Level 26ers,

We have a new community challenge for you. As you know, we have begun work on Dark Prophecy, book two in the Level 26 series. Not only are we currently working on the novel but the cyber-bridges as well. Since Dark Prophecy is Tarot card centric, we’ll be featuring the card illustrations heavily in the book and we’re looking for a fantastic graphic artist to redesign the cards for the book and the cyber-bridges.

It’s really important to me that you, the community, feel like a part of this process, that you have a say in the book, so I’m putting my search for an illustrator or graphic artist out to you guys. Do you know someone talented who’s looking for an opportunity? Tell them to submit for the opportunity to design the ten Tarot cards that will be featured in the book.

Here’s the contest: The graphic artist should submit a sample piece of artwork to the site by uploading it to their profile and flagging it as cool. I will choose the top three finalists. We will then post them to the site and you, the community, will vote for your favorite.

The winner will be given the opportunity pitch me their take on the Tarot card designs for the book.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, April 2 at 11:59 PM.

A great example of the type of work we’re looking for can be found above. This was done by our very own Matt Blackerwolf.

So get out there, encourage your friends to submit, and continue to be a part of this process.

Zuiker