Our ever-popular HaYuKo cosplay photo competition is entering the next round, this year under the motto: “May I have this dance?”
You showed us your love for one dance or another at the KokoroKon ball, and now we want to see that love in the photos in this year’s competition.
But wait, that’s not all…
At Kokorokon, you swept us away with your short stories, we just can’t get enough of that either, which is why this year’s KokoroKon cosplay photo contest will be held in the format known from HanamiCon as “The perfect Shot.” So warm our hearts with short stories to go with your photos!
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Less is more (or, the 5 minute edit)
Your photo is almost perfect out of cam, but just today you had a pimple that couldn’t be covered with any make-up in the world?
Don’t stress, get rid of it.
You took the perfect photo, everything fits, the location, the pose, the facial expressions, the light, it’s gorgeous…but in this very photo, Grandma Hildegard is taking her evening stroll in the background?
Grandma is the downfall of the touch-up tool.
The image has become slightly too bright in the rush?
We won’t eat you for the one slider you’ve moved in Photoshop.
We have found that some pictures often don’t make it to Out of Cam competitions because the photographer and cosplayer are not happy with them due to such small details, so instead of an Out of Cam category we prefer to make a Minimal Edit category, we don’t want to see wild edits here, a touch up here and there is absolutely okay, but basically it should be close to an Out of Cam category, just with the freedom to fix small flaws.
More is more
Do we need to say much more? Whatever is fun is allowed, 10 tons of Photoshop are no problem, push your programs to their limits, unpack the overlays and brushes, work for hours on the most beautiful gradient conversions, just show us your great editing skills!
General rules
- The photo must show at least one cosplayer. OC’s are allowed as long as the person is clearly recognizable as being in costume.
- Keep it nice. Photos/stories that glorify violence, contain overly sexualized or otherwise questionable elements are excluded from the competition.
- Please submit the image as a JPG, there are no size specifications, but everyone should be aware that the better the quality, the better the chances of placement.
- Please send the text as a PDF.
- By submitting the photo/story, each participant agrees that HaYuKo may use and publish the image for the event and on social media.
- The rights of any material used must be owned by the creator or be royalty-free, meaning stock material is allowed as long as you have created it or legally acquired it or it is available royalty-free.
- In addition to the submitted image, we also ask for the original (JPG or RAW), which helps us to see and appreciate the extent of your editing.
- Both photographers and cosplayers may take part; by submitting the picture you confirm that you have obtained permission from the other party. If your oneshot has been written by a third party, the consent of this party must be obtained and sent along.
If we find out afterwards that pictures have been submitted without the consent of a party, the placement will be revoked and the sender will be banned from the HAYUKO Cosplay photo competitions until the end of the following year. - One picture may be submitted per participant.
Means, cosplayer A may submit a picture showing cosplayer A, which was taken by photographer B. Photographer B may now also submit a photo, and it is completely okay if cosplayer A can also be seen in it. If photographer C, D, E and F think cosplayer A is so great that they want to submit a photo of this person, they can of course do so. It is therefore possible that people can be seen in several pictures. - AI-generated texts are excluded from the competition.
- We accept submissions in both German and English.
- Please use a permanent upload and not a temporary one. On the day of the evaluation, our judges will access the
- pictures/stories, if your link has already expired they will not have access to your picture.
We would like to make it clear once again that we are a competition with a theme. In past competitions, we often received submissions that had no obvious connection to the theme and were not accompanied by any explanation. We do not want to deprive anyone of the opportunity to present their photos, and have therefore refrained from disqualifying such entries so far.
However, you should be aware that in a themed competition there is only a real chance of winning if the photo is also related to the theme, and if this is not apparent and not explained it is impossible for us to evaluate the photo according to our criteria.
Please use a permanent upload and not a temporary one. Our judges will access the pictures on the day of the evaluation via the link you have provided, if your link has already expired they will not have access to your picture.
Please also make sure that access is permitted, i.e. public, so that we can access the images without having to wait for confirmation of any access requests.
The winners will be announced at the award ceremony on Saturday and the prizes presented there. If you are unable to attend the award ceremony, please provide your contact details at the information stand.
