Layers Back Page Design Contest

CATEGORIES: Digital Design Contest | Web Editor | February 28, 2008

Design Contest

The Mission

According to our “Going Mobile” story by Brian Fling on page 38 of the May/June 2009 issue of Layers magazine, mobile Internet browsing will far outpace desktop Internet browsing in just a few short years. Your mission is to create a poster or flier promoting a sporting event where a mobile device is going head-to-head against a desktop computer. Each device needs to be an illustration of your own creation (no photos of the actual devices allowed, but you can use photos in other parts of your design).

The Judging

The judges will be looking at the overall design, creativity, use of type, and quality of the illustrations. Keep in mind, if you want to win the grand prize, you have to show us your skills as an illustrator. (Note: Please proofread your designs, or have someone proofread them for you. Typos have a negative impact on the judging.)

The Prize

The grand prize winner will receive a medium Wacom Intuos4 and a copy of Corel Painter 11. That’s a retail value of $778! With Intuos4 offering 2,048 levels of pressure sensitivity and the latest version of Painter adding incredible new features such as tablet tilt, you’ll be creating masterpieces that will make the masters themselves roll over with jealousy.

The Deadline

July 10, 2009. The winner will be announced in the September/October 2009 issue of Layers magazine.

For a complete listing of contest rules, click here.

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Pingback by Your Design Here | Free Intuos4 | Flash 3D | Layers Magazine | May 12, 2009 @ 1:15 am

Hi,

Can we model the mobile phone and desktop computer character in c4d and then import them in photoshop?

Thanks

Comment by Mohamed Lamgouni | June 18, 2009 @ 7:41 pm

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Trackback by agencje reklamowe śląsk | June 19, 2009 @ 4:04 am

Any specific dimensions for entries? Also, the contest looks cool. Thx.

Comment by Sean Hodge | June 19, 2009 @ 11:17 am

ok got it, everything explained here http://www.layersmagazine.com/designcontest-faq.html.

But, one last thing, concerning the mobile phone and the desktop computer : for exemple if i modeled an iphone in a 3D program is it ok to do that or do i have to make a generic phone and computer?

thanks.

Comment by Mohamed Lamgouni | June 20, 2009 @ 10:08 am

Hi Mohamed Lamgouni,

The following is from the Rules & FAQs page:

Q. WHAT APPLICATIONS CAN I USE TO CREATE MY ENTRY?
A. Any Adobe application, including (but not limited to) Acrobat®, After Effects®, Audition®, Dreamweaver®, Fireworks®, Flash®, Illustrator®, InDesign®, Lightroom®, Photoshop® (including Elements and Extended), Premiere® (Elements or Pro), and Soundbooth™. Non-Adobe applications such as Corel® Painter™, Smith Micro® Poser®, Autodesk® Maya®, or 3rd party plug-ins may be used to create your artwork.

So yes to CINEMA 4D.

Thanks,
Chris Main
Managing Editor
Layers Magazine

Comment by Chris Main | June 22, 2009 @ 5:37 pm

Hi Sean Hodge,

It can be a poster, or flier, or postcard, etc., so the dimensions are up to you.

Thanks,
Chris Main
Managing Editor
Layers Magazine

Comment by Chris Main | June 22, 2009 @ 5:40 pm

Hi Mohamed Lamgouni (again),

As long as the mobile device is an illustration, it can look like anything you want it to.

Thanks,
Chris Main
Managing Editor
Layers Magazine

Comment by Chris Main | June 22, 2009 @ 5:46 pm

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