DLsite.com English Launches Mascot Art Contest

DLSITE.COM ENGLISH LAUNCHES MASCOT CHARACTER ART CONTEST

Prizes include $25 Amazon Gift Card and DLsite.com English Points

Tokyo, Japan –August 21th, 2015– DLsite.com is pleased to announce the launch of the DLsite.com English Mascot Character Art Contest. The contest will run from August 21th 2015 to September 15th, 2015. As this is DLsite.com English's first art contest, the theme will be DLsite.com English's and the Japanese site DLsite.com Girls Maniax's mascot characters: Dille Blood, Elle Sweet, Xi Lily, Gaku and Minato.

Who are these characters?




Dille Blood: Dille's trademark style is braids and ribbons with long hair. Though she is older than Ellie, she can seem a little awkward.





Elle Sweet: Ellie's trademark style is her ahoge. Younger than Dillie, she is a tad jealous of Dillie's well-developed chest.

Xi Lily: Xi Lily is the stylish mascot for DLsite.com Maniax.





Gaku: Secretly an otaku, Gaku looks serious and diligent and often has a sullen face. That is until Minato is around…





Minato: A little on the naïve side, Minato is a normal high school boy full of energy. He loves sports…but does he also love something, or rather, someone else?


For more information about DLsite.com English and DLsite.com Girls Maniax mascot characters:

http://www.dlsite.com/eng/character
http://www.dlsite.com/eng/circle/report/=/report/20121129_wtg002

To enter this contest, DLsite.com English and DLsite.com English Girls' Side followers must post their art submissions in a reblog of the contest announcement on the site's official tumblr.

The announcements can be found on both DLsite.com English and DLsite.com English Girls's Side tumblr:
http://dlsite-girlside.tumblr.com
http://dlsite-english.tumblr.com/

The prize include:
1st Place: $25 Amazon Gift Card
2nd Place: 1,500 DLsite.com Points
3rd Place: 500 DLsite.com Points

The rules of the contest are as follows:

Rules:
1. Only tumblr followers of DLsite.com English and DLsite.com English Girls Side can participate
2. Please submit works depicting one or more of DLsite.com English's mascot characters (Dille Blood, Elle Sweet, Xi Lily, Gaku, Minato)
3. Followers may submit works created by hand or computer
4. Submission deadline is September 15th, 2015. Late submissions will not be judged
5. Submissions should not depict pornographic imagery or nudity
6. Please do not submit plagiarized works
7. DLsite.com English's community managers will judge and award the prizes
8. Winners will be announced on September 25th, 2015

ABOUT DLsite.com:

DLsite.com is one of the largest online shops dedicated to otaku in Japan. DLsite.com welcomes all artists, including novices, and offers assistance in English. By providing a platform to sell creative works such as comics, illustrations, novels, games, and music, DLsite.com hopes to encourage and support new creators in all of their endeavors. We offer over 100,000 doujin/indie games and other contents. All of our products are digital and available for download across the world, for your enjoyment any time, any place on any PC or smart mobile device. DLsite.com is a pay-per-product system with free membership and no fees. You only spend money when you purchase a product and directly support the creator. DLsite.com English is the English branch of DLsite.com. Visit DLsite.com English at http://www.dlsite.com/eng/

ABOUT CURIOUSFACTORY:

CuriousFactory, an official partner of DLsite.com that handles international creator relationship for DLsite.com, supports creators and developers and provides broad services to companies that are looking into entering Japanese market, or to those Japanese companies looking into entering an international market. Managing DLsite.com English, CuriousFactory distributes game, anime, manga and other digital entertainment products.