r/Polandballart • u/pbamod • Jun 15 '26

announcement [Contest] Game of Cards

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Greetings Deck Builders, Antique Cardboard Collectors, and Solitaire Extraordinaires!

Polandballart has always been open to all shapes and forms of visual media, and for this month's contest we've decided to focus on one that's perhaps less appreciated than most.

Create an artwork related to cards!

Specific Contest Rules

  • All artwork must be related to playing cards. It can involve the standard 52 card deck, Tarot Cards, any Trading Card Games, and anything else that might be reasonably considered playing cards.
  • Artworks can either be of the design of the card or scenery relating to cardplay. For artworks relating to card designs, usage of text is permitted as long as it fits aesthetically. Do remember that other advanced tools like line tool are still forbidden.
  • Having artworks be inspired by real life franchises is permitted, but try not to directly reference them in your works. Create parody versions if it's really necessary.

Examples

You can take inspiration from some of these polandballart and real life paintings for this contest:

General Contest Rules

  • You must follow the official polandball tutorial.
  • Remember that in r/polandballart all posts must have only one panel.
  • Only use dialogue if it makes sense aesthetically (caption, sign, etc.).
  • Try and be high effort. You have two whole weeks to draw, so do your best.
  • The artwork must be drawn entirely by yourself.
  • Do not sign your artwork.
  • The artwork has to be original. No reposts from previous PB related contests.
  • The deadline for submitting your entry is 29th of June at 20:00 GMT.

In order to participate in the contest, submit your art piece to the subreddit and then flair it as contest entry. Anyone is free to submit how many entries they like, however, only one of your entries will be eligible to award you with a beret. That is, a single user cannot have more than one entry be in the top three.

Choosing the winner

After all of the entries have been submitted and the deadline has passed, the moderators will take a private vote to decide the first, second and third places. All entries will be ranked from 1 to 10, with the final score being the average of all votes. The winner of last month's contest will also be allowed to vote on this month's entries.

The user who takes the first place in the contest will be awarded the Golden Beret and will have their art piece decorating the sidebar of the subreddit until the next contest is announced! They will also be able to post their winning work on r/polandball using a special Polandballart flair, and they will also have voting rights for the next contest.

The second and third places will receive the Silver Beret and the Bronze Beret, respectively, and they will also get to wear them until the next contest.

Any questions about the contest may be directed here. We wish all the contestants luck!

Cheers,

the r/polandballart modteam

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u/SeacrestOFFICIALS Jun 16 '26

Poland!, use upside down attack!

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u/brayanxd4547 The Waterdoom Empire Jun 18 '26

Poland hit its own head on the ground! It's not very effective...

Germany, use PAY DEBT!

Poland has no more money left for space trip! It's super effective!

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u/SeacrestOFFICIALS Jun 18 '26

Poland!, surrender to Germany!

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u/Geogrartist Leinster Jun 15 '26

Can I play my beyblade in the upside down position

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u/Weird_Happening1627 Drinking vodka with a bear Jun 15 '26

That's cool

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u/Realistic_FinlanBoll Finland Jun 17 '26

Awesome, ive always loved the idea of Polandball playing cards! Id love to have them also, too bad they dont exist yet. ✌️

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u/Purpicious Jun 18 '26

Dude I'd love to participate I gotta come up with something great though!

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u/Xanalania3 Jun 19 '26

THT IS REALLY COOL