Article: Official Phantasy Star Portable 2 Fan Art Contest Announced

[Ryna]

Earlier today, RubyEclipse announced the launch of an official fan artist contest for Phantasy Star Portable 2. The winner of the contest will have their piece included as a room decoration in the localized version of the game! Entries must be Phantasy Star themed and be a multiple of 374 x 561 pixels. This size was selected so the art piece could be scaled properly for use in-game. Here is a breakdown of the prizes as quoted from the website:

• One Grand Prize Winner receive their art included as a wall-scroll in Phantasy Star Portable 2, and a free copy of the game!
  
• Two First Place Winners will each receive a free copy of the game, and their submissions featured on the SEGA Blogs!
  
• Seven Runner-up Winners will each receive a Phantasy Star T-shirt, and an inflatable Rappy!
  

If you are interested, you will have to move quickly. The submission deadline is June 2nd. Submissions should be mailed to [email protected]. Be sure to visit the website to review the contest rules.

Update for June 1st: The submission deadline has been changed to June 8th.

[Carma]

*@#% !!! I just saw the contest rules. This is only for people who live in USA...
I was waiting the occidental release of the game for my next PS fanart and now I can't enter the contest T_T
Too bad...

[W0LB0T]

Sega being racist.

[Akaimizu]

Yeah. This is why sometimes I wished I was a visual artist. Us Audio Artists *always* and I mean *always* get the contest shaft for anything that's both audio/video-related media contests.
Still, it's always nice to see what comes out of it.

[Sha Sha]

Must start on something NOW xD
-hopes she will have some time to get something done-

[Kinako78]

Now, if I understand the way the grand prize works, only the grand prize winner gets the in-game wallscroll, correct? It's not going to be an item that everyone can get?

[RubyEclipse]

I can help clarify.
Whoever wins the Grand Prize gets their item placed within the final game code itself.
In short, every single person who plays the western version of the game will be able to see the wall scroll featuring that art.
Also, some good news - we may be able to extend the time of the contest another week or so. I'll be able to confirm this next Tuesday!

[Kinako78]

Oh ok. That's cool.

[Mike]

So this is what the US version gets instead of pictures of underage Japanese girls?

[Immovable One]

Sigh... a Fantasy Earth Zero AND Phantasy Star fan art contest at the same time!?
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Sign me up.
I wonder though if we could use characters from older titles (PS 1-4)