The Pokémon Company has announced the Illustration Contest 2024 for the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG). Read on below to learn more:
Artists have a little over three months to submit their work capturing “Magical Pokémon Moments.”
The Pokémon TCG Illustration Contest 2024 is officially underway. Artists from Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand can submit artwork that embodies the theme “Magical Pokémon Moments.” The artwork entry period will continue through January 31, 2024, at 5:59 a.m. PST.
Artists can feature the following Pokémon in their card: Charizard, Pikachu, Eevee, Feraligatr, Flygon, Absol, Bidoof, Melmetal, Amped Form Toxtricity, or Koraidon. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top artists in a handful of categories, and each of the top winning cards will be made into a promo card. Promo card distribution will vary by country.
For additional information about the contest, visit the article “On Illustration for the Pokémon TCG as Told by Directors” featuring Satoru Nagaya, Senior Art Director at Creatures Inc.; Haru Saito, Illustration Director at Creatures Inc.; and Kevin Lalli, Director of Design at TPCi.
Learn more about the contest and submit your artwork here.
Good luck to all participants in the Pokémon TCG Illustration Contest 2024!
Source: Pokemon.com
2024 Contest Available to Trainers in the U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand for the First Time
Bellevue, Wash. — Sept. 14, 2023 — Today, The Pokémon Company International and Creatures Inc. announced the Pokémon Trading Card Game Illustration Contest 2024, a fan art contest inviting Trainers to spotlight their artistic talents through the lens of the globally popular Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG).
Following the success of the Pokémon Trading Card Game Illustration Contest 2022, fans are encouraged to submit their creative artwork capturing “Magical Pokémon Moments,” the official contest theme for 2024. With the option to illustrate a standard card or a Pokémon ex card, Trainers can select one of the following Pokémon to feature in their submission: Charizard, Pikachu, Eevee, Feraligatr, Flygon, Absol, Bidoof, Melmetal, Amped Form Toxtricity or Koraidon.
“We were astounded to see the sheer talent and passion of the Pokémon fan community from contest submissions in 2022,” says Barry Sams, vice president of the Pokémon TCG at The Pokémon Company International. “With the contest expanding to additional markets in 2024, we’re eager to see what our dedicated fans have in store for us and how they envision ‘Magical Pokémon Moments’ in their creative minds.”
The Pokémon Trading Card Game Illustration Contest 2024 will be open to applicants in the U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand for the first time, in addition to those in the U.S. and Japan. An informational video about the upcoming contest can be viewed here.
Entries for the upcoming contest will be accepted from October 12, 2023, through January 31, 2024, and winners will be announced in September 2024.
For full contest details, including eligibility and prizing, please visit https://www.ptcgic-cr.com/2024/en/.
Illustrate a Pokémon’s most magical moments for a chance to wish cash prizes.
The artwork of the Pokémon TCG continually inspires fans to imagine and portray Pokémon in their own unique style. Now, more artists than ever before will be able to showcase their talents! The Pokémon TCG Illustration Contest 2024 is expanding to offer artists residing in Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand an opportunity to share their skills and their passion for Pokémon by portraying “Magical Pokémon Moments.”
To participate, choose from 10 different Pokémon, capture your chosen Pokémon enjoying a moment in its day or looking cool or dynamic, and submit your artwork between October 12, 2023, at 6 a.m. PDT and January 31, 2024, at 5:59 a.m. PST. See below for a list of the 10 eligible Pokémon.
- Charizard
- Pikachu
- Eevee
- Feraligatr
- Flygon
- Absol
- Bidoof
- Melmetal
- Toxtricity (Amped Form)
- Koraidon
One overall artist will be chosen from the entire field. The final results will be announced in September of 2024.
- One Grand Prize Winner: $5,000 cash prize
- One Best Standard Card Illustration: $3,000 cash prize
- One Best ex Card Illustration: $3,000 cash prize
- Six First Place Runner Ups: $1,000 cash prize
- 15 Judge’s Awards: $500 cash prize
To be eligible to compete, artists must reside in Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, be the age of majority in their residing country, and they must be capable of communicating in English or Japanese. Please review all contest rules and conditions before submitting artwork.
Good luck to all participants in the Pokémon TCG Illustration Contest 2024!
Announcing the Pokémon Illustration Contest 2024 🎨 🖌️
Showcase your art and compete in the #PTCGIC2024 for a chance to win cash prizes! 🎨 🖌️
Submit your artwork between October 12, 2023, at 6 a.m. PDT and January 31, 2024, at 5:59 a.m. PST. Full details here: https://pkmn.news/44TXLTt
Source: The Pokémon Company
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