In this Call for Artists, we're looking for talented illustrators with an expertise in anime to share their past anime illustration work to be considered to help develop concept art for a series in the early stages of pitch development. 

Get ready to break out your digital sketchbook and help visualize the first looks of a new show that is in the very early stages of development. In this project, we're looking to find a few artists who have a specialty in anime illustration to create concept art for the show pitch deck. Initially, if selected, you'll be tasked with creating 5-10 images to gauge stylistic fit. In success, we may be regularly engaging certain artists to continue developing concept art as we build out the deck.

Since the primary goal here is finding the right creative partner, we're intentionally not asking for much in terms of submission requirements. Right now, we're just looking for past illustration work in an anime style and optionally a little more information about you and/or your team. More information will be provided upon completion of an NDA and initial meeting with the creative team. The goal is to have the shortlist of artists together by the week of March 31 so that we can start onboarding them through a series of short kickoff calls, so make sure you'll be available at some point that week to take a call. Budget and compensation will be negotiable based on the scope of work to be discussed then, but we're expecting to pay out between $175 - $350 per image depending on whether it's a full page illustration, or smaller character mockups and set design elements.

While we are only looking for illustrators for this project, we may eventually be looking to create animatics or rough concept animations, so if you do have animation capabilities please let us know in your submissions. This is by no means required, though, so if you're simply the best anime illustrator out there, we absolutely still want to see your work!

For any questions or other project updates, check out the Project Forum.

By participating in this project, creators acknowledge that the Sponsor is under no obligation to greenlight a bid. Though most projects on our platform do move forward with a greenlit bid, we will notify you in the event the Sponsor decides not to fund any bids via the project forum. Regardless of the result, all submissions will be reviewed and evaluated by the Sponsor and the project team.

EXECUTIONAL MANDATORIES:

• Include in your submission past examples of illustration in an anime style.
• Be available the week of March 31 for a kickoff call with the creative team to discuss current needs and next steps.
• Flexibility to continue creating concept artwork on an adhoc basis throughout the development process.

In order to be considered for this project, you must include the below materials in your submission. All Pitches remain private, even after a Pitch is selected, and Tongal strives to have Pitch selections made by the end of the Evaluation period, but additional time may be required by the Sponsor, depending on any number of factors.

• TEXT (REQUIRED): Up to 500 characters synopsizing how you plan to approach, previous experience in similar projects, and any other context you'd like us to know about your interest in this call.

• LINKS (REQUIRED): To previous anime illustration work.

• PORTFOLIO (Optional): Optionally include a portfolio of previous work samples as well as background on your team/studio.

1. In addition to the standard Tongal W-9, Winner Affidavit, and IP Assignment, greenlit Video creators MUST also provide Talent, Location, Music (or other) Releases for all assets appearing in their Videos, as well as a photograph/headshot OR copy of a photo ID for all On-camera Talent releases. You must also provide all project files, editing sequences and a 1080p .mov master file, using a ProRes, Animation, or Uncompressed Codec to claim your earnings. Tongal also reserves the right to request all raw files associated with the project.
   
   
2. Unless provided otherwise, all work must be your own original creation and free of any copyrighted material. You shall provide detailed information of your work regarding the source, the creator and background information as requested by Tongal.
   
   
3. BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY, YOUR SUBMISSION IMMEDIATELY BECOMES THE SOLE PROPERTY OF TONGAL OR ITS ASSIGNEES - SEE OFFICIAL RULES FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT OWNERSHIP OF ENTRIES. YOU MAY NOT PUBLICLY SHARE OR PUBLISH YOUR SUBMISSION IN ANY MANNER AND YOU MAY NOT POST OR UPLOAD YOUR SUBMISSION TO ANY WEBSITE OR HOSTING SITE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE OR VIMEO), WITHOUT THE PRIOR EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF TONGAL. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS REQUIREMENT MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION OF YOUR ENTRY IN THE PROJECT.
   
   
4. You may not contact any employees or members of the Sponsor's organization, their affiliates, or any of their partners. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in disqualification of your entry in the project.
   
   
5. Submissions must not portray Sponsor in a negative way, the determination of which will solely reside with Sponsor, nor can Submissions contain any profanity, offensive language, nudity or otherwise objectionable material, the determination of which is solely at the discretion of Sponsor.
   
   
6. Limit 5 submissions per member.
   
   
7. You must be at least thirteen (13) years or old to enter.
   
   
8. The Sponsor reserves the right to repost the contest at their discretion.
   
   
9. See OFFICIAL RULES for additional contest information, terms and conditions. If there is any conflict or inconsistency between these requirements and the Official Rules, the terms and conditions of these requirements shall prevail.