Welcome to the Zootopia Police Department

(Hey all! So, I’m definitely reaping the consequences of leaving this blog unattended for a while. You miss out important things like this! If you haven’t already heard, there is a Zootopia contest being held! I am so sorry that this is late, but just in case you still haven’t heard, here is the info. It is still going, so better late than never, right? This information was passed onto me by Irina-bourry/ChezIBY:)

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Dear friends,

Time to celebrate the world of Zootopia and salute its fandom – plus, mark the publication of chapter ten of our fanfic ‘Zootopia: If It Ever Happens’ – by holding a small contest. Hopefully you will all enjoy yourselves; maybe this will be a kind of tradition for every ten chapters we put up! It amm depends on how this first try goes.

So here are the rules!

– We are setting very loose limits so far as the subject and medium go. Fanart of any kind is accepted, fanfiction also (though please make any stories shorter than novel-standard so that we can get through them in a reasonable time), poetry, sewing, music, cosplay, knitting… you get it. * A note about fanfiction – if you feel like writing something in a language other than English, we will do our best to judge your work fairly. We can at least promise you that we are capable of assessing work submitted in the following languages: English, French, Russian, Polish, Swedish, Spanish, German, and Mandarin. If you have another language in mind, get back to us and we’ll see what we can do!

– The main criteria will be originality. So let’s avoid copy-pasting stills from the film without changing them – but if you are not a great artist but feel like making a creative collage or comic using stills from the movie, that’s great! Let your creativity run free.

– The one and only demand – has to be Zootopia-related. OCs accepted, humans in Zootopia accepted, crossovers accepted, another age and time in Zootopia accepted – but no random animal art that is claimed to be  Zootopia-related.

– Strictly PG-rated please.

– Any work submitted does not have to be made specifically for the contest. If you feel like one of your earlier works fits the bill, feel free to submit it!

– A single person can submit any number of entries.

– Stealing other people’s work is absolutely prohibited. We are quite good at tracking things down. Be warned, immediate disqualification for plagiarism.

– Please feel free to include a note detailing when your work was completed approximately (so we can check that it is not stolen) and giving any details you feel relevant (especially for OCs.)

The contest opens July 25th and runs for six weeks, last day to submit entries will be September the 5th. Once closed for entries, the jury (aka author and beta of Zootopia: If It Ever Happens) will deliberate for a couple of days over the entries and select the winner. This winner will be announced by September the 9th.

We have decided to only select one winner because we would like to offer a real prize – one Zootopia Infinity 3.0 figurine of the winner’s choice will be shipped to the lucky guy or gal! Shipping wil be handled via amazon, and there is absolutely no preference or discrimination as to where the participants are from. Provided amazon can ship parcels to your place, we’re good! If not, we will search for a solution. But they handle most locations pretty well, so we should be good :)

If only one person enters the contest, that person will be the winner :) If no one enters, authors will keep the figurines for themselves :) :)

We wish we could offer a prize to everyone who enters! We will be asking all of the main Zootopia fandom sites to feature all of the participants’ work though, with references, so that will be a small consolation prize! We are also addressing them currently to help us spread word of the competition. Please feel free to share with friends and reblog!

– How to enter: easy! After completing your work, send it in to the following dedicated inbox: [email protected]

We will send a small confirmation in reply. If you do not received a confirmation within a couple of days, get back to us.

Any questions you may have – same email address.

Good luck everyone! We look forward to receiving your entries!

Enjoy your summer :)

– ChezIBY

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goofy cross eyed Nick and Judy selfie :P (corel painter airbrush)

https://www.tumblr.com/blog/ladycottontail

(Thank you so much, anon! And I apologize for my long absence. While I admit that the small incident was a little stressful, the majority of my stress were just real-life little struggles that decided to mount all at once. But things are starting to quiet down, so fingers crossed that I will be able to draw a lot very soon!

(Gif is not mine, by the way.)

Bonus:

(Awww thank you! The kindness is overwhelming! I am honored that you consider me an example!  I just do what I can to try to put a smile on someone’s face, hopefully! But again, thank you so much! Comments like these mean the world to me since I often struggle with self-doubt. You are all blessing me in this way by helping me feel that I can make content that people seem to like! So thanks to all of you! This is all one big Blessfest! -admin)

Bonus: Doodle dump!

(The Great Mouse Detective has always been a huge part of my childhood, so I really enjoyed drawing this! Thank you for suggesting this one! I really like this AU where Nick and Judy are a pair of sleuths trying to solve the case of Mrs. Otterton’s kidnapped husband in the streets of Zootropolis! And I have to add that Nick looks really good in all of Basil’s outfits! And I mean REALLY good… Or is that just me?

(Hmm... I didn't really notice it much, but you do have a point. It probably stems from the fact he's my favorite character, and it's like the saying goes that you usually tease the ones you love the most... I guess it's the price he has to pay for being the smooth fox that stole my heart! Haha! -admin)