LOOKS TO KILL 🫀 open

๋࣭⭑⚝ a gfx contest by nova

❝ 'cause she kills me every time ❞

「 ✦ STATUS ✦ 」

OPEN | CLOSED ✓

「 ✦ INTRO ✦ 」

welcome to my gfx contest!!

🫀 closes december 17th 🫀

i've been wanting to do this again, i had a lot of fun the last time i hosted a contest, i just hope more people will participate this time around! please please please participate!

for this contest you can enter as many graphics as you want ( covers, manips, ect... ) for any of my published stories or even the fancast books on the account ( -kidsnextdoor ) i share with my best friend!! not my graphic books though!

if you choose to make a cover for a book that is a part of a series, please consider making covers for the other books of that series just so the covers match, if you don't want to that is totally fine!!

let's make this a safe space! i will not tolerate any rude comments towards other designers. this is meant to be a fun way for us graphic designers to share our work and possibly make a few new friends!!

「 ✦ TAGS ✦ 」

runlikeh3ll ; angwritess ;
hazzawckd ; harleyQuinnfan17 ; pIayboymagazine ; potter_spellbook ; amxliewrites ; GryffindorGodric ; -SNIVYNYX ; siriussllyjoking ; thinkified

you don't have to participate, just thought y'all would be interested <3

「 ✦ BOOKS ✦ 」

🫀UNDER MY SKIN
twisters 2024 ; tyler owens

faceclaims... hassie harrison is the faceclaims of my oc, sam carter. she's a professional bronc rider and basically grew up on the rodeo circuit. if you want you can include glen powell, but it's not necessary for covers

summary... a year after the worst fall of sam's career, she hasn't been back on a horse and she has more scars then she'd like to admit.

and the very last thing she wants is for her ex-boyfriend to show up at her house asking if she can help him convince her sister to help him with his new storm chasing business.

despite her better judgement, and the nagging voice in the back of her head, she agrees. and she's in for one hell of a week.

especially when a pair of familiar green eyes pulls into the parking lot with his obnoxiously large truck and that stupidly sexy cowboy hat.

extra info... the resources i've been using for hassie are generally from yellowstone. sam does wear a cowboy hat, but not all the time. her hair is usually down or twisted into one braid with her bangs out.
tyler has a chocolate lab, so if you want that could be incorporated. sam and tyler met each other on the rodeo circuit when they were teenagers and they've been best friends ever since. and they've had a sort of friends-with-benefits thing going on for about three years and neither are willing to admit that even from the very beginning, they've been helplessly in love with each other.

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🫀HOLY SMOKES
twisters 2024 ; boone

faceclaims... virginia gardner is the faceclaim for magnolia carrington. she runs a non-profit that raises money for all kinds of different causes. she's a sweetheart, like boone says, she's an angel. brandon perea can be included, but i know resources of him as boone are limited so it's not necessary for covers

summary... highschool sweethearts magnolia and boone, parted ways when they only 18. she left for college and he didn't. despite the distance, and nearly ten years, they never truly got over one another. now, with a once-in-a-generation tornado outbreak, their jobs bring them together once again and both are determined to stay together this time... for good.

extra info... maggie and boone are highschool sweethearts, but they broke up when she went away to college. before she left, she gave him her cross necklace that she always wore - her dad is a pastor - boone never takes the necklace off. maggie wears a sliver ring on a necklace, it's the promise ring boone gave her in highschool and she couldn't take it off completely. she also, drove a blue and white 1979 bronco. she also wears a lot of dresses, mostly white sundress and her cowboy boots.

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🫀BEAUTIFUL CRAZY
twisters 2024 ; tyler owens

faceclaims... sofia carson the faceclaim for wren cortez. she's a bartender / singer who has a fascination with storms, but she doesn't know all the technical stuff, she just thinks they're pretty. glen powell can be included but it's not necessary for covers

summary... wren cortez knows nothing of storms or tornadoes, other then fact that she's always been fascinated by them. so when javi and kate ask her to join them for a week of chasing, she's reluctant but she agrees. but when a familiar red truck pulls into the lot, she knows her week just got a whole lot crazier.

extra info... wren was caught in the tornado kate had been in when she lost all her friends, though she didn't know the girl. she has scars starting on her right shoulder and twisting down her arm from barbed wire that got wrapped around her arm in the storm, and she doesn't try to hide it. she likes wearing tank tops and tight shirts. she was born and raised in Oklahoma. her mama was part Colombian. she lost her mama when she was ten years old. she spends most of her time traveling across Oklahoma and she sings in bars, while bartending to make a little money.

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🫀HEART LIKE A TRUCK
twisters 2024 ; scott miller
                    ↳ drafted

faceclaims... zoey deutch is the faceclaim for auggie chambers. she's a country girl, born and raised in georgia. she and five brothers have a small youtube channel where they chase storms. and she recently graduated from college with a degree in metrology. david corenswet can be included but it's not necessary for covers

summary... now, freshly graduated, Auggie has the opportunity of a lifetime to collaborate with her favorite youtubers. there's a few small hitches, though...

one. her brothers don't even know she's going.

and two. scott fucking miller.

extra info... auggie is usually sporting a hoodie or a loose t-shirt. her hair is almost always messy, she keeps it mostly braided and she loved her old carhartt ball cap. she loved her cowboy boots and she's always been obsessed with storms - her dad chased as did all four of her older brothers. she's the youngest of five.

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🫀BACK TO YOU
tsitp ; conrad fisher

faceclaims... inde navarrette is the faceclaim for lennox st. james. she's a photographer in the making, so she always has her camera. chris briney can be included, but it's not necessary for covers

also, rudy pankow portrays nate, a friend that lennox makes at the bonfire. and zoe colletti portrays callie, nate's sister and one of lennox's friends. they don't have to be in any covers

summary... when summer rolls around again, lennox spends her summer where she always does, in cousins, but there's a slight hitch – she now lives with the boy that broke her heart.

now, lennox tries her best to cover up her broken heart while spending more time than she intends to with conrad fisher. as tension rises, lennox struggles to keep from falling back into him.

but that's easier said than done.

summer is still as magical as ever, but it's anything but smooth sailing.

extra info... lennox has known the fishers and the conklins since she was five years old. her family does have a beach house of their own, but she usually spends summers at the fisher house - she has her own room. she's very close with susannah. she and conrad dated in secret the summer before the show starts. she typically wears t-shirts or tank tops with shorts usually cutoffs. and she loves her converse. her hair is really long, it's naturally curly but she likes to straighten.

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🫀SURVIVOR'S HEART
the walking dead ; oc / daryl dixon ( eventually )

faceclaims... crystal reed is the faceclaim for charlie walsh. she's shane's little sister and she's  very protective of the group, especially the kids. micheal tervino is the faceclaim for josh mendoza, the eventual love interest of book one. they met him in atlanta  around the time glee found rick. and daniel sharman is the faceclaim for mason mccord, charlie's best friend. neither of the boys have to be included on covers, but you totally can if you want! the story mainly revolves around charlie.

summary... the story follows charlie walsh, shane's little sister, as she navigates the apocalyptic world while trying to stay sane, keep the people that have become family safe, and watching as her brother spirals into someone she doesn't recognize

extra info... charlie is 25. before the end of the world she was a bit of a rebel, her and mason were always getting into trouble, but she's mellowed out and has taken on a lot of responsibilities. she usually uses a knife, but she's learning how to use a bow and arrow. she's doesn't have a love interest in act one ( season one ) but she and josh get closer in act two. and daryl is her love interest down the road, but that doesn't happen until book two.

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🫀THE WILD HEARTS TRILOGY
chasing cars , use somebody , mine
twilight ; paul lahote

faceclaims... vanessa hudgens is the faceclaim of cassie swan. she's the adopted  daughter of charlie swan and she's quileute by blood. alex meraz can be included, but it's not necessary for covers

summary... cassie is bella's adopted younger sister, she's born quileute. she and paul were childhood best friends but he pushed her away when he phased, the next time he sees her he imprints and is determined to get back in her good graces, all while she's trying to find her bio-family

extra info... she's short, around 5'1". in book two she cuts her bangs - i use stuff of vanessa when she was in beastly for that. before that, i typically use stuff from when she was in bandslam. cassie and paul were friends when they were younger, but he pushed her away for a number of reasons. the books only cover new moon - breaking dawn.

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🫀THE ADORE YOU SERIES
let down, cold water, lego house, i wouldn't mind
twilight ; emmett cullen / oc

faceclaims... grace phipps is the faceclaim for cori swan. she's bella's younger sister and she's a sweetheart. she's also a little clumsy. kellan lutz can be included on the first
cover and/or the last cover, but that's up to you!

bill skarsgård is the faceclaim for carter moore, and he's cori's friends-with-benefits / love interest in book two, so he can be included on the cold water cover.

for lego house, just cori is on the cover.

summary... cori swan moves to forks with her sister and meets possibly the sweetest boy ever, but he has a secret and when she finds out she's heartbroken. when the cullens leave town, she surrounds herself with her friends and manages to move on with her life only for the cullens to show up once again, which throws her life completely off its axis.

extra info... cori is eleven months younger then bella. she's short, about 5'0", making her a foot shorter then emmett. and about a foot and half shorter then carter. carter isn't in book one, but he and cori are friends in books two. in book three, cori gets turned into a vampire, so if she could have red eyes for anything to do with lego house that would be amazing. for the fourth book, she'd have golden eyes like the cullens. she wears lots of oversized sweaters with jeans, and she loved her dr. martens. her hair usually down, unless rachel braids it for her. cori has been friends with paul and rachel for years - before the boy phased and before he and rachel even knew each other. when all three of them are together, the two are almost like parents to cori.

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below are books for the account ( -kidsnextdoor ) that i share with my best friend

🫀PETER PAN
fancast

faceclaims... kelsea ballerini

extra info... it's a fancast book so feel free to has complete creative control! please use -kidsnextdoor username!

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🫀BAD LIAR
genderbent fancast

faceclaims... selena gomez

extra info... it's a fancast book so feel free to has complete creative control! please use -kidsnextdoor username!

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「 ✦ PRIZES ✦ 」

FIRST PLACE

4 graphics of any kind, the books
don't have to be published
( i.e. covers , manips, gifs )
permanent follow

SECOND PLACE

3 graphics of any kind, the books
don't have to be published
( i.e. covers , manips, gifs )
permanent follow

THIRD PLACE

2 graphics of any kind, the books
have to be published
( i.e. covers , manips, gifs )
permanent follow

HONORABLE MENTION

1 graphic of any kind, the book
has to be published

「 ✦ INFORMATION ✦ 」

🫀if you'd like to participate, comment 'i'm in' and tag two people you think may be interested!

🫀when posting your entries, please tag me and send them to be via instagram, discord, or pinterest ( all will be listed below )

🫀if you need an extension, please let me know a week before the closing date.