We’ll be holding a Guardian Tales Fan Art contest for the year 2025!

This fan art contest is held in all serviced regions of Guardian Tales and divided largely into 4 divisions: North America/South America, Europe/Oceania, Korea, and Southeast Asia.

Also! To make sure that only your original work is submitted, we will be requesting you to submit a record/rough draft of your design, together with the final design. So please make sure to keep records of your progress!

*Submissions for Korea and Southeast Asia’s fan art contests must be made through their respective channels.
 

[Contest Schedule]

- Submission Period: November 19 (Wed.) ~ December 14 (Sun.)

- Internal Screening for Top 10: December 15 (Mon.) ~ December 17 (Wed.)

- Vote for Top 10 Ranking: December 18 (Thu.) ~ December 22 (Mon.)

- Winners Announcement: December 23 (Tue.)

 

[How to Participate]

Fan Art Theme: Winter / The End of the Year / Year 2025 / Year 2026

1. Create a Guardian Tales Fan Art that meets the stated topic.

2. Submit your fan art in the [Fan Art Contest] section.

3. The staff and dev team will select the Top 10 finalists, and voting will take place afterward through an official notice.
 

Please include the original design and a brief description of your artwork when uploading.

★SUBMIT YOUR DESIGN [HERE] FOR EUROPE/OCEANIA, AND [HERE] FOR NORTH AMERICA/SOUTH AMERICA.

*Please make sure all that's been requested is filled in, or the submission may not be accepted.

*Please note that a Google account is required to upload files via this form.
 

We will review the submissions, select the TOP 10 entries, and conduct a vote via another announcement.

YOU MUST ABIDE BY ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

- Please include the name of your work when you submit the Fan Art.

- Submit both the completed design and a record of the creative process (e.g., sketches or line art).

- It could be an illustration of your original sketch or pixel art.

- No AI! If your submission is found to be created using AI, it will not be accepted, and any submissions or rewards may be revoked. No plagiarizing, and make sure it is your original work.

- There are no restrictions on file formats or size.
 

Check out our fankit for a library on our existing sprites and illustrations to inspire your design: [HERE]. 

Internal screening will narrow down the selections to Top 10 submissions, which will then be followed by voting via website and social media channels to decide on the winners.

 

Event Rewards (Total 10) - Group: Europe/Oceania

- Grand Prize (1 Guardian) Reward: 20,000 Gems + 1,000 Stamina

- Gold Prize (1 Guardian) Reward: 15,000 Gems + 750 Stamina

- Silver Prize (3 Guardians) Reward: 10,000 Gems + 500 Stamina

- Bronze Prize (5 Guardians) Reward: 5,000 Gems + 250 Stamina

 

Event Rewards (Total 10) - Group: North America/South America

- Grand Prize (1 Guardian) Reward: 20,000 Gems + 1,000 Stamina

- Gold Prize (1 Guardian) Reward: 15,000 Gems + 750 Stamina

- Silver Prize (3 Guardians) Reward: 10,000 Gems + 500 Stamina

- Bronze Prize (5 Guardians) Reward: 5,000 Gems + 250 Stamina

 

*Guardian Tales, serviced by Kakao Games B.V. Europe, operates in Europe, North America, South America, and Oceania to ensure fairness and provide more opportunities for each region.

*These event rewards are exclusively for NA/EU and OC/South. Submissions for Korea or Southeast Asia [HERE] Fan Art contests must be made through their respective channels.

*The Top 10 winners will be selected through internal screening by the Community Manager Team at Kakao Games B.V. Europe.

*Submitted works must meet all the conditions specified in the [Participation Guidelines] and must be written in English.

*You may submit multiple entries, but please submit under one account (and Google Form). Editing of responses is possible until the submission deadline.

*Designs containing inappropriate, trolling, abusive, inflammatory, or violent content that violate our terms and policies, or breach online conduct guidelines, will be rejected.

*Plagiarism is strictly prohibited! Your submission will be disqualified if it contains copied elements from others' creations. Please ensure your work is original.

*Artwork created using AI tools or software is strictly forbidden as well. You may be asked to submit additional proof that your work is an original work by providing intermediate stages (sketches, guidelines) to prove that it is your original work.

*If your account is deleted or banned for violating game policies during the event/reward period, you will be disqualified from the event and will not be eligible to receive any rewards, even under a new account.

*Voting on the submissions will be held via a separate notice to follow. Also, the reward distribution method will be announced in the winner announcement post.

*The "2025 Guardian Tales Fan Art Contest" is open to players of Guardian Tales who reside and launch the game in the regions of Europe, Oceania, North America, and South America, where the game is serviced. As this is a global contest, a separate version is being held for South Korea and Southeast Asia. Players in those regions must submit their designs through the respective social media channels for those countries.

*By submitting your artwork ("Entry"), you agree to grant Guardian Tales full Intellectual Property and Publicity Rights to your unique work. Specifically, by submitting an Entry, you hereby grant Kakao Games and Kong Studios, along with their affiliated companies, a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free license to use your name, email address, city and state of residence, or other information provided by you (“Personal Information”) to identify your Entry in the Uses, without any obligation for attribution or compensation.

*As used here, “Uses” refers to the uploading and posting of your Entry (or derivative works) on Guardian Tales’ official Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, and Discord channels, the official Guardian Tales website, and other platforms, as well as the exploitation of your Entry (or derivative works) in any format or medium, whether current or future. This includes, but is not limited to, merchandising (in-game merch), events, and other promotional activities. You understand that the Uses licensed to Kakao Games B.V. Europe, and Kong Studios may include: public display of your Entry on Guardian Tales and external websites; the creation of Entry collections for commercial sale, incorporating your Entry alongside other entrants’ submissions, including photos, videos, and text; and the integration of your Entry into Guardian Tales mobile game products.

 

We can't wait to see your amazing creations!

The Guardian Tales Team