The June Free·For·All

The June Free·For·All

Postby Gare on Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:23 am

It's officially summer here in the US, and that means two things:

1. Folks feel entitled to blow off fireworks until 2 in the morning, and
2. It's T-shirt weather!

The challenge this month is to design a T-shirt transfer celebrating summer. And I got a for-real prize for the winner(s) for a change: we'll post the design(s) as PDFs on our Freeloads  area.

For the contest, only post images 720 pixels wide or less. The winning design(s) should be emailed to me (I'll contact you) at no more than 1577 by 1577 pixels; that's 7" by 7" at 225ppi. I'll reverse the work for the transfer and make and post the PDF--I'll take PNGs, TIFFs, PSDs, and vector files but please convert text to curves so we don't get missing fonts.

Here's an example--go to it, folks!

My Best,

Gare
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Nikkie

Postby Gare on Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:04 pm

Nikkie--
^
It sounds like a great charity effort.

You got a lot going on in your design, kiddo. If I might kibbutz, you might want to enlarge the cental element, the stencil of the kids, to make it stand out. And perhaps run the title around the star? But all the graphic elements are well thought-out.

Nice work!

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The Envelope, please...

Postby Gare on Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:59 am

Well, June has come and past, so it's time for the awards...

There weren't a lot of entries, but quality made up for quality, and as PDF grows (and I think up better contests) I expect more submissions.

To Nikkie: The Best Heart Award. A great graphic for a worthy cause.  ^
To Nitro: The Best Heart Award/Sports Division. I love the clever thought that went into your piece.  ^

The winner is Raven Song, for Best of Show. Raven, your work is stunning, but I need to be fair and point out that the prize this month is to get your work up in Freeloads as a T-shirt transfer. After checking, we can't publish Nitro's design because of a trademark issue. And Nikkie's piece is time-dated, hence expired. I hate awarding stuff by process of elimination, and I'm really not doing that. Your use of colors and the theme fit right into summer.

If you'll email me with your design in PNG format, no larger than 7" across at 225ppi, I'll create and post the transfer today.

Stay tuned for the July competition!

Nikkie, I'd like to post your work in May next year or earlier so we can get a Good Cause T-shirt transfer up in a more timely fashion, okay?

My Best,

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Re: The June Free·For·All

Postby Raven Song on Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:26 pm

:thanks,-blush: With thanks, I humbly accept the prestigious Pixie Award.  :)  I loved the other's entries also!  The design I created has personal meaning to me -- I've sent this crazy little traveling teddy bear on many vacations, he's very well-traveled.  He's seen here sitting on a rock at the water's edge on the island of Grand Inaugua (one of the islands of the Bahamas) enjoying a wonderful afternoon.  The hat and tropical shirt are ones I sewed just for him.  :smirk:  Yeah, I'm odd...  :P

I've sent the png file to you Gare.  Let me know if it's alright.

Thanks again!
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Congratulations, you're infamous!

Postby Gare on Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:56 pm

Hi, Raven Song--

It's posted Bahamian Bruin.

Too much fun, Raven! Folks, this will look wild on your favorite T! Summer's waning, get it before you hibearnate...

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Re: The June Free·For·All

Postby Raven Song on Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:12 pm

:lolrotfwm: Love that title, Gare!  Bear/bruin at the beach -- what could be more fun!  :lolrotfwm:  Well, it's worth a whirl before winter sets in and every bear needs a vacation...
Thanks!

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