Otakyun! 2024 Theme Art Competition

1 winner and 1 special honorary will be selected for Otakyun! 2024 Theme Art Competition. They are:

  • Best Theme Award 
  • Special Honorary Award

Competition Terms & Conditions

  1. This is an online digital art contest.
  2. All submitted artworks must be digital paintings created with illustration software.
  3. There is no limitation regarding the software used to create the artworks.
  4. Criteria: All entries MUST draw our mascots Akari-chan and Gao-nyan including their trademark accessories. Kazuki-kun is Optional but recommended.
  5. The character sheet can be downloaded here – Akari-chan, Kazuki-kun & Gao-Nyan
  6. Emiko-chan & Akari chan alter (Matsuri outfit ) shall not be included in this artwork
  7. DO NOT genderbend Otakyun’s Mascot
  8. The Competition is open to all Malaysians and Non-Malaysians residing within Malaysia.
  9. The Participant MUST have a full copyright of their submitted work.
  10. NO AI generated art is allowed, if discovered the artwork will be disqualified immediately.
  11. Works containing pornography, religion, politics, racism, promoting violence, LGBT or any unrelated ACG elements won’t be accepted.
  12. Plagiarise of existing or another party’s artwork will be disqualified.
  13. There is no limit to the number of artworks that a Participant can submit.
  14. Submission is free of charge.
  15. File size must not exceed 50MBs.
  16. Only png and jpeg image file formats will be accepted.
  17. Minimum quality accepted is 300 dpi and 2,000 pixels wide. RGB colour
  18. Submissions with very low quality will be disqualified.

Submission Deadline

  • Artwork submissions is open from 22 October 2024 to 30 November 2024.
  • Submitted artworks will be evaluated and published on Otakyun!’s Facebook album on 2 December 2024. Disqualified works will be excluded.

How to Submit

Artworks must be submitted through this form.

General Rules

  1. The Competition is organised and sponsored by Geki Events Management (GEM), called herein the Organiser.
  2. By taking part in the Competition, the Participant agrees to the official rules and regulations set by the Organiser.
  3. Submission of artwork by the Participant through this form indicates the Participant accepts and agrees to the terms and conditions as well as the rules and regulation as stipulated by the Organiser.
  4. By entering the competition, the Participant represents, acknowledges, and warrants that the submitted artwork is an original work created solely by the Participant, that the creation does not infringe on any copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or intellectual property rights of any person or entity, and that no other party has any right, title, claim, or interest in the image
  5. All copyrights during and after the competition belong to the Participant and provide consent to the Organiser to publish it. The Organiser may showcase or use the artworks submitted in the Competition on its website and social media and to use them for marketing purposes.
  6. Artworks must not be watermarked, either by any external source, any company logos, trademarks or otherwise display copyrighted content which does not belong to the Participant. Personal logos , signatures and social media platforms are allowed.
  7. The theme of the winning Artwork under Best Theme Award will be used by the Organiser as Otakyun! 2025 theme.

Awards and Winners

  1. Winners will be selected by the representatives of GEM, and will receive the following prizes:
    • Best Theme Award: XPPEN Artist 13.3 Pro display + E-Certificate
    • Special Honorary Award: XPPEN Deco Fun L tablet + E- Certificate
  2. The determinative criteria will be: Quality, Concept, Creativity and Mascot accuracy.
  3. The Winners will be announced on 12 December 2024 online on the Organiser’s social media. The Winners will be informed personally via email/contact number as per submitted in the form.
  4. The prizes will be delivered to the winners (within Malaysia only).
  5. If the awarded Artworks are deemed to be invalid by any reason, alternate winners will be selected. Decision is final.

Additional Information

The Organiser reserves the right to amend, change or modify the Terms and Conditions and Rules and Regulations without informing the Participants beforehand.
For any questions or comments, please contact us at contact@otakyun.my.
Disclaimer: GEM reserves the right to CHOOSE whether to use the art submitted for this competition.
Thank you. We look forward to your submissions. Good luck!
Information collected via this form is solely for Otakyun! 2024 Theme Art Competition only.
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