Journal Entry:
Sun May 2, 2010, 2:46 PM
Dear DeviantARTISTS!
Take out your tools of the trade, once again!
To celebrate three years of growth and changes, as well as the countdown of our mascot's birthday, ACG North America is holding its second creative contest
and this time, a brand new year calls for a brand new outfit for our darling Anzu!

|What's ACG North America?| ACG=Anime, Comic, Gaming
ACGNA is an organization striving to spread and promote the pop cultural world of the three genres to North America, where it is not as predominant as it is in East Asia. For more information, please visit: acgnorthamerica.com
|The Contest!|
To help promote the word and nature of ACGNA, we are hosting a Creative Contest! The winning entries will be turned into staff T-shirts, buttons, banners, and such sorts for the company if applicable. Contest entries will be required to illustrate or depict the official ACG Mascot and incorporate at least one of the three themes of anime, comic and gaming. This time around, it's not limited to just drawing, which means that you may have submissions in any medium; be it digital or traditional drawings, cosplay, sculpting, animation, pixel art
and so on and so forth. So whatever you decide to do, go above and beyond!
|Who is the Mascot?|
ACGNA's mascot is Anzu Chigusa, an energetic and aspiring young girl who is really passionate about her hobbies (anime, comics, games) and her community. Anzu loves to promote her hobbies to encourage the young and the old to get together with friends and family to enjoy time with one another and develop mutual interests.
|What are the Expectations?|
Entries must showcase the mascot, Anzu Chigusa in her brand new outfit
but you are free to add in any of your own or other characters from games, comics, or anime (Disney excluded). However, no copyrighted images may be used, the submission must be 100% your own work.
Entries can be done in any medium; but the final submission must be digitally mailed, therefore, ONLINE SUBMISSION ONLY.
No matter which medium you choose, the art piece itself must include the LOGO and/or URL of ACGNA, acgnorthamerica.com somewhere if possible.
Entries must incorporate at least one of the three themes: anime, comic, gaming.
Degrading or inappropriate entries as well as entries violating artistic integrity will be deemed invalid.
Entries submitted must have the minimum resolution size of 8.5x11" (300DPI) or 2550x3000 pixels ready to provide. However, the entries you choose to submit may of course be a reduced preview size.
All contestants must be 13 or over in order to participate.
You may submit more than one entry.
By submitting the entries, you are legally entitling ACGNA to use your images for its purposes.


|So, What Are The Prizes!!!|
GRAND PRIZE WINNER: (total: over $250 in value!)
$100 CAD shopping spree at KC Toys (Shipping & other charges extra)
Weekend Pass to any ACG related convention in North America
Artist table at select ACG NA event
One year DeviantART premium membership
A T-shirt of the entry & Button(s) of the entry
A place in the Hall of Fame at ACGNA's website
Being featured on ACG NA's front page
Second Place:
ACG NA VIP Pass
Half a year DeviantART premium membership
A T-shirt of the entry & Button(s) of the entry
A place in the Hall of Fame at ACGNA's website
Being featured on ACG NA's front page
Third Place:
ACG NA VIP Pass
One month DeviantART premium membership
A T-shirt of the entry & Button(s) of the entry
A place in the Hall of Fame at ACGNA's website
Being featured on ACG NA's front page
|Who's Judging? Where Do I submit to? The Deadline? Questions?|
All entries will be judged by ACG North America's Art Director and creative staffs.
Please upload your entries onto DeviantART or any other art community/public image hosting websites such as Sheezyart, Mangabullet
etc. This is a must. (You're not required to have a DA; however you will not win the DA subscription prize otherwise.)
Then send an email to: contest2@acgnorthamerica.com with the subject title: ACGNA CONTEST ENTRY and (a) URL(s) linked to your uploaded entry, including your FULL NAME and/or ALIAS.
Please DO NOT add attachments unless you were specifically asked by us to provide a higher resolution of the entries.
The Submission Deadline is: June 30th, 2010, MIDNIGHT EST ((GMT -05:00)Eastern Time US & Canada), No Extensions.
Winning entries will be announced as soon as possible. Aside from the possible case of a breach of integrity---of which we will personally investigate, all decisions are final.
Thank you all for reading; if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to voice!


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Thanks.
her new outfit too ;W; <3333 I'll try to enter if I find enough confidence TuT <33
i may not be able to maake it in time *sigh*
though her current outfit would be really hard to top C: