Guidelines

How to make and send in your drawing

This call is reserved for Inuit beneficiary artists. Each artist can hold up to 3 objects at a time and contribute up to 6 drawings in total.

Where it goes

Your drawing is cut out from the paper and placed into a room in the game, like the bedroom below. Players tap it to hear its name in Inuktitut. That's why we ask for one object on its own, with clean outlines and plain paper around it.

A bedroom scene from the game with objects to discover

The drawing

One object per drawing
Draw only the object you reserved, on its own, with no background or scenery behind it.
Clear outlines
Like the samples: a dark outline around the object, soft colour inside. Leave the paper around it plain white.
Any art materials
Pencil crayon, marker, watercolour, ink, paint, pastel… use what you love working with.
It must be physical
Draw on paper (or card). Digital drawings and AI-generated images aren't accepted.
Fill the page
Letter-size paper (8½ × 11 in) or bigger. The object should take up most of the sheet.
Sign it at the bottom
Write your name or signature along the bottom edge, below the object.

Cast-iron tea kettle — Style reference: artwork by Iima Arngak, creative director of the project. A single object, clear dark outlines, soft colour, and a plain white background.

A piece of bannock — Style reference: artwork by Iima Arngak, creative director of the project. A single object, clear dark outlines, soft colour, and a plain white background.

The photo

Lay the drawing flat on a table or the floor, near a window during the day.
Hold your phone flat, directly above the paper, so the sheet looks like a rectangle, not a trapezoid.
Make sure there are no shadows from your hand, phone or ceiling lights. Turn off the flash.
Get the whole sheet in the frame, signature included, with a little table showing around it.
Send the original photo. Don't add filters or crop the drawing.

Iima Arngak
Like this
Straight from above, the whole sheet in frame, even daylight.
Iima Arngak
Taken at an angle
The drawing gets stretched. Hold the phone flat, right above the paper.
Iima Arngak
Shadows on the paper
Your hand, phone or a lamp casts a shadow. Move to a window or step aside.
Iima Arngak
Cropped or dark
Part of the drawing is cut off, or the room is too dim. Use daylight.

Timeline & payment

Once you confirm a reservation by email you have 14 days to upload your photo. If you can't finish, release the object from your page so someone else can draw it. Objects not sent in on time go back on the list.

Two or three reviewers from the project team look at every drawing. They'll either accept it or ask for a revision, which might be a better photo or a small change to the drawing. You'll get an email either way.

Accepted drawings are paid by Interac e-Transfer to the email address you gave when reserving. Keep your original drawing: we may ask for a higher-quality photo or a scan later.

Artwork terms

A plain-language summary of the Heritage Lab Artwork Service Contract. You agree to these when you reserve an object.

You keep ownership: You keep all intellectual property rights in your original drawing, including the physical piece.
Licence to Heritage Lab: You give Heritage Lab a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, adapt and include your drawing in the Inuktitut language learning game and related project materials (promotional, educational and documentation). Heritage Lab cannot sub-licence or sell your drawing as a stand-alone work.
Cultural knowledge belongs to Inuit: Any cultural or traditional knowledge shown in your drawing belongs to Inuit communities, not to you or to Heritage Lab. Nothing in this agreement transfers it to Heritage Lab.
Credit: Heritage Lab will credit you in the published game and its accompanying materials.
Portfolio: You can show your contribution in your own portfolio and for self-promotion.
Payment: Payment is made by Interac e-Transfer once your drawing is delivered and accepted. You are an independent contractor and are responsible for your own taxes.
Revisions: Reviewers may ask for reasonable revisions (for example a new photo, or a small change to the drawing) before accepting a piece.
Confidentiality: Please keep unpublished project material confidential (for example, don't post the game's object list or other artists' work). Heritage Lab keeps your personal information confidential.
Governing law: This agreement is governed by the laws of the Province of Quebec and the laws of Canada applicable therein.

Questions about the project or the terms? Write to inuktitut@heritagelab.ca.

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