Recently, the folks over at Vice Magazine asked 8 illustrators to create posters inspired by the Prohibition era. Now they’ve decided to hold a contest for everyone else, and they’re looking for Prohibition-inspired art. Editors want to see what Prohibition-inspired arty ideas you got up in that noggin and brag it off on the Interwebs
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Comic book social media network Graphicly, along with animation software development company Reallusion, are teaming up with comics publisher Creative Impulse Entertainment, to launch a branded online animation event for the mixed martial arts comic book series, JFH: Justice For Hire. Dubbed the JFH Free For All, the event will premiere the pilot episode of
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Are you a comics fan who loves your local comics store? Are you willing to “die” to protect your retailer? Prove it with the Star Trek Be A Redshirt contest. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), IDW Publishing and CBS Consumer Products are giving Star Trek fans a chance to “Be a Redshirt” on
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On the heels of the international success of the critically acclaimed wuxia epic, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, and in celebration of the home entertainment release on December 13th, independent film distributor Indomina Media, has created an exclusive contest featuring two notable graphic artists – Melissa DeJesus and Andy Belanger. The
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Every year Ballistic Publishing invites digital artists to contribute their best character creations to its Exotique series. The result is the biggest, most vibrant and inspiring collection of digital character art spanning genres as diverse as science fiction, fantasy, manga/anime, photorealism and stylized realism. Like each Exotique book before it, Exotique 7 is a snapshot
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There’s so much Walking Dead goodness happening next month, that I’ve decided to make October 2011, “The Month of The Walking Dead.” Why you ask? October will see the release of The Walking Dead: Season One – Special Edition Blu-ray (October 4th), the return of the cast and crew of The Walking Dead to New
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If you’re attending Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas this week, check out the “Immortals: Gods and Heroes – Art from the Graphic Novel” art exhibit at Art on 5th, on Saturday, September 24th, from 8-10 p.m. You’ll get to see pieces from artists who contributed to the upcoming Immortals: Gods and Heroes graphic novel, which
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Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) announced today that, along with DC Entertainment, it has enlisted Sideshow Collectibles to create a signature line of premium statues, busts and other collectibles inspired by DC Comics’ stable of iconic super heroes and villains. This heroic alliance paves the way for Sideshow Collectibles to offer products featuring DC Comics’
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The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles’ Illustration West 50 is currently accepting entries. This year the organization is heavily promoting its web site, which will display all accepted entries into the competition. The SILA web site will include all work accepted into the largest juried illustration competition west of New York. Entry Fees $35
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Here is your chance to get published! MyFantasyArt.com member Craig Musselman (MachinesAndMagic) is looking for very high quality submissions similar to those on his website’s favourites collection, for a sci-fi and fantasy artist showcase book. If you are interested, you can email Craig at machinesandmagic@gmail.com. The FAQ and other information on the book can be
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A&E is giving away a Sci-Fi and Cult Classics Blu-ray Mega Prize Pack that includes the 7-disc Space 1999: The Complete Season One and the 5-disc The Prisoner: The Complete Series, and we’re giving away two complete sets. We’re giving away one to FilmFetish.com readers and one to MyFantasyArt.com readers, to celebrate the CULT &
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New York Times bestselling author Dianna Love is holding a character design contest. The popular urban fantasy book Blood Trinity, that Dianna co-authored with Sherrilyn Kenyon has created a phenomenon in Feenix, an engaging gargoyle who’s a hit with readers of the book. There are two divisions and three categories to enter, offering many opportunities
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Boston-based indie game developer Demiurge Studios has launched a contest for aspiring game designers and fans of the upcoming downloadable title, Shoot Many Robots. The online contest, dubbed ‘Design Many Robots,’ asks creators to design their own vision of mechanical terror to be shot full of lead in the upcoming project, vying for a chance
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Have a sense of showmanship, a great personality, and an impressive crafting and performance ability? Then come and participate in or watch the U.S. preliminaries of the World Cosplay Summit at this summer’s AM2 convention, and then move on to compete on the world stage on Japanese television. Started in 2003, the World Cosplay Summit
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The deadline for the fantasy art annual Spectrum 18 is this Friday, January 28th. Spectrum is dedicated to promoting the fantastic arts and providing an annual showcase for contemporary artists. According to the book’s publisher, the annual was created as a direct reaction to the lack of attention — the lack of respect — afforded
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The American Illustration 30 Call For Entries is open. The AI30 Deadline is February 25th, 2011 with extensions to be announced. As a premiere resource for top art directors, designers and editors, American Illustration brings visibility where it matters most in a luxurious, beautifully designed, hard-cover annual. As part of the AI-AP Visibility initiative, their
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Creative Capital’s next grant round, for Film/Video and Visual Arts, will open on February 1, 2011. To be eligible to apply, an artist must be: A U.S. citizen or permanent legal resident At least 25 years old A working artist with at least five years of professional experience Not a full-time student Though the Inquiry
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Inventor Dean Kamen and will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas launched the FIRST Robotics Competition 20th anniversary season today with the Kickoff of a new robotics game called “LOGO MOTION” before a crowd of 600 people at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, hometown and headquarters of FIRST. An estimated 50,000 around the world joined
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Sign up for a chance to win a limited edition leatherbound copy of Orson Scott Card’s classic sci-fi saga Ender’s Game from Tor Books. Plus, they’ll include an Ender’s Game audiobook and an advance reading copy of The Lost Gate with the winner’s prize. Intense is the word for Ender’s Game. Aliens have attacked Earth
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Enjoy Halloween as much as we do? Then submit your creative costumes. You’ll even have a chance to win some cool prizes. Here are the prizes & categories: Best Overall Costume: Winner will receive Farscape: The Complete Series 26-disc DVD set, a copy of the book True Blood and Philosophy AND Stargate SGU 1.5 3-disc
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Adobe has teamed with Wired and the makers of Monsters, to give away a copy of Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium, which has a retail value of $1,800. As most of you already know, Adobe Creative Suite enables users to animate images and create a wide range of graphic effects, the fruits of which
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The shortlist for YouTube Play: A Biennial of Creative Video has been announced. Selected from more than 23,000 submissions from 91 countries, the 125 shortlisted videos can now be seen on the YouTube Play channel. The jury will now select their top choices to be revealed and presented at a special YouTube Play celebration event
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Sony Online Entertainment has released a new batch of shots from their recently announced the Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, including character renders, gameplay, and packaging of the Galactic Passport Kit, which FilmFetish is giving away two of RIGHT HERE. Check out the entire gallery of shots below, or visit clonewarsadventures.com to play Star Wars:
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The deadline to enter submissions for Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles (SILA) upcoming annual, Illustration West 49, is November 15, 2010, according to an email I just received. The annual art exhibition tied to the publication, is planned for early spring of 2011. The growing list of judges for this year’s competition includes Bil
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Here is another contest I think fits well with the artists on the site. L. Ron Hubbard’s Illustrators of the Future Contest is an opportunity for new science fiction and fantasy artists worldwide to win cash prizes every quarter. No entry fee is required, and entrants retain all publication rights to their work. All judging
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I happened across this contest online, and thought some of you might be a good fit for the styles represented. Reply to this post if some of you enter and let us know if you actually win something. A few bucks wouldn’t hurt either…kidding. Threadless recently launched their newest “loves” competition entitled “Threadless Loves Comics”.
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Smith Micro will be at San Diego Comic-Con International 2010 this week, showing off the newest versions of Manga Studio, Anime Studio and Poser, along with a sneak-peak of the Emily the Strange Tooncard Creator launching in August. The company also announced recently that they’ll be bringing along Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons (See Here), who
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Newegg has begun registration for the Summer Wanfest 2010 online gaming tournament. The competition is open to all residents of the U.S. and Canada 13 and older, offering over $20,000 in prizes. Newegg’s competitive gaming tournaments have been popular with gamers of all ages since 2004. The competitions began in Southern California and in 2008
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