Three submissions capturing “Magical Pokémon Moments” to be featured in upcoming Pokémon TCG promo cards
September 23, 2024
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
The Pokémon Company :
London, U.K. — Sept. 23, 2024 — The Pokémon Company International and Creatures Inc., the creators of the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), have announced the winners of the Pokémon Trading Card Game Illustration Contest 2024. The fan art contest, held between October 2023 and January 2024, invited Trainers to spotlight their artistic talents through the lens of the globally popular Pokémon TCG.
The Pokémon Trading Card Game Illustration Contest 2024 resulted in over 10,000 imaginative entries highlighting the official contest theme for 2024, which centred around capturing “Magical Pokémon Moments.” This year’s competition encouraged artists to show off their creative flair by spotlighting one of the following Pokémon in their submission of a standard card illustration or ex card illustration: Charizard, Pikachu, Eevee, Feraligatr, Flygon, Absol, Bidoof, Melmetal, Amped Form Toxtricity or Koraidon. The judging panel included members of The Pokémon Company group and Creatures Inc., including official Pokémon TCG illustrators and an independent judge. The selected winning designs can be viewed here.
The grand prize winner will receive $5,000 in cash prizes, while the best standard card illustration winner and best ex card illustration winner will each receive $3,000. Furthermore, these winners will have their submissions featured in upcoming promo cards for the Pokémon TCG. In addition, first runner-up winners and judges’ award winners will receive $1,000 and $500 in cash prizes, respectively.
The Pokémon Illustration Contest 2024 winners are:
Grand Prize Winner
Kazuki Minami (Japan)
Best Standard Card Illustration Winner
Acorviart (U.S.)
Best ex Card Illustration Winner
Anderson (Japan)
First Runner-Up Winners
Devin Elle Kurtz (U.S.)
Emma Bieber (U.S.)
gohealth (Japan)
Royce Li (U.S.)
tayu (Japan)
teluna (Japan)
Judges’ Award Winners
Aimi Nakamura (Japan)
Alex Braun (U.S.)
ayo (Japan)
Kae (Canada)
Kaitlin Jackson (Canada)
MadnessRage (Australia)
MANAKA (Japan)
Mio (Japan)
satoutubu (Japan)
Shiho So (Japan)
Spareribs (Japan)
The common star (Japan)
TOMATO MARKET (Japan)
yoshiyama yuga (Japan)
Yotsuba Kei (Japan)
To learn more about the Pokémon Trading Card Game Illustration Contest 2024, please visit https://www.ptcgic-cr.com/2024/en/result/prize-winners/.
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