Celebrating Horror with the I LIKE TOYS: Horror Edition Special + Start of Illustration Contest!
UPDATED: Deadline of Submissions has lapsed, and the contest is now closed. Thank you for your interest, results by Hallloween! Stay tuned! L(
The I LIKE TOYS zine celebrates mainly "art toys", and the illustrative arts in pursuit of such concepts. Feel free to browqse thru the dedicated Facebook page to find out more and further, and for you awesome folks who've gone away with a copy if Issue #1 and #1 1/2, yes, it'll be more of the same LOL
And while I am working hard for Issue #2 to launch during the period of Singapore Toy Games & Comic Con (Sept 6-7, 2014) - I've since decided to do a Special Edition of I LIKE TOYS, and I need YOUR help to get it going!
The theme for this special issue is to be the HORROR Edition, and I am aiming for at least an October 31st launch on Halloween. Unlike earlier releases, this would be focusing more on images and illustrations.
Most of the text will be in the form of your own words! Check out the sub-themes for details :)
CONTEST PRIZES & MECHANISM:
- 1 winner will be picked from each of 3 categories to receive a prize/merch pack from Band of Doodlers (seen above), kindly sponsored by Detention Barracks.
- Winners will be chosen by "Judges" for this contest; Yeo Hon Beng of Detention Barracks, and myself; Andy Heng of TOYSREVIL.
- Submissions begin NOW, and end October 1st @ 12noon (+8 GMT / Singapore time). The winners will be announced both on the TOYSREVIL-blog, and in the zine itself!
THEME:
Share with us your greatest fear! Give form to your fears!
It could be your childhood fear, or your current fear, given form (if it is an "intangible fear"), and you share with us some words of what the fear is and what the image means for you.
The text will be presented in a form of a quote, and featured on the illustration page (at the base or top of), along with the URL to find you online.
There are THREE themes / categories to choose from:
(1) Cute/Horror
(2) My Fear Made Real
(3) Zombie Pageant
THEME CATEGORY DESCRIPTION:
CUTE/HORROR
Is Cute; Horror? Is this Horror; Cute? Share with us your interpretation of what Cute/Horror means to you!
MY FEAR MADE REAL
Death by drowning. Choking on fish-bones. What is your greatest fear? Now manifest that unto a "character" and share him/her/it with us! Don't forget to describe "what", or share with us a story about your "fear"!
ZOMBIE PAGEANT
A Beauty Pageant for Zombies. TOYSREVIL has held two contests on the blog, first specific to custom toys, then the next opened to 2D illustration, and this year, we're going for black-n-white illustrations printed unto the zine! Will your zombie win "Zombie I'd Most Likely To Marry But Let My Brains Be Eaten For"?
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
- ONE illustration per category please. NOT one illustration to join all three or two categories! Please state the category you want to partake in, when you submit them, thanks!
- It could be in a form of a pin-up, or a sequential comicbook page - There is NO LIMIT to the number of submissions you have!
- Selected submissions will be published in the I LIKE TOYS Horror Edition fanzine.
- All selected drawings/illustrations must not have been published anywhere else before, be it in print/publication, or online. Drawings accepted has to be done in the year of 2014. Any submissions found to have defaulted on this, will be not accepted and any prizes given (if any) will be annulled.
- Submitted drawing(s) HAS to be yours / originated from your own effort, and NOT use another person(s) work as your own. Entries found out will be disqualified immediately!
- Email all to "toysreviler [at] gmail.com" and MUST include subject title: "I LIKE TOYS HORROR" - thanks!
- Include with you submitted artwork, your (1) NAME/NICK, (2) Personal Portfolio URL, and (3) Title / Name of your Submission. And not forgetting (4) Your description of your artwork / perusal recollections (Optional).
ARTWORK SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
- Regardless of the original size of your original artwork, the Final Size of Image you submit is to fill a A5-sized page (sized 148mm x 210mm x 300 pixels) - either portrait or landscape format, Scan it. photograph it, your choice = As Long As It Is Crispy Clear Black and White!
- Image to be strictly BLACK AND WHITE, with no gray or gradient shading, but halftones and cross-hatching are all good. Images failing to adhere to this requirement will unfortunately not be accepted.
**Essentially, I will be photo-stating the images for the zine (I am not printing it "professionally" per se ;p), and any gradual grays will be lost (Check out THIS album on my Facebook to see the result)
ARTWORK RESTRICTIONS:
- Strictly no depiction of human or animal genitalia. No private parts to be shown, be it in whole, partial, or mutilated. If it is something you firmly believe in, I will blank/blur/cover up "sensitive" bits.
**Submission of artwork means that you have agreed to this**
"OUT OF COMPETITION" SUBMISSIONS:
- Want to submit but not to join the contests? No problem! State your intentions specifically in your email submission, and you can choose either of the three categories to theme your illustrations after, and you will be featured as "Out of Competition". Absolutely no guarantees your work will be published tho :p
IMAGE COPYRIGHT:
- The copyright of the image belongs to you; the original artist ad submitter of said image. You can do whatever you want to with the original artwork.
TERMS & CONDITIONS:
- By submitting this image(s) to me, you grant me/TOYSREVIL the express permission to print and publish said image (complete with aforementioned alterations/cover-ups) into the pages of the I LIKE TOYS zine, and for online promotions.
- In return you will not receive any monetary compensation.
- Rules and Regulations subject to change.
- I will have the final decision in which the prizes are given out for any particular category. My decision is final.
The I LIKE TOYS zine celebrates mainly "art toys", and the illustrative arts in pursuit of such concepts. Feel free to browqse thru the dedicated Facebook page to find out more and further, and for you awesome folks who've gone away with a copy if Issue #1 and #1 1/2, yes, it'll be more of the same LOL
And while I am working hard for Issue #2 to launch during the period of Singapore Toy Games & Comic Con (Sept 6-7, 2014) - I've since decided to do a Special Edition of I LIKE TOYS, and I need YOUR help to get it going!
The theme for this special issue is to be the HORROR Edition, and I am aiming for at least an October 31st launch on Halloween. Unlike earlier releases, this would be focusing more on images and illustrations.
Most of the text will be in the form of your own words! Check out the sub-themes for details :)
CONTEST PRIZES & MECHANISM:
- 1 winner will be picked from each of 3 categories to receive a prize/merch pack from Band of Doodlers (seen above), kindly sponsored by Detention Barracks.
- Winners will be chosen by "Judges" for this contest; Yeo Hon Beng of Detention Barracks, and myself; Andy Heng of TOYSREVIL.
- Submissions begin NOW, and end October 1st @ 12noon (+8 GMT / Singapore time). The winners will be announced both on the TOYSREVIL-blog, and in the zine itself!
THEME:
Share with us your greatest fear! Give form to your fears!
It could be your childhood fear, or your current fear, given form (if it is an "intangible fear"), and you share with us some words of what the fear is and what the image means for you.
The text will be presented in a form of a quote, and featured on the illustration page (at the base or top of), along with the URL to find you online.
There are THREE themes / categories to choose from:
(1) Cute/Horror
(2) My Fear Made Real
(3) Zombie Pageant
THEME CATEGORY DESCRIPTION:
CUTE/HORROR
Is Cute; Horror? Is this Horror; Cute? Share with us your interpretation of what Cute/Horror means to you!
MY FEAR MADE REAL
Death by drowning. Choking on fish-bones. What is your greatest fear? Now manifest that unto a "character" and share him/her/it with us! Don't forget to describe "what", or share with us a story about your "fear"!
ZOMBIE PAGEANT
A Beauty Pageant for Zombies. TOYSREVIL has held two contests on the blog, first specific to custom toys, then the next opened to 2D illustration, and this year, we're going for black-n-white illustrations printed unto the zine! Will your zombie win "Zombie I'd Most Likely To Marry But Let My Brains Be Eaten For"?
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
- ONE illustration per category please. NOT one illustration to join all three or two categories! Please state the category you want to partake in, when you submit them, thanks!
- It could be in a form of a pin-up, or a sequential comicbook page - There is NO LIMIT to the number of submissions you have!
- Selected submissions will be published in the I LIKE TOYS Horror Edition fanzine.
- All selected drawings/illustrations must not have been published anywhere else before, be it in print/publication, or online. Drawings accepted has to be done in the year of 2014. Any submissions found to have defaulted on this, will be not accepted and any prizes given (if any) will be annulled.
- Submitted drawing(s) HAS to be yours / originated from your own effort, and NOT use another person(s) work as your own. Entries found out will be disqualified immediately!
- Email all to "toysreviler [at] gmail.com" and MUST include subject title: "I LIKE TOYS HORROR" - thanks!
- Include with you submitted artwork, your (1) NAME/NICK, (2) Personal Portfolio URL, and (3) Title / Name of your Submission. And not forgetting (4) Your description of your artwork / perusal recollections (Optional).
ARTWORK SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
- Regardless of the original size of your original artwork, the Final Size of Image you submit is to fill a A5-sized page (sized 148mm x 210mm x 300 pixels) - either portrait or landscape format, Scan it. photograph it, your choice = As Long As It Is Crispy Clear Black and White!
- Image to be strictly BLACK AND WHITE, with no gray or gradient shading, but halftones and cross-hatching are all good. Images failing to adhere to this requirement will unfortunately not be accepted.
**Essentially, I will be photo-stating the images for the zine (I am not printing it "professionally" per se ;p), and any gradual grays will be lost (Check out THIS album on my Facebook to see the result)
ARTWORK RESTRICTIONS:
- Strictly no depiction of human or animal genitalia. No private parts to be shown, be it in whole, partial, or mutilated. If it is something you firmly believe in, I will blank/blur/cover up "sensitive" bits.
**Submission of artwork means that you have agreed to this**
"OUT OF COMPETITION" SUBMISSIONS:
- Want to submit but not to join the contests? No problem! State your intentions specifically in your email submission, and you can choose either of the three categories to theme your illustrations after, and you will be featured as "Out of Competition". Absolutely no guarantees your work will be published tho :p
IMAGE COPYRIGHT:
- The copyright of the image belongs to you; the original artist ad submitter of said image. You can do whatever you want to with the original artwork.
TERMS & CONDITIONS:
- By submitting this image(s) to me, you grant me/TOYSREVIL the express permission to print and publish said image (complete with aforementioned alterations/cover-ups) into the pages of the I LIKE TOYS zine, and for online promotions.
- In return you will not receive any monetary compensation.
- Rules and Regulations subject to change.
- I will have the final decision in which the prizes are given out for any particular category. My decision is final.
