New Zealand Fighting Game Forum

from http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=371173 :

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NeoGAF: Create the Official Box Art for the EU Release of BlazBlue! #1
ARC System Works of Europe (registered as Zen United Ltd, UK) is holding a competition for NeoGAF users to create box art images for BlazBlue PS3 and 360 in preparation for the European release of the game.


About the game
BlazBlue is the latest gorgeously rendered HD 2d fighting game from the creators of Guilty Gear. BlazBlue offers depth without sacrificing accessibility, for a game experience anyone can get into.


What's in it for you?
The best illustration will be used as the box art of the European BlazBlue release. The best remaining illustrations will be included in the manual, and the winners will receive recognition in the game's credits.

//Prize will be .... copy of game (of course!), signed poster by original creators, BlazBlue T-Shirts (Jpn version) and lots more!

Guidelines
Creativity is encouraged; there is no need to be derivative of the Japanese/US boxarts.
All official character images are uploaded for your reference. You can make use of them and/or draw original material. We will ask the NeoGAF community to nominate 10 finalists, and we will select the winner from that list.
Minimum resolution is 300dpi


Terms of Participation
Winners will be asked to transfer copyright of their work. Use of participants' work will remain dependent on suitable entries (as deemed by Zen United, Ltd.) being submitted.


How to apply?
Please submit your drawing in .pdf or .jpg format before the end of September.

some materials
http://www.aksysgames.com/blazblue/wallpapers/ (US version of wall papers)
http://blazblue.jp/special.html (Jpn version of wall papers)
http://blazblue.4shared.com/ (password is subtitle of blazblue, starting from Cl, no space between two words)

If you need layered file of any characters, please let us know. We will upload them upon request.

Thanks in advance for your participation!

ARC Europe

PS we are preparing an email address for NeoGAF community to contact us. Please give us a few days. Japan is in summer holiday this week!

Richard and Gene should get on this and win me a copy.

i cant bloody colour :S

i didnt thnk this was getting a release on xbox pal

is there a date?

q1 2010, there's a thread in the game releases forum.

That's the irony,

I don't know the characters well enough to draw the cover. Ironically it's the people that already have the game that'll have the best shot at it I reckon. There will be an outcry from fans if you screw up the slightest details on one of the characters costumes. I know it'd piss me off if everytime I looked at the SF4 Ken had stubble or even worse, sideburns! (Not that sidies aren't cool)

Besides, I think my skills aren't pimp enough to win it. Though I'd be interested to see the final result. 

Using my unparalleled skills at photoshop and a blalantly stolen image, I will...

oh dear...

it didn't really come out right...

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/381/blazbluee.jpg

That is fucking awesome

its all over, diablo wins it.

I only saw this thread today.

BTW we should have an NZISM art competition!!!

Quote from: CrazyMobius on August 31, 2009, 10:45:55 AM
I only saw this thread today.

BTW we should have an NZISM art competition!!!

I like to but only black n white ...no colour...easy 4 every1

Sweet. I'll have a think about how it can be done. I don't know about a prize other than prestige but I'll see what I can do.

Quote from: CrazyMobius on August 31, 2009, 03:30:31 PM
Sweet. I'll have a think about how it can be done. I don't know about a prize other than prestige but I'll see what I can do.

I could help you out with the prize too.  Anything to help out the community give me a yell

Fuck. We should make it a competition to create a new banner.

Ie. Incorporate the logo, and potentially the green/grey colourscheme, and the winning design becomes the new site banner?

That would actually be really interesting. The forum members could vote for the winner.

Quote from: ILL_BILL on August 31, 2009, 08:24:52 PM
The forum members could vote for the winner.

Definitely like the sound of that. I'm sure this forum has a poll function.

Quote from: StereoMonkey

I could help you out with the prize too.  Anything to help out the community give me a yell

Just sent you a PM man.

Watch this space people.