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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congrats to all !
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!
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.
Congratulations! I absolutely love the winning piece.
Great work you guys and congratulations. ;)
can’t wait to see the NEW contest winners! :P
congratulations to the winners ! great compositions!
They’re all awesome! I am happy to say I will definately be entering the next PSDTuts competition.
Congratulations everyone! Nice jobs :)
Amazing entries and well deserved winners, well done all!
Great work guys!
congratulation Alex
Wow those are some really great submissions! Just shows some of the talent that hangs out around here!
Fantastic stuff guys, well done
Congratulations!
David Carreira
Great work to all the submissions!
These are really badass. Good yob joo guys!
first filipino graphic-atist on psd tuts badly didnt win the contest amf
CONGRATS to all!! I unfortunately didn’t finish my piece because of work, but hey, there’s always the next contest ;)
Congratulations! Awesome work!
Congrats to all!!
They are all awesome, I actually like the third place, the best.
Congrats! Great work guys!
CONGRATS!
They were all outstanding.
Fantastic contest entries guys. Congratulations to everyone.
yeah, great job with the designs and with the judging guys!
Has been a great month for keeping an eye on the flickr group!
I love that mini cooper one! Man thats awesome.
Great job every one! I can’t wait for the first VectorTuts contest!
Excellent pieces, congrats!! :o)
Great work! Thanks for sharing.
This is fantastic work. Great job everyone.
I love the 2nd place, in my opinion that’s the best…
but congrats for everybody !!
congratulation!
Congrats to all ! Really excellent pieces !
u ppl really rock…
wonderful designs Alex.. Congarts to all the winners…
молодцы, ребÑтишки!
Big pats on the back for all entries, especially those that won.
Some amazing stuff! :)
Congrats Alex!!
PERFECT CONTEST WITH FAIR DECISIONS! HOPE I MASTER THE TECHNIQUES SOON TOO!!!
Top notch! Congrats to all!
Great to see that PSDTuts is such an inspiration to so many folks.
Cheers
Arun
Congrats to all you
Congrats every1!!! :D
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!
Congrats!!! awesome art
Congratulation to everyone, those who are the winners and those who have tried their best.
Great Work guys
Congrats to the winners, the pieces really look amazing!
Yep! Good job! Thanks! :)
grats all of tou!! waiting for the next contest!!