GotGame Sponsors Deviant Art Contest

We’re kind of obsessed with media around here. Games, videos, radio, images…anything sensory and stimulating, we’re all over it. (That’s what she said?) It seems like original, fan-created images are a bit underrepresented, though, in this ocean of eye-rubbing gawkery. Enter: The Deviant Art Video Game Fanart Contest.

Artists, from professional to wanna-be, are welcome to partake. We’ve received some great submissions so far, and are thirsty for more. Also, despite having a lovely trove of prizes to hand out, we need to hit a minimum of 75 entries before selecting the winners—we’re not quite there yet. We know you’re ashamed of your sixty-page Gundam flipbook and your Final Fantasy wall mural, but now is their time to shine (and possibly win you cash). Hit the jump for prizes and more details.

Prizes:

All prizes are available as cash via Paypal, deviantART subscriptions or print accounts, and dA merchandise.

Grand Prize Winner:

- $250 USD
- Prominent bio on the Featured Artists Page on the GotGame site and on the dA journal.
- GotGame T-shirt

First Runner-up:

- $100 USD
- Backlink to your dA site from the GotGame Featured Artists page and on the dA journal.
- GotGame T-shirt

Second Runner-up:

- $50 USD
- Backlink to your dA site from the GotGame Featured Artists page and on the dA journal.
- GotGame T-shirt

Five Honorable mentions:

GotGame T-shirt and a link from the GotGame contest page and dA journal.

 

Rules and Important Info:

1. Submissions must be sent as 2400×1500px (or 8×5 in.) .jpgs at 300 dpi. Higher resolutions are acceptable, but it must maintain a 1.6 ratio.
2. Email all entries to contest@gotgameu.com
3. Along with your submission please include your:
- Full Name
- DA username
- High-res images as attachments
- Link to the Deviation(s)
- E-mail
- A short explanation for your inspiration and why this is your favorite character.
4. Submission must have a Video Game character included (any platform-console, PC, handheld- preferably from a mainstream game)
5. If you are doing more than one character in a submission, please no cross-overs unless it is a cross-over game. (i.e. CAPCOM vs. SNK, Kingdom Hearts, Smash Brawl, etc.)
6. You must submit your own work, please no photo manipulations or collages of other artists’ work. We want these drawn or rendered from your own fingertips (mouse, tablet, pens.. pencils, you know what we mean)!
7. Multiple entries per entrant are allowed, please submit them all at once.
8. Previous artwork that have not been submitted to other contests are acceptable. However, it must not have been published before and they must have been created within the last year. However, We do encourage that you create new submissions for this contest.
9. By submitting your work, you are giving GotGame the right to use and alter the images for promotional use.(We will give proper credits and backlinks, of course.)
10. No adult content, please.
11. We must receive entries from at least 75 different participants, or the deadline will be extended until we receive submissions from 75 different participants. Help spread the word, we want a good pool of talent to show us their favorite characters.
12. Deadline: September 15, 2008 midnight PST. (11:59 PM on Sept. 15)
13. If you have any comments or questions please comment under this journal in case other users have the same question. Do not leave questions on our user page in case we don’t see them.

 

Tips on what we’re looking for:

1. At least one character must be in the submission, does not have to be a full bodied depiction.
2. Entries that are colored (b&w/gray scale coloring counts too!) will be given more weight than only having line art.
3. Having a background will help boost up the appeal of your entry. It does not have to be an environmental background, we just want polished looking entries. Having graphical design elements or framing can help the composition even without a background. You want to impress your viewers, give it all you got!

Good luck!