Unemployed Pandas

Win This T-shirt!

PMBQ and I have been tossing around a few ideas for t-shirt contests for readers of unemployed pandas. As you know PMBQ is also the artist behind pmbqshop.com where she offers up some great panda apparel. What you might not have known is that there is a special edition t-shirt design of Ninja Panda and Samurai Panda that has only been available at Anime and Comic shows.

The shirt has been the hottest of the season so we decided to give one of these to a fan of unemployed pandas. Here is a sneak peak of the special edition t-shirt design. You also have the option to pick a different design from pmbqshop.com.

Contest Details

If you had a chance to read through the series, you’ll notice a good amount of sarcasm combined with humour. For this contest, simply submit a caption for one of the last two Friday Odd Jobs pages (American Idol or H1B1 Swine Flu). You can submit the caption either in the comments of the page or by sending it via tweet to @upandas. Extra points if someone retweets the caption!!

The winning caption should capture the spirit and character of the unemployed pandas, so have fun with it. I have found that pulling the old ninja or samurai uniform from the closet and meditating for a few hours gets me into the right frame of mind. Just a thought.

We’ll take all entries until Monday, May 11. Then PMBQ and I will huddle up and pick the winner. Good luck to all.

-Mervyn

We’re taking a break from the main storyline this month. Summer is in the air, as well as summer conventions! Currently, we’re just more inspired to draw illustrations reflecting upon the benefits of having the summer off. Whether you’re employed, unemployed, or a student, we’re hoping you can relate!

We’d also like to take this chance to invite any other artists to submit their own illustrations of Ninja Panda and/or Samurai Panda and/or Kunoichi Panda enjoying the summer! Mervyn and I would love to see your depictions of our favorite pandas.

If you’re interested, here are the Submission Specs:
- Final image size is 960 pixels wide by 639 pixels tall, 72 dpi
- If possible, we recommend you work at 2001×1332, 300 dpi (just for your own working copy)
- Acceptable formats are PSD, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, EPS, and AI.
- Try to keep your submission to 2 MB or below.
- If your submission is larger than 2 MB, please email us a link to your work, rather than attaching
- Send submissions to UPANDAS at PMBQ dot COM (replace words with symbols, and you can use lowercase :)

When you submit, it’s mutually understood that you are granting Mervyn and I the copyright to publish the work, both in print and online. We’ll be sure to give you credit, as well as a surprise bonus. You are allowed to sell prints of your work as well, of course!

If you have any questions about any of this, feel free to leave a comment, email us at upandas at pmbq dot com , or tweet us @upandas .

OK, hope y’all are enjoying your summer!!

- PMBQ & Mervyn