IntroductionI'm pleased to announce Lost and Taken's first design contest. We have all the ingredients for an awesome competition: Cool prizes? Check. Interesting theme? Check. Handsome judge? Check. Sounds like we are good to go.
The Theme
As many of you know, on November 4th the United States will elect a new president to take charge for the next four years. Both candidates have differing views on many of the prominent social, economic, and political troubles that plague our time, and they both offer their own solutions to these problems as well as their own prospect for hope and prosperity in the future. Keeping these ideas (and the following examples) in mind, the task for this contest is to design a political poster that pertains to the important issues of our time, i.e. the election 08, war in Iraq, the economic crisis, global warming, etc. There's only one catch: you must use one of the textures from Lost and Taken in your design. You can alter the textures however you like and they don't have to be (and shouldn't be) the prominent feature of your design, just so long as you use one ;)
Some political poster links and examples:
- Decade of Protest - Political Posters from 1965 to 1975
- Center for the Study of Political Graphics
- International Posters for Peace, Social Justice and the Environment
The Sponsors
It's time to give a shout out to the sponsors of this contest, I want to thank them for their gracious prize donations and their support of the design community.
The Rules
- You must use one of the textures from Lost and Taken in your design (this is a texture site after all ;)
- Entries must revolve around this years candidates (including vp's) and/or the pressing political topics of our day
- Multiple entries are allowed
- Entries should be sized 750x1000 or 1000x750
The Prizes
I know this is the part everyone will be skipping down to read first, so here we go:
1st Place
- (1) Copy of activeCollab (Corporate license)
- 6 month subscription to PSDTUTS Plus
- (3) Vector packs from Designious
- 1 year subscription to Freshbooks (Shuttle license)
- 500 business cards from Uprinting.com
- (1) Copy of activeCollab (Corporate license)
- (2) Vector packs from Designious
- 250 business cards from Uprinting.com
- (1) Vector pack from Designious
- 250 business cards from Uprinting.com
The Judge
I sought out a judge who not only has obvious good taste in design, but is also fairly well known within the design community. Judging this contest is none other than Jay Hilgert of Bittbox.com! I'm excited to have Jay on board and look forward to seeing which designs he chooses as the winners.
The Entry Guideline and Deadline
The deadline for entries to the contest is Thursday, October 30th and the winners will be announced the day before the general election on Monday, November 3rd. I'll be using flickr to host all of the entries, so just head on over to the LostandTaken.com Political Poster Contest group and upload your designs to the group pool.
I think that's about it, if you have any questions feel free to hit me up on Twitter: @calebkimbrough or leave a comment on here and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.
I look forward to seeing all the entries. Good luck!
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Very cool, Caleb! Looking forward to seeing what people come up with.
Looking forward to the entries!
Jay
Can we do a third party candidate?
Yeah, third party candidates are welcome as well.
Bush ok?
A worthy contest to contribute too!
hey i whould like to participate in the contest im from mexico city, this could be possible? be great!!
@xuan
Anyone can participate, no matter where you live in the World. Good luck!
Does it need to be 300px?
Guess Bush is not OK for contest...
Sweet contest! Entered :)
where to submit this ?
Head to http://www.flickr.com/groups/884642@N20/ to submit your entries. Oh, and anonymous: I would like to focus on the current presidential candidates. Other anonymous: do you mean 300dpi? If so, then no it does not need to be.
If you guys have any other questions feel free to ask.
Caleb
May i revamp something with your textures and submit it?
Sorry for the redundant question: 750 px by 1000 px, and can we vectorize a texture?
Yes to both your questions. You can modify the textures in any sort of way, shape, or form that you see fit. Good luck!
Caleb
Who won?
The winners can be found here: http://www.lostandtaken.com/2008/11/winners-of-poster-design-contest.html