RedWonder8 2025-09-06 09:20:01

if I was in your shoes, I would start with a simple art competition and ask people to just draw a single piece of art based on the song, and have prizes for the top 3 or 5

because running a competition where people have to make an ENTIRE music video?

idk I feel like you're going to have to at least provide some money to everyone who joins the competition... there have been bands who have done this "make us an entire music video and you might get paid" contest thing before and it's never gone well
and since you've never run a contest before... an art competition is way easier to do

I've only run art collabs before, but the way you run it is pretty similar
an art competition will probably go a LOT smoother than a music video contest...

Vinity 2025-09-06 12:57:24

Remember that 99% of people here are honest. Everything you see is most likely human. Just add details, if possible, that show their process and much more. Show several of their works. Research each artist. It's VERY unlikely that anyone used generated images on NG. In fact, there haven't been any cases, but you always have to be vigilant. You can always have a team in charge of reviewing all the entries before choosing the winners. And about the winners, no matter the effort, it's your contest or competition. You set the parameters and prizes, whether it's for the first places. I only ask that if you do, you proceed to leave reviews for everyone who decides to enter, honorable mentions, and so on, but not prizes for everyone. I've drawn for up to 10 hours and received nothing in return in some contests. In the end, it's a competition; there are winners and losers.

And don't forget to notify a moderator before starting a competition. Good luck.

(And if you want, you can limit the competition to only discovered users (scouts), that would take some of the horror out of AI.)

CrimsonKero 2025-09-06 16:43:16

@Vinity If the art/animation were to be posted to Newgrounds, any AI submissions would break Guidelines and be taken down, so this wouldn't be a contest-specific issue.

CrimsonKero 2025-09-06 16:45:51

Lemme get this straight:

You have both a music video being commissioned from another animator, AND you also want a contest for more music videos to that same song, while the commission is still being made. Is that right?

CrimsonKero 2025-09-07 11:21:51

@BrokenX22 Four things.

1. I remember @Creeperforce24 hosted a contest for musicians to remix his track (which is different from making a visual piece to accompany an existing song, but you can still probably learn a thing or two in terms of actually hosting a contest."

2. Contests needs to be worth peoples' time, in this case, animators and artists. Your demographic would most likely be fans of Vocaloid, or at the very least Miku and Teto.
- Research creators here on NG that have already done fanart. there should be plenty.

3. You need an audience: What's the point if no one shows up?
- Most people here at NG have never heard of you. You'll need to know how to brand yourself as a creator, and market the contest to attract new people.
- Existing fans: your YouTube channel seems to be the largest in terms of existing subscribers. Do you know someone there who also does art / might be interested in participating?

4. Artists vs Animators: Generally you'll find more artists willing to participate in collabs, contests, and other site events than artists, this is for a few reasons:
- Animators often put more time and effort, sometimes weeks or months.
- Animators who are busy with personal projects may be less inclined to join contests/collabs, whereas artists who spend less than a week per piece are more likely to spend a few days making something small but interesting, just to be a part of something.
- Your songs usually hover around 2 minutes minimum, so to entice people to go through all that effort is a really hard sell.

Since you stated your goal is to drive inspiration for yourself long term, a pure art contest would be best recommended, either static art, short animation loops or short snippets or animation covering at least 10 seconds, with the rare optional goal of a full length video (to go the extra mile). But set your expectations small.
The contest can also serve as a quick bonus to drive traffic to NG, and drive NG users to your music. Contact Tom or a moderator about contest hosting after reading this guide.

Creeperforce24 2025-09-07 11:59:33

I would honestly get a little more recognition first, at least get in the double digits, 50+ or somewhat. If no one knows who you are, it’s gonna be pretty hard to find your competition. How you can get more fans is easy, simply interacting with Newgrounds in the form of posts, reviews, and such, will get you more popularity.

Another thing I would recommend is using these sheets @Aalasteir gave me
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OLKxTAk1gisc9-oNAOK77d5CY7jVXqoV88dm_HT1ftY/edit?usp=sharing
These are the sheet templates used in many already existing competitions, such as the NGUAC.

The only thing I say you should do, is get more popular, I don’t really see how you can get recognized by just a simple news post. You could announce this here as well
https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/forum/14