<Updated on 19 Jan>
Hey Phi fellow artists!
We are excited to announce the “TiliX Pixel Art Contest” with $4,000 USD total & Special Object Prizes. It’s our official pixel art design competition to educate the ways of “TiliX” — a modular isometric pixel block system designed by eBoy.
This competition is aimed at encouraging the artists participating in our design creation, allowing them to become involved in the Phi Ecosystem.
Check the “Tilix Pixel Art Competition” page below
Competition Theme & Size
Theme
We have 3 themes: Space 👩🚀 & Open Theme & Dotty
1) Space 👩🚀
Any concept or idea that can be associated with “Space” is eligible for this theme. For example, space stations, spaceships, planets, wormholes, astronauts, robots, aliens, etc.
2) Open Theme
Any non-Space-related designs will fall under this category. Any concepts you want to use for your work can be eligible for this theme. (e.g. Dungeon, Volcano, Antarctic & Arctic, Kitchen, Music Festival, etc.) Let your imagination run wild!
Note that your work should not contain content that is sensitive and/or discriminatory.
3) Dotty ◱ ◱ (Updated on 19 Jan)
In addition to the space and open themes, we are opening up a new category for submissions for derivatives of our very own “Dotty” ◱ ◱ (Phi’s mascot character) to lower the bar for participation!
Competition Size
Phi uses an isometric grid for all its designs. For this, we allow two block sizes for each theme, and are judged separately:
- 1 by 1 grid with a maximum of 3 units tall (acceptable sizes: [1,1,1], [1,1,2], [1,1,3])
- 2 by 2 grid with a maximum of 3 units tall (acceptable sizes: [2,2,1], [2,2,2], [2,2,3])
Competition Prizes
We are allocating $4,000 in USDC💰(USDC(ERC-20) on Ethereum) to the top 5 winners in each section(Theme and Size).
Rewards will be sent to your address submitted in the entry form. Special Object rewards will be claimable on Phi Quest.
page after the winner announcement.
Refer to the table below for the prizes:
Competition Schedule (Updated on 19 )
Please check the competition schedule carefully, especially don’t miss the submission deadline.
- Submissions deadline: 5th Feb 12:00 UTC
- Judging: 5th-12th Feb
- Winners Announcement: 13th Feb
Names of the winners will be published on Discord & Twitter. All submitted designs can be viewed in the TiliX Competition Submission Gallery.
Submission Requirements 🚨
1) Your design is either based on Space or Open theme AND either one of the isometric sizes (1x1 or 2x2).
2) All designs must comply with Phi’s Object Design Guideline(It’s from eBoy). It’s really important for all participants. Must check this out.
3) All designs must comply with TiliX, a modular system for isometric pixel blocks by eBoy. This is applied to all pixel art on Phi.
4) All designs should be submitted in PNG format.
5) A submission is considered as complete if
- You have joined our Discord.
- You have to share on Twitter with #PhiTiliXContest hashtag & mention to @phi_xyz . And must remain life until the winners have been announced.
- You have submitted your artwork through the TiliX Competition Entry Submission.
Note: Participants may seek advice from eBoy in Phi Discord (#tilix-help channel) to help refine and check if your design is aligned with the TiliX guidelines.
Judging Criteria
Artworks will be judged and selected by an unquestionable judgment from eBoy & Phi’s team from various perspectives:
- Understanding and Applying the principles of Phi’s Pixel Guideline(TiliX)
- Creativity, Uniqueness, beautifulness, and originality.
- Matching with the theme(in the case of Space Theme)
Additional our attention would be given to web3-related designs — e.g. crypto animals, wallets, and coins.
Design Resources
Here are some design resources for all participants of this competition. You must check Notes for Pixel Art Creators from eBoy to understand TiliX more deeply and get tips. And you also can refer to some templates in our CC0 repository, which might help you to draw pixel art.
1. Notes for Pixel Art Creators
2. Templates(PNG, PSD, TIF, and Aseprite)
After checking 1 & 2, explore our CC0 repository to get some ideas & inspirations for your work.
Relevant Links
- TiliX Competition Entry Submission
- TiliX Competition Submission Gallery
- TiliX Reference
- Phi’s Object Guidelines
Phi reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions of this competition if required for better execution.
