We can’t wait to see your creation! Please upload your artwork below, please note we will only be in touch with successful shortlisted candidates. The shortlist is announced on Thursday 22nd August.
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Please do a final check of your artwork and make sure it meets the below criteria, anything that does not meet this criteria will not be accepted as a valid entry:
- A completed illustrator questionnaire.
- Your media friendly photograph.
- A storyboard for 11 spreads and one single page, plus the final artwork for 2 spreads. There is a compulsory element to the final spreads, one must be either spread 5 or spread 11.
- The dimensions of the book is 250 (h) x 250 (w) mm. This means a page size is 250 (h) x 250 (w) mm and a spread is 250 (h) x 500 (w). Artwork must be created in spreads, at 100% size, or up to 30% larger, allowing at least 5mm bleed.
- Any medium may be used, but final artwork must be flat so it can be scanned. Illustrations with novelty elements or 3D structures will not be eligible.
- Artwork should be supplied digitally as one low res PDF. File size must be no larger than 100MB.
- Original artwork should be created in high res should your entry be successful and selected for print.
- Flattened text on a PDF is acceptable, but original high res files should place text on a separate layer. Text should be in black, either typed or handwritten.
Please ensure the file is labelled with your full name as follows: firstname_lastname.pdf. - If you are creating your art digitally, please be aware we print the entries for judging and so colour will be in a CMYK, not RGB.