Gypsy Contest (Winners Announced!!)

[Emerald]

This contest has ended



Congrats to: Sekoiya, muffcook, Axeletta, alleyje, and oldlizmar!

[Tuffy1228]

OMIGOD I'm so excited to enter this! I bet the entries are gonna be awesome 

[Sekoiya]

..... PERFECT! JUST while I'm immersed in the whole Mask Face world. That's uncanny, Emerald!

Should I enter my citizens, do you think?

[Tuffy1228]

ya thats a good idea Sekoiya They look like colorful gypsies

[Wolf9005]

I SO going to enter. I need to gather emeralds for my Masterpeice!   

[Naudia]

I am entering 

[Flowersunshine]

@Sekoiya: no, you shouldn't enter, cause then I don't have chance of winning anymore! Joke, joke! You should totally enter them!

I just made an awesome entry myself! (No, not the one with the mobile home, that was desperate.) It's not approved at this moment, but it is a gypsy woman reading her cards. I was inspired a little by Naudia's picture 'Tell me my Future'.

[Sekoiya]

XD Actually, the citizens aren't even that fancy as pictures. They don't even have backgrounds. I might enter them, but I'll probably think of something else, too.

[Flowersunshine]

That girl that I liked best, the one with the star/moon pattern on her shawl and scarf, you wouldn't happen to have her in an asset? She's the perfect gypsy!

[grey wolf]

What the heck is a gypsey?

Is it my friend with her hairband around her head? Lol, she called herself a gypsy. Lol.

[Flowersunshine]

You do not know what gypsies are? Have you heard of the Romani then?

[Emerald]

The term gypsy is a label that is put on a lot of different types of roaming peoples, including the Romani. (It isn't something that anyone one group calls themselves.)

A lot of the stuff about them in images and stories is more of a fictional stereotype... but they make for really fun looking characters that people love. I am sure some of the other members can give you lots of examples

[Flowersunshine]

Stereotypical gypsy woman:

-Large, round earrings, silver or gold.
-Many bracelets
-A little sloppy dressed sometimes
-Colourful clothing
-Many scarves, around the head, hips, shoulders.
-Either very old, a bit of a hag or young and very beautiful.
-Reads the future by different means (reading tarrot cards, tea leaves, crystal balls and hands). Also often very good with healing herbs e.a.
-Many beads and tassels on their clothing
-Bright coloured mobile homes
-Dark hair, dark skin, dark eyes.
-Often accused of stealing or witchcraft.
-Headstrong, rebellious character
-Often seen dancing with a tambourine
-Very fond of freedom

Do you know the Hunchback of the Notredam, from Disney? The main character Esmeralda is a gypsy. Which is, I think, where the dancing with a tambourine mainly comes from.

[DovepawLove]

Cool.

[Sekoiya]

I felt the need to put a disclaimer on Masky's story, since it uses the word 'gypsy' a lot and that theme in a probably very politically incorrect way... it goes:

"All verbal and visual references to 'gypsies' in this tale are purely artistic interpretation, and in no way point to any real cultural groups of our world. No racial/ethnic offense intended."

I know it seems a bit silly to flash that at the beginning, but the last thing I want to do is offend anyone, let alone with a created world only based on ours. They sort of use 'gypsy' instead of 'human' so I have to be careful, especially since Masky herself so often refers to the other gypsies in such a contemptuous way. I just want to let people know I'm taking their feelings into consideration.