Inception Comic Cover Art Contest [UPDATED]

[UPDATED - The winners have been announced. Check below.] The nice people over at deviantART are holding a contest to create a cover for The Big Under, a graphic novel which serves as a prequel to the film, Inception.

All of the entries will be judged on technical skill, appropriateness of the work as a comic book cover, and visual interpretation of The Big Under. 15 semi-finalists will be selected by full-time deviantART staff and from those 15, the final 3 winners will be selected by the writer and director of Inception, Christopher Nolan! The prizes for the first, second, and third place winners are listed below.

Check out the contest page over at deviantART to download a script of the comic and stills from the film as well as a template for creating the cover. The contest runs until 11:59:59 PST on December 28, 2010, so get those designs cooking!

DeviantART is excited to announce “The Big Under” Comic Cover Art Contest! Read the comic script, get inspired, but don’t get stuck in limbo, because we want to see how you envision the cover!

The winning entry will fetch a handsome $2,000, plus it might be used as the cover for the digital motion comic “Inception – The Big Under”, which may be included as a bonus on an upcoming Warner Bros. Home Entertainment release.

“The Big Under” is a prequel to the film Inception; it reveals how Cobb and company get to Saito to put him under for the dream featured in the beginning of the film.
- deviantART

[UPDATE - 1/22] This is contest has come to a close and the 3 winners have been selected from the 15 semi-finalists. The winning cover designs, selected by Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas, are displayed below. Check out the rest of the semi-finalists over at deviantART. Congratulations to winners!

1st Place:
$2,000 USD
8,000 deviantART Points
dAPRO Digital Artist Backpack
One Year Premium Membership to deviantART
The winning entry might be used as the cover for the digital comic The Big Under!

2nd Place:
$500 USD
8,000 deviantART Points
dAPRO Digital Artist Backpack
One Year Premium Membership to deviantART

3rd Place:
$250 USD
4,000 deviantART Points
dAPRO Digital Artist Backpack
One Year Premium Membership to deviantART

Tags: Christopher Nolan, Comic, Contest, Inception, The Big Under
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