Hello Fellow Stemians,

For those of you that don't know me, I'm Nico Simon Princely @nspart and I'm the Moderator of the NSFW Section on the Whaleshares discord channel and I'm running contests like this one where I will be awarding Whaleshares to the 1st Through 10th Place winners.

I'm going to give you the basic rules but first, if you don't know what Whaleshares are please see my previous posts at the links below:

https://steemit.com/steemit/@nspart/nspart-how-i-added-over-usd70-to-my-payout-on-one-of-my-steemit-posts-by-using-whaleshares

https://steemit.com/photography/@nspart/put-hardfork-19-on-steroids-with-whaleshares-i-got-a-177-percent-increase-on-my-payout-with-whaleshares-that-s-an-additional

NSFW means "Not Safe For Work" and on Steemit and in this contest it refers to Sexual Themes and Full Nudity where nipples, genitals and anal areas can be seen. This could be in Nude Art, Medical videos, Porn etc... So if that's in your image you need to use the nsfw tag in your tags when you post.

For this week's contest we are focusing on "Erotic Art" from Implied Nudes (which is not necessarily nsfw) to Full or Explicit Nudes, and Erotic Themes. I will allow lingerie and Bikini shots also in the contest, but nudes/implied will be valued higher... Because there is more difficulty in nude art shoots in my opinion. The goal here is Art/Erotic Art not porn which very often is just really not very artistic.

The General Contest Rules for the Weekly NSFW Contest:

1. You Must Upvote and Resteem This Post.

2. You Must Post the Link to your post in a comment on this thread & on the NSFW-General section of the Whaleshares Discord
   Channel: https://discord.gg/CFJ97HW

3. The submission must stick to the theme.

4. It must be original work that you created and this must be verifiable. This can include self-portraits but NOT Selfies
   (meaning seeing you hold the camera selfie style.) Also models may submit work they are in if they have permission from the
   photographer.

5. I will be judging the contest using the criteria of Originality, Creativity, Composition, Use of Theme, Color/Greyscale Pallet,
   and Overall Vibe I get from it. (Because I am judging I will not be submitting an entry.)

6. You must post a link to your entry in the Whaleshares NSFW Forum. (This gets your post more exposure)
   Only one entry per per person - You may have up to 3 images in your post.

7. You must tell us a little about the process you took to create the photo. This can be long or short, but I’m judging the photos
   not the text, but the text makes more enjoyable for many of the readers and is educational.

8. Your Entry MUST BE submitted before this post pays out.

This Weeks Theme is "Erotic Art - Photography, Drawing, Painting", meaning it can be any of those mediums & The TAG is “whalesharesnsfwcontest”

Rules for This Week's Theme:

• This can be from Implied Nudes to Explicit Nudes of one model.
(If you are not familiar with these terms or what this looks like view some of my posts of my work)

• You will not gain points for being less or more explicit as that’s not what I’m judging.

• This contest is not open to hardcore porn. (nothing against it, but it not part of this week's theme)

• You can do self-portraits but NOT Selfies (meaning seeing you hold the camera selfie style.)

• This can be already existing work or you can shoot for this contest.

• It can be a photo, drawing or painting you created or you are the subject in (please also credit the Artist if you are the subject)

Once again this must be Original work and not a derivative of someone else's work so no grabbing someone else's images and throwing a filter on it. There is a difference between inspiration and direct copying. So you must be creator of the work for this contest.

This contest is about rewarding the NSFW content creators for their creativity, hard work, talent and producing original work. So that’s what I’m looking for. This is to also helps you grow as a photographer rather than just being someone taking snapshots.

Let’s see what you come up with and have fun!
The Prizes

I wanted to give prizes to a lot of people so the Prizes will be as follows. Due Hard Fork 19 we had to reduce the number of shared now that votes are worth several times more. Also each whaleshare equals 1% of whale power upvote. So 100 Whaleshares is 1 100% Vote or you could do 10 10% Votes (Actually due to the Bitshare fee of 1 Whaleshare it would be 9)

1st 100 Whaleshares
2nd 50 Whaleshares
3rd 25 Whaleshares
4th 10 Whaleshares
5th 10 Whaleshares
6th 10 Whaleshares
7th 10 Whaleshares
8th 10 Whaleshares
9th 10 Whaleshares
10th 10 Whaleshares

Steps to take now to enter…

1. Upvote and Resteem this post.

2. Create your post and include the tag whalesharesnsfwcontest and of course the nsfw tag and then post the link in a comment below. Your Entry MUST BE submitted before this post pays out.

3. Also Post the link to the NSFW-General section on the Whaleshares discord channel. https://discord.gg/CFJ97HW

4. Follow Me so you will see the announcement post of the winners.

5. Sit back and relax after you have submitted. :)

Note: By entering the contest you are giving me permission to use the photos in a post announcing the winners and future posts looking back at previous winners or submissions. You will be credited and people will be encouraged to vote for your posts and visit and follow you.

I'm going to post some images below not only of my own but also from the winners of the previous contests as inspiration. Please visit their pages, follow and upvote their work.

Artist: @bitrocker2020

Artist: @carmineworx

Artist: @alteregophoto

Artist/Model: @avvah

Artist: @condra

Artist: @steempowerpics

Artist: @ longshot

Artist: @gohba.handcrafts

And now a few of my own images for inspiration as well. The contest is open to both Color & Black and white and multiple media types this time so I'm going to post a few different color & Black and White images below...

Please follow me so that you can see these contests, discover new Steemit Artists and also view my latest work.

That's all for now.

Thanks,

Nico

Some of my other Recent and Still Active Posts that feature my Digital Photography...

Whaleshares NSFW "Hard Light with a Flash" Contest Winners Announcement & Images! (NSFW Artistic Nudity)
https://steemit.com/photography/@nspart/36yyn2-whaleshares-nsfw-black-and-white-nudes-contest-winners-annoucement-and-images-nsfw-artistic-nudity

NSPART - A Couple of one off Erotic Art Pieces Featuring Sophia Jade & Lauren Fogle (NSFW - Explicit)
https://steemit.com/photography/@nspart/nspart-a-couple-of-one-off-erotic-art-pieces-featuring-sophia-jade-and-lauren-fogle-nsfw-explict

NSPART - Black & White Erotic/Artistic Nudes Polaroids Shot on Impossible Instant Film (NSFW - Artistic Mild Nudity - 7 Images) - Seen on Steemit Uncensored First!
https://steemit.com/photography/@nspart/nspart-black-and-white-erotic-artistic-nudes-polaroids-shot-on-impossible-instant-film-nsfw-artistic-mild-nudity-seen-on-steemit

NSPART - A Couple of Fine Art Black & White Bodyscapes Featuring Stacy (NSFW - Implied to Artistic Nudity)
https://steemit.com/photography/@nspart/nspart-a-couple-of-fine-art-black-and-white-bodyscapes-featuring-stacy-nsfw-implied-to-artistic-nudity