Create a Dementium 2 Ad, Win The Game and a DSi XL

Astute readers may be familiar with the Bright Dawn Treatment Center, either from the unsavory depiction of the mental health facility in Dementium 2, or via the multitude of rumors revolving around the staff’s dishonorable conduct and reliance upon un-anesthetized organ abstraction. With all the bad press surrounding Bright Dawn, the patient population has dwindled considerably.

If an effort to thwart the tide of negative press and to reinvigorate the chain of clinics, SouthPeak Games and Tech-Gaming are seeking submissions for Bright Dawn’s upcoming campaign to bolster their image. For their efforts, two artists will be awarded a DSi XL along with a copy of Dementium 2 for their noble efforts- which presents an ideal way to experience the upcoming DS title’s menacing gameplay.

Simple create an advertisement like the one pictured above, and host the image at a site such as Flickr, PhotoBucket, and ImageShack. Post a link to the artwork in this thread, along with your email address in the proper space (we promised not to share your data with Bright Dawn personnel). Periodically, we’ll be posting our favorites, for all to admire, so check back often. Winners will be announced on April 28th, 2010; the contest is open to residents of U.S. and Canadian territories. To allow all aspiring artists a chance at winning, we’ll pick the best overall advertisement, as well as one random entry, drawn from a pool of all ‘serious’ submissions.


About Robert Allen

Since being a toddler, Robert Allen has been immersed in video games, anime, and tokusatsu. Currently, his days are spent teaching at two southern California colleges. But his evenings and weekends are filled with STGs, RPGs, and action titles and well at writing for Tech-Gaming since 2007.

116 comments

  1. Booting Photoshop right now.

  2. Awesome contest!

  3. How much nudity is allowed? HAHAHAHA

  4. Very cool. I’ll post something tonight.

  5. Stealthy Squirrel

    Since there’s a bit of blood in the pic, I can assume that some blood is ok, right.

  6. How about I post some sexy pics of Eva Mendez and you give me a DSI XL. LOL!

  7. Damn, that was quick. I’m still looking for a great idea 😉

  8. I’m not an artist, but I want a DSI XL!

    http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3470/hospitalstaff.jpg

  9. That shit is funny, but what does it have to do with the contest.

  10. Working on it right now.

  11. Firing up MS Paint baby.

  12. I’ll enter this for sure.

  13. Gathering some ideas for this one.

  14. Cool contest.

  15. Man you’re making us work for this one!

  16. I guess I need to D/L Photoshop now.

  17. I’ll give this a try.

  18. Man, I wish I had more tools than MS paint. Anyone know any decent freeware?

  19. Contests like these make me wish I had a tablet.

  20. I was waiting for one of these.

  21. DSIXL+game want. To work it is!

  22. Dude, WTF is that?!?! LOL.

  23. I’m trying to draw a comic, which is pretty frustrating!

  24. Will Southpeak actually use the ad as a mock-up?

  25. The sample pic Reminds me on a old Nintendo ad.

  26. Putting some touches on mine. Should be up tonight.

  27. I like this one so far.

  28. Here’s mine:

    Is a little graphic, BTW

    http://yfrog.com/45twbbj

  29. Wow that’s good! That’s not from the website? It looks that professional!

  30. How are the winners going to be picked? Random or best artwork?

    I hope random cause it will give me a chance!

  31. Nope, it’s all me! Thanks for the comment!

  32. Jeez, that’s damn good. If it wasn’t for the random drawing I’d totally be jealous.

  33. Very cool contest!

  34. Clever. Gets my vote.

  35. I’ll be entering later this week!

  36. You’re too kind, thanks.

  37. Some good entries so far.

  38. I’m working on a great one. Keep a clean pair of undies handy.

  39. Pretty cool. I like this one.

  40. There’s something about this one I like. Maybe the way the people are hidden, or the way the feet look…dead.

  41. http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/1624/d2ad3.jpg

    Thats mine. Hope you like a new one^^

  42. Oh thank you^^
    I hope the judges like it too <.<
    Because I really like Renegade Kid and their projects, ecspecially Dementium II, and I want to get it.

  43. Honestly I like the old one a bit more.

  44. Thats classic! LOL.

  45. Seriously? TheHorrorFan90’s entries are quite horrible (no pun intended). He can’t even use proper English…

  46. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/me5000/untitled.jpg

    I think this is currently and will continue to be the worst entry in the contest.

  47. But clowns are scary. LOL.

  48. http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/3209/d2ad6fix.jpg

    Heres a new one.
    Sorry for my English o.O

  49. Dude, you totally ripped off an entry above – the one by BJ. This one should be disqualified. *shakes head slowly*

  50. http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3161/d2ad7.jpg

    Here is a new one with the torture chair 😀

  51. I dont even see it!

  52. Me too o.O
    I don’t look at every picture postet here, so I’m very sorry, BJ.

  53. the blood looks like scribbles.

  54. I’m working on one now, I’ve only seen 2 or 3 serious threats 😉

  55. Sorry that I’m not an artist, ok?!

  56. And which ones?

  57. Thanks for offering this contest. I’m glad it’s not just about talent!

  58. Still working on mine. Its coming along.

  59. OK, I feel like it could be better. We’ll see.

    http://yfrog.com/3ubrightdawnadj

  60. Here we have mark two: http://yfrog.com/j7brightdawnad2j

  61. Not bad, I like it.

  62. Heres a complete new one by me 🙂
    Enjoy it.

    http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/9793/allnewd2adcopy.jpg

  63. Ummmm….you spelled “forever” wrong.

  64. What’s the last day to submit?
    Says the winners will be announced on April 28…but, submissions..till? the 27th?

    Also, any way on knowing if submissions were accepted?
    I posted mine a few posts above (here: http://i42.tinypic.com/168c491.jpg) but don’t know if i twas accepted/received..or not…since sometimes link can appear as not working..

  65. Fernando,

    We’ll pick winners the night of the 28th, so submit until 9:00 PM.

    Got your entries, I’ll add them to the slideshow.

  66. Thanks.
    I’m considering doing another one..is there any limit of entries?

  67. Let’s set the cap at up to three entries per person. Keep us the good work!

  68. Awesome..thanks.

  69. ENTRY #2:

    http://i40.tinypic.com/suuf6s.jpg

    Decided to go more subtle, since the ads to “thwart the tide of negative press and to reinvigorate the chain of clinics” ..though one is obvious, the other one is the same image..but less obvious. (Entry #1 was this one: http://i42.tinypic.com/168c491.jpg)

  70. Looks like they got some “liquid gold” (or is it mustard?) on their masks.

  71. I liked the other one better!

  72. So 9PM..tomorrow… EST? PST?…

    All I know is that the clock in here, when I post something..is 3 hours behind..so April 28, 9PM here would be April 28, 6PM in this forum….

  73. Youre taking it down to the wire 😉

    9:00 PM PST.

  74. Hehe..oka.. :p

  75. ***************

    FINAL ENTRY
    (Entry #3)

    Link: http://i41.tinypic.com/25hfmdg.jpg

    ***************
    Just in case, here are my previous two entries.
    Entry #1 (posted April 21): http://i42.tinypic.com/168c491.jpg
    Entry #2 (posted April 23): http://i40.tinypic.com/suuf6s.jpg
    [though, here’s of Entry #2, without the “back-image tease”: http://i40.tinypic.com/34gmscy.jpg ]

    NOTE:
    Let me know if nay of the links doesn’t work.

  76. ^^EDIT:
    Let me know if **any** of the links doesn’t work. :p

  77. Here’s the original pic(s) from the final entry, no effects, no retouch..just in case… http://i43.tinypic.com/2l0w7l.jpg

  78. Dude want to win!

  79. Dude, take it easy. You already posted these like 8 friggin times. I am sure DesertEagle got them.

  80. 8?
    Entry 1, Entry 2, and Entry 3…that’s 3..I think. :p ;D

  81. Man, relax a bit. A quit trying to flood the discussion.

  82. But..I’m not flooding anything..
    DesertEagle said you could post up to 3 different entries..

    I posted 3 different entries…across 3 different days during a week, what was wrong about that?

  83. I was talking about all your “here is my link again” posts. Of all your pic links I count a total of 9. Peppering these guys with your links won’t get you any favors I’m sure. And yes, you are flooding, and potentially ruining, a perfectly awesome contest.

  84. :p
    But you’re just counting link, not the content..

    1. April 21st: Posted the #1 ad/entry (link)

    2. April 22nd: Tinypic was down, so I posted it again asking also if there was a limit of submissions.

    3. April 23rd: Posted the #2 ad/entry (link); also posted the first in that same reply, to note that it was a different entry, not the same or an update.

    4. April 28th: Posted the #3 ad/entry (link). Like with #2, also added the previous 2 entries, also to note that it was a new one.

    On that same 4th post (with link) also replied wit ha link to the unedited image that I used for #3, because..at some forum, people were talking about how my entry was taken from someplace else and/or already done; so posted the unedited image as I said “just in case”.

    My other reply was without a link asking at what time the contests ended, since there’s a 3 hour difference in this forum, to when I post something.

    Oh well..Guess I’ll be wrong anyway..
    So if I sound like I’m dragging/flooding things, then sorry..it wasn’t my intention.

  85. Ok, twenty minutes to go. Hopefully winners will be names soon!

  86. Have the winners been announced yet? Can’t wait to find out who won!

  87. Oh! I thought you won…since yours was the overall well done and most balanced.
    So.. no winners yet?

    I had in my mind that “if no email is received in 24 hours, I wasn’t a winner”….plus people not liking me posting my old entries along the new ones….so I just assumed that you won “overall best” and Horrorfan won “random”.

  88. Congrats to our winners!

    BJ (Best overall art)
    SoulHaunter (Random winner)

    email has been sent.

  89. What took so long to announce the winners?!?!

  90. Told ya, BJ! XD

  91. Wow! Man, I am so excited! Thanks again DesertEagle and Tech-Gaming.com! I can’t believe I won! 🙂

  92. Gathering the judges 😉

  93. Well, man, you did have the best entry. Don’t be so surprised.