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Author:  Ammy Dawne [ April 30th, 2009, 5:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Creative Challenge Contest - Round 8 [CLOSED]
<center>Creative Challenge Contest
Round 8



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(Results of Round 7 at bottom)
Hello and welcome to the sixth round of the Creative Challenge Contest! I’m Aliana, your Host; feel free to ask me any questions you have about the contest or individual challenges.

The Creative Challenge Contest is about artistic improvement, expanding your boundaries to do things you wouldn’t necessarily try otherwise. There will not be rounds about specific fandoms, but you can have fandom-related things in your graphics. If you have any suggestions regarding rounds or otherwise, let me know via PM and I’ll add them to the list. Remember to have fun and respect other contestants!


Round 8:
T is for T-shirt
graphic: shirt design

The online t-shirt companies all over the place are booming with business and creative ideas. Clothing can be walking advertising, a political statement, a message, or just plain fun - so what better way to express yourself?

TIP: Think about what you'd like to wear on a daily basis

Template:
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Example
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Rules
--Each person is allowed three entries, maximum.
--Design a t-shirt using the provided template.
--Please only submit the URL to your graphic. Do not use the image code.
--Fandoms are allowed but this contest is about skill, not fanaticism. Use your own judgment.
--Have fun!
--Due Date: Friday, May 15th

Contestants
--Aramel Elyanwe
--Arewen Telemnar
--*Ennostiel*
--Pandora
--Dark, Queen of Angmar
--Maetharanel


[bold] Entry in
[regular] Entry not in

=)

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Awards for Round 7:
1st Place: Aramel Elyanwe……………………………….....................2nd Place: Maetharanel
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3rd Place: Arewen Telemnar……………………………….....................4th Place: Shadowcat
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4th Place: Ennostiel……………………………….....................Honourable Mention: Smeagollum
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Host’s Choice: Meganelf
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Thanks to the judges:
SilverRose
Calloniel(PD)
Elenthari
DamsonRhee
~RinielAranel~
Mrs. Haldir
Gilraen Ringeril



Past rounds:
Round 1 - Creativity Is For Squares
Round 2 - Get Circular(with R1 awards)
Round 3 - High Five!(with R2 awards)
Round 4 - Scarefest(with R3 awards)
Round 5 - Typography 101(with R4 awards)
Round 6 - Negative Space(with R5 awards)
Round 7 - One Of These Things(with R6 awards)</center>
Author:  Shadowcat [ April 30th, 2009, 9:18 pm ]
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Thanks for the award! It's lovely. :) I think I'll enter again. Depending on how creative I'm feeling. :P
Author:  Pandora [ April 30th, 2009, 10:47 pm ]
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me me me me!
Author:  Aramel Elyanwe [ May 1st, 2009, 5:27 am ]
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Ooh, I love the award, and I will be joining again.. Your contests are always some of the most fun and creative on AU, Ali. :D
Author:  *Ennostiel* [ May 1st, 2009, 3:13 pm ]
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Oh so joining times like a million :D :bounce:
& thank you for the award! :happy:
Author:  Pandora [ May 1st, 2009, 6:37 pm ]
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[s]http://i40.tinypic.com/4r5nkp.jpg[/s]

entry, this will be my only one =)
Author:  Ammy Dawne [ May 2nd, 2009, 1:00 am ]
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Very cool Pandora! I would have liked if the main focus was either on the guitar[bigger, maybe positioned off-center from the text] or the turntables instead of both since it seems very busy right now, but the colors and text are fab. Have to be careful with text on t-shirts because there are certain fontfaces and styles/colors that will make people's eyes hurt, which is why vector instead of grunge is usually a better idea for shirt design.


=P I design t-shirts professionally now, so this is a very close-to-home round for me. Thanks for joining everyone!
Author:  Pandora [ May 2nd, 2009, 3:13 pm ]
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you do professional t-shirts... that is awesome!!!

I'll redo my entry Aliana thanks for the input!
Author:  Aramel Elyanwe [ May 3rd, 2009, 2:52 pm ]
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Rawr. Here are my T-shirt designs...went a bit insane with the vector art. :P I could totally do this designing thing for a living if it were this easy.

Entry #1 -
http://i42.tinypic.com/25k6d7n.jpg


Entry #2 -
http://i42.tinypic.com/2prw5yb.jpg
Author:  Ammy Dawne [ May 4th, 2009, 1:17 am ]
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LOVE the designs, Aramel. The only thing I have to say is to be careful with the fading colors. What they do with most t-shirts is either print it directly on the shirt or print it on a plastic-y thing on the shirt and either way the ink costs a lot of money to fade like that. The silhouette vectors are fab, but it'd be a good idea to work with just a few colors on a palette.

Again, I know this is just for fun[and they are totally awesome, I would wear them in heart beat] but I'm being all realistic and stuff about it because it's something I've studied a while. Don't change your entry or anything because of the colors. =P

@Pan:
I designed t-shirts for a while not too long ago, then got a steady job and had to slow down the progress. But I'm thinking about going at it again with my own designs instead of just designing for other people.



These are some good examples of vector art on t-shirts:
http://recycledwax.blogspot.com/

[Courtesy of RecycledWax]
Author:  Aramel Elyanwe [ May 5th, 2009, 4:36 pm ]
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Thanks for the suggestions, Ali. I will keep them in mind if there is ever another contest like this. :yes: Vectors truly are amazing.. I wish I could make them. Sadly I have to resort to stealing them from DeviantART... :whistle:
Author:  Ammy Dawne [ May 5th, 2009, 5:40 pm ]
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Vectors are hard to do, mostly because you can't use photoshop or any program that rasterizes images[basically, makes the edges blurrier/less clear-cut]. DevArt has some great stuff, though, and there's a few cool tutorials on vectoring I've found there.

Another awesome t-shirt site that only sells one limited-edition shirt a day: http://www.teefury.com/
Author:  Arëwen Telemnar [ May 5th, 2009, 9:30 pm ]
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I am totally intimidated by those entries but I figured what the hey. I even tried one with the vectoring. :)

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a305/Arewen/Contest/bitemet-shirt.png
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a305/Arewen/Contest/ipodvectort-shirt.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a305/Arewen/Contest/vintaget-shirt.png
Author:  Ammy Dawne [ May 6th, 2009, 4:08 pm ]
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Great designs, Arewen! =)


I'm gonna cut out the random design comments now. =P Might get annoying after a while.
Author:  *Ennostiel* [ May 6th, 2009, 8:07 pm ]
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Mine;

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo25 ... s/soul.png
http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo25 ... s/free.png
:D :D
Author:  Pandora [ May 6th, 2009, 9:29 pm ]
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new entries =)

http://i44.tinypic.com/10mttvt.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/2en965k.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/23itfk1.jpg
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