The winners of the first PSDTUTS contest are in. The winning entries stand out as remarkable design work. Let's check out who walked away with the prizes. Great job to everyone who participated! We had a lot of activity in the PSDTUTS Flickr group with this contest. We'll be launching another contest shortly.
First-Place Winner
The first place winner is Alex Beltechi. He receives a one-year PSDTUTS Plus membership and $100 cash. The first design below with the fighter pilot titled "Mayday," is the winner. Numerous techniques from PSDTUTS tutorials were used to put this image together. It also has a unique theme and design.
Alex had many excellent submissions in this contest. I had trouble deciding which of his entries was the definitive winner, as so many of them are great. One from each set of his entries are presented below. He presented numerous versions within each set as well. It's great for the PSDTUTS writing staff to see the application of techniques learned here put to such great use in these designs.
Second-Place Winner
Yana55 takes second place and wins a Complete Vector or Texture Set from GoMedia's Arsenal, of the winner's choice. The design below is elegant and utilizes techniques from PSDTUTS in a subdued way. The second image below is zoomed in on the upper part of the model in the design. This is so you can see the retouch work done on the face, and the subtle flaming and lighting effects. Great job on this design!
Third-Place Winner
The third place winner is MisterBremer. He takes home $50 in FlashDen credits. Great job on this self-portrait and photography classroom composition!
Conclusion to the First PSDTUTS Contest
Congratulations to our winners! Great job to everyone that participated in the contest. We look forward to the launch of the next PSDTUTS contest. Thank-you to our sponsors GoMedia's Arsenal and our sister-site FlashDen. We've also lined up some more sponsors for the next contest. We'd also like to thank Fabio for helping Collis and I with judging this contest.
I'll be contacting the winners shortly to assist them with collecting their prizes. The winners should keep an eye on their Flickr email boxes for the next couple days.
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User Comments
( ADD YOURS )Rooney June 3rd
congrats to all !
( )godonholiday June 3rd
yeah, great job with the designs and with the judging guys!
Has been a great month for keeping an eye on the flickr group!
Some great comments too! Getting a real nice sense of community, where all are welcome!
Cheers guys and girls!
( )Alex Beltechi June 3rd
Thank you PSDTUTS! It’s truly a humbling experience to receive the recognition of such an amazing website. Applying your tutorials has brought my knowledge to a whole new level! Thanks again and keep up the excellent work.
( )Amy June 3rd
Congratulations! I absolutely love the winning piece.
( )Constantin Potorac June 3rd
Great work you guys and congratulations.
( )Colin Stein June 3rd
can’t wait to see the NEW contest winners!
( )Daniel June 3rd
congratulations to the winners ! great compositions!
( )Carlos June 3rd
They’re all awesome! I am happy to say I will definately be entering the next PSDTuts competition.
( )Danny June 3rd
Congratulations everyone! Nice jobs
( )Ben Griffiths June 3rd
Amazing entries and well deserved winners, well done all!
( )AndrewD June 3rd
Great work guys!
( )BogDinamita June 3rd
congratulation Alex
( )Mac Tyler June 3rd
Wow those are some really great submissions! Just shows some of the talent that hangs out around here!
( )Matt McRae June 3rd
Fantastic stuff guys, well done
( )D. Carreira June 3rd
Congratulations!
David Carreira
( )Jonathan Connolly June 3rd
Great work to all the submissions!
( )Zach June 3rd
These are really badass. Good yob joo guys!
( )khympoy June 3rd
first filipino graphic-atist on psd tuts badly didnt win the contest amf
( )Seraphim Collective June 3rd
CONGRATS to all!! I unfortunately didn’t finish my piece because of work, but hey, there’s always the next contest
( )Toxel.com June 3rd
Congratulations! Awesome work!
( )Mukund June 3rd
Congrats to all!!
( )Andrew June 3rd
They are all awesome, I actually like the third place, the best.
( )goldenthunder June 3rd
Congrats! Great work guys!
( )Ruben June 3rd
CONGRATS!
They were all outstanding.
( )Lamin Barrow June 3rd
Fantastic contest entries guys. Congratulations to everyone.
( )ZaFaR June 3rd
yeah, great job with the designs and with the judging guys!
Has been a great month for keeping an eye on the flickr group!
( )Craig Snedeker June 3rd
I love that mini cooper one! Man thats awesome.
( )Grant Friedman June 3rd
Great job every one! I can’t wait for the first VectorTuts contest!
( )LOSWL June 3rd
Excellent pieces, congrats!!
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( )Joefrey Mahusay June 3rd
Great work! Thanks for sharing.
( )Dan Volkens June 3rd
This is fantastic work. Great job everyone.
( )dlv June 3rd
I love the 2nd place, in my opinion that’s the best…
( )but congrats for everybody !!
Rijalul Fikri June 3rd
congratulation!
( )Monya June 3rd
Congrats to all ! Really excellent pieces !
( )Khalid June 3rd
u ppl really rock…
( )Arun Stanislavose June 3rd
wonderful designs Alex.. Congarts to all the winners…
( )troxa June 3rd
молодцы, ребÑтишки!
( )Shane June 3rd
Big pats on the back for all entries, especially those that won.
Some amazing stuff!
( )giackop June 3rd
Congrats Alex!!
( )Danilo Friolani June 3rd
PERFECT CONTEST WITH FAIR DECISIONS! HOPE I MASTER THE TECHNIQUES SOON TOO!!!
( )Arun June 3rd
Top notch! Congrats to all!
Great to see that PSDTuts is such an inspiration to so many folks.
Cheers
( )Arun
Harry June 3rd
Congrats to all you
( )glsmaster June 3rd
Congrats every1!!!
( )MisterBremer June 3rd
WHOA!!!
Thank you for the honor!
There is so much good stuff in the psdtuts flickr group that I never thought I’d even be noticed! I have come a long way in about a year, and I LOVE learning photoshop. This is my number one site for info, and I feel I still have so much to learn. I also support you by telling all of my students to check you out.
The other winners are also fantastic!
Thanks again!
( )Alvaro June 4th
Congrats!!! awesome art
( )Ariful Alam Khan June 4th
Congratulation to everyone, those who are the winners and those who have tried their best.
( )Lucas June 4th
Great Work guys
( )Jeff Finley June 4th
Congrats to the winners, the pieces really look amazing!
( )MD June 4th
Yep! Good job! Thanks!
( )Abzzolum June 4th
grats all of tou!! waiting for the next contest!!
( )Yana June 4th
Yes definitely honored. thank you.
( )Meti June 5th
Congrats to all winners, when is the next comp?
—ibndesign.com
( )Cole June 5th
These are great.
( )Kloche June 6th
Great work! Sincere congrats to all the winners. And good job to all the other psdtuters in the flickr group!
( )FrankCrank June 16th
Amazing submissions!!
congrats to all the WINNERS and all the best for rest of us
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