Hello everyone! We hope you had a great time with our last competition; congratulations to the winners! This month, in the spirit of competitive art events this summer, we would like to formally introduce the next collaborative art competition: OC Duels! ⚔️

We’re looking forward to seeing what you create! To participate, please see the rules below.

The challenge will end at 12:00 pm CET on July 15th, 2025! Make sure to submit your entries before the deadline!

Contest Details

• The theme this month is OC Duels.

• The purpose of this contest is to create an amazing collaborative art piece showcasing your OCs in glorious combat. ⚔️

• This competition is collaborative; therefore, you must create a team of 2 to 3 people to compete in this challenge.

• There is no fee to enter the Contest.

• By entering this contest, you grant Magma the right to use your submitted work in promotional materials, including emails, social media posts, and other marketing efforts. You will be credited wherever your work is featured. When we announce the winners, we want to include their work in our emails notifying our Magma users of the event.

• By entering this contest, the entrants agree to be bound by the submission guidelines set out below.

How to win?

Like last time, there are two sets of prizes. Our main set of winners will be determined by our panel of judges: Flooferman, Nexus, and Kemane!

Flooferman

Social Media Links:

• https://magma.com/artist/flooferman/posts

Kemane

Social Media Links:

• https://www.konduktum.com/@kemane

• https://www.artstation.com/kemanski

• https://www.youtube.com/@KemaneBa/videos

• https://www.instagram.com/kemaneba/

Nexus

Social Media Links:

• https://magma.com/artist/nexus/about

• https://magma.com/artist/artspot/about
  

Should you compete, you will be judged according to the following criteria:

• Collaboration (Score from 1 to 10): How cohesive was the art piece? How well did the individual artists work together?

• Originality (Score from 1 to 10): How creative is the artwork?

• Visual Clarity and Presentation (Score from 1 to 10): How visually clear and well-executed is the final piece? How well has the team mastered its craft?

• Theme Interpretation (Score from 1 to 10): How clearly and well did it address the competition’s theme?

However, outside of our main set of winners, we are also hosting a community challenge, where the winner will be determined by the highest amount of likes a submitted piece has.

Note: If you win a main prize, you will be ineligible for the community challenge prize.

• Winner determined by the highest amount of likes a submitted entry has on the host’s profile

Awards:

• 1st Place: $100 USD for each team member

• 2nd Place: $50 USD for each team member

• 3rd Place: $20 USD for each team member

• Community Prize (Most Likes): $50 US for each team member

How to Enter:

1. Create a team of 2 to 3 people that you wish to compete with.

2. Create your canvas on Magma.com. This can either be in a public art jam or a private canvas. There are no penalties or benefits for creating the canvas in either location.

   1. The Theme is OC Duels. Feel free to interpret this description as creatively as possible: remember that scoring for Theme Interpretation is based on both clarity and creativity.

3. Collaborate with your team members to turn your vision into reality. Note that your collaborative score will only be based on the collaborative efforts between your team members (therefore, if you create your competition piece as an art jam and others outside of your team add to it, your score will not be affected).

4. One team member must share the final piece on social media. You only need to share it on one platform.

   1. Instagram: #MagmaOCDuels and tag Magma in the post (@magma_com).

   2. X: #MagmaOCDuels and tag Magma in the post (@magma_com)

   3. Bluesky: #MagmaOCDuels and tag Magma in the post (@magma-com.bsky.social)

5. Submit your final piece via this link. Should you wish to compete for the community prize, one team member must share their completed canvas on their profile and mention it in the form.

Eligibility:

• The minimum age to participate is 13 years old. Participants aged 13 to 18 must have parent or guardian approval to enter.

• Entrants 18+ can directly receive prize payouts. Entrants under 18 must have an adult or guardian handle the prize payout on their behalf.

Delivery of Prizes:

1. Prize payouts will be made to adults (18+) via Tipalti in alignment with Tipalti’s Terms of Use.

2. For prize recipients not eligible for Tipalti, an alternative Huuray gift card with the identical value will be offered.

3. Prizes cannot be shipped to those residing in countries not covered by Tipalti’s Terms of Use. Affected winners will be notified individually.

4. Winners who fail to provide the necessary shipping & billing details will lose eligibility for the prize.

Additional Rules:

1. Magma reserves the right to disqualify entries suspected of violating the rules or artificially inflating engagement. Final decisions will be made at the discretion of the Magma team.

2. The Contest is not open to companies, educational institutions, organizations, etc. or to groups associated with such institutions.

3. Staff, Board members, and their immediate family are not eligible to enter the Contest.

4. All submitted work must be 100% drawn on Magma without the use of third-party platforms or AI.

5. All submitted work must be original and not based on any pre-existing artworks or copyrighted characters.

6. All submitted work must not include 18+ or other inappropriate and/or inflammatory content. Interpretation of what falls into the above category is in the sole discretion of contest organizer.

7. All submitted work must not be subject to foul play (creating fake accounts to like the post, harassing other users, etc.).

Regardless of whether or not you're competing, we hope you have a great time on Magma! As always, feel free to send us your Feature Requests in Magma to let us know. If you have any questions, reach out to us on Discord or send us a message.

Have a good week, and good luck to all competitors! ⚔️