9 Nov 2020
Winter Sports 2020 Fanart Contest
by Ephemeral

Winter Sports 2020 Fanart Contest

by Ephemeral

Do you like to draw? Do you like winter sports? If the answer to both of those questions is a firm YES, then you're a prime contestant for our last fanart contest of the year!

Continuing on with this year's trends of themed fanart contests (and Halloween, of course), we're turning up the heat by challenging all intrepid artists in our community to a new test of their creative skill:

Draw any of the official osu! mascots or community mascots engaged in any form of winter sports, and you could win both fun and glory!

If like me, you're confined to a part of the world where the only white flakes that fall from the sky happen to be ash, never fear - a handy list is here to help you figure out what counts:

  • Skiing (in all forms)
  • Ice skating (in all forms)
  • Sledding (in all forms)
  • Tobogganing
  • Snowboarding
  • Curling
  • Most forms of recreational activity with the word 'ice' in front (climbing, racing, fishing, sailing, golf... don't ask)
  • ...and anything else that would reasonably be considered as 'winter sports'!

Feeling inspired? Got something in mind to draw? You've got 14 days from the date of this announcement post to put pen to paper and make it reality, following the rules laid out at the bottom of this newspost which you will read, because you are a wonderful person.

A top selection of the winners as voted by the community will make it onto the main menu as our Winter 2020 seasonal backgrounds, and all of said winners will receive 3 months of osu! supporter. The top three entries will also score themselves a profile badge detailing their place made from their own artwork.

Got all that? Great, now get all these rules in you too:

Rules

  • All entries MUST be themed around winter sports and feature at least one official osu!mascot or community mascot. Winter sports generally means sport activities that are generally only done in winter, but we've deliberately left it vague in this case so as not to stifle your artistic liberty.
  • All entries MUST be suitable for all-ages viewing. You'd think winter would be the least likely contest to be affected by this sort of thing, but after one entry involving Mocha, ribbons and a Christmas tree, we're not taking any chances. For the record, this means no lewds, no gore, etc.
  • SUBMIT ONLY YOUR OWN WORK. REDRAWING AND COMPOSITE WORKS ARE NOT ALLOWED. Don't plagiarize. If you are taking ANYTHING that isn't a brush and redrawing it or reframing it, you're plagiarizing. Mixing a bunch of different people's drawings and backgrounds together is not producing original work.
  • ARTIST ATTRIBUTION (names, social media handles, etc) MUST BE LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN THREE LINES TOTAL AND CONFINED TO EITHER THE BOTTOM LEFT OR BOTTOM RIGHT CORNERS OF YOUR ENTRY. Being proud of your work is good, just do it in a reasonably small spot of your work. Please understand that we're not very fond of anything ad-related in osu!, and attribution that is blaring enough can be considered as one.
  • Entries MUST meet the resolution requirements for a main-menu piece - namely 2732x1536. THIS IS CHECKED BY A SCRIPT AND ENTRIES THAT DO NOT MATCH THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE DISCARDED AUTOMATICALLY. This is the #1 reason for entries not making it to voting phase. MAKE SURE YOUR ENTRY MEETS THE EXACT RESOLUTION REQUIREMENTS ABOVE. Check your work after you've exported it and BEFORE you submit it. People have been really good about this during the past few contests, please keep it going!
  • 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 you draw that is inside the dotted circle won't be seen during voting phase, because we super-impose an osu! cookie over all entries during voting phase to simulate what they're going to look like on the main menu. Please accommodate for this in your drawing!
  • DO NOT LEAVE THE DOTTED osu! COOKIE TEMPLATE VISIBLE IN YOUR SUBMISSION!
  • DO NOT LEAVE THE DOTTED osu! COOKIE TEMPLATE VISIBLE IN YOUR SUBMISSION!
  • DO NOT LEAVE THE DOTTED osu! COOKIE TEMPLATE VISIBLE IN YOUR SUBMISSION!
  • Don't use copyrighted characters from other intellectual properties. All the official osu! mascots and the community mascots are fair game, but please avoid using representations of characters from other worlds or franchises in your work. Remember also that the community mascots are someone else's treasured creation, so please treat them with the same respect that you'd treat your own OCs and work.

Once you're all suited up and ready to submit your entry, head on over to the Winter Sports 2020 Fanart Contest listing and make it happen.

To all those who are entering, good luck, and have fun!

—Ephemeral

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My first time submitting my art publicly... It's nerving but pretty exciting.

Btw does anyone know if post-submission edits to your submissions are possible? Like if your entry is placed around the top 10 you're allowed to "revise" your drawing to fix small errors? Probably unlikely, but there's so many tiny things that I noticed in my drawing after the deadline, its bothering me haha.

Anyways, can't wait to see all of your submissions!

Karydza Jagdblume

Entries are not editable after the deadline (except in rare cases, when there has been a problem with your submission and it's not in the voting phase).

Good luck to you ! ^-^

Jagdblume Karydza

Ahh okay, just gotta make sure I start drawing earlier next contest haha.

Thanks!

First time submitting for any sort of art contest, gl all!

Karydza trindomeer

good luck to you too ! ^-^

i don’t love mine, good luck everyone

Karydza Roro-san

We are not always at the top for our art ...
But I'm sure that your entry is very beautiful ! ^-^

This is exiting, I submitted mine for the first time haha

Karydza Bread_San

Good luck !

i'm curious when will voting start

m0a_m0a cant play osu

judging from the last contest, it'll probably be tomorrow.

i finally finished mine im actually so happy, cant wait to see other people's entries :3

Yunarkm Son Gokudeleted

i honestly wanna see what could go wrong with mocha and a tree

trindomeer pottomotto22

they probably left the dotted osu cookie visible

Karydza pottomotto22

I seem to have seen this pic somewhere ... The problem is that there was only Mocha, ribbons and the tree. I think the artist forgot Mocha's clothes (much to Ephemeral's delight).

Creameries pottomotto22

yea same

Finally submitted ! I struggled to finish my pic. I can't wait to see the other entries.
Good luck all, and courage to those have not finished !

i submitted, kinda excited

Can anyone send me that Christmas Mocha with ribbons thingy? I got curious about it. And dont worry about me getting disturbed about that piece

"You'd think winter would be the least likely contest to be affected by this sort of thing, but after one entry involving Mocha, ribbons and a Christmas tree, we're not taking any chances." You've underestimated the extend of our degeneracy.

please tell me im not the only one who still hasnt gotten past the sketch when theres currently like 3 days left😳

nwku Son Goku

same im struggling T-T

im glad that im not the only one struggling ;-;

Karydza Son Goku

Your weekend promises to be long in your pic. ^^'
Courage and good luck ! I hope to see your entries for voting.

(I still have to make the finishes.)

Son Goku Karydza

ahhh i hope to see your entry as well, i always vote for your art because its so pretty wAAA 💕💕💕

not slepp Son Gokudeleted
Son Goku not slepp

gl to you too aHH

Noobypro Son Goku

dont worry i just got to coloring

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hoshiboy Spilak

Yep 👍:)

nwku hoshiboy

what do you mean by DO NOT LEAVE THE DOTTED osu! COOKIE TEMPLATE VISIBLE IN YOUR SUBMISSION!

DO NOT LEAVE THE DOTTED osu! COOKIE TEMPLATE VISIBLE IN YOUR SUBMISSION

DO NOT LEAVE THE DOTTED osu! COOKIE TEMPLATE VISIBLE IN YOUR SUBMISSION!

yohhhhhh

winter baskatball

are we allowed to make actual drawings on paper and send a picture in for submission?

Redeal Desfrei

Maybe if you scan it and make it digital they'll allow it because I doubt they'll allow a picture of it from a camera

Karydza Desfrei

Nothing in the rules prohibit it, but I seen not a traditional pic in the previous competitions.

I have a question

Can we draw our arts on digital?

And do we have to draw one Official Osu mascot and one community osu mascot?

And also can we change the mascot's outfit?Do they have too be in action?
(Ex. An official mascot is snowboarding like in action)

Karydza Aki_Nii432

Yes, we can draw on digital.

For mascots, we are free to draw an official osu! mascot or a community mascot, one is sufficient but we can draw more.

For the outfit, we are free to do what we want, just it must to be "all-ages viewing".

The action doesn't seem obligatory, I think we can make them passive (ex: sitting in the snow with a snowboard).

I invite you to look the entries from previous contests, you can get a idea of what is expected for this contest.
previous competitions:

(I hope I answered all your questions. ^-^)

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LunaJane Celybi

What does that mean? XD

hi, I just wanna ask, if the mascots in that fanart have to be doing something? :d Like if they are have to be in some action. Or If you look at the pic(where is the character not in action at the moment like skiing for example, but) it's immediately clear that this is someting with winter sports.

Karydza Liimonade

Hey. ^-^

"Winter sports generally means sport activities that are generally only done in winter, but we've deliberately left it vague in this case so as not to stifle your artistic liberty."

I think you can to draw the mascots resting, waiting or supporting, ect ... (You can imagine them watching winter sports on TV, it can be funny.)

Liimonade Karydza

thaank youuu!

cool

I feel consious about my art, hopefuly it wouldnt be too bad

Karydza Creameries

Art is beautiful if it's make with passion.
I think your entry will be pretty ! ^-^

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1Mihadeleted

why have i never heard of osu mascot?

Karydza onion3000

It's a good question. ^-^'
If you want to know more you can go here : https://osu.ppy.sh/help/wiki/Mascots

finnnaly

i WILL leave the dotted osu! cookie template visible in my submission.

ok idk how am i going to do this but i am going to do this

same XD

im really sad that i suck at drawing because if i was good at drawing then i might have been able to win

Son Goku TempleYXD

it isnt exactly all about winning nor is it about being good or bad at art, those things really dont matter at all and its better if you do it just for the fun of it ^-^

Karydza Son Goku

Draw more for fun and less for glory ! ^-^

Torneito

:0

cuando harán más torneítos?

i can send anime with snow man on it just for winter heheheheheh

Just so I don't make a mistake, What does it mean "not to leave the dotted osu! Cookie template visible in your submission" . so I dont make any mistakes when submitting my work.

ltca Cloudii_Atsuko

dont leave the white dotted outline, and the osu cookie wording in the middle on your submission

I am eager to see the performance of the contestants (:

zzzzz

imma try entering here, as long as i have my motivation

I'm gonna try this ! I'm feeling like I can do it this year ! ^^

Karydza Sinon osu

Just do it !

cookie

Astrival Mayuhcita

cookie

mmmm osu cookie

Karydza rozuumari

It reminds of my entry of spring 2020 ...

hope they put some b00bs there

Creameries nikisdead

granted

nikisdead Creameries

yeah thats what im talking about

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Just remembering guys, DO NOT LEAVE THE DOTTED osu! COOKIE TEMPLATE VISIBLE IN YOUR SUBMISSION!