SacAnime Mascot Costume Contest

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Design the Summer costumes for the official SacAnime mascots!

Our mascots need your fashion expertise! They need new costumes for the Summer convention season, but haven't a thing to wear. That's where you come in. Stretch those design muscles, and come up with new costumes for our male and female mascot duo. It's like Project Runway... but not. sweatdrop

The finalists will be chosen by SacAnime attendees this January, and the costume designs that win will be turned into actual costumes by our super talented mascot cosplayers, Ryuchama and Pikminlink. The winner will also receive two free passes to the convention, and a surprise gift signed by all of our special guests.

Remember, we are looking for new costumes for our mascots, not new mascots. (They had to go through a lot to get the job, and would be quite sad to be tossed out onto the street!) For previous examples of our mascots in costume, see this reference sheet:

SacAnime Mascots 2006-Current

RULES

1. The art you submit must be an original design created by you. No tracing or digitally modifying an existing design.
2. Only one submission per person. A single submission consists of:
* One (1) fully colored original art piece depicting the mascots in the costumes you designed.
* Two fully colored character sheets (one per mascot) detailing the costumes from multiple angles.
3. Artwork can be created digitally or using traditional media. Digital art entries must be entered with a scan of the original sketch.
4. All entries must be scanned or created at a minimum size of 8" x 10" at 300 ppi resolution.
5. Please include your first and last name in with your entry. If you do not want your real full name used publicly, please provide us with a nickname as well.

***ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED BY DECEMBER 15th 2009***

Disclaimer: By submitting an entry you are agreeing that your artwork may be used for promotional purposes by SacAnime, SacCon, and other affiliated Sacramento fan conventions run by the SacAnime team.

Send your entries to:

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The winner will be announced during the cosplay, Saturday, January 9th, 2010.

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Ok, after a few PMs, we've got some clarifications.

1. The costumes do not need to be "Summer" themed. (eg: swimwear) However, the convention they will be worn at does take place during the Summer, so they should be something that will be comfortable in the Summer heat. (Our Mascots will be wearing these costumes to other conventions to promote SacAnime as well, and not all parts of the country have as pleasant of weather as Sacramento in August.) Other than that, the sky's the limit! There is no set theme, so design whatever you'd like.

2. Yes, the winning designs will be made into REAL COSTUMES by Pikminlink and Ryuchama. While they are both very talented costume makers, don't design something so elaborate that they'll have to abandon all other projects just to make these costumes. Our Mascot cosplayers will be the first round judges, and they will be focusing on which designs will actually translate into real life. So if you want to design something with floating wings, or glowing accessories, don't go overboard.

3. The "art piece" image of both of the mascots doesn't need to be a masterpiece. It's mostly there to give us an idea of how you envision your costumes in action. It's the actual costume designs that will be judged by the attendees of the Winter convention.

4. Aside from their hair color, the appearance of the mascots is up to you. The female mascot has red hair, and the male mascot has brown hair. As you can see from the reference sheet, the female mascot has had many different hairstyles over the years.

SacAnime Mascots 2006-Current

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