
Motion Book Series & Fan Art Challenges
Fox invites you to join in fan art challenges for this Planet of the Apes event presented by Madefire and DeviantArt. Read each of the five new Motion Books with untold stories from the Planet of the Apes universe and try your hand at a different challenge creating your own ape-inspired artwork to accompany the release of each book!


Madefire | Motion Book 1
After several failed attempts, a member of the human resistance leads a last-ditch effort to destroy a mysterious and heavily guarded, ape-built structure.
Madefire Credits
- Build: Micha Ritchie & Matt Harding
- Sound: Yuponce
- Composer: Wendell Yuponce
- Sound Supervisor: Jerry Yamashita
- Sound Designer: Colten Becker
Artist Credits
- Writer: Brian Wood
- Pencils: Daniel Sampere
- Finishes: Jordi Tarragona
- Colors: Fin Cramb

Madefire | Motion Book 2
As the Simian Flu continues to spread worldwide, a lone zookeeper risks everything to protect her animals when panic and mob violence threaten those feared to be potential carriers.
Madefire Credits
- Build: Evan Limberger
- Sound: Yuponce
- Composer: Wendell Yuponce
- Sound Supervisor: Jerry Yamashita
- Sound Designer: Colten Becker
Artist Credits
- Writer: Guy Adams
- Illustrations: Andrea Mutti
- Colors: Fin Cramb

Madefire | Motion Book 3
The world of Art and Apes collide as five of the top artists in comics pay homage to Planet of the Apes in this one-of-a-kind Poster Book.
Madefire Credits
- Build: Evan Limberger
- Sound: Yuponce
- Composer: Wendell Yuponce
- Sound Supervisor: Jerry Yamashita
- Sound Designer: Colten Becker
Artist Credits
- Illustrations: Brian Kesinger, Liam Sharp, Sergio Sandoval, Dave Gibbons & Ben Wolstenholme
- Colors: Fin Cramb, Mado Peña

Madefire | Motion Book 4
Kenya, a young ape at odds with his brethren, was always taught that apes were good and humans were to be feared. But, when he comes across a human colony, he learns that the truth isn’t always so simple.
Madefire Credits
- Build: Matt Harding
- Sound: Yuponce
- Composer: Wendell Yuponce
- Sound Supervisor: Jerry Yamashita
- Sound Designer: Colten Becker
Artist Credits
- Writer: Felipe Cagno
- Art: Fabio Valle
- Colors: Mado Peña

Madefire | Motion Book 5
Mickey, a young Bonobo, contemplates his future when the driver of the transport moving him and his family of research apes to a Canadian wildlife preserve never returns. Now caged and starving, their fight for survival has just begun.
Madefire Credits
- Build: Micha Ritchie
- Sound: Yuponce
- Composer: Wendell Yuponce
- Sound Supervisor: Jerry Yamashita
- Sound Designer: Colten Becker
Artist Credits
- Writer: Shawn Jackson
- Art: Matthew Southworth


Challenge One | Memorial
Draw on the landscape what you think happens next in the Motion Book’s story! Download the art template provided by GENZOMAN. Read the Terms of Participation before submitting.

Level 1 Badge

Every person who enters one of the Planet of the Apes challenges will receive an exclusive Badge Icon Ape badge! Each challenge you participate in will unlock a new level for your badge. For example, if you enter three individual challenges, you’ll earn the level 3 badge. Score the exclusive Caesar badge by entering all five challenges!
The last date for submissions to all of the challenges is December 18, 2016.
All badges will be awarded on 12/23/16. DeviantArt reserves the right to not award a badge level if the submission doesn’t conform to the intention of the challenge.

Challenge Two | Escape
Using inspiration from this Motion Book or the last two Planet of the Apes Films, create your own original character within this universe. It can be man or ape, it’s entirely up to you. Check out the art of theCHAMBA and their character Gin inspired by Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

Level 2 Badge

Every person who enters one of the Planet of the Apes challenges will receive an exclusive Badge Icon Ape badge! Each challenge you participate in will unlock a new level for your badge. For example, if you enter three individual challenges, you’ll earn the level 3 badge. Score the exclusive Caesar badge by entering all five challenges!
The last date for submissions to all of the challenges is December 18, 2016.
All badges will be awarded on 12/23/16. DeviantArt reserves the right to not award a badge level if the submission doesn’t conform to the intention of the challenge.

Challenge Three | Poster Book
Create your own poster treatment in any style you chose based on the examples in this Motion Book or from the Planet of the Apes Films in general. Here is a great example of a poster treatment by DanLuVisiArt that was inspired by the Planet of the Apes universe.If you’re interested in making this a parallax poster treatment in Madefire, please click here to learn how.

Level 3 Badge

Every person who enters one of the Planet of the Apes challenges will receive an exclusive Badge Icon Ape badge! Each challenge you participate in will unlock a new level for your badge. For example, if you enter three individual challenges, you’ll earn the level 3 badge. Score the exclusive Caesar badge by entering all five challenges!
The last date for submissions to all of the challenges is December 18, 2016.
All badges will be awarded on 12/23/16. DeviantArt reserves the right to not award a badge level if the submission doesn’t conform to the intention of the challenge.

Challenge Four | Fences
Take a look at this Planet of the Apes comic created by akreon, and continue the story as you see fit in as many panels as you like.

Level 4 Badge

Every person who enters one of the Planet of the Apes challenges will receive an exclusive Badge Icon Ape badge! Each challenge you participate in will unlock a new level for your badge. For example, if you enter three individual challenges, you’ll earn the level 3 badge. Score the exclusive Caesar badge by entering all five challenges!
The last date for submissions to all of the challenges is December 18, 2016.
All badges will be awarded on 12/23/16. DeviantArt reserves the right to not award a badge level if the submission doesn’t conform to the intention of the challenge.

Challenge Five | Allegiance
Create your own action scene within the Planet of the Apes universe. You can draw inspiration directly from this Motion Book by continuing its story, or from your own imagination! Either way, check out the terrific example by PatrickBrown.

Level 5 Badge

Every person who enters one of the Planet of the Apes challenges will receive an exclusive Badge Icon Ape badge! Each challenge you participate in will unlock a new level for your badge. For example, if you enter three individual challenges, you’ll earn the level 3 badge. Score the exclusive Caesar badge by entering all five challenges!
The last date for submissions to all of the challenges is December 18, 2016.
All badges will be awarded on 12/23/16. DeviantArt reserves the right to not award a badge level if the submission doesn’t conform to the intention of the challenge.
Planet of the Apes and its characters are © by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. including the renditions made by Madefire and the artists represented in this article. The name “Planet of the Apes” is a registered trademark of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
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