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Genre Mascot Art Contest
One of the things that makes the RPR great is the amazing variety of characters and games that are represented here. By now, the "genre jumble" group on the homepage is quite familiar:

2025's genre mascots


2024's genre mascots


2023's genre mascots




But did you know that those characters were all drawn by members? Now it’s time again for a new group of characters to represent our diversity and creativity!

To enter:
Pick one (or more) of the following genres and draw an original character that you think embodies the spirit of that genre.

• Fantasy
• Sci-fi
• Steampunk
• Mutants
• Anthro/Furre
• Cyberpunk
• Superheroes
• Fae
• Creatures: Wolves, Dragons, etc...
• Suggest a new one!

Rules:

1. Must be your own creation.
2. Cannot be a previously made character. The genre mascot must be your original creation made for this contest.
3. You must agree that if chosen, your drawing becomes property of the RPR, to be used on the RP Repository website and on promotional material for the RPR. That means your genre mascot could have the chance to represent us far and wide, on and off the homepage!
4. Large/high resolution images are encouraged, preferably 300 dpi if possible.
5. Genre mascots should be presented on a transparent background.
6. All genre mascots must be appropriate for a PG-13 type audience.
7. You may enter more than one image into the genre jumble, and more than one image can be selected to win -- BUT you will only ever have one entry into the winners' raffle.
8. Preference is given toward digital art. Please, no photomanipulations.
9. Absolutely no tracing.
10. Be cautious if submitting a character that is carrying a banner, such as the Geisha in the 2013 jumble -- be aware that this limits how many positions the character can occupy in the final image, and may mean that it is harder to fit and will have to be cut.
11. The entries will be judged based on how well they appeal to their particular genre, creativity, effort, and skill to select a pool of finalists.
12. As many winners as possible will be selected from the pool of finalists based on 1) Space availability in the final image and 2) an attempt to represent as many genres (and other forms of diversity!) as possible.
13. Number of winners is determined by how many mascots fit in the final image comfortably. This is typically 10 to 15.

Prizes:
The winning genre mascots will be combined into their own genre jumble, and featured on the home page for a year.

EVERY person who contributes a character used in the final jumble will receive an Hourglass of Epicness (2 use item, 6 month of Epic Membership Status per use).

The following prizes will also be raffled off between the winners:

• 2026 RPR tote bag - (Real life prize - we’ll ship one to you) Totebags won in contests have some surprises inside them! Please note that I won’t be able to ship this until after the genre mascot art contest completes and we know what this design will be.
• 2026 RPR tote bag - (Real life prize - we’ll ship one to you) Totebags won in contests have some surprises inside them! Please note that I won’t be able to ship this until after the genre mascot art contest completes and we know what this design will be.
• 2026 RPR tote bag - (Real life prize - we’ll ship one to you) Totebags won in contests have some surprises inside them! Please note that I won’t be able to ship this until after the genre mascot art contest completes and we know what this design will be.
• 2026 RPR tote bag - (Real life prize - we’ll ship one to you) Totebags won in contests have some surprises inside them! Please note that I won’t be able to ship this until after the genre mascot art contest completes and we know what this design will be.
• 2026 RPR tote bag - (Real life prize - we’ll ship one to you) Totebags won in contests have some surprises inside them! Please note that I won’t be able to ship this until after the genre mascot art contest completes and we know what this design will be.
• Wand of Epicness -Grants 3 months of Epic Membership
• Book of Blank Pages - 5 permanent extra page slots
• Oil of Epicness - Grants 1 month of Epic Membership
• Dragon's tooth - 5 extra permanent character slots
• Box of Rocks - Contains 5 random pet rocks, including a chance for special color variants only available via a box.
• Throwables collection composed of Glitterbombs, snowballs, fireworks, blossom bombs and water balloons

Deadline:
The last day to post a submission is June 7th

I have several surgical procedures scheduled for right after Epic Week, so you’re all getting a LOT of time to enter the contests while I recover this year!

First again, i came prepared. A jester girl for fantasy setting.

Well this took me a bit due to art burnout (plus other....things) but heres my entry. This is Vayla Arcmoon, an Aasimar Harpy. Wait does this count as both fantasy and Anthro? Unfortunatly i had to use an imgur alternative since it got banned in the UK.

IT'S TIME!

For the Anthro genre, I offer a purple bat!

Back again with a teeny tiny fairy pupper

I really like the pet rocks on RPR so I kinda imagined what a rock caretaker/farmer might look like.
Genre is modern fantasy/slice of life

This is just so adorbs. 😍💕

Yay I drew a trendy modern woman!



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It is said that if you love something enough, it takes on a life of its own. That care and attention make it grow stronger, until eventually what was once only admired becomes truly alive.

One can only imagine how many of these little critters exist beneath the gardens of devoted flower lovers. Of course, considering they spend most of their lives underground, I suppose we may never know for certain.

Still… perhaps think twice before plucking a tulip from someone else’s garden.

This little fellow probably fits a few categories: Fantasy, Fae, Mutant, or Creature, though I suspect he’d simply call himself a gardener.

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