Tidal Rush is for-charity zine revolving around Callie and Marie, the Squid Sisters! Including their daily life, on-stage performances and more, contributors will be given the freedom to create a colorful piece focused on the idol cousins.⭐ Nintendo is not a sponsor of or affiliated with this fanzine.Application Results have now been sent! We are moving on with the production phase of the zine. Keep an eye on our social media to Stay Fresh!
MODS
SCHEDULE
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| July 19th | Check-In #3 |
| August 23th | Final Pieces Due |
| TBA | Pre-Orders Open |
| TBA | Shipping |
| TBA | Leftover Sale |
| TBA | Proceeds Donated |
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
> Will the zine be physical or digital?We are aiming to make the zine physical, though this relies on the Interest Check results.> How many contributors will be accepted?The number of our contributors will merely rely on how many applications we get.> What are we looking for in portfolios?For Artists, character-focused artwork, dynamic compositions, a strong grasp of anatomy and a good use of colors and values. If you're a traditional artist, your work must be scanned with the highest quality possible. Although prior Splatoon art is not required, it is heavily encouraged.For Writers, good understanding of the Splatoon world, their characters and the Squid Sisters' personalities, how they interact, their way of expressing themselves and their relationships. It is important that the portfolio is in English, with proper grammar and spelling. It is required for writers to have prior Splatoon works.> What content am I allowed to draw/write about?Contributors are expected to make pieces focused on Callie and Marie, representing them as closely as possible to their official designs and personalities. You may include other characters such as DJ Octavio, Captain Cuttlefish, Off The Hook, Deep Cut, etc. however, your work has to remain focused on the Squid Sisters.This zine will be SFW only. Any works and links containing NSFW, suggestive content, fetishes, kinks, gore, body horror, and other inapporpriate topics will be discarded and your participation in the zine will be terminated.> Are there any requirements?
All communication between artists and the mod team will be done through Discord, so if you're aiming to become a contributor you must have a Discord account prior to applying.
Some form of linkable portfolio, such as a Drive folder, Carrd, ArtStation, DeviantArt, etc. Your portfolio will be disregarded if there is NSFW, gore or CalliexMarie included.
Pieces included in your portfolio must be finished and should represent your style as accurately as possible. We will need at least 3 of your best finished pieces!
If funds allow, we will compensate contributors with a free copy of the zine + merch. Minors must have parental permission to receive their copy of the zine.
Prior zine experience is not needed.
PORTFOLIO GUIDELINES
> Page Artist Portfolio Guidelines
What we are looking for:• A working link to a portfolio.
• A demonstration of the artist’s current and/or consistent art style.
• A solid understanding of anatomy and dynamic posing.
• Pleasant color palettes within an artist’s work.
• The ability to tell a story through a character’s environment.
• A solid understanding of composition and staging.> Merchandise Artist Portfolio Guidelines
What we are looking for:• A working link to a portfolio.
• A demonstration of the artist’s current and/or consistent art style.
• Pleasant color palettes within an artist’s work.
• A solid understanding of anatomy and dynamic posing.
• Clear, readable silhouettes of character focused artwork.
• Not required, but if you’ve made merchandise in the past, we’d love to see it!> Writer Portfolio Guidelines
What we are looking for:• A working link to a portfolio and writing sample.
• Grammatically correct use of English with consistent voice and tense (American or British English are both okay).
• Engaging storytelling through both dialog and prose.
• Clear, consistent portrayal of how you interpret the characters of the Squid Sisters.
• No more than 8,000 words in a portfolio’s sample.
-- Your sample of written works may contain multiple stories or excerpts as long as their total combined length does not exceed 8,000 words.
-- Your sample does not have to meet 8,000 words.> Portfolios will be discarded if they contain the following:• Broken portfolio links.
• Unfinished work.
• The use of AI in any kind of capacity.
These works will be immediately discarded as the applicant's integrity is untrustworthy• Stolen, copied, or plagiarized work.
We will not accept any portfolio work that utilizes tracing of another’s work, copying and pasting of another’s written work, or attempting to present work that you did not create as your own. Tracing a 3D model for 2D digital artwork is okay but you must have illustrated that work in a way that makes it your own.• The use of 3D rendered models ripped from any of the Splatoon games.
We welcome 3D art within the project, but we unfortunately cannot allow the use of in-game 3D models within the fanzine as the creation of those models is not the creation of the artist utilizing them. Any asset that has been ripped from the game is the intellectual property of Nintendo and it would be unlawful to include within our project.
Please be sure to show us 3D creations you have made entirely by yourself if you intend to create 3D art for the zine!• NO NSFW content of any kind.
This includes but is not limited to: nudity, suggestive content, kinks, gore, body horror, and other inapporpriate topics.
There are minors on this project and so NSFW of any sort is unacceptable.• An applicant must not have NSFW content linked anywhere within the application they submit. This includes but is not limited to: linked social media accounts that have posted NSFW or share a public alt account dedicated to NSFW content, marked/ unmarked folders within their portfolios that contain NSFW content, or linked portfolio sites that contain marked/unmarked NSFW content, etc.
Again, there are minors on this project and it is unlawful to expose them to this sort of content. We take this very seriously and so NSFW content of any capacity is unacceptable at any point within this project.• Incestual shipping of the Squid Sisters.
The shipping of family members, Callie and Marie, is disallowed and unwelcome within the zine and/or submitted applicant portfolios.
BUILDING YOUR PORTFOLIO
We talked about what we are and aren’t looking for within the zine on our Zine Application Guidelines but if you’re looking for more info, we’re going more in depth on it here!> Art style
• Show us your favorite pieces that you really vibe with! The ones that energize you and get you pumped to draw! We’d like to see some sort of consistency here so we can better visualize how your work will look within the zine!• Splatoon art is not required but is encouraged since we’ll be able to tell how you draw the characters more closely!• Your work does not have to be drawn in the “Splatoon style”. We welcome all art styles and would love to see unique styles within the zine!> Anatomy
• Show us some cool poses you’ve drawn characters in ranging from things like standing, sitting, dancing, different angles you’ve drawn a character, etc. Anything as long as there’s variety! We want to see how comfortable you are with stepping outside of typical drawing comfort zones!> Environments
• We’d love to see work you’ve drawn that includes backgrounds that enhance the story of your drawing! We want to see more than just a character telling a story: we want to see their environment telling it as well! This could include things such as a spotlight pulling everyone’s attention towards your character on stage, a dim room lit by a TV with a character passed out asleep on a couch, or a warm and bright room that brings comfort to a character as they enjoy their time with friends within a coffee shop! Any environment that really adds to the story you’re trying to tell through the character’s actions!> Composition
• We’re looking for a solid understanding of how to compose and stage a drawing! This means we want to see pleasant balances of negative/ positive space and different alignment techniques. This may sound like some sort of fancy stuff, but really, they’re just simple tricks many artists use when it comes to planning out where they place things within their drawing! If you’re unsure about what any of this means, there are plenty of resources online that you can check out to learn more!