Are you a graphic designer or illustrator who’d like to contribute your creative skills to support Queensland’s local games community?
The Queensland Games Festival is inviting artists to volunteer their creative services by submitting a concept pitch to help shape the 2026 logo and visual identity for this long-running, community-driven event.
Hosted at the iconic Brisbane Powerhouse, the Queensland Games Festival is a celebration of Queensland’s vibrant game-making scene. Since 2012, the festival has brought together developers, artists, studios, and players, welcoming more than 3,000 attendees each year to discover locally made games and connect with the people behind them.
We’re seeking concept pitches from designers and illustrators who want to give back to the community by helping define the festival’s visual identity. Submitted concepts are a volunteer contribution in support of this not-for-profit, community-run event.
From these submissions, one artist will be selected to work with the festival team to produce the final, fully resolved artwork. The selected artist will receive a $1,000 artist fee on delivery of the finished materials, along with full credit and acknowledgement across festival materials and the Queensland Games Festival website.
How to enter
Be inspired by both our local game developer community and our local animals. We love to combine things related to games with our local animals! You could re-imagine our lorikeet and mahogany glider mascots (Lori and Goa) or introduce a new mascot of your own.
Submitted designs need not be complete finished art but should be indicative of the final design and include a colour palette, font choices and also show how the design could work in thumbnails for different social media image sizes, badges and posters.
The winner will be invited to prepare print-ready PDF files (vector or high resolution) for the different platforms and will receive $1,000 (artist fee) plus name and acknowledgement in festival materials and websites.
Submit a PDF of your pitch images plus a personal bio and concept description
PDFs should be named YourName_ConceptName_QGF2026
Size is limited to under 100MB
AI use
AI tools may be used to support ideation, research, or creative exploration (for example, generating ideas, references, or mood prompts). Concepts submitted here and the final artwork from the selected artist must be original artwork created by the artist. Submissions that include AI generated art/imagery will not be accepted. By uploading your submission you are agreeing to this clause.
Creative Commons License clause
Please acknowledge that you realise that uploading an image is under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
We may share your work as part of our information campaign with due acknowledgment of your name as provided. Only the selected artist will be invited to produce the deliverables as listed in the competition details. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en
Competition closes March 1st – Winners announced March 9th
Our winner is expected to be able to submit the final fully resolved artwork by the end of March – see deliverables below
Deliverables
Selected artist will be expected to work with the Queensland Games Festival team and use their winning concept to create the following images:
- High rez image with layers adaptable to Social Media (all main sizes and ratios)
- Simple style guide (palette fonts, possible placements)
- Poster variations with placements panel areas for sponsor logos
- Print / CMYK resolutions for print options (including lanyard ID cards, badges, and trophies / mugs)
Be inspired: Lori and Goa in banners from previous years (art by @dashurie and Bradley)
Art by @dashurie
More inspiration: We also really love the Pint of Science annual digital artist challenge https://pintofscience.com.au/artwork/annual-digital-artist/
We can’t wait too see what you come up with!