Mizuumi-Con Art Contest !!!
Calling all artists! Mizuumi-Con 4 announces the badge art contest and program cover art contest. Your art could appear on the badges and program cover for the con. Gain fame, fortune(?), and free admission to the con. We know that many of you who attend anime conventions are artists, and we want you to submit your best work for these contests. All entries are due by 11:59pm January 24th 2011. Submissions will be judged by the con staff and winners will be contacted via email by January 31st 2010 and later announced on our website. The same person may be the winner of both contests, but we expect some fierce competition! Submissions of artwork for both contests will be accepted via email to artcontest@mizuumicon.org. Please include your real name and age with your submission.
Badge Art Contest Guidelines:
* Mizuumi-Con requests submission of a set of 5 completed pieces of art for the attendee badges including "Member", "Volunteer", "Vendor/Artist", “V.I.P” & "Staff".
The winner of the badge art contest will receive a free artist alley table (with the two included artist admission badges, a $25 value) plus a framed full set of badges. The winner will also be introduced onstage at Opening Ceremonies if they desire.
Dimensions:
Member, Volunteer, Vendor/Artist, and V.I.P. badges are all 2.25" wide by 3.5" tall.
The bottom 0.5" will be washed out as space for the person's name. We will do this, so you don't have to (we're just telling you so you don't put anything essential to the piece there). We will also add the text for the name of the con and what type of badge it is.
Staff badge will be 4" wide by 5.75" tall. Also the bottom 0.75" will be washed out as space for the person's name. We will do this, so you don't have to (we're just telling you so you don't put anything essential to the piece there). We will also add the text for the name of the con and type of badge.
The art should be full color and feature an original character in anime or manga style. The character should be the focus of the piece, and a lot of background art isn't required. Weapons like swords are optional and acceptable, but guns are discouraged. Also, any art that is not appropriate for distribution at a Catholic University is discouraged, i.e no total nudity, excessive graphic violence, or inappropriate text allowed. Skin is OK, but let's be artistic about it. ;)
(Example of last years badge art)
Program Cover Art Contest Guidelines:
* Mizuumi-Con requests submission of a single completed piece of art for the "Program book" cover.
The winner of the cover art contest will receive a free artist alley table (with the two included artist admission badges, a $25 value) plus a high quality framed print of the program book cover. The winner will also be introduced onstage at Opening Ceremonies if they desire.
Dimensions:
The program cover will be a folded letter sized sheet, so the front cover should be 8.5” tall x 5.5” wide (portrait orientation). We will be placing an OLLU ad on the left half of the sheet (the back cover of the book) and the winning art on the right half of the sheet (the front cover).
This piece should be in full color, and consist of a detailed scene using an original character or characters in anime or manga style. We'd like, but don't require, that you use some of the look and feel of OLLU's campus, buildings, sports teams, etc in the piece. Photos and info on the website www.ollusa.edu might help you get inspiration. Weapons like swords are optional and acceptable, but guns are discouraged. Also, any art that is not appropriate for distribution at a Catholic University is discouraged, i.e no total nudity, excessive graphic violence, or inappropriate text allowed. Skin is OK, but let's be artistic about it. ;)
(Example of last years Program art)
General Rules:
1. Art can be created digitally or drawn by hand and scanned.
2. We prefer files to be submitted in .PSD, .AI, or .EPS format, but will also accept .TIFF. Files must be at least 300 dpi. We highly suggest that you submit a file larger than the requirement so that we can scale it down. We will not scale a piece up. We will not accept JPEGs!!!!
3. Art may be cropped or modified if necessary by convention staff when doing the final layout for printing.
4. An artist may submit up to two entries for each contest. An "entry" into the Badge Art Contest consists of 5 completed pieces of art and an "entry" into the Program Cover Art Contest consists of 1 completed piece of art.
4.5 Email your files to artcontest@mizuumicon.org. If your file is too big to email, we prefer you send it via the website http://www.yousendit.com. If you do use that, PLEASE put your real name, age, and email address in the "Enter Message" box. YouSendIt doesn't give us your email address even if you enter it in the FROM box, so this is very important. We can't tell you that you won if we don't know who sent the file!
5. We'll reply to each message with a brief thanks, and possibly a question or two. If you get NO RESPONSE at all, that means that catgirls have taken over our spam filter and we didn't get your entry. Try again.
6. Winners of each contest agree to allow their artwork to be used by Mizuumi-Con and Our Lady of the Lake University for any future promotional purposes without further compensation. A release form to this effect will be required before a selected entrant is confirmed as the winner.