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ABDZ Sticker Contest: The Winners

marcos333 — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:59:30 +0000

So, after a really tough time trying to decide thru 251 entries, we finally got the three lucky guys who won. I would like to thank every contestants who took part on this, you all done great, hopefully we will do another contest on similar guidelines pretty soon, cheers!

The Winners

First Place: nairbnorb

Second Place: neilhanvey

Third Place: heinenstroodle

The other 5 best:

pidzotto

chRis_gfx

EightyDeuceDesign

hetch666

davecwongart

Bonus!

Even If you guys didn't won the contest, please don't get mad at us, because we are giving a special discount to our readers:

Sticker Printing Discount

If you'd like to get stickers printed, All contestants get a special discount on Sticker Robot by using the coupon code "ABDUZEEDO" in your shopping cart.

Thanks everybody, you done great!

About the author

My name is Marcos Torres, I'm Graphic Artist from Porto Alegre, Brasil. You can get to know more about me by acessing my Personal Website or by following me on Twitter: @marcos333. You can also see some of my last projects at my Flickr.

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ABDZ Sticker Contest: The Submissions (Updated)

marcos333 — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:07:39 +0000

I'm proud to announce that Abduzeedo + Sticker + Hydro 74 contest got over 200 entries, that's almost a record in terms of contest on our website, thanks everyone who submited your artwork. As we had little a problem on getting all the submissions previously, we will announce the winners on April 30th, for now I will leave you guys all this awesome submissions.

monking_m

eclips987

JasonWStanley

ShaunAtkinson

To The Moon Studios

Vasileios Stergioudis

velozobas

Salinia

PIDZOTTO

HETCH666

steve.schiavello

heinenstroodle

Cax One

AtekaAveck

JasonWStanley

EightyDeuceDesign

Method99

CRYPTIC THIRTEEN

MAT.21

AtekaAveck

Nina Palomba

Method99

Trikymikfoley

Mr. Chancho

AtekaAveck

nairbnorb

Capsoman

EightyDeuceDesign

Jkellam

velozobas

phycogus

misnopalesart

neilhanvey

DaveyJones1134

phycogus

JamesHugo

chRis_gfx

z0mbi

Mr. Chancho

sdownie_1975

Ali Castro

Holyninjas

Ernesto C.

Simon-Says-Creative

polyesterdress

knotitlan

Patrick Sean Gibson

SideShowDesign

Holyninjas

joshua rhodes

solidoxygen

LSPhantom

Snail_Art

neilhanvey

nairbnorb

Photocoyote

log.old

misnopalesart

Ernesto C.

REKONE (AKA REK607) ISCE

neilhanvey

?NERD(Not trading)

STANDARD 574

littdesigns

ODesigngraphics

neilhanvey

E1 the Design Mercenary

log.old

wariio

sammy.shogun

ideas_Rick

Visuarte

Kouj

kinxz

seppix

joeyr446

MyFrenchCurves

Gapemo

blinkok

adam broe

littdesigns

ASheats

jimmyvde

ogiklo-hipedgehip

thinkgc

djbereal

Design Philled

http://www.flickr.com/photos/76345223@N08/6849885718/in/pool-30347224@N00/

MikeBrand

eenexis

K. [El.Panda.de.la.Muerte]

Social Klub

drfreakynutz

Zabedisi

Oksana Tarasova

efedemente

DarthKurten

Bradley T.

MosesPranata

afrothunder4205

Billuke

Cax One

davecwongart

DefseOne

DKHL

AChow08

anthorn305

havemercyerasus

Alchaez

n0l1n

Inkfall

PsylenceArt

Playful Gorilla

atomicwhalebomb

hebdavpe

Playful Gorilla

Benji_Luos

Thanks again everyone, you did great!

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Last Week: Abdz + Sticker Robot + Hydro74 Contest

marcos333 — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:22:10 +0000

For the first time Abdz is doing a contest in partnership with an artist and a sticker brand, just in case you don't know both, let me introduce you to them.

About

Sticker Robot

Sticker Robot it's a top notch Sticker company, producing the best and most extraordinary genres of sticker you will ever see. Working mainly with silk screen, their printing technique can make any sticker dream you have come true.

Hydro 74 (Joshua Smith)

Hydro74 is a Orlando based designer, otherwise known as Joshua M. Smith. The soul purpose of my career is to push the boundries in doing what I feel is relevant to the market as well as extract various elements and trends to be able to offer them up in my own personal work. But let's be honest. I do what I love because I love it. Not because I have to do it, nor am forced to do it, but rather passionate about doing what I do. I firmly believe in having set style tones, yet a sense of diversity to make any various project unique to the demands that are set forth (Hydro's website).

How it works

Your design can be anything you wish, but do it only on BW.

First step is to download the working template here(supplied as illustrator eps and photoshop tiff files).

The design should be black and white. The dimensions for the sticker are 3" x 3" and must be at least 300dpi and must be designed in the CMYK color mode.

When entering your design to the pool on Flickr, save it as a 72 dpi Jpeg 500 X 500 pixels and name it "Abdz Sticker - name of the art".

The theme

The artworks should be all black and white, a little reverence to our friend Hydro 74. Besides that, the theme is free, just watch out for the colors.

The prizes

First place: Pixelmator license, 1000 stickers of the winner's design, 1 poster and 15 fonts from Hydro 74's collection.

Second place: Abdz Book, 500 stickers of the winner's design and 10 fonts by Hydro 74.

Third place: 250 stickers of the winner's design and 5 fonts by Hydro 74.

The other 5 best artworks: Stickerobot pop culture parody pack and Hydro74 sticker selection.

Deadline

The deadline is April 1, 2012. Please read the instructions on how to submit your entry. You can enter up to five designs. The winning entries will be posted on Abduzeedo, Sticker Robot and Hydro74.com.

Bonus Discount

All Abdz readers got a special discount till the end of the contest on Sticker Robot store by using the coupon code ABDUZEEDO in your shopping cart.

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Artwork Feature #1: James White - Robot Rock

aloa — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:59:38 +0000

This is part of our new weekly series of posts. Here we feature a selected piece of art and have a little chat with the designer who made it. They give us a bit of background information and details about how the work was conceptualized and created.

So I finally started publishing this new series. I was browsing through some designs I found on Deviantart and started thinking about the details. I wanted to know what tools the designer used to create them. And I wondered why so few artists decribe their developing process. This thought inspired me to create this new series of posts. Hope you all enjoy them. You can suggest artwork for the following week in the comments.

James White about "Robot Rock":

I was very late getting into Daft Punk's music, the first full album I heard was Alive 2007 so I missed the boat by about 10 years. When I discover something that really appeals to me, I tend to listen to it full tilt for a week or so and naturally this influenced my artwork. I wanted to do something in the cosmic style I had been experimenting with at the time, but also wanted to keep the essence of Daft Punk intact, namely their live show. The result was my Robot Rock piece which used subtle elements from the Alive 2007 cover.

Since this was a personal project, I was my own critic. I wanted something that combined the series I had been working on, as well as something that (hypothetically) would fit into the design and branding that surrounds Daft Punk. They obviously have a very sharp eye for the materials that represent the group and I wanted a piece of art that would feel at home with their existing brand.

I always start out sketching some general compositions of how I would like the elements to sit (grids, logos, effects, etc). I sometimes sketch up to 40 thumbnails before I land on something I think might work. I then move to Illustrator where I create some general color and composition layouts using simple vectors. This helps me see very quickly if my sketch will work as a digital piece. I then construct my real vector elements in Illustrator, then construct everything in Photoshop where I add lighting, texture, effects, etc.

The only real problems I encounter with my works are how overlayed elements react with what is beneath. I tend to spend hours adjusting opacities, blending modes, color treatments, levels, etc to get things working the way I want. Every little adjustment throws all elements into flux, so I have to be very patient as I tweak things in Photoshop.

I treated this design the same way I treat all my designs: if I wake up the next day and I still like it, then it must be finished. The Robot Rock piece took around 2 and a half days to complete because, as I said, it wasn't sitting right with me the next day :) But eventually everything snapped into place the way I had originally intended. - James White

Buy this design as a 18" x 24" poster in the SignalNoise Store and visit the artists website.

About the author

Aloa is the moniker of the german/greek graphic designer/filmmaker & musician Alexis Papageorgiou. Im glad to share great artistic work with the readers on Abduzeedo. Contact me on aloa@abduzeedo.com or follow my Twitter and Facebook page

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ABDZ Sticker Contest: The Winners

So, after a really tough time trying to decide thru 251 entries, we finally got the three lucky guys who won. I would like to thank every contestants who took part on this, you all done great, hopefully we will do another contest on similar guidelines pretty soon, cheers!

The Winners

First Place: nairbnorb

Second Place: neilhanvey

Third Place: heinenstroodle

The other 5 best:

pidzotto

chRis_gfx

EightyDeuceDesign

hetch666

davecwongart

Bonus!

Sticker Printing Discount

Thanks everybody, you done great!

About the author

Sponsored Links:

ABDZ Sticker Contest: The Submissions (Updated)

monking_m

eclips987

JasonWStanley

ShaunAtkinson

To The Moon Studios

Vasileios Stergioudis

velozobas

Salinia

PIDZOTTO

HETCH666

steve.schiavello

heinenstroodle

Cax One

AtekaAveck

JasonWStanley

EightyDeuceDesign

Method99

CRYPTIC THIRTEEN

MAT.21

AtekaAveck

Nina Palomba

Method99

Trikymikfoley

Mr. Chancho

AtekaAveck

nairbnorb

Capsoman

EightyDeuceDesign

Jkellam

velozobas

phycogus

misnopalesart

neilhanvey

DaveyJones1134

phycogus

JamesHugo

chRis_gfx

z0mbi

Mr. Chancho

sdownie_1975

Ali Castro

Holyninjas

Ernesto C.

Simon-Says-Creative

polyesterdress

knotitlan

Patrick Sean Gibson

SideShowDesign

Holyninjas

joshua rhodes

solidoxygen

LSPhantom

Snail_Art

neilhanvey

nairbnorb

Photocoyote

log.old

misnopalesart

Ernesto C.

REKONE (AKA REK607) *ISCE*

REKONE (AKA REK607) ISCE