Article: Sega Announces Phantasy Star Portable 2 Fan Art Contest Winners

[Tomeeboy]

Sega community team member RubyEclipse dropped by the PSP2 forum to let us know that the winners of Sega's Phantasy Star Portable 2 fan art contest have been announced! The top 10 entries from the contest were posted on Sega's blog, along with some notes about why the judges liked each one. In a surprise twist, it was revealed that in addition to the first place entry, the second place entry will also be included in the Western release of Phantasy Star Portable 2.

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For those of you wondering, the winning entry is a parody of the famous Barack Obama "Hope" poster, which was designed during the 2008 election season. The runner-up features Alis Landale, the main character from the first Phantasy Star game.

Congratulations to the winners! We'll look forward to seeing the in-game versions of these two entries! Be sure to check out Sega's blog for the top 10 announcement, as well as their Flickr page for a gallery of all the entries.

[RubyEclipse]

Congratulations to all of the winners, and thank you to everyone who sent in entries!

[Hatrix]

That picture of Alis Landale is excellent! and I belive Mr.Rappy would have made a better president than Obama lol

[Mimo]

Haha nice, I really like that second one though, It's very pretty The details are amazing. Congrats to all the winners :3 and nice job on all the entries.

[Deco_Bryl]

That Alis pic is fantastic! Something about the style reminds me of eighties anime character designs. I love it!

[Cranberry]

I looked at the Flicker Page. A lot of great pieces were submitted. Congratulations to the winners, and great job to everyone else too.

[Dhylec]

Alis is very nicely done. O'Rappy is interesting.

[Kinako78]

I definitely want the Alis one when I get the game!

[MegaZoneXE]

lol Rappy would have the BEST exit strategy on the war. Attack, Play dead and Run!!!

[Akaimizu]

Cool entries. And I concur, the Alis one is fantastic. I'd love to get a poster of that. It's a great 80's anime look, very heroic, and beautiful. It's like a fully realized depiction of Phantasy Star's first hero for which one would imagine an actual Phantasy Star character would own. It would look appropriate in anybody's room.