About the awards
iJungle 2017 Illustration Awards is a competition to celebrate the world´s art of illustration. Located in Europe, it is opened to illustrators, agencies, representatives, students and teachers all over the world. iJungle 2017 has 7 categories: Book, Editorial, Comics, Commercial, New Talent (Student), Self-Promotion and Video Games Art. A jury of some of the world´s best illustrators and art directors will select the winners. All winning entrants will be exhibit in the iJungle 2017 Illustrational Annual! iJungle 2017 Illustration Awards will also distribute the following awards:
1 Best of the best;
1 Gold medal for each category (7 gold medals);
Up to 20 Merit Awards for each category (Up to 140 Merit Awards).
AWARDS
A jury of some of the world´s best illustrators and art directors will select the winners.
All winning entrants will be exhibit in the iJungle 2017 Illustration Annual! This book will be available FOR FREE online and at the iBook Store, reaching thousands of Art Directors, Illustrators, Representatives, Gallerists and Curators worldwide, giving the awarded members international recognition!
iJungle 2017 Illustration Awards will also distribute the following awards:
1 Best of the Best (chosen from one of the gold medalists)
1 Gold Medal for each category (7 gold medals)
Up to 20 Merit Awards for each category (Up to 140 Merit Awards)
Eligibility
iJungle Illustration Awards are opened to illustration works from any country in the world. Entries first created or published from 2014 through 2016 are eligible. There is a limit of 5 works that each illustrator can submit for all categories, except Video game Art, that has up to 10 works.
Deadline: October 30, 2017
Entries can either be:
Single Image Entry ($10 US dollars for one upload per entry) or
Multiple Image Entry ($35 US dollars for up to five related uploads per entry except Video game Art, that has 10 works.)
In Video game Art, you should send 10 screenshots that represent the main atmosphere of characters and scenery.
New Talent/Student ($10 US dollars and can send up to five uploads for entry)
Work must be entered into one of the 7 categories: Book, Editorial, Comics, Commercial, New Talent (Student), Self-Promotion and Video Games Art.
Statement:
By entering the iJungle Illustration Awards the participants recognize the elements they fill are true and they are the original authors of their works and holders of the copyright. The participants agree that the organizing committee has the right to refuse to receive works which may be considered offensive morally, political or religiously. Submission of entries acknowledges the right of the organizers to use them for publication (including digital publication) and exhibition purposes.
How to enter
Participators should fill the Enter page,with all the informations required.
Before uploading, please prepare your submission by confirming the following:
1. Make sure you fill your email address. The committee will contact you by this email address.
2. Write in advance the title and description of your works in English, for the Jury to understand).
3. Send us your digital files saved as JPG, 72 dpi, RGB (not CMYK), 1024 pixels on the longest side, less than 500KB.
The awarded entries will be asked later to send a new, higher resolution file, after the Jury decisions.
At the end of the Enter page, after uploading the works, participators will be asked to pay the entry fee:
- Single Image Entry/Student - $10 (US dollars)
- Multiple Image Entry - $35 (US dollars)
The Jury
Sara Fanelli was born in Florence, Italy. She came to London to study art and has been working there as a freelance designer and illustrator ever since graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1995.
She has worked for a diverse range of clients internationally, dividing her time between her books and self-generated projects, and commercial illustration commissions.
Her clients include: The New Yorker, penguin Books, Faber and Faber, Tate Modern, Tate Britain, The Victoria and Albert Museum, BBC Worldwide, Ron Arad, Issey Miyake, The New York Times and the Royal mail. Sha as also written and illustrated a number of children´s books which have been published in many languages.
She has won several international awards including twice being the overall winner of the Victoria and Albert Museum Illustration Award and two D & AD Pencils.
Her work has been exhibited in venues all around the world including the Victoria and Albert museum, London, LÁrt a La Page, Paris, Galerie Anatome, Paris, Galleria D´Arte Moderna, Bologna, Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Katonah Art Museum, Tokyo, The Kyoto Isetan Museum and many others. She has been a member of AGI since 2000.
Recent projects include a new book for Tate Publishing untitled “Sometimes I think, Sometimes I am” with introductions by Marina Warner and Steven Heller and typography by Bruno Monguzzi. This is a book of images inspired by world literature.
In 2006 Sara Fanelli was commissioned to design a timeline (40 meters long) and four gallery entrances for the re-hanging of Tate Modern Permanent collection.
In 2006 she was elected an honorary RDI (Royal Designer for Industry), the first woman illustrator to receive this honor.
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