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CBS is not currently accepting new submissions for Criminal Minds fan art. Click here for a full list of brands in the Fan Art Program.
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Important:
By submitting or including your design in the Fan Art Program, you acknowledge and agree to the CBS Terms & Conditions.
Submitting Your Design
Tag your work with: criminal minds
General Guidelines
Applies to all fan art submissions in the Fan Art Program
Be original!
While your work will include a brand's Intellectual Property(a company's logo or a character from a TV show), it's important to add something original of your own. Make it unique to your style!
Do your research - make sure your design hasn't already been done.
Don't submit screenshots or imagery taken directly from the property in question.
Be mindful of explicit content.
Some brands might be okay with adult content, but others aren't. Check each brand's guidelines for the Partner Program if you want to know more about what each partner thinks is okay.
Be creative!
Play with different styles and mediums! Get inspiration from the brand - watch, read, or play it again.
Please Note: It may take four or more weeks to review your fan art. Thank you for your patience!
Property Guidelines
Specific to Criminal Minds
Dos
- Create original, fun, and creative works directly related to the Criminal Minds series.
- Be sure to include 'Criminal Minds' in the title and description of your artwork to help fans find your awesome artwork!
- Include other relevant terms in the title and description of your work when applicable - character names, places, etc.
- Create original drawings of the characters.
- Feel free to include the original series logo but do not stretch or modify the log. You can download the series logo here!
- Please add a '™' after the series name if it is incorporated into your artwork.
- Feel free to reference and be inspired by elements of the show, such as the Behavioral Analysis Unit, or BAU.
- Use your favorite quotes from the series in your artwork.
- 'Wheels up in 30.'
- 'You'd be surprised how many killers do what they do because of their parents.'
- 'I don't take kindly to being blown up. In fact, it kind of pisses me off.'
- 'I am neither disillusioned nor confused about what I am, what I do, or what I have done.'
- 'The business of incarceration is extremely lucrative and virtually recession proof.'
- Please be sure to include the following legal line on your artwork: TM CBS. © 2019 CBS & WB. ARR.
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Don'ts
- Don't recreate existing Criminal Minds merchandise or use elements created by other artists.
- Don't incorporate any third party content into your artwork, and don't include mash-ups of Criminal Minds with other content owners' properties or brands.
- Don't use the actors' real first and last names or their real-life photos.
- Don't use Criminal Minds publicity photos or screengrabs of the characters.
- Don't use photos of any real person, historical or present day.
- Don't use the official Criminal Minds logo fonts for non-logo elements in your designs.
- Don't use Criminal Minds screenshots or key art in your artwork.
- Don't use Criminal Minds to advertise any businesses, products, events, or services of any party.
- Don't submit offensive designs - avoid hateful, divisive, and adult content in your artwork. Here's a non-exclusive list of things to avoid:
- Violence or self-mutilation
- Vulgarity and anything sexually explicit
- Hate language or derogatory references to race, gender, religion, intellectual disability, obesity, or physical impairment
- Endorsing or opposing any political party, association, or any side of any issue
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About Criminal Minds
The Behavioral Analysis Unit consists of an elite team of FBI profilers who analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds and anticipate their next moves before they can strike again.