All submissions must be Safe for Work. There should be no depictions of gore, violence, abuse or sexually explicit acts in the illustration.
All submissions must not involve any allusions to racism/sexism/homophobia/pedophilia/religious discrimination.
All submissions must be culturally sensitive to the food's country of origin. Please research thoroughly!
All submissions are encouraged to depict culturally relevant attire/designs but it is not required.
All submissions must follow the canvas dimensions stated in the guidelines. Submissions that cannot be made to fit will not be included in the zine. Edits are allowed before the deadline.
All submissions must include the food the gijinka is based on.
All submissions must be fully colored with a colored background. No white or transparent backgrounds allowed.
Traditional art submissions must be scanned as neatly and clean as possible. Low quality photos will not be accepted.
All submissions must include the artist's watermark or signature.
All artists must respond to the check-ins as scheduled. Failure to do so for 2 check-ins will result in exclusion.
Late check-ins are allowed so long as it's within 2-3 days. After that, submissions will not be accepted.
All submissions must be finished by the indicated deadline. Unfinished works will not be included in the zine.
All submissions must be sent by the indicated deadline. Late submissions will not be included in the zine.
Artists that wish to drop out must do so three (3) weeks before the deadline otherwise they will be blacklisted from future projects.
All submissions must be US Letter paper size. It measures at 8.5" by 11" (215.9mm by 279.4mm), portrait style, at 300 dpi. Spread pages will be the width of two portrait-style US letter size.
All digital art must be saved in PNG format. All traditional art must be saved in JPEG or PNG format.
All final images must be saved as "YOURNAME_YOURSNACK_TYFINALSUB" PNG/JPEG.
All submissions must be sent via email to luitfeldt@gmail.com with the subject title "Treat Yourself! FINAL SUBMISSION". Final submissions will be accepted until April 21th, 2020 11:59 p.m. GMT +8.
Yes, it's absolutely free. There will be no payment for this zine.
No, this zine is purely digital. A download link will be available once it's ready to publish.
There is no set amount of artists that can join. An artist can join as long as they apply during the open application schedule and that their application fulfills all the necessary requirements.
Yes, traditional art is accepted as long as the contributor is able to provide a high quality image of their final artwork in the requested size and file format.
Yes, there will be a discord link sent to artists who are accepted into the zine. Please do not share the link to anyone who will not be participating in the project.
Yes, as long as you remain respectful of the culture. Do research and be mindful of your design. Practice being culturally sensitive.
Cultural sensitivity is being aware that cultural differences and similarities between people exist without assigning them a value – positive or negative, better or worse, right or wrong. Cross cultural sensitivity is the knowledge, awareness, and acceptance of other cultures.
It means that you, as a contributor, must make sure to research thoroughly so that you can avoid making mistakes that could hurt people. When the subject of your art is a culture that may not be yours, you must practice being respectful and considerate. Avoid putting any stereotypes or bias in your designs.
Some foods are deeply rooted in certain beliefs and traditions, it is your responsibility to make sure your design has been well thought of so that it shows how unique and interesting different cultures can be.
Please avoid making your character look like a thoughtless caricature. Do not exaggerate features or actions to purposefully mock a specific race. While unnatural skin tones are allowed, please avoid giving characters racial characteristics that do not fall within the country's diverse population.
Be respectful of the different practices of religion. Do not aim to mock any beliefs that may not align with yours.
Avoid appropriating cultures by giving your character clothes from a different country (i.e. A Chinese character wearing Japanese clothes). Outfits based on or inspired by traditional wear is very much encouraged but casual clothes are also acceptable.
Please do not dress your character in excessively sexual/revealing attire, ESPECIALLY if your character is a child.
Each contributor can only have one (1) snack/street food to draw but you can draw multiple characters in the illustration as long as each one still represents your assigned snack/street food.
Some foods have different flavor/variation options so you can draw each flavor as a character but you cannot have more than one snack.
Other foods have accompaniments with them such as sauces, dressings and dips. The key note is that one character cannot exist without the other.
A snack is a light meal with simple ingredients, normally eaten after lunch or late at nights. Street foods are a kind of snack you can easily buy from vendors in public spaces like alleys and markets. Snack foods are usually easy to hold with your hands or something you can eat with your hands.
Cakes and pies are a little more complicated, since even if they're classified as a dessert, there are some countries that eat cakes and pies as snacks. There are different kinds of cakes too. A multi-layered cake is not a snack.
The only way to determine what's allowed is to consider whether this cake or pie is traditionally or culturally relevant to the country. As long as it's a local creation, there's a bit of leeway with what determines its snack-ness.
Beverages can be considered snacks if it contains more than two ingredients (excluding water). Drinks with pearls or grass jelly may be accepted as a snack but those simply made from fruit juices or smoothies would not be a snack.
Candies are not categorized as snacks. There will be a zine for candies too...someday.
Chocolates are not snacks, they are considered candies/confectioneries, but chocolate-flavored things could be considered a snack.
Potato chips and other kinds of chips, although they are 'snacks', are not allowed if they are mass-produced branded goods.
Fruits are not snacks unless they've been made into something more complicated. Fruits that have been dried, candied, mixed in other things, frozen or fried may be considered a snack.
Sodas and softdrinks are not snacks.
Rice bowls and some noodle dishes, though often eaten as a snack by some, are too heavy/filling to be considered a snack.
No, they aren't. The zine aims to make sure that the snacks/street food featured in it are local and traditional.
Anything with a brand will not be allowed in the zine.
Yes, only if the new snack you want is still available AND you requested the change before the first check-in. After the first check-in date has passed, you can no longer change the snack you are assigned to.
You can only request a change in snacks ONCE.
Yes, all countries will eventually be featured. The countries are grouped by regions.
If the first issue is successful then the project will have a biannual publication until all countries are shown.
Once a country has been featured, it will no longer appear in future issues.
Yes, but you have to send a new application. There will be no bias towards reserving snacks for previous participants. It will always be first come, first serve.
You can always participate again as long as you continue to submit your work on time and do not cause any trouble.
If you have been blacklisted then you are not allowed to join in any of the future projects.