Hair, Gray Eyes, Dark skin
                -  Black Marking all over her body which binds most of her powers
                -  Short stubbly pointed horns on forehead
                -  Likes to fight, Usually patient but has a bad temper
                -  Pet/Bonded Creature - Large Tiger: Wrath




Other Characters:

Travis - Stan and Vis' son
        
        - Half Angel-Half Lust Demon
        - Not yet 'dead' so he doesn't live in Hell, Lives in the Human Plane
        - Currently 27-yrs-old, immortal
        - 6'2, black hair, brown eyes
        - Normally a nice guy who ironically loves fighting and Fu


Fu/Fury - Cid and Ira's daughter

        - Wrath/Sloth Demon who lives in the human plane with Travis and Vis
        - Currently 21-yrs-old and mortal, will start turning immortal at 23
        - 5'3", white hair, grey eyes
        - Loves fighting and fixing/tinkering things (cars and machines especially) and Travis


Kevin   - Stan's right hand man and adoptive son, Big bro to Travis

        - Half-Human-Incubus, Shape-shifter
        - Gatekeeper to Luxuria so he can cross between the Human Plane and Hell
        - Currently 70-yrs-old, Frozen at 31 when he's strongest
        - 6'2", black hair, brown eyes
        - Loves his job, enjoys getting on Travis' nerves and teasing Fu
       

Vis     - Stan's 'wife', Travis Mom, Fu's guardian/adoptive mom

        - Angel who chose to 'fall' in order to actively help in the war with demons
        - Immortal, Frozen at 27, Lives in the Human Plane
        - 5'6, dark brown hair, brown eyes
        - Used to be a 'Guardian', highly skilled in combat
        - Weapon of Choice: Sword, but used to be an archer


Nathaniel/Nate    - 'Guardian' Angel under Raphael's Army

        - 6'4, Blonde, blue eyes
        - Used to be Cid's right hand man under Raphael's Army
        - Is in speaking terms with Cid and is trying to convince him to return
        - Weapon of Choice: Sword


Maddox/Mad     - Gatekeeper/Overseer of Purgatory/Limbo/Neutral Plane

        - Used to be 'Guardian' to the 'Angel of Providence' (Bob)
        - Bob's best friend
        - 5'11", Blonde, green eyes
        - Chose to be stuck in Limbo between Heaven and Hell
        - Cannot leave but can be 'visited' by both sides
        - Sends souls to the Human Plane to 'redeem' their sins
        - Highly skilled in combat but doesn't like fighting
        - Illusionist, Likes to 'play' with people's minds
        - Likes to 'dress up' as different people, smoker
        - Weapon of Choice: Knives


Characters not yet in the Gallery (to be updated):  Mad/Maddox, Vis (in a story but no visual yet), Leon (pride), Victoria and Naomi (Envy), Kas/Kasey (human bounty hunter)
        


HOW TO ENTER:

Send your entry as a note, including a link and thumbnail to your contest entry to snowzapped


RULES

Open for all.
Only 1 entry per deviant.
Mediums: traditional or digital art or mixed media (traditional/digital with photomanipulation only)
(but NO photography, literature, icons, avatars, photomanips, 3D work, collabs, bases or flash)
NO Fanart of existing fandom characters
The entry must be a NEW DEVIATION created after the start date of this contest.
The deviation must follow the rules of this contest and deviantART policies.

DEADLINE: February 26th 2011 at 23:59(GMT).
Winners will be announced within a week of closing date


JUDGES:




Entries are judged on idea/creativity, as well as technical merit and general quality, keeping "in character", and on portraying the contest challenge.


PRIZES

1st PRIZE:

6 MONTH dA SUBSCRIPTION from snowzapped and elaluyan (3 months each)
300 points & Feature from Hiliasin
50 points from snowzapped
2 Week Feature from Ranagol
1 Full body colored picture by snowzapped
1 Full body colored sketch by ns2vicente

2nd PRIZE:

3 MONTH dA SUBSCRIPTION  from Hiliasin
200 points & Feature from Hiliasin
50 points from snowzapped
2 Week Feature from Ranagol
1 Half body colored picture by snowzapped
1 Half body monochrome pic by Ranagol

3rd PRIZE:

1 MONTH dA SUBSCRIPTION  from Hiliasin
100 points & Feature from Hiliasin
50 points from snowzapped
2 Week Feature from Ranagol
1 Colored Bust by snowzapped
1 Colored Chibi by dozusumbrella


More prizes may still be added to the ones already listed.


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