Art Contest - Tiger Con 2026

Our artists are one of our greatest resources! The creativity and talent of our Tiger Con artists is truly inspiring, and we want to give them an opportunity to shine. Every year, Tiger Con holds an art contest. The winners get their art featured on Tiger Con signs, banners, and of course, our collectible Tiger Con Challenge Coin.

The categories are:

Coin (Please submit your design so that it will fit in a circular frame)

Full Body: This should feature our mascots standing. No background please. If we end up making a life-size cutout of our mascot, this is the art we will use.

Holding a Flag: We might make signs, badges, etc. We need a large area to add text. So please submit art of any of our mascots holding a flag with lots of room to add a message.

Dee Dee: This is art of our Dragon mascot Dee Dee. You can feature her however you like, but having her doing some activity that you might find at Tiger Con (such as maid cafe, shopping, etc) will greatly improve your chances of winning.

Natsu: This is our gamer tanuki mascot, Natsu! Just like Dee Dee, you will have a much better chance of getting selected if he is doing something Tiger Con themed. Since he’s a gamer, that might be the best option.

If your art is selected as a winner, you will win a free weekend pass to Tiger Con. If your art is selected to go on a promotional item, such as a shirt or coin, you will also get a free one of those too!

Submitting art to this contest means that you grant Tiger Con the (non-exclusive) right to use your art for promotional purposes. We will not use it for any other purposes. Non exclusive means you always retain the right to continue to use your own artwork as you see fit.

Heres a link to the style guides for the characters!

Style Guides

The use of AI is not permitted for this contest. All art must be the work of the person submitting that art. AI submissions will be automatically disqualified.