Competitions

Hi guys I’m going to be having a couple of competitions to help get my anime rolling. Any one can enter no matter how good you are, it’s just for a bit of fun and it’d be great if I could get a lot of contribution, kind of an emotional booster.

Character Design Competition

I am holding a character design competition to get some outside input to the outcome of the characters. I’m hoping to find at least one character design for each character in my anime, or even multiple designs that I can combine.
Any one can enter, even if you think your art isn’t the best, it’s the imagination and ideas I’m after. After all, no matter who wins, I’m going to transpose the character into my own style and vision.

Rules

Entries must include at leat one character design, based on the character profiles in my journal.

You are allowed to enter a maximum of three designs. Each one can have as many characters as you want as long as they are my characters.

It does not have to be a formal character profile, you can treat it as a fan art, the design/background is up to you as long as you keep my anime and setting in mind.

When choosing clothes keep in mind who they are. They may not be your stereotypical dirty/poor orphans, but they’re not exactly going to be wearing designer labels and formal wear (except their ‘western’ school uniform which you can also design)

The character design must be the entirely your own. If I find you have stolen a design for another person, or an actual anime, you will be disqualified.


Background Competition

Calling on all background artists/photographers! I’m holding a competition to find a team of four background artists (one of them the team leader) for my anime project.

To enter you must submit two pieces:

A building silhouette against a night sky, with silhouette dead tree branches in the foreground.

Anything you think suitable for a large orphanage/school hall (day)

Rules

Please if you’re entering be dedicated to work on my project. Only enter if you’re actually interested in being part of the team.

You must submit both backgrounds to be able to enter

You must have painted/ taken the photo yourself. Anyone caught stealing will be disqualified.


Storyboard Competition

I’m holding a storyboard competition for a short 14 second storyboard. These 14 seconds will be the start of my anime intro and will be put to the song Honey Vanity – Kozi
If you want me to send you the 14 seconds of the song I can, though I would prefer it if you could listen to the song on youtube or myspace.
It is entirely up to you how you go about this, but you will not be judged on the actual storyboard but what the animation looks like after I animate it using flash. I will animate every entry I get, so the competition might be open for a while.
The winners will become my team of four story boarders, the overall winner being the team leader.

Rules

Please if you’re entering be dedicated to my project. Only enter if you are actually interested in being part of the team.

You must keep into consideration what the anime is about, the characters personality traits, and how the effects you are using look and feel. (Blood and action is just not going to work)

Keep in mind what is actually possible when animating in flash. Some effects just cant be done. If you want to know if something is possible don’t hesitate to ask, I’m ahppy to go over anything with you.


Thank you to anyone who enters, as of yet there is not de date, all of these will probably be open for at least 2-4 months.

GOOD LUCK!!!