I apologize that this took so long to get out, but I never had the opportunity to finish writing this post. So here it is, Falcom’s Zero and Ao no Kiseki Illustration Contest information.
Entry Dates: 12/6/2011 ~ 1/31/2012
Publish Date: 2/14/2012
Exhibition Period: Planned for through May 2012.
Accepted Titles: Zero no Kiseki and Ao no Kiseki
* Artwork for any anime, manga, or original characters not permitted. (Part of this was appended on twitter.)
Form and File Sizes:
Illustration Contest
* Accepted files must be in jpg format.
* The dimensions of the images must be 480 (width) x 640 (height) pixels.
* Filesize cannot be more than 200kb.
4koma Contest
* Accepted files must be in jpg format.
* The dimensions of the images must be 250 (width) x 750 (height) pixels.
* Filesize cannot be more than 200kb.
* Please record the title of the work in the email.
* Storyboarding format is accepted!
* If a storboard format 4koma is a winner, the Falcom staff will complete it.
Scribble Contest
A new category with this contest! Doodles and ‘light touch sketches’ have their own category in this contest! Photographs of doodles on notebook or memo paper are ok!
* Accepted files must be in jpg format.
* The dimensions of the images must be 480 (width) x 640 (height) pixels.
* Filesize cannot be more than 200kb.
Email to Receive Entries for the Contest:
* Entry made by email.
* In the email title, use the name of the competition you’re entering: [ イラスト部門 ] (Illustration Category), [ 4コマ部門 ] (4koma Category), or [ ラクガキ部門 ] (Scribble Category).
* In the body of the email, include: 1) penname, 2) image size, 3) comments on the illustration, and include the image file as an attachment.
Announcement of Results and Awards
Results will be announced on 2/17/2012.
Prizes:
Grand Prize (1 entry selected per category)
- A game or music CD of your choice + a comic signed by Shinki Kitsutsuki + Falcom Goods
Excellence Award (2 entries selected per category)
- Comic signed by Shinki Kitsutsuki + Falcom Goods
Class Award (6 entries per category)
- Falcom Goods
Falcom Magazine Grand Prize
Participation Award
- All people who enter the contest will receive a PC wallpaper drawn just for the contest.
(A few days after the results are published, the winners will be contacted by email for their mailing addresses.)
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Vyrhn
December 29, 2011 at 1:45 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
guess it’s for Japan only huh?
omgfloofy
December 30, 2011 at 3:31 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
It isn’t. I’ve participated before. Even won an award in the Festa some years ago.
kingtacchan
December 30, 2011 at 2:29 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Can people from outside Japan participate? I’m thinking of entering the scribble category.
omgfloofy
December 30, 2011 at 3:32 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Check the answer I gave to vyrhn. You don’t have to be in Japan to participate.
Mizu
December 30, 2011 at 8:40 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
For the Scribble Contest category – can it be colored, or should it be in black and white?
Also, can the comments be in English, or should I just use Google translate and hope it’s readable?
omgfloofy
January 2, 2012 at 6:09 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
I think the scribble category can be anything that’s not fully finished artwork. You can even take a picture of a doodle on a sheet of paper if you really wanted, it sounds like. I don’t see why you can’t have something colored that way, though…
If you want to do something very finished, then you’d enter the Illustration category.
Mizu
January 2, 2012 at 3:53 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Alright, thanks Floofy!
RenaMD
December 30, 2011 at 8:40 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
For the Illustration Contest:
Is the theme open? Or does it have to be related to the game (Zero no Kiseki/ Ao no kiseki) ?
And can one person participate each category?
omgfloofy
January 2, 2012 at 6:10 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
This is Zero-Ao only, and I think you can enter multiple categories. At least, there wasn’t anything that prevented anyone from entering in multiple in the previous contests.