Returning for another year, but with added challenges! Manga Idol will now happen not once, but twice, one on each day of the convention. Four Contestants will have to face the ultimate battle of creativity, speed, precision and skill when they face each other on the drawing table. However unlike last year, Manga Idol 2009 will revolve around testing contestants and their ability to adapt to digital but also traditional media.

The CHALLENGE:

On Day One, Contestants again will be given a different theme to work within 30 minutes, however the media will be traditionally based of which the contestants are allowed to bring with them within reason their choice of art tools to the event.

On Day Two, Contestants will be given a specific theme from which they will be asked to illustrate within thirty minutes. The media will be digital, through the use of Cintiq tablet PCs provided by our sponsors WACOM.

At the end of the 30 minute battle, a panel of three professionals will judge the works and determine the winners.

For more information and application information, stop by the SMASH! 2009 forums.

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In addition to Manga Idol, there's a plethora of art competitions for you to enter and win great prizes in~


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DIGITAL ART COMPETITION

Accepts entries that are... created entirely, or with the aid of, computer graphics programs such as Photoshop, Painter, Flash, Open Canvas, SAI, Illustrator, as well as 3D programs such as Maya or 3DSMAX. A piece that was sketched and inked on paper but coloured on the computer is still considered a Digital artwork, as would an image that is sketched on paper but inked on the computer. Sequential art (comic) are most welcome, and your ability to express yourself with your medium of choice might just be your winning edge!

Theme: Using the following words as inspiration, include one or more as a visual element of the image or as the influential theme for your entry.

Flight
Courage
Laser Beams

Deadline:
Submit to the art registration desk on the weekend of SMASH!

Prizes:
TBA. Prizes will be awarded for best overall winner in each age category.

TRADITIONAL ART COMPETITION

Accepts entries that are... created with traditional media such as Tria and Copic markers, watercolours, acrylics, gauche, inks and screentones. You can use any combination of traditional media, but the piece as a whole must be created by traditional means. Typically this means sketching, inking and/or colouring without the aid of computer programs. Sequential art (comic) are most welcome, and your ability to express yourself with your medium of choice might just be your winning edge! You are allowed to enter a raw scanned/printed copy of your traditional artwork, as long as you show us the original for verification.

Theme: Using the following words as inspiration, include one or more as a visual element of the image or as the influential theme for your entry.

Flight
Courage
Laser Beams

Deadline:
Submit to the art registration desk on the weekend of SMASH!

Prizes:
TBA. Prizes will be awarded for best overall winner in each age category.

ENVELOPE ART COMPETITION

A new experiment for 2009, this competition requires entrants to decorate and illustrate to their heart's content on any conventional (or unconventional!) envelope and post it to the specified address. There are virtually no rules as to what you can create, however the envelope must be able to contain a sheet of paper (with the entrants details) and able to be sent by the Australian postal network. This is a chance to 'think outside the parcel' and experiment with the medium of mail!

Send your entries in to -

SMASH! 2009 Envelope Art Competition
PO Box 444
Concord West
NSW 2138

Deadline:
Please submit your entries via post before July 31

Prizes:
TBA. Prizes will be awarded for best overall winner and runner-up.

More Information Here!
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