New Fan Art Program: Hello Neighbor
In the latest addition to our fan art program, we have partnered with independent video game developer tinyBuild Games to bring officially licensed Hello Neighbor merch and fan art to Redbubble! If you’re a lover of the Hello Neighbor games, we’d love to see any and all designs you come up with. And if you haven’t played the games yet, check them out and get creating too.
Recap: What is the Redbubble Partner Program?
Redbubble’s Partner Program is an ongoing program to allow fan artists to create and submit designs to be officially licensed works and post them safely on Redbubble. If you’re unfamiliar with the Partner Program, read these links first:
Hello Neighbor Guidelines
There are some important details to keep in mind when creating fan art for Hello Neighbor. We’ve highlighted some key guidelines below, but to give your work the best chance of being licensed, take some time to read the brand guidelines.
- You may use and reference assets provided by tinyBuild in your artwork if you’d like, but do not stretch or modify the logos.
- Draw inspiration directly from the Hello Neighbor game series, including Hello Neighbor, Hello Neighbor 2, Hello Neighbor 3, Secret Neighbor, and Hello Neighbor: Welcome to Raven Brooks.
- Mashups with other games, brands, or IP with Hello Neighbor are not allowed.
- Do not submit unedited screenshots, logos, talent and talent likeness, or imagery taken directly from the game.
- Do not recreate existing merchandise or use elements created by other artists.
How to Submit Your Work
In order to officially submit work for the fan art partner program, you must tag your designs when uploading with “Hello Neighbor” and “tinyBuild”. Once done, this will add your work to a review queue. It will also help with SEO results, allowing your work to be more easily discoverable (consider adding Hello Neighbor to the title of your work for the same reason).
You will receive an email when your designs have entered the review queue, and if your submission is approved, you will receive another email notifying you that your work has been accepted and is active on Redbubble as a part of the new fan art partner program! Keep in mind that accepted designs are only approved for sale on Redbubble.com and at the end of the program may be removed from sale.
Designing for Hello Neighbor
Be sure to keep the themes of the games in mind when designing your fan art. Hello Neighbor is a stealth and puzzle-based horror game. Its dark themes and jump scare moments can bode well for spookier designs.
Easter eggs go a long way with avid fanbases. We encourage you to play through the games to create references for the games’ audiences. Some mysterious paper airplanes, a taxidermied fish head, or sporadic bear traps can lend inspiration. Sometimes more subtle references go a longer way than game logos or titles.
Redbubble is very excited about this partner program. The existing Hello Neighbor games have an avid fanbase to create for, and there is another installment in the Hello Neighbor game franchise currently in development, so arming yourself with a collection of fan art designs will not only come in handy now, but the future too. A movie adaptation of Hello Neighbor is also in production, so the fanbase will only continue to grow.
Hello Neighbor has always been revered for its story. It’s the aspect that had fans fall in love with the first installment, and play through the subsequent games in the franchise. Capturing a moment from its story can be a great start when thinking about engaging designs. Whether you’re an adult facing fears from when you were a kid escaping from a neighbor’s locked basement, or a reporter digging into a town’s mysterious past, it’s these story arcs, and the arcs of the antagonists (notably Mr. Peterson) that kept fans coming back. And we want them to keep coming back to your artist shops for the merch of their dreams (or nightmares).
