Los Angeles, CA
Quoted from c508:Sorry, new to Pinside will have to look at some of the older discussions on the forum. I can see why whomever has the rights would say "and you can only use our approved promotional images," but countering with "well we'd like to do some original artwork pending your approval" does not seem like it would be impractical. Plus you'd think a contest would drum up tons of publicity, but whatever.
A contest is a horrible idea. That's asking professional artists to work for free, and MAYBE have their work used. That's bullshit, artists hate it...it's condescending and devalues their craft.
All studios have product licensing protocols - most have "style guides". You generally have to use the style guides unless it's a situation like Metallica - where they wanted Dirty Donny to do 100% original artwork.
