19 Oct 2016
Flash Fanart Contest #7: Halloween
by Ephemeral

Flash Fanart Contest #7: Halloween

by Ephemeral

Halloween draws near. A time of spooks and thrills, and most of all - a new FLASH fanart contest! The winner gets to spook (or amaze, preferably amaze) osu! worldwide from the main menu and more!

Given the tremendous reception to the last fanart contest, we're excited to host another one, this time with the theme being 'the mascots in Halloween'. To spice things up a bit, this also includes the community-submitted mascots for the previous contests, even the ones that didn't win. If you've forgotten them already (how could you?), head on over to the fanart contest #6 page and refresh your memory.

Unlike the other contest though, this one's a flash contest, meaning that we totally didn't get lost in organizing this due to the hype surrounding a certain new ranking mode or anything. Instead, the contest is going to happen very quickly.

What this actually means is that from the date of this post, the contest will only be open for 7 days, until October 26 23:59:59 NYC.

Community voting will open only hours after the entries close, and you can expect to hear a lot of goading from us to get people voting before the polls expire on the dawn of the 31st.

And just to make extra sure, no, we don't actually mean a FLASH (as in the animation software suite) contest, but rather that this contest goes very very quickly in comparison to others that we've held.

The winning entries will have their works used as main-menu art for the duration of Halloween. We'll be choosing two winners - a community vote, and a staff pick, and rotating both winners throughout the day.

The winners will also both receive 2 months of osu! supporter to tide them over until the end of the year.

Rules

  • Artists should use the custom templates provided: PSD template / PNG template.
  • Note: these templates are to be used as a guide. Don't leave the pink circle in your work though, you'll just look dumb!
  • The artwork you create has to be Halloween themed. If you show up with Christmas stuff, you'll be comically wrong. Even if clowns are in season this Halloween, it still isn't going to fly.
  • Submit only your own work! Don't plagiarise. This should go without saying. Don't trace other people's poses or anything either.
  • Don't use copyrighted characters from other intellectual properties. You're free to use the community-submitted mascots from the last contest as references to replicate in your own work, but they still remain the creation of their original artists, so respect that!
  • Entries must meet the size requirements for a main-menu piece (at least 1366x768, or higher. 2732x1536 is optimal wherever possible.)

Also, entering the contest basically entails that you agree to let us use your art on the osu! website and associated social media accounts. We'll always give credit where credit is due though, and ensure that you get the appropriate exposure you deserve for your work.

Enter the contest here, if you dare!

—Ephemeral

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oh yea..!!!!
going to drawing.. :D

TAIKONATOR 666

Halloowenator 3000

can i ask something? should we draw a mascot, or a piece with a background and everything? i'm quite confused. if not a mascot, then why are we given the size requirements of 1366*768?

deadbeat ackerqueen-

you're submitting something that could be used as a main menu background. the theme being mascots in halloween. make sense?

I want an A! I want two N! I want a.... Why am I saying this?

Can someone help me? In this link of mascots, only have the images, how can i see the names or the artist name to send with a name like this Taikonator 9000, the Image don't have a name I know because of the community said. And I want the... 7th. please help

deadbeat daraplay

why do you need the mascot names or mascot creator names?
i can provide all of it, but you shouldn't really need them

osu the 13th

No submission limit right?

I love Halloween meow

boo...

Screw all of you

Are you lot trying to murder my hand with large resolution requirements.
Last time was already enough of a pain

Hmmm. *contemplates entering*

Spooky Scary Skeletons

so there's no rewards for the contest?

deadbeat 56567878ae

there are rewards...

i'm confused.. i opened the psd template and theres two layers, cookie and empty space .-. what layer should i be drawing on?

deadbeat celly

Draw on the empty space. The layer with the cookie is just a guide so you can position your entries to fir around the cookie

Yeaaaaaaaaa-eeeee-a-aeeeeeeeeee..

shk - halloween party with some pp jumps
(y)

hmm

halloweem

got 69th comment!

Would do but I suck at art

BEH

I love osu

is this using a flash or another software? .-.

deadbeat Emilia33

"And just to make extra sure, no, we don’t actually mean a FLASH (as in the animation software suite) contest, but rather that this contest goes very very quickly in comparison to others that we’ve held."

v3ry sp00ky

i dont see why we shouldnt let the circle in the center. since the composition is pre determined, i prefer doing a circle design in the middle. i already have an idea for what'll do, but i still find it stupid to say that its dumb. on top of that this is a fanart only for osu so i dont see the problem really..

Halliday nihapy

"Nothing can obscure the glory of the osu! cookie!". Even if It's fanart.

Remember it will be the main menu background (If you win).

Boo!... AA HA HA HA BWOAHAHAHA

Cool!!

algun español que me explique?

Pokefubuki alvarotaku

Básicamente es que creas o si participaste del concurso de mascotas de OSU lo agarres y lo hagas en temática de halloween

Halliday Pokefubuki

Puedes usar cualquiera de las mascotas (Las oficiales, o si quieres alguna del concurso pasado).

Usando las plantillas que pusieron ahí, y dibujando por debajo del logo, haz un dibujo que incluya a alguna mascota de Osu! con una temática de Hallowen. Si ganas, tu dibujo se mostrará como el fondo de la pantalla de titulo todo Hallowen C:

Rammydeleted
Ephemeral Rammy

The pink circle shows you where the osu! cookie will be, so you draw around it, and yes, what you draw will appear on the main menu if you win.

NOT HELD THAT, THE DEVIL IS HALLOWEEN, trust me - NO CELEBREN ESO, EL HALLOWEEN ES DEL DIABLO, CREANME. y si no me creen, diganle a peppy QUE SE VA AL DIABLOOOO -
and if you do not believe me, tell peppy LEAVING THE HELL

Soul Evans nidi_old

Same

ANNY WINS ROUND 2

lul

can you make halloween beatmaps :)

MakiRefuses_old PlazmaRetro

To spooky scary skeletons?

Spooked!

oq e isso aqui

hasta aora el unico americano que a comentado esto

à aora le seul Américain a commenté que cette

OoooOOOOooo. Deez are my favorite.

OsuAndGHWOR Dntm8kmeeatu

I will now m8kueatme

Dntm8kmeeatu OsuAndGHWOR

Same

: )

Spooky Scary Skeletons~

brb drawing dad for halloween

I'm inscript

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