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contest guidebook
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wigd wicked-t contest
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about wigd: In 2009, we started a journey to explore the world of graphic design. At present, this online group comprising design professionals, students and enthusiasts, attracts dozens of new enquirers every day. With people from over 40 countries this group has become a multicultural hub of ideas, inspiration and collaboration. In 2010, we organized a poster design contest called ‘The Spirit of FIFA’, which attracted more than 1,000 participants. A distinguished panel of 13 international jury members was invited to judge the event. It gave people from different backgrounds an opportunity to experience design directly through participation. The selected posters were exhibited in 2011 at the JNU Campus, New Delhi, India as a part of TEDx NCR. The community has also been a part of TEDx Sabarmati where its pivotal role in the realm of social communication and design-led innovation was presented to an audience of designers, entrepreneurs and artists.
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Recently we crossed the figure of 2,000 members. This is extremely monumental for the community as with such a large user-base it is now possible to organize bigger events and collaborate on a truly global scale. To mark this important milestone we’re organizing a t-shirt design competition which aims to educate people about the role of graphic design and celebrate visual art. The event will happen via facebook. We have been integrating social networking and communication very successfully for the past 2 years. We expect hundreds of people to participate and share their ideas. The entire community will be a part of this event. Members will select their favorite designs via online voting and then 5 winning entries will be selected from the voted entries by a panel of jury members comprising internationally acclaimed graphic designers, illustrators, typographers, photographers and design educators.
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creative brief: You are invited to send entries that celebrate graphic design. Your design could be on a range of topics— from socially relevant issues to satire, from humor to gothic styles, from fantasy to ultra-realestic worlds. Your style could be illustrative, typographical or a mix. medium: Your design can be painted, drawn, photographed or created entirely on the computer. Nearly any way you can think of to create artwork can be made into a wigd-t! But no matter how you create it, your work has to be put on the computer. So make sure you scan your design at a high resolution (at least 150dpi) if you created the image by hand. Photographing a drawing and submitting it is not recommended. And keep in mind that you may need to work on your design a little bit after scanning it in! If you drew your design digitally, make sure it’s at a high resolution as well. You can create your design in any digital art program that will allow you to save your image as a .jpg, .gif, .png or .fla file. Some digital art programs include
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Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash, as well as Gimp, Inkscape, and many others. eligibility: All members of wigd are allowed to participate. dates: The contest is open for submission from June 30, 2011. The contest closes for submission on midnight August 31, 2011. entry specifications: There is no restriction on the number of entries. Each entry to the competition must consist of: 1. A 720 x 720 pixel image that will be uploaded on facebook for voting. The image should be at 72 dpi and saved as a highresolution jpeg. 2. Original artwork that will be required once your entry is selected. This should be either a vector file in CMYK mode with all effects at 300 dpi or a raster image in CMYK mode at 300 dpi. 3. The artwork placed on the t-shirt templates depicting how the printed t-shirt would appear. T-shirt templates are also provided to you.
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selection: The selection process will happen in two phases: 1. The community will vote for their favorite designs. The number of ‘likes’ received per entry will determine the members most favorited entries. 2. Shortlisted entries will be presented to a jury who will select the best 5 entries from the lot that will be declared winners. copyrighted material: By submitting an entry you acknowledge that the design has not been published prior to the contest and that the design is your personal work. awards & certificates: The selected winners will receive certificates endorsed by a distinguished jury panel and a set of 5 winning t-shirts. copyright: wigd will retain the copyright of the winning entries. Every participant will be guaranteed the right to be credited every time their entry is published or displayed.
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T-shirt front: if your design goes in the front of the tee then use this template and place your artwork over it.
t-shirt templates
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T-shirt back: if your design or part of it goes in the back of the tee then use this template and place your artwork over it.
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T-shirt side: if your design or part of it wraps around the side of the tee then use this template and place your artwork over it.
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uploading to facebook
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For preparing artwork for facebook choose either an illustrator template if you’re working on a vector software or a png template if you’re using photoshop or other raster image software. Place your artwork on a new layer. If your t-shirt needs a back or side, place the back & side templates on separate canvases and place your remaining artwork on top. 720 px
Export the image as a high-quality jpeg. Upload to facebook in high-resolution. If you have more than 1 image for a design, upload them all together in order to keep the separate images in continuous order. Add a description to your image(s). Make sure you do not tag anybody to your uploaded images on the contest’s wall. Tagging jury members to your image is strictly prohibited and may disqualify your entry from the competition.
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links & kit
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wigd group
http://on.fb.me/l4oPSJ
you need to be a member of this group before you can access the event page.
event page
http://on.fb.me/lro86Z
this is the event page where the contest is happening.
wigd wicked-t kit
http://bit.ly/iX8rlu
this kit contains the t-shirt and facebook templates that are required by you to participate in the contest.
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