Art Contest
Rules and Regulations:
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SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED.
Stay tuned for 2025's contest details!
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The art contest submission ends on June 8th, 2024. Online voting will happen from June 9th and closes on June 28th.
Eligibility
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A form must be completed online with necessary information
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The artwork must be uploaded within that form
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Consent to voting is required
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Consent to grant Animaritime to use the companion
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Must be an attendee of Animaritime
Artwork Rules
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Must have at least one feature from an ocean creature
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The size of the companion must be small enough that she can carry in both hands
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Must have one of the 5 elements (part of the convention contest)
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Fire
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Water
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Earth
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Air
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Spirit
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A small description of said companion (likes, dislikes, etc.)
Judging will be based on public voting
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You must submit your artwork before the end of the day of June 8th, 2024. All entries will be gathered and a link shared to the facebook page and discord channel for voting. There will be only a total of 5 winners through voting and 1 staff pick from the top 5.
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If you do not wish to have your artwork posted online for voting; then the entry will be disqualified. Please be sure that you are understanding of this when submitting your artwork.
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The purpose of this contest is to create a companion for Umi and Animaritime and there is an art usage agreement where you will be obligated to sign if you are picked as the winner.
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What is acceptable?
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Art can be in any medium. For example; digital, pastel, pencil, paint, etc.
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Only 1 artwork per applicant.
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Please note that the quality of image must be between 300 to 350 dpi resolution for digital and a clean scan or picture of your traditional art.
What is unacceptable?
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AI generated art will not be accepted as entries
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We do not accept physical copies, only digitally submitted pieces.
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Do not submit more than one art piece.
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It is prohibited to post nudity, rape, incest, explicit or sexual content. Your entry will be immediately disqualified.
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We will not accept late entries.
Links
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General information can be found here: Companion Art Contest Info 2024
Questions can be submitted here: artcontest@animaritime.org
AUA rules of transfer of ownership can be found here: Animaritime AUA rules
Submissions
Submissions for 2024 are open on May 1, 2024 and close on June 8th, 2024. They are currently closed.
Prizes
Prizes will be announced as soon as our wishes are granted!
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Contact us
- If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We’re not half as scary as we seem, I swear!
- Contact us at artcontest@animaritime.org