Time: 10am - 3pm | Place: Dollfie Area, Lv2

Are you a dollfie owner with a penchant for photography? Then this competition is for you! A new event for SMASH! 2008, the Dollfie Photography Competition allows doll owners to submit photos of their little ones for display and judging. SMASH! will be holding two categories for this event, they include:

Portrait - Photographs where the face and expression is the main focus of the image. Portraits are primarily upper body shots.

Abstract - Photographs which focus on areas other than the face, or where the doll is but one element in an overall picture. Abstracts may include a doll's face, but this should not be the main focus of the image.

Accepts entries that are... printed photographs taken by you of Asian Ball-Joint Dolls which you personally own. You may enhance your photographs with digital editing programs, but remember that this is a competition for photography, not photomanipulation.

Submit your entries on the day of the event. Click here to read full competition rules and entry information.

The prize for this event is sponsored by:

Time: 10am - 3pm | Place: Art Room, Lv2

THEME: Using these words as inspiration, include one (or more) of the following as a visual element of your image.

• Mushroom
• Prince
• Robot

Accepts entries that are... created entirely, or with the aid of, computer graphics programs such as Photoshop, Painter, Open Canvas and Illustrator, as well as 3D programs such as Maya. A piece that was sketched and inked on paper but coloured on the computer is still considered a Digital artwork, as would an image that is sketched on paper but inked on the computer.

Submit your entries on the day of the event. Click here to read competition rules and entry information.

Prizes:
Winner age 18 and over = Wacom Intuos 3 6" x 8"
Winner age 17 and under = Wacom Intuos 3 6" x 8"

The prize for this event is sponsored by:

Time: 10am - 3pm | Place: Art Room, Lv2

THEME: Using these words as inspiration, include one (or more) of the following as a visual element of your image.

• Mushroom
• Prince
• Robot

Accepts entries that are... created with traditional media such as Tria and Copic markers, watercolours, acrylics, gauche, inks and screentones. You can use any combination of traditional media, but the piece as a whole must be created by traditional means. Typically this means sketching, inking and/or colouring without the aid of computer programs. You are allowed to enter a raw scanned/printed copy of your traditional artwork, as long as you show us the original for verification.

Submit your entries on the day of the event. Click here to read competition rules and entry information.

Prizes:
Winner age 18 and over = Wacom Intuos 3 6" x 8"
Winner age 17 and under = Wacom Bamboo 6" x 9"

The prize for this event is sponsored by:

Time: 10am - 3pm | Place: Art Room, Lv2

THEME: Legends, adventure and discovery

Accepts entries that are... created in the style of a sequential comic, using panels and layouts of images. They do not have to contain dialogue. For the SMASH! 2008 comic competition, entries will be limited to B5/A4 in size, no more than one page. How you choose to lay out your comic on this page is entirely up to you, as long as the comic contains two or more panels. For example, you might choose to do a 4-koma comic, or fill the entire page; it's up to you.

Submit your entries on the day of the event. Click here to read competition rules and entry information.

Prizes:
Winner age 18 and over = Wacom Intuos 3 6" x 8"
Winner age 17 and under = Wacom Bamboo 6" x 9"

The prize for this event is sponsored by:

Time: 10am - 3pm | Place: Art Room, Lv2

Unlike all the other Art Competition categories where you can prepare your work beforehand, the Doodle competition is a test of time and creativity! The Doodle comp challenges your skill to produce an artwork in a limited timeframe; SMASH! will only accept entries that have been drawn on the day. This is an unthemed category, so let your imagination run wild.

Competition entry will be opened on the day. Entries will be closed at 3pm for judging.

Prizes:
Winner age 18 and over = Wacom Bamboo 6" x 9"
Winner age 17 and under = Wacom Bamboo 6" x 9"

The prize for this event is sponsored by:

A brand new event for SMASH! 2008, the Character Design competition invites artists, comic creators and writers from all over Australia to flex their imagination and be a part our event. Whether you can attend SMASH! or not, read on to find out how you can be creative with SMASH!

But first, a tale of two twins; the SMASH! mascots, Skadi and Cyrus:

A long time ago, before the age of Akira, a pair of twins silently arrived on earth.

Cyrus and Skadi are the 27th Prince and Princess of a small green planet in the Ota Kuu galaxy, called Sumashcomianganimelis (or "Smash" for short.) The twins received a special mission from the King of Cosmos, to spread the unique culture of the Ota Kuu galaxy to other planets and promote future tourism to their galaxy.

It wasn't going to be an easy mission, and they soon realised they had no idea where to start! The two travelled to Earth, curious about this small green and blue planet. Little did they realise that everywhere they went, they left a piece of their culture with the people they met and the places they visited. Images and encounters which would inspire many artists, writers and animators for years to come. Far beyond their expectation, the mission became very successful.

The twins decided to tour around the world to investigate the secret behind their success. Unfortunately, they were separated and lost their way in Australia; how would they find each other now? Having lost contact with each other, Skadi soon thought of a plan to find Cyrus: if she could organise an event that could gather all the anime related people and objects in Australia, Cyrus would be there too!

She named the event SMASH!, after the planet they lived in, so Cyrus would know he could find Skadi there.

And now...

Skadi and Cyrus have been gone from their planet for a while. The King of Cosmos is beginning to worry about the state of their mission, so he has sent one of his trusted subjects to find Skadi and Cyrus and see how they are progressing with their quest to spread the culture of the Ota Kuu galaxy.

Your mission!

Design a character who will go in search of Skadi and Cyrus as they travel throughout Earth. Male, female, alien, robot, food... the interpretation is up to you!

The Prize

The winner will be presented the prize at the Awards Ceremony at SMASH on August 2nd 2008.

The prize for this competition is sponsored by:

Submission Guidelines

For this competition, you can select your medium of choice! Be creative, maybe even try something new. It's all up to you how you want to present your character. Entries are limited to either:

• Static illustrations: 1 page, maximum 420mm x 297mm (A3)
• Comic: 2 pages minimum, 5 pages maximum, 182mm × 257mm (B5)
• Short story/script : 750 words minimum, 1000 maximum, to be submitted as a rich text format file (.rtf)

Submissions for the competition have closed. Thank you to all who participated! Click here to read the full competition rules and entry information.