Term Two Art Contest: Shounen Jump

The theme for our second term art contest is Friendship! Effort! Victory! and Teamwork.

This is a multimedia contest: almost anything that relates to these four words is acceptable. Videos, images, music and other forms are art are welcome. If you are unsure about your submission, send us an email.

The rules:

  1. You must be a member for the 2014-2015 year.
  2. You may submit multiple entries.
  3. All submissions must be original. This means no content from any other artist, anime, manga, or any other copyrighted material. **We will accept AMVs (anime music videos) that use clips from anime this time, but you will assume all risk of copyright infringement. Please use a disclaimer.
  4. Entries must be tasteful – meaning no nudity, sexuality, gore, etc.
  5. You may use our mascots in your art entry if you wish.
  6. Maximum video time limit: 10 minutes
  7. Maximum word limit (writing submissions): drabbles or short stories preferred, no long multi-chapter pieces please!

The winner will be decided based upon two criteria: creative design and skill.

The deadline to submit is the showing on April 3 at 5pm (right before the showing). Submissions can be emailed directly to us at info@ubcani.com or given to us at any of our events until the deadline.

The UBC Anime Club executive team reserves all rights to disqualify submissions at their discretion if any of the above requirements are not met.

Good luck!

Term One Art Contest: Food

The theme for our first term art contest is food!
This means anything food-related, whether it’s a person dressed with food-inspired clothing, someone eating food, etc.

The rules:

  1. You must be a member for the 2014-2015 year.
  2. You may submit multiple entries.
  3. Entries can be any medium: Black-and-white, sketched, digital, etc.
  4. All submissions must be completely original. This means no content from any other artist, anime, manga, or any other copyrighted material.
  5. Entries must be tasteful meaning no nudity, sexuality, gore, etc.
  6. You may use our mascots in your art entry if you wish.

The winner will be decided based upon two criteria: creative design and skill.

The deadline to submit is the showing on Nov 21 at 5pm (right before the showing). Submissions can be emailed directly to us at info@ubcani.com or given to us at any of our events until the deadline.

The UBC Anime Club executive team reserves all rights to disqualify submissions at their discretion if any of the above requirements are not met.

Good luck!

Fairy Tales x Superheroes Art Contest 2014: Winners Announced!

A huge congratulations to the winners of our term 2 art contest!

First Place: Jasmine Lijon. You win a ‘mystery’ anime figurine!

First Place: Jasmine Lijon
First Place: Jasmine Lijon

“A laboratory-created, dragon humanoid. Created by melding the mind of a machine with a woman, after synthesis it’s unclear if the woman retains any control. She was pretty much the sacrificial component of the experiment. The chosen element was ice. She’s as cool as the metal that dwells in her .”

Runner-up: Tanya Ren. You win a $20 gift certificate at Half Moon!

Runner-up: Tanya Ren
Runner-up: Tanya Ren

“The advantages of being able to fly up to a tower versus the poor knight trying to scale the thing. Plus flying is cool and woos the princesses.”

Term 2 Art Contest: Superheroes x Fairy Tales

For our second term art contest, the theme is original superheroes and fairy tales!

The rules for this art contest are simple:

  1. You may submit multiple entries.
  2. Entries can be any medium: Black-and-white, sketched, digital, etc.
  3. All submissions must be completely original. This means no content from any other artist, anime, manga, existing fairy tales/comics or any other copyrighted material (i.e Fanmade artwork of superheroes)
  4. Entries must be tasteful meaning no nudity, sexuality, gore, etc.

The winner will be decided based upon two criteria: Creative design and skill.

The deadline to submit is the showing on March 28th. Submissions can be emailed directly to us at info@ubcani.com or given to us at any of our events until the deadline.

The UBC Anime Club executive team reserves all rights to disqualify submissions at their discretion if any of the above requirements are not met.

Term 1 Art Contest: Anthropomorphism

Anthropomorphism is the theme of our first art contest and is defined as “attribution of human form or other characteristics to anything other than a human being”. Meaning, this art contest is centred around the idea of making non-human forms more human-like!

The rules for this art contest are simple:

  1. You may submit multiple entries.
  2. Entries can be any medium: Black-and-white, sketched, digital, etc.
  3. All submissions must be completely original. This means no content from any anime, manga or any other copyrighted material (i.e Gijinkas from Digimon, Pokemon, etc.)
  4. Entries can depict any object of your choice in human form (e.g. a cellphone shown as a girl), but it must be tasteful meaning no nudity, sexuality, gore, etc.

The winner will be decided based upon two criteria: Creative design and skill.

The deadline to submit is the showing on November 22nd. Submissions can be emailed directly to us at info@ubcani.com or given to us at any of our events until the deadline.

The UBC Anime Club executive team reserves all rights to disqualify submissions at their discretion if any of the above requirements are not met.