WINNERS OF THE TRADING CARD DESIGN CONTEST:

American Golden Eagle
by: Ameen Mohammed

American Crow
by: Fatima Mohammed

TRADING CARD DESIGN CONTEST
DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 30 at MIDNIGHT

This Design contest is only for students currently enrolled in an Art and Wilderness Institute Class, Membership, or Program.

1. Each student may submit up to 2 art pieces to be considered for print. Students 5 to 18 may enter. Parents are welcome to help their kids out with the artwork.
2. The top 2 art pieces will be the new trading cards in February 2020
3. DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 30, 2019

CHOOSE 2 out of the 7 CARDS TO DESIGN FOR:

- COAST BUSH SUNFLOWER
- AMERICAN CROW
- COMMON RAVEN
- GOLDEN EAGLE
- CALIFORNIA MUGWORT
- MULE DEER
- BLACK WIDOW

ART CRITERIA:

• Dimensions of Art must be 7" x 12"  inches
  
• Art must be a high resolution file of 300 dpi or greater (Basically when we print it, it must print clean without pixelation)
  
• Art must be original
•  Facts must be correct
• Your signature must be small in the right or left hand corner.
• You may only submit one time so take your time on your artwork.
• Must have the Latin Name (Be sure to lower case the second part of the latin name. Study the CA NATIVES Trading cards carefully to look for the design theme and what is usually included on them.  You must also be sure that you research the correct name of the animal or plant. So be specific in the name of the bird. Example: Its not a "ROBIN" its an "AMERICAN ROBIN"

WINNERS will receive:
- Their art printed as the official art for that trading cards
- 20 copies of the chosen trading card
- Their work featured on our blog
- 3 trading cards of their choice (Except for Red-Tailed Hawk)

SUBMIT ENTRY
YOUR ENTRY HERE
DONT FORGET, the DEADLINE IS: NOVEMBER 30, 2019 at MIDNIGHT

TIMELINE:

• OCTOBER 3- Contest opens
• NOVEMBER 30-Contest ENDS
  
• DECEMBER 1 - 17- THE CARDS ARE REVIEWED BY A PANEL OF JUDGES.
  
• DECEMBER 18- WINNERS will be POSTED online and NOTIFIED
• JANUARY-Cards are in the design and print phase
• FEBRUARY 10- 2 New Trading Cards with Student are Available for earning and for adding to Retail sets.
• WHat happens to the other 5 cards that don't make the cut for February?- They come out at any given time in the future.

CA NATIVES TRADING CARDS

CARD LIST
as of 6/9/2020
1. Buckwheat
2. Toyon
3. Sagebrush
4. Pincate beetle
5. Chapparal yucca
6. Poison oak- worth 5
7. CA Sycamore
8. Coast live oak
9. Prickly Pear Cactus
10. Mourning Dove-replace
11. Red Shouldered Hawk
12. Coyote
13. Harvester Ant
14. Black Pheobe
15. Cottontail Rabbit
16. Acorn Woodpecker
17,Anna's Hummingbird
18. Stinging Nettle-
Worth 3 cards
19. Snowy Egret
20. Great White Egret
21. California Towhee
22.Mule fat
23. Ca Ground Squirrel
24. Poison Hemlock
Worth 5 Cards
25. Western Scrubjay
26. Western Bluebird
27. Turkey Vulture
28. Black Sage
29. Laurel Sumac
30. Western fence lizard
31. American Coot
32. Agregating Anenome
33. Red-Tailed Hawk  (GOLD CARD)- worth 10 Trading Cards. Limited Prints
34. Humpback Whale
35. Ca Quail
36. American Kestrel
37. Giant Hairy Scorpion (Worth 5)
38. CA King Snake
39. Hermit Crab
40. Road Runner
41. Kit Fox
42. Big Horned Sheep
43. Wolf Spider
44. Coast Bush Sunflower
45. Blue Elderberry
46. Cattail
47. Osprey
48. Mountain Lion
49.Great Blue Heron
50. Golden Eagle
51. American Crow
52. CA Poppy
COMING SOON- To be released in the months of FALL 2020
53. CA Mugwort
54. Pacific Tree Frog
55. Western Toad
56. Wild Cucumber
57. Coast Redwood
58. Striped Shorecrab
59.Red Diamond Rattlesnake
60. Bobcat