12 Jul 2019
Summer 2019 Fanart Contest
by Ephemeral

Summer 2019 Fanart Contest

by Ephemeral

Sizzling scores abound this summer, time to crank up the heat even more with our latest seasonal fan art contest! Wield your drawing implement of choice and draw any of the osu! mascots enjoying the summer sun for glory. And prizes!

Like drawing? Great, because we all love to see it! The artists among us willing to brave the heat of fierce competition now have 14 days from the time of this post to slap down their most spicy take on any summer-themed rendition of the official or community osu! mascots.

Seaside shenanigans, blistering barbeques, chilled-out camping - if it's summer, it's in, and all it needs is your creativity and a dash of osu! mascot to be in the running.

Every entry that qualifies as per the rules below will be put up for 7 days of voting as usual, and a selection of the top-scoring pieces will be chosen as the winners of the contest, and featuring as the Summer seasonal in-game backgrounds for 2019! Plus, their authors will receive 2 months of osu!supporter for their efforts.

Feeling up for it? Check out the rules below (even if you're a regular, some have changed!) and then dive on over to the contest listing page and submit your entry into the mix.

Make sure you read the rules carefully before entering. We've had a lot of otherwise really good entries end up excluded from the voting because of people not following instructions properly. It's sad for us and sad for you when this happens!

Rules

  • All entries MUST relate to SUMMER in some way. This means summer the season. Obvious is good, subtle is also fine, but make sure that it isn't too subtle. Remember what the contest is about!
  • All entries must be suitable for all-ages viewing. Upwards of a hundred thousand people or more may see your entry if it makes it to the main-menu, and possibly for several months at a time.
  • As above, if you're drawing swimsuits, please keep them modest! Bikinis and the like are fine, just try not to be too titillating. Try and remember also that each mascot does actually have established body sizes and proportions as per their design. You won't be disqualified for straying too far from the latter, but still!
  • Artists should use the custom templates provided (PSD template / PNG template) when composing their piece as a guideline to understand where the osu! cookie will be placed on the main menu and during the voting process. Anything inside the dotted circle will NOT be visible during voting phase, and will be heavily obscured by the main menu cookie if it makes it to the game client.
  • DO NOT LEAVE THE DOTTED osu! COOKIE TEMPLATE VISIBLE IN YOUR SUBMISSION! Please don't do this. It doesn't need to be there when you're done drawing, it just makes your work look worse.
  • ACCOUNT FOR THE DOTTED osu! COOKIE TEMPLATE IN THE COMPOSITION OF YOUR WORK! We've already said this, but anything inside the dotted circle will not be seen during voting phase and will be very difficult to see on the main menu. You still need to draw something there — don't just leave it blank, but be creative about it. Check out previous contest entries for inspiration!
  • Entries MUST meet the resolution requirements for a main-menu piece - namely 2732x1536. A script automatically discards entries that don't meet the resolution requirements, even if they're off by only a few pixels. Check your work and make sure your piece is exporting with the right dimensions!
  • SUBMIT ONLY YOUR OWN WORK! NO TRACING! NO REDRAWING! NO COMPOSITE WORKS! Brushes and other helpful assets are fine, but redrawing manga stills or tracing or any other really ugly and spurious artistic thing that everybody generally hates and involves flogging other people's work off as your own is flat out not allowed, and if we find out you're doing it... well, you don't want to find out what'll happen.
  • Don't use copyrighted characters from other intellectual properties. You can freely use any of the osu! mascots (pippi, Yuzu, Mocha, Maria) and any of the community mascots (Tama, Aiko, Taikonator, so on), but stay away from using direct representations of characters from other worlds or franchises in your work. Remember that the community mascots are also someone else's creation, so make sure to treat their work with the same respect that you'd treat yours.

Oh, and just in case you've forgotten, you can also consult this handy link for a quick overview of all the osu! official mascots and their current designs, plus many of the more popular community mascots.

So what are you waiting for? Take the plunge and head over to the Summer 2019 Fanart Contest listing and enter now!

—Ephemeral

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Does it take that long to set up the page with the rankings? I would have imagined its automated and would happen rather quickly lolz

broken-bun Lucridential

I mean they gotta select the amount of winners and put it in the game-

Lucridential broken-bun

yea true but I'm gonna make a guess and say putting images into your game is one of the easier and faster things in game development

voting ended, good luck everyone!

:P oof

NVM Y'ALL THE VOTING STARTED: https://osu.ppy.sh/community/contests/79
EDIT: IM ABOUT TO CRY THESE ENTRIES ARE TOO GOOD HOW CAN I CHOOSE ;;;;

Can everyone send their entry before the voting i'm too impatient asidjh-
this is mine: http://fav.me/ddckl00

Halide broken-bun

One of the mods said the voting was up but they were having issues with thumbnails. I still don't see it tho :/

Um- cuz i'm very curious and i like to show my drawings so i'll just post it there ig? qwq
https://prnt.sc/ol065d
(Btw, i know the hand won't be seen and other stuff but, i didn't realize at the first time TwT.)

BoraKittyJoeJoe FriskInUrDream

👌👌👌
I love your drawing

FriskInUrDream BoraKittyJoeJoe

Aww thanks! ❤

there's probably around 150-250 entries, and each has to be carefully screened :< i hope voting opens up soon as well but i understand the wait

...
Can someone tell me please

Idk but WHY THE VOTING process is slow?
I really don't understand why lol

Halide LimdAky

Correct me If I'm wrong, but from what I checked, the last contest only took a day for the voting. This the first time I've done this, so I don't really know what's going on, but it's a little frustrating.

LimdAky Halide

ok thanks lol

Haha i finished in 2hours in the last 14hours, take that i can 24/7 woke
Art here:
https://twitter.com/ShinHenG2/status/1154047039618965505?s=19

hopefully they make voting instructions more clear this time around :0

Vote for me plz :D
Click this link for the result :D http://fav.me/ddbkkpk

Lucridential MitsuhaMymz

I dont want to be an asshole because what you drew looks really nice and I appreciate your work so keep it up! But trying to get votes like this is really shady and it makes a bad image on you tbh

Does anyone know when the voting will open?

Rachel_27 Halide

tomorrow maybe or the other day

good luck for everyone who participated ^w^

aaa can't wait to see everyone's entry !! ;u;

omg I sent my artwork 6 days ago and now I'm so worried and excited (0<_0)

aww.. I wanted to participate! Maybe next time :(

Made it in time :D

I didn't realize that the contest existed until I had less than 5 days to draw something, and I'm proud of myself because that was the fastest time I've ever made a detailed digital drawing.
Edit: I finished about a couple of hours when there was less than a day left

BoraKittyJoeJoe BoraKittyJoeJoe

If you want to check out the submission I made early, check it out here
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/570239021796556840/603813728709771280/Summer_sunset_UwU.png

Peppy I finished 5 minutes late ;-;

SheepeyDarkness SheepeyDarkness

Good news, I submitted one just-in-case and peppy or the support staff was able to replace the entry. :) Good luck to everyone!

BoraKittyJoeJoe SheepeyDarkness

that's great, I can't wait to see it

Goosebearies SheepeyDarkness

:c

Rachel_27 Goosebearies

:<

Entries are officially closed! Hope everyone has fun voting :D Can't wait to see everything. Glad that the stress is over now.

finished my part a few days ago. i hope i win ;;A;;

I began drawing too late and now it looks crappy T-T

Halide kahleavi

I had to scrap two of the characters and settle because I spend way to long on the background and didn't have good time management :/

Halide Halide

Also, nice LilyPichu pfp lol

1 hour boys n gals

i just made 5/10 background and -1/10 character

I AM SO SORRY PIPPI I HAD NO TIME I HOPE U UNDERSTAND ;-;

had to finish last minute; first time doing this. good luck everyone!

SOOO ABOUT THAT PROPORTION THING (reconsiders breast size I drew for Alisa) YEAA SO ABOUT THAT.

gl all!

Sunako's entry ftw

Go go 😎

This is my first time drawing digitally, aiming for 3 votes 🤞 Good luck everyone!

... I was going to apply but totally forgot 'bout it. Wishin' luck to those who haven't finished their entries!!

Im going to participate yei

Goosebearies LimdAky

gl with 17 hours owo

Goshhhh I did to many details in mine and guess what TwT

BlueLeafCalibur MatchaGamer

You had a really hard time coloring it? Or it's too detailed that it doesn't look that appealing anymore?

MatchaGamer BlueLeafCalibur

I had a really hard time coloring it TwT

ahhh just finished mine uwu

PPPPttttssssssss..

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

1 day and 6 hours left I need to hurry too xD

I really should hurry up 0-0

Rachel_27 kahleavi

me too 0_0''

Halide Rachel_27

same, i've only done the background and lineart

idk if i should participate again. i will just give it a try! good luck to everyone uwu

wew this is nice

gl all

good luck to everyone participating✌︎('ω')✌︎

Wtf this art is great XD

Oof im bad at drawing but I'll still try, wish me luck everyone :'v

Good luck :) Nothing is impossible

A beach ball the exact same size as the osu! cookie should do the trick lmao

I may do this but I'm new to digital so I hope I do good

thats good

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