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[objectheadzine]

The theme of the thirteenth Object Head Zine is “Villains”. 3 weeks left to apply!

Let's celebrate the bad guys this time around, let the horrors win, and have the darkness claim the day. This year's zine wants you to imagine what if the baddies got their way and show off how cool being villains can be.

This book will feature 29 people I’ve selected, plus 31 open slots available to the public for a total of 60 participants! This year’s zine is a PAID OPPORTUNITY of $115 USD per page (an increase from previous years!). Participants will be paid as soon as they complete their piece  (give or take a week for PayPal to transfer funds). There will be a pre-order sale to cover the costs of printing and shipping.

The 29 pre-selected participants are:

Potentialforart | Corviday | Louise Kay Uy | Cosmicloak | jeong | theHoleyness | Nighto | Blacklimes | Sarah Skrutskie | Iris | Juliette GMM López | Cacoethic + Lenalis | Caitlin Ono | Inktrashing | Ribboneels | TK Pinkerton | nauma | Nikru | JOU | Kosse | PigDemonArt | CHRISQI | June Flores | BunnyangelArt | K_Duffles | Rainboopz | Solaire | Dr.Jingles

The guidelines are as follows:

Illustration-quality works in either digital or traditional mediums. Both colour and b/w acceptable; background required. *BG can be as simple as a pattern or colour block!

6”x9”, 300 DPI illustrations with a 1/8th inch bleed (FINAL DIMENSIONS SHOULD BE 6.25” x 9.25”) Works must be in CMYK, and in a vertical format only.

At least one (1) work in progress picture should be sent in with your final illustration.

For consistency’s sake, keep faces to a minimum (You can have eye(s) or you can have mouth(s) but don’t have both in a humanoid arrangement.)

Original characters only (yours or your friends’).

You can include humans or other creatures, as long as there’s a 1:1   object head to non-object head/human ratio.

This book is for all ages. PG-13 content at the most! Cartoon violence and blood are acceptable, but realistic gore is NOT. Use your common sense. If you’re unsure, run the idea by me.

Protagonists can be included in the composition but we want to make sure the villain is the main focus.

Completed illustrations must be sent as a flattened psd or tiff file

TO APPLY, FILL OUT THE GOOGLE FORM HERE

There are only 10 slots for comics available due to page count space so if you apply for a comic space, and you are selected, you may not be picked for comics but instead illustration!

If you have any questions about the zine, feel free to send an email to objectheadzine(@)hotmail(.)com. I’ll do my best to reply promptly. If you haven’t received a response from me, please feel free to send it again. There are a few essential questions answered over at the FAQ. There is also a Twitter account for the zine for frequent updates and WIPs of the book!

Applications are due May 2nd, 2026, 11:59 PM, PST.

[huariqueje]

Autumn Stream in the Morning Mist - Peter Eugén , 2025,

Swedish , b. 1978 -

Watercolour on thick paper ,  38.5 x 28.5 cm.

[corruptimles]

old designs of a witch and vampire object heads

[onebadnoodle]

serena/calem legends Z-A timeskip

[objectheadzine]

JUST 3 MONTHS LEFT!

TRAVEL is our topic for the Object Head Zine 2026 edition! Take a plane to the mountains, sail across the ocean to a different country, take a road trip to grandma's house! Traveling isn't just modes of transportation; it's anything that is usually transported from one location to another. Going to the store is a form of traveling, commuting to work is traveling! ALL submissions will be accepted so long as they follow the guidelines below. Each person has a limit of up to 3 submissions. This will be a DIGITAL ZINE ONLY and will be available free upon completion (donation optional). The guidelines are as followed:

Illustration-quality works in either digital or traditional mediums. Both colour and b/w acceptable; background required. *BG can be as simple as a pattern or colour block! Avoid utilizing a camera to submit your images, please use a scanner.

The default size will be 6″x9″, 300 dpi (1800px x 2700px) but feel free to go larger or smaller, so long as it follows those proportions, within reason. Please work in a vertical format.

For consistency’s sake, keep faces to a minimum (You can have eye(s) or you can have mouth(s) but don’t have both in a humanoid arrangement.

Please go for original characters (or fanart of your friend’s characters).

If you want to include humans, that’s fine as well but keep the ratio of people to object heads 1:1. Same goes for non-travel object heads. If you want to include both travel object heads and humans in your image, make sure the majority goes to travel object heads!

Content should be at most PG-13: Romance is fine but after hours business should not be implied, Blood is fine but no gore. In the end, use your common sense.

Feel free to draw a comic or just an illustration! A comic counts as one submission.

Note that if a submission does not meet the above guidelines, I will either reject your submission or suggest improvements that would help your piece fulfill them. Please email me at objectheadzine(@)hotmail(.)com if you have any further questions and I’ll do my best to reply promptly. If you do not receive a message from me within a few days, please send it again. We’re also available on twitter. Join us as well on the official Object Head Zine discord chat! Click here to be invited into the chat.

Final pieces submitted should be either in PNG or a one layer PSD file format. Also send in your email/website/name you’d like to be credited as. (Feel free to omit emails if that is more comfortable). When you’ve finished your piece(s), you are allowed to post them to your blogs as long as you link back to the zine blog!

SUBMIT YOUR PIECES USING EITHER THE FORM LINKED [HERE] OR EMAILED TO THE OBJECT HEAD ZINE EMAIL (LISTED ABOVE). DO NOT SUBMIT TO BOTH. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS FOR SUBMISSION. DO NOT SEND PORTFOLIO PIECES IN THIS LINK.

THE DUE DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS OCTOBER 8TH.

[bananimez]

Mami by wavily

[solnecco]

some small practice things

[solnecco]

Do you make timelapses of your art? Your scenery stuff has blown me away, it makes me wanna try to actually learn art stuff

I don't normally make timelapses but I do have this one I made to test CSP's timelapse function! don't believe I ever posted it here, so here it is!

[solnecco]

a quick grass tutorial

I’ve never really wrote a tutorial before so apologies if this is bad

1. okay first thing I do is pick three colors, a mid, dark, and light. I like to check the colors in greyscale to make sure there’s enough contrast between each one.

I then plop down a blob of whatever my middle tone color is.

2. next, I take my dark color and just sort of randomly place it around. I try to make sure there’s a good amount of both the mid and dark tones spread throughout. I personally like to keep it kinda messy. I also have pen pressure on for both brush size and opacity, so I can have some blending action going on.

3. for the next step I do the exact same thing as before, except with the light color.

4. aight this is where we start adding details. see how you just have a bunch of colors and edges where two colors meet? use the eyedropper and go to an area where two colors meet, eyedrop a color, and then use that color to draw in your grass blades. I do this at every point where colors meet. should note I personally like to use a square brush, but you can really just use anything.

5. you can technically stop at the last step if you’re going for a more simple look, but to add more details I go to the “empty” areas of solid color and just draw in random strokes using a color nearby. it’s just a way to fill up the empty space.

6. basically more of the same idea of eyedropping and drawing. for more variety so things look interesting, I like to add random plant shapes.

7. and so the grass doesn’t look too plain, I add random dots of color and pretend it’s flowers and stuff.

and there you have it, this is how I approach drawing grass.

[biomecharnotaurus]

Artists are so afraid to make human body hair references, but since I'm not a bitch, do you want a direction map? Like the ones furries make for animal fur directions, but for humans.

[biomecharnotaurus]

Here. Of course there are variations like for every single thing in human anatomy, but this is a more “average-based” map.

[ur-daily-inspiration]

[aaashelley]

witch's soup

[thecollectibles]

Art by Eldar Akmanaev

[youvereachedthevoid]

Naelan & Naelan & Naelan (& the cat)

Consider this your formal introduction to the Head Gatekeeper of Arai (and Master of Language & Relations in Taevalear).

[rustymaps]

Lonelystar City

Lonelystar City | Patreon

Official Post from Rustymaps

[neutralpartymaps]

Just like in video games, it's always worth checking beneath bridges for lil treasures- if you look hard enough, using spells and looking for cracks in the walls to blow up, your DM might just throw you a bone to keep the story moving.

Patreon

[kiwi]

posted on tweeter as well but ill try here, any other illustrators have experience with looking for an agent? ive got a book that lists a ton of childrens book literary agents, but isnt there somewhere that lists only illustrator representation? these kids book literary agents mainly want illustrators with manuscripts, which i dont have. i just wanna illustrate book covers but the big dogs wont even look at you without representation

[hihereami]

You might wanna look at the resources other illustrators have put out!

Agents for Illustrators is one of them

Literary Agents of Color (both illustrators/writers)

Literary Agents of Color

We are a directory devoted to listing and supporting literary agents of color in publishing, a resource for writers and illustrators to use

And here's a general guide on what's an agent, if it's convenient or not

Illustration agents - The Illustrators Guide

What can illustration agents do for you, and what can't they do? How do you choose an agent and how do you work together as a team?

As an extra resource, here's the resource database made by the Third Eye Collective -- a collective focused on resources and aid to Global South Artists who work for North America and Europe

[kiwi]

YOO THIS ROCKS THANK YOU!!