"Character Design 2" Digital Art Contest - Official Rules

Competition Terms:
  1. This is a 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. Theme: Character Design. All entries must follow the Competition theme and present original characters. 
  5. The Competition is open to amateur and professional artists.
  6. The Participant MUST have a full copyright of their submitted work.
  7.  Submissions containing filtered photos, photo manipulations, collages or  animation are NOT accepted.
  8. Works containing pornography or promoting violence won’t be accepted.
  9. The Competition is international.
  10. There is no limit to the number of images that a Participant can submit.
  11. Submission is free of charge.
  12. File size must not exceed 10MBs.
  13. Only png and jpeg image file formats will be accepted.
  14. Minimum resolution accepted is 600 pixels wide.
  15. Submissions with very low quality won't be accepted.
 
Submission Deadline:
     Artwork submissions will be accepted from September 8 to October 4, 2022.  
     The submitted artworks will be evaluated and published in a special competition gallery immediately after being approved.

How to Submit:
    The Artworks must be submitted through the special submission form on Pixarra’s website at www.pixarra.com/competition
 
General rules:
  1. The Competition is organized and sponsored by Pixarra Inc., called herein the Organizer.
  2. To take part in the Competition, the Participant must agree to the official rules.
  3. By submitting an artwork through the online form at www.Pixarra.com, the Participant agrees to these Rules.
  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 the 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 the copyrights during and after the competition belong to the Participant. The Organizer may showcase the artworks taking part in the Competition on its website and social media and to use them for marketing purposes.
  6. Artworks must not be watermarked by any external source, cannot have any company logos, trademarks or otherwise display copyrighted content which does not belong to the Participant. Personal logos and signatures are allowed.

 
Awards and Winners:

    1. The winners will be selected by representatives of Pixarra, and will receive the following prizes:           
        First Place: TwistedBrush Pro Studio 25
        Second Place: Pixarra Studio Bundle 4 
        Third Place: Pixarra Studio Product  (Paint Studio, Tree Studio, Blob Studio, Liquid Studio, Luminance Studio, Pixel Studio or Selfie Studio) by choice
    2. The determinative criteria will be: quality, technique and thematic relevance.   
    3. The Winners will be announced on the Organizer’s website and social media, on October 7, 2022. The Winners will be informed personally via email.
    4. If the top Artworks are deemed to be invalid by any reason or the Winners don’t respond within 72 hours after being contacted by the Organizer, alternate winners will be selected.

Additional information:
  1. The Organizer reserves the right to modify the Rules without informing the Participants beforehand.
  2. The Organizer is not held responsible for any damage or loss experienced as a result of participating in the competition by the Participant or any parties related to him/her/it.
  3. By accepting the competition rules, the Participant agrees that his/her personal information will be collected, processed and disclosed to third parties for the needs of the contest.
           3.1. The Participant’s name will be displayed in the gallery along with his/her submission(s) as well as on the Organizer’s social media pages during the contest and submission promotions.
           3.2. If the Participant is among the contest winners, his/her name and email will be disclosed to the contest sponsors in order to receive the prize. In this case, the Participant’s name will be displayed in the winners list on the Organizer’s website.
 
 
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