2011 HTTYD-FANARTS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

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The End of 2011 has come and gone!  It has been over a year since the movie debuted and we have had some lovely HTTYD shorts to tie us over in the meantime as we wait for the sequel :D

As a group we still hope to provide members with stuff to do regarding art and writing, and creating in general in regards to the movie, that's what fandom is all about!

In 2012 look for some more contests, big and little, some more group drawing activities, be on the lookout for the bi-monthly art features, the ever-popular upcoming March Madness Polls (we still need contenders!), as well as some new stuff planned by the group administrators to entertain you and give you chances to be involved :)

Right now we'd just like to say thanks to our current admins for the work they've put in over the year:

ch4rmsShariIsLikeWHOAitsbrellaInuyashaWarriorSimtiffhalftoneDogmaniac as well as admins that have stepped down but were still a part of the year: penxpaperHyperfineAveku-chan-KataangSunset1989

We also would like to thank our wonderful ARTISTS, WRITERS, COSPLAYERS, CRAFTERS, and in general all our MEMBERS who have commented, donated, nominated, voted, judged, replied, and supported this group and it's contributors. Thank you to everyone because a lot of what makes this group great is the participation involved :hug:

By the way, in case you missed it we did make our goal in points, say hello to another year of organized folders, polls, and more!

Without further Ado, we present the End of the Year Awards:




Preface:


End of the year awards are special. Admins sent ballots to EVERY SINGLE MEMBER as of November 2011 to nominate their favorites in a number of categories. Some voting choices were pre-made based on what had been featured before but a majority was by pure nominations ONLY. Though we only had a turn out of less than thirty ballots out of the 900 or so members, there was enough to get conclusive winners in a variety of categories of HTTYD creations and creators.


This is Member's choice awards, and to see a complete list of everything that was nominated please click the category of interest below:

:bulletblue: Cosplay
:bulletblue: Crafts
:bulletblue: Comics
:bulletblue: Creator of the Year
:bulletblue:Author of the Year
:bulletblue: Multi-paged Fan-fiction
:bulletblue: One-shot Fanfiction
:bulletblue: HTTYD Fan-characters
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CATEGORY: COSPLAY AND CRAFT WINNERS




Cosplayer of the Year: :iconkh2kid:kh2kid

This guy has many many carefully detailed cosplays. He has the setting and the outfit detail and the poses in the mannerisms of the characters. Mostly a Hiccup cosplayer as far as HTTYD is concerned, he has done some of the best Tuffnut cosplays on DA as well. He has a passion and a talent for creating the scene and we're so very glad he has shared it with us over the last year.



Cosplay Image of the Year: The Best is Back By :iconkatofalltrades:KatOfAllTrades.


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Huck-Finn-Forever does a lot of cosplaying but she grabbed attention of the group with her stunning Astrid Cosplays. She has the concerned frown of Astrid and knows how to pose. This particular Cosplay has a great lighting and accurate stance of the female fighter. Everything meshes well.

Crafter of the Year: :iconcarmendeedragons:CarmendeeDragons

:thumb201791180: Nightfury earrings by CarmendeeDragons star nightfury pendant by CarmendeeDragons


Carmendee is amazing, simply put. If you haven't seen her Toothless pendants you need to skedaddle your keister over to her page and go browsing for some tangible  adorable. She even sells her creations on Etsy so you can have an exquisitely crafted and precious Toothless pendant hanging from your neck.


Craft of the Year: Toothless head Progress by :iconmonoyasha:Monoyasha



While a work in progress may not be your first choice for a "Best Of" award,  there is no denying this piece is an attention grabber. The attention to detail is amazing even in in-progress form, with those amazingly well crafted eyes you could easily act out one of the most re-created scenes of the movie and actually feel you were in it yourself. If there were any doubt of how amazing this suit would turn out, direct your attention here to the completed suit, which was unfortunately not in the group at the time of voting but has been added with great pride ^.^




CATEGORY: FANFICTION



Best Featured Fiction: 'HItchups' by :iconavannak:AvannaK


Cover for Hitchups by ch4rms > Hitched...Chapter 1
STOP.  Go watch How to Train your Dragon.
PAUSE the movie when Astrid shakes her head upon discovering Toothless and runs off.
Proceed reading.

Disclaimer: I do not own How to Train your Dragon. Dreamworks does.
Hitch Ups: Chapter 1
"You are so busted."
They were the last words Hiccup would hear from his long-time crush, and they hurt him more deeply than any dismissal she had given him before. For in that four-worded sentence lay the truth of their distance from one another—their priorities, their loyalties, their morals—all worlds apart. The most promising Viking of their age didn't even have the natural curiosity to find out why the chief's son had a saddled Night Fury hidden in a remote cove. She was programmed to never question—just trust authority, trust what she had been taught, and do. Don't think. Do.
The perfect Viking. The exact opposite of everything he was.
"Da-da-da, we're dead," Hiccup blew out.
For one, wild moment Hi


If you've been a part of the HTTYD fandom in the past year, you have probably heard of Hitchups, the epic 45 chapter saga that details the life of Hiccup if he chose to leave when he was planning to. It's a story that contains a lot and focuses on the developing friendship of a boy and his dragon. This story has inspired many fans to write their own fanfiction and AvannaK is a very detailed writer who knows how to portray the characters believably in a hypothetical universe as they grow up.


Best One-Shot: Old Souls by :iconch4rms:ch4rms

Old SoulsOne can never feel the end of an era or an age approach, it is never recognized until the thin whispers of 'how it used to be' and 'in my day' are threaded through the ears of beings the change has affected.
Astrid knew the moment was upon them though when he called to her. She had been waiting for it, dreading it for her own selfish reasons but went to him anyway.
He lay in their bed, had been for some time. His prosthetic leg was unused and collecting dust as it leaned against the far wall. A crutch was much closer placed for him to maneuver in and out of bed.
"My heart," he said, beckoning her closer. His breathing was hitched and heavy, every word weighed on him.
"Biscuit?"
She didn't know how she had come to call him biscuit. So many years to keep track of, that little tidbit of memory had long since disappeared into the depths of her mind. She just did, she called him 'biscuit' just as she was always known as 'his heart.' Though she knew why he had always add


A one-shot that contains a future, the end of the future between Hiccup and Astrid as they reflect on better times. She writes it carefully so you can feel the age the characters have been through, their emotions, and their nostalgia. You must have a hard heart indeed to keep from feeling just a little bit sad.

Best Multi-Chaptered Fan-fic: Vestige By :iconcontraltissimo:Contraltissimo

Vestige - 1
Vestige
Chapter 1 – At Last
This is Berk.
It snows nine months of the year, and hails the other three.
Any food that grows here is tough and tasteless.
The people that grow here are even more so.
The only upsides are the pets.
Where some people have ponies or parrots...
...we have dragons.

A small dragon known as a Terrible Terror landed flat on the sleeping boy's face, chittering loudly.
Most people would be put off housing with vicious, fire-breathing reptiles.
The Terror gave the boy a friendly flame-burst hello before fluttering up to the shoulder of its master: a burly, dark-haired man sporting a scar from brow to cheek on the right side of his face.  The boy took him in blearily.
Not us.  We're Vikings.
The boy rubbed his face, checking to make sure his eyebrows were still there.
We can handle it.
"Rise and shine, Hiccup!  Time to get moving," said the man.  He moved to the next sleep


Although it has yet to be finished, this fiction is proving to rivet its readers with the fine detail and writing of the story of the vikings as they go hunting and things go wrong. It had gained a big following and the readers are begging for more!


Author of the Year: :iconbintavivi:Bintavivi

Bintavivi has written a number of HTTYD-related works in the past year. She wrote 'Footprints' and it's sequel 'Beyond the realms' which spreads the characters further into the world. Readers must be patient to see what comes next for their favorite characters. She also has done many one-shots either of her own device or for request prizes, or trades that all share the same edge of authorship as her longer tales. Don't forget to check out her art that consigns with her stories as well!

Beyond the Realms - Lacrimosa - PrologueHTTYD: Beyond the realms
Part I: Lacrimosa

"There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love." (Washington Irving)
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The seagulls flew high above the cold waters of the Norse sea, beating their wings ever so regularly and resuming their peaceful gliding. The whale's road was never the same, changing from minute to minute, and the waves invariably danced beyond the horizon. Sometimes, they were small and playful, and the seagulls would dive easily through them to catch their daily preys. And sometimes, the waves morphed into gigantic and deadly liquid walls and rare were the creatures who dared to challenge them in their powerful waltz.
That day, the young seagulls took pleasure in performing aerobatics until they reached the curtain of mist their parents had taught the
HTTYD: Footprints Part 1Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III felt drops of sweat travelling down his face. The combination of the heat of the fire and the concentration he needed when working at the forge made his now damp hair stick on his forehead. The blacksmith apprentice could not remember the last time Gobber and he had had that much work to deal with, no matter how hard he tried. Together, they had to handle the ever-increasing demands of all Vikings in Berk who had befriended a dragon of their own and needed custom-made saddles, complete riding gears – depending on their respective dragons' breed and the riders themselves - and all the material that was considered necessary for dragon-training. Repairs were often needed, and on top of that, well, Vikings remained Vikings and still wanted their weapons, shields and armours to be taken care of.
Hiccup even had had to make himself a particularly strict schedule in order to satisfy as many people as possible and be able to see the tasks he had been given th
HTTYD: Reconquest.For the life of her, Astrid couldn't remember the last time she'd felt this…lonely. It definitely wasn't the kind of merciless and terrible loneliness Hiccup used to endure for years. No. It was the bitter and sarcastic loneliness one could feel when something highly improbable and extremely unpleasant happened and when the only thought that came to mind seemed to be an existential question.
Why me?
Astrid sighed angrily for the umpteenth time that day, cursing the Gods under her breath as she tried at all costs to avoid looking at Snotlout – and failing epically- who was currently busy trying to make it clear that he really could carry out two hundred push-ups without breaking a sweat. A shirtless Snotlout, mind you. She glanced at him and couldn't prevent her face from contorting in a sour grimace. While she was pretty certain some other girls would be impressed by the mountain of muscles the dark-haired teenage Viking displayed unabashedly, she sure as





CATEGORY: COMICS


Best One Page Comic: Three's a crowd by :iconregentshaw:RegentShaw.



It was just so clever and humorous. It's why Hiccup and Astrid barely have any alone time Together. It's fun and the style is whimsical as well! Many people thought this was one of the best single strip HTTYD comics.


Best Multi-Paged Comic: Ireth and Vespera Fable by :iconyamilink:yamilink

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It is a feat to create well-rounded OC in a fandom and through Yamilink's ongoing Comic, members already have opened their arms to two. Her style is impeccable, her story line always is leaving readers wanting more and we thank her for not giving up on it over the year. She also does a wonderful job of pacing and drawing the teen Vikings as fathomable adult-versions of themselves. Her dialogue is witty and characterized, her comic is a joy and we highly suggest to take a look.




CATEGORY: Original Character


Best HTTYD  Original Fan Character: Ireth from the Ireth and Vespera Fable, created by :iconyamilink:yamilink

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Ireth is a very wonderful constructed original character to interact with the HTTYD world. A bit odd for her interest in alchemy, she does her best to fit in despite her fear of big dragons. Her mother has passed on, and her father is at sea so she keeps busy collecting herbs and experimenting. You can see her featured in the comic mentioned above, she does a lot and the comic helps her character grow as well endear her to us.




CATEGORY: ART and ARTISTS


Best Featured Art piece: "We have Dragons..." by :iconlehuss:lehuss



This is one of the most thrilling art pieces we have in the archive. Through it we can feel the tension from the movie in the Battle with the Green death. We have in still the sheer size of the enemy and how close it is to our heroes. The colors and look has caught the attentions of many members, it is the Featured Art of the year.

Best Rising Artist: :iconcrownflame:Crownflame  

Crownflame has supplied a number of awesome HTTYD-themed arts the past year. She has a distict style in which she draws the characters and she won our big art contest last Summer. She truly has risen the past year and we hope to see more from her!




Best Featured Artist: :iconsharkie19:sharkie19

We guarantee you have LEAST 1 of her arts in your favorites if you call yourself a fan of HTTYD. She has many HTTYD arts and she provides as much love and care in each of them from head to toe. The background, the foreground, the characters are all there and rendered beautifully. We truly love her art and hope she will continue making more and sharing it!

HTTYD: Fearless by sharkie19 HTTYD Halloween by sharkie19:thumb167955568:



Creator of the Year: :iconavannak:AvannaK

Not only did she move hundreds of online fans with her story, but she also created hundreds of HTTYD drawings. Sketches to full blown art. She started with her trusty pencil and paper a year ago and cultivated her art talents, never slipping in her interest of creating HTTYD stuffs. She has different ideas than a lot of people but her perchance for explaining her views have garnered more into seeing her side of things. She always has a kind word and a way to make you laugh. If you go into her gallery, 99.9% of everything created is quality HTTYD-themed works.






2011 Winner's Plaque


Please enjoy this year's plaque honoring your 2011 Winners =]





Thank you again, we hope to have another great year of love and fan creativity for 'How to Train Your dragon' :heart:

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I can't believe I won! Thanks so much everyone! I wanna shout out huck-finn-forever who also has the best Astrid cosplay I've ever seen.

I look forward to another year entertaining you all, and maybe starting a HTTYD webshow! :3