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PSDTUTS! ‘New Dawn’ Movie Poster Design Contest!

Dec 16th in Contests by Sean Hodge

We have the next all new PSDTUTS Design Contest. This contest is about creating a movie poster for a fictitious Sci-fi movie. Up for grabs is a Wacom tablet, a Logitech G9 laser mouse, subscriptions to 'Wired' magazine, loads of marketplaces credit and 1-year memberships to PSDTUTS. This is going to be a lot of fun! Learn all about the contest and how to enter at the jump!

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Author: Sean Hodge

Hi All! I recently moved to the outskirts of Orlando, Florida. I'm the editor of Psdtuts+ and Vectortuts+. Also, visit my blog AiBURN where I feature some of my creative work and ideas. Or follow me on Twitter: @seanHodge.

About the Contest

Imagine a new blockbuster thriller set in the near future where some kind of mysterious force threatens the world. In this movie the setting is a post-apocalyptic cityscape.

For the purposes of this contest the movie is called 'New Dawn' and the tagline is "Extinction is not an option." Pick your own rock-star cast of Hollywood celebrities and design your futuristic poster design. What is this mysterious force? What does this dystopian setting look like? Will it be a gritty cyberpunk fight-fest or set so far in the future that the world is unrecognizable? Is it animated or live action? You call the shots.

Read on to find out more about How to Enter, Prizes, Terms & Conditions, and learn about our Sponsors. You may want to stop by Tomasz Opasinski's site here for some poster inspiration. He wrote the PSDTUTS PLUS tutorial Demolition Made Easy in Photoshop, which covers techniques he used in creating the "I Am Legend" posters.

Entries are open between now and the end of December. So, get your entries in before December 31st. We'll be announcing the winners shortly after the New Year. Get creative with this contest and have fun!

How to Enter

To enter the competition, contestants must submit any number of exciting movie poster design(s) into the PSDTUTS Flickr Group. Be sure to utilize the following directions:
  • Submit your poster design via the PSDTUTS Flickr Group, tagged with "pstnewdawn."
  • Submit a JPG image that is 600 pixels wide by 911 pixels tall. Now you can submit bigger, but base it on a standard 1-Sheet Movie poster, which is 27 inches wide by 41 inches tall. You may want to design at that full size, and then shrink it down to a size that will fit on our website, which is 600 pixels wide.
  • Include in the description a brief interpretation of your poster design.
  • Include in the description of your Flickr entry any stock or source images you have used including URLs to those images.

Prizes

Terms & Conditions

  • Entries into the competition must be entirely your work. If you use stock images in the composition, you must have an appropriate license to use the image and place a link to the image used in the description of your item.
  • Entries must be submitted to the PSDTUTS Flickr Group pool before midnight December 31st Eastern Standard Time.
  • Plus memberships will be issued from the date of notification of the winners. They are not redeemable for cash.
  • AudioJungle/FlashDen/ThemeForest credit will be issued to a username provided by the winners. This prize is not redeemable for cash and can only be spent on those sites.
  • Judging of the winners will be done by the editor and writing staff of PSDTUTS in conjunction with the TUTS Manager. Our decision is final.
  • Staff or regular writers of PSDTUTS are not eligible to enter. Occasional contributors (i.e. people who have had less than 2 tutorials published on the site) are eligible to enter.

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    aleso December 16th

    wow this is a nice contest.

    http://www.3dand2dmag.wordpress.com

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    Lee Milthorpe December 16th

    This sounds like it’s going to be fun!

    can’t wait to see what sort of things people come up with!

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    Alvaro December 16th

    This sounds great! I can’t wait to see the posters :D

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    Zach LeBar December 16th

    im excited…can’t wait to see what people come up with…and I can’t wait to get started myself

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    Scott Donald December 16th

    competition sounds good, not sure if i’m into sci-fi its a bit geeky.

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    Linhchilicious December 16th

    woa…such a good news for all :D

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    Linhchilicious December 16th

    I’m so excited rite now ^^

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    Annya A. Uslonseva December 16th

    Exiting and inspiring! I have never competed in a contest before, but I think I will give this one a try. Great prizes too!

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    insic December 16th

    hmmmmm im sure i cant win. lol

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    Ariful Alam Khan December 16th

    Fantastic. We will see lots of sci-fi posters.

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    Kendall December 16th

    :) :) :) :) Can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with! :) :) :) :)

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    Daniel December 16th

    can we change things like the tagline?

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    DKumar M. December 16th

    Good News…. cant wait to submit my entry !!

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    DKumar M. December 16th

    I also going to try some more !!

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    HenZen December 16th

    cool, i’m in for some destruction

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    Esben Thomsen December 16th

    @Sean Wouldn’t it be easier to make a “new dawn” group on flikcr, so it would be easier to see new entries?

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    aMs December 16th

    Great idea for a contest, can’t wait to see the posters ; )

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    Ben Reid December 16th

    Awesome! Will get to this at the weekend!

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    FBrushes.com December 16th

    Great contest. Good luck to all contestants!

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    John December 16th

    Sounds fun! Now, let I’m going to need some time alone with my pen…

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    Miguel Reyes December 16th

    I might enter in this one. It could be fun. Good luck!

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    That Namelezz Guy December 16th

    Considering about entering, but not sure if my normal minimalistic style would cut through the competition. I’ll see what I could do…

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    Dan December 17th

    I just may

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    Sean Hodge December 17th

    I can’t wait to see what people come up with and it’s great to see the enthusiasm.

    @Esben Thomsen – No, instead we have the entries placed in the PSDTUTS Flickr group with the tag “pstnewdawn.” Then all we have to do to see all those entries is search for that term within the group. It works well and we’ve done this successfully with other contests. Thx.

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    Javier Centeno December 17th

    Mmm.. where can we get copyrights to use celebrity photos though?

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    Sean Hodge December 17th

    @Javier – You should avoid using celebrity photos and stick to stock photos. Thx.

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    Esben Thomsen December 17th

    Thats okay Sean it was just a suggestion :-)

    But its a interesting competition, Ill join for the fun :-)

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    Sathish December 17th

    I can’t win….. but lemme try :(

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    Paris Vega December 17th

    Sounds fun.

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    TomTom December 17th

    Sounds cool! I think I will definitely give it a shot!

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    v. December 17th

    all eager to see the posters, and yeah will try a few entries :)

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    MiroARRR December 17th

    IN !

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    Zoomrix December 18th

    This is a great contest. I enjoy the criteria limitations very much. Lovely!

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    picture-freak December 18th

    Hi
    I tried to submit my work on the pst flicker group with the pstnewdawn tag, but i can’t see it in the gallery!!
    can someone help me?

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    phalconrush December 19th

    Same thing happened to me. It seems that if you flickr account is new and has less than 5 photos. It hasn’t been reviewed yet. So won’t show up in the group. This sux, because ive read that sometimes it can take a long time to get your account reviewed, and I’m very interested in getting feedback on my poster.

    Anything we can do about this PSDTUTS?

    Thanks

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    Sean McCoy December 19th

    Is there a limit to the number of entries we can submit?

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    geir b nystad December 20th

    Sean, i don’t think it is any limit.

    Do we have to buy the images or can we use stuff we find on Google or something like that? i know if we do we have to submit the URL to that site.

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    quitus December 20th

    “Hi
    I tried to submit my work on the pst flicker group with the pstnewdawn tag, but i can’t see it in the gallery!!
    can someone help me?”
    the same (dummie) problem……

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    mcneebs December 21st

    I’m also looking for an answer as to how long it will take to review my account. As long as it’s before the deadline it’s fine my me though :D

    Great contest, I had a blast making my first poster!

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    picture-freak December 22nd

    hi there
    I still have the same problem. My entry for the contest doesn’t appear in the gallery. I don’t understand why because i have 6 pictures on a psdtut account. Just hope other people can see it…

    Great contest by the way. Some of the propositions submitted are really interesting!!

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    Simon Page December 22nd

    These are the first movie poster designs I have actually done and I have rather enjoyed it – thanks PSDTUTS!

    For anyone who hasn’t seen my latest design I have posted it on my blog, link below.

    http://simoncpage.co.uk/blog/2008/12/21/another-creative-movie-posters-design/

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    Danny December 22nd

    Must all entries have to consist of a “cityscape” or can we do whatever we want? Like, can we create a poster without any buildings at all?

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    Contest-Gal December 22nd

    It is a great contest! I have in my imagination when I read your article..I am so excited about it..I’ll try to think this film..the problem is I am not so familiar in making movie..

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    Simon Page December 27th

    Updated post about my designs here. There are some really nice designs be sure to check out the tag gallery from Flickr

    http://simoncpage.co.uk/blog/2008/12/26/more-movie-poster-creative-designs/

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    C December 29th

    My entry is in, but does not show up when I’m not logged in.

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    tribech December 30th

    i have just finished the poster and upload it this is my first time that i designe a movie poster but i think that it will work, it’s a good competition and i like it thx

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    Sean Hodge December 30th

    Hi all,

    Anyone who’s image isn’t showing up in the Flickr contest group under the tag “pstnewdawn,” just leave a comment on this post with a link to your entry. We’ll check here before picking winners as well.

    Keep in mind that when leaving the link your comment will need to be moderated, so it might take a few hours to show up.

    Thx.

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    Idioze December 30th

    this is my entry:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/32704945@N06/3149569167/in/pool-psdtuts

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    tribech December 31st

    hi,
    this is my entry :
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/33437422@N03/3146995649/sizes/o/in/pool-613394@N22/

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    Sean Hodge December 31st

    An entry from Pier Paolo http://www.flickr.com/photos/33813097@N04/3148305781/

    * Possibly some technical issues with this one posting, so I’ve dropped it in here to the comments myself. Thx.

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    mcneebs December 31st

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcneebs/3122053267/

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    picture-freak December 31st

    This is my entry
    Happy new year to you all!
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/33547010@N08/3117451111/in/set-72157611595049150/

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    jdys_1991 January 1st

    My entry:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/33510093@N07/3133254617/

    Good Luck to myself! :mrgreen: :P

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    jdys_1991 January 1st

    BTW, just realised that my last comment says “1st January”. I have uploaded the image on the 24th December, just so you know i’m not breaking any rules here :!:

    Thanks! :)

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    Jason Stanley January 1st

    My image isn’t showing up in the pool so here’s the link:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/92215392@N00/3151784407/in/pool-psdtuts

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    Simon Page January 1st

    The issue with the images not showing will be down to your accounts. New accounts need to be moderated and you need more than 4 images before they do that. I came across the same issue as long as you are logged in the images will show up.

    Also I noticed that when you do a search for the pstnewdawn tag via flickr in the psdtuts group and it defaults to most relevant some images get shift around and appear more than once as you page through.

    Here are my design entries if they get missed:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/52128710@N00/sets/72157611598464992/

    Also I have added a top 5 of the designs that I like from the competition from other designers on my updated blog post:
    http://simoncpage.co.uk/blog/2008/12/26/more-creative-movie-poster-designs/

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    Sean Hodge January 1st

    Thanks everybody. Because of the issues with Flickr we’ll have a couple extra days grace period for anyone that needs to leave a comment in this post. Then we’ll start looking through the entries an choosing the winners. Lot’s of high quality work in this contest as well. Happy New Year!

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    Sean Hodge January 1st

    A few entries that were emailed to me that we’re showing up in the pool

    1st entry: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25890229@N08/3147421085/in/pool-psdtuts
    2nd entry: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25890229@N08/3147421089/in/pool-psdtuts
    3rd entry: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25890229@N08/3150058835/in/pool-psdtuts
    4th entry: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25890229@N08/3153365370/in/pool-psdtuts

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    Sean Hodge January 1st

    Hey all, I’m signing off for the day. So, new comments may not get moderated until tomorrow morning. Don’t worry about the deadline. As long as your Flickr entry was in on time, and if it’s not showing up in the group, then just link to it here in the next couple of days.

    We’ll wait a couple days before starting to decide on winners. Happy New Years! Thx.

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    sova January 1st

    I think it finally went up in the pool, but in case it didn’t, here’s the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24674471@N05/3154964840/

    Btw, I added the image to Flickr about 6:04 p.m. Eastern Standard Time and am writing this message about 6:07 p.m. EST

    Happy New Dawn, PSDTUTS! : )

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    tribech January 1st

    hi,
    plz can u use this entry for the copetetion bcz i uploaded the wrong one plz.
    and this is my entry :
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/33437422@N03/3156093162/sizes/o/

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    tribech January 1st

    sorry this is the link for my entry i past the wrong one :
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/33437422@N03/3156093162/sizes/o/in/pool-613394@N22/

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    Chris January 1st

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/30545702@N07/3138455216/

    New Dawn contestant. Thank you!

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    Shawn Sprockett January 2nd

    here are my entries:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/33831872@N05/3153339140/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/33831872@N05/3153339056/in/photostream/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/33831872@N05/3153338994/in/photostream/

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    Mirko "Sick59" Camia January 2nd

    Hi Sean,
    my entry is here
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mirkocamia/3149777583/
    (upload 30/12/2008)!!!!Thx……

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    Mirko Camia January 2nd

    Hi Sean,
    my entry is here http://www.flickr.com/photos/mirkocamia/3149777583/
    (upload 30/12/2008)!!!!Thx……

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    Erin January 2nd

    Happy New Year, all!

    Mine isn’t showing up in the group either, but the link is:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/27364385@N07/3131773934/

    Absolutely love everyones’ ideas!

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    Shawn Sprockett January 2nd

    oops, one of my links was wrong above. here is the correct one just in case it does not appear in the group for you:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/33831872@N05/3157438193/in/photostream/

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    FukAS January 2nd

    For the same reason that the others …

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/33869557@N03/3152784961/

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    C January 2nd

    I just saw that you asked us to post a link to our entries if they are not showing up in pstnewdawn contest. Here are my entries that were entered before the deadline.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/24617961@N04/3152322383/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/24617961@N04/3130986605/

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    Tomek January 2nd

    …so my three Movie Dawn posters:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomaszpanek/3115534042/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomaszpanek/3120332272/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomaszpanek/3127192585/

    Thx

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    Etagon January 3rd

    Hello Sean
    here are my entries:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/33736238@N07/3153405853/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/33736238@N07/3147167327/in/photostream/

    Happy new year!!

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    Adam January 3rd

    My flickr account hasnt been reviewed yet either so here are my 2 entries.

    1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/adammarsh/3114633196/
    2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/adammarsh/3121832126/

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    HIPPIE: el sol dado... January 3rd

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/32578162@N04/3150353126/

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    Andy January 3rd

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/32578162@N04/3150353126/

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    Zoomrix January 4th

    Just in case :)

    http://flickr.com/photos/zoomrix/3118873263/
    http://flickr.com/photos/zoomrix/3117936144/

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    Esben Thomsen January 4th

    Here is my entry http://www.flickr.com/photos/esbenthomsen/3125459880/

    Sorry for seeing your comment this late Sean

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    Esben Thomsen January 4th

    and just for commenting on @Simon Page comment:

    I’ve been a member on flickr for a eternity and have more than 5 images and my account is moderated and still it didn’t show up. Been adding to pools before, without any problems, but I can’t figure out why this suddenly is a problem.

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    Nicolas January 4th

    here’s mine
    http://flickr.com/photos/30502485@N03/3118800240/

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    Ryan S. January 5th

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/defaultname/3154251074/

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    Simon Page January 5th

    Hmm odd something funky going on – I suspect it is something to do with the search filters (recent uploads / most interesting). Sorting via these throws up different search counts which it shouldn’t.

    Suggest you contact Flickr help. I contacted them and the next day they were all appearing – they said it was due to a moderation flag.

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    Ryan January 5th

    my entry
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/defaultname/3154251074/

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    Tom January 6th

    So disappointed. I invested many hours creating my entry from scratch and it has not ever appeared on flickr. It was properly tagged and everything.
    I don’t get it. Maybe next time.

    The one’s that have posted look great! Good work everyone!

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    Simon Page January 6th

    just to share:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/52128710@N00/3169431920/

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