Heavy Metal Magazine, the legendary home of sci-fi, fantasy, and counterculture art, is on the hunt for the next bold artistic voice to claim a spot in our monumental relaunch: Issue #1.

Check out the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/heavymetal/heavy-metal-magazine-1

How It Works

1. Submit your absolute best, most mind-blowing work
2. The fans decide—we'll showcase a shortlist of the most electrifying submissions, and our editors will make the final call
3. The winner gets commissioned, and paid, to create an exclusive piece for Issue #1 of Heavy Metal Magazine

But that's not all: this could be your launchpad into even more exciting paid projects with Heavy Metal in 2025!

Ways to Submit

1. Share your past work as a comment on any social media post from Heavy Metal related to the campaign
2. Create a NEW post showcasing any of your original artwork on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook
3. Tag Heavy Metal's account and use #HeavyMetalKickstarter and mention the Heavy Metal Emerging Artist Spotlight campaign
4. Post as many pieces as you like - the goal is to try to get our attention with your art!

https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal/#

https://www.facebook.com/MyHeavyMetal

https://x.com/HeavyMetalInk

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What We're Looking For

• Work that pushes boundaries and challenges conventions
• Artwork that reimagines Heavy Metal's distinctive DNA for tomorrow's audience
• Technical excellence and unique creative vision
• Illustrators, painters and digital artists are all welcome to submit

Selection Process

• Heavy Metal's editorial team will select one artist to work with
• Interest for your art on social media will be taken into consideration
• We'll showcase standout submissions throughout the holiday season
• Final selection will be announced on December 28
• Submissions due by December 26

Important Notes

• Artwork must be your original creation
• Nudity permitted but not required
• Magazine submissions must be traditional or digital artwork (no AI-generated art in the magazine)
• Multiple submissions welcome

Even though we'll only be featuring one artist in the spotlight, we'll be looking at the cream of the crop of this audience to work with us in other projects beyond the magazine for 2025.

Submit now and let your art leave its mark on the future of Heavy Metal!

Timeline

• Now through December 26: Artist submission period
• December 27: Selection process
• December 28: Selected artist announcement

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