Art Contest 5.0

***UPDATE***: Please note that due to outages on December 27th, the contest deadline has been extended to December 28th at 11:59 pm PST!

The 2D Art Contest is back!! Are you passionate about the paintbrush? Are you a master of the markers? Or just an expert with the erasers? Well, you’re in luck because it’s time to get artsy - and this contest's theme is “Winter”! We want to see all the beautiful and wonderful things you can create using this as your base concept.


How do I submit art to the contest? 

We are introducing a theme with three new categories you can submit art to: 

  • Snow Day:

    • Show us how you plan your day turning chills into thrills. (Outdoor games, Ice Sculpture contests, Beating the cold indoors, Shoveling that frosted lawn, events prep like bundling up/excitement on weather reports)

  • Festivities:

    • Show us how you celebrate when Winter arrives. (Decoration, Feasts and Treats, Gift exchanges)

  • Frozones:

    • We want to see your ideal winter world environments. (Chilly Cabins, Frosted Forests, Cold Caves)

Disclaimer: 3 progress pics are required when submitting into these categories. Look under Rule 1, to read more on this.

The contest will begin on Monday, December 13th, 2021 and ends on Monday, December 27th, 2021. Each player can enter one piece of art in each of three categories: Snow day, Festivities, and Frozones. Artworks must fit the theme of “Winter” in some way. Art must be done by marker or paintbrush on a drawable surface, such as a canvas, whiteboard, sticky poster, sticky note, gaming table or clipboard. There will be 20 winners per category for a total of 60 winners.

You can submit your art invention name and progress photos here by Dec 27, 2021. Note that the artworks submitted do not need to be public inventions. For any questions contact Ryu (discord: Ryukiin#0001), Pow (discord: #POW0360), or Noctauto (discord: Noctauto#7241) on how to submit your art. All art will be placed in galleries for the players of Rec Room to enjoy within the next couple of days after submissions are up!

For more information on how to easily share your canvas or whiteboard progress art to Rec.net we have a tutorial here!

Rules:

  • When submitting, players are required to take three rec.net progress photos of each of their artwork. These photos are required to show a clear transition from an early version all the way till a near end version of the piece. If you send in a full timelapse of the art progress, that will also help.

  • Submissions must not have been submitted in any previous official Rec Room contests.

  • Acceptable media includes canvases, whiteboards, sticky posters, sticky notes, gaming tables, and clipboards.

  • All media must not be scaled larger than their normal size at the time of being submitted, with the exception of the sticky notes and clipboards, which may be scaled as large as the largest dimension of the sticky poster. Submissions can have any orientation (landscape or portrait). Submissions can be scaled up or down as necessary during the creation process before they have been submitted.

  • No maker pen embellishments (gizmos, shapes, etc.) are allowed to remain on the submissions. Gizmos, shapes, and circuits can be used to help create the art prior to submission but must be removed prior to submitting.

  • No maker pen embellishments (gizmos, shapes, etc.) are allowed to remain on the submissions. We will only allow CV1 Gizmos, shapes, and circuits to be used to help create the art prior to submission, but must be removed prior to submitting. CV2 will be placed on hold for this contest and reviewed if suspected of using it. If suspected we may contact the user and look into the invention to see what was used to make it. If you are using circuits and gizmos for your art you will be required to save your invention at least once for us to review it

  • Third party software (such as bot-created art) is NOT ALLOWED for the art contest. We may request to confirm progress via room or invention saves. Save frequently to ensure you are not disqualified.

  • The invention must be last saved before the submission time. If you have any questions please contact @ryu or @Noctauto before Monday, Dec 27th 11:59 PM PDT. Submission cannot be guaranteed after this point.

  • Disputes: If the origin of any art piece is disputed, players will need to prove ownership. We recommend that you work on your piece in a room that you have created.

  • Players must have a confirmed email on their Rec Room account so that we can contact them if they win.

  • All submissions must abide by the Rec Room Code of Conduct.

  • This contest is not open to players using a Junior Account due to current restrictions around juniors and the creation tools.

Prize:

We’ll have twenty unique category winners, chosen by Rec Room staff, in three categories. Each winner will get a new green contest shirt!

If a duplicate winner occurs across multiple categories, no additional prize is issued.

I need help/ I have a question! 

Join the Rec Room Discord Server and check out the #contests or #discussion channels to meet other players and get tips on getting started!

You can also find a lot of answered questions and helpful community members on the Rec Room Subreddit.

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