As you’ve probably noticed, Graphic Design Week has had a strong focus on getting designs ready for print, prepress and print terminology and the real life process of sending work to the printers. So we were thrilled when the team over at UPrinting.com approached us about giving away a massive $1,000 to spend on printing! To enter into the running to win this fantastic giveaway you simply need to leave a comment and blog about, link to or Tweet this post! Read on to grab all the details
Winners!
The contest has concluded. Thanks to everyone that entered. The winners are shown below. Congratulations!
Winner of $1000 in Free Printing is Sam Armacost
“I love helping small businesses and individuals feel confidant about their message due to the visual identity that I have assisted in putting together with them. Nothing beats seeing a satisfied client that is proud to show off their website, business card, brochure and so on.” – Sam Armacost
10 Readers Have Also Won 250 Free Business Cards
- Mikah Sargent
- EvoXmedia
- wc149
- Marie S.
- VertigoSFX
- Tylor Skory
- Damian Zannini
- Jeff Green
- Connor Zwick
- orphicpixel
About UPrinting.com
Based in LA, UPrinting are an online printing outfit that have been changing things up with how commercial printing is done online. With their super easy to use website, free file review and complimentary proofing (even before payment!) they’ve really taken a lot of the trouble out of printing. UPrinting has a great reputation in the design community and known to active support for design blogs which is another good reason we’ve used their services in a few of our Graphic Design Week tutorials. They offer everything from brochures to business cards, pocket folders to posters, hang tags and tons more!
How to Score $1000 Worth of Printing Just By Commenting
To go into the running to win a thousand dollars worth of printing with UPrinting, simply leave a comment telling us why you love being a graphic designer or why you want to be a graphic designer. On the 1st of June David Sarabia from UPrinting will pick the best entry and award them the prize! If you help spread the word by blogging, linking to or tweeting this post, add a link to the source in your comment and it’ll increase your chances of winning.
Terms & Conditions
- Entry is open to anyone except employees or their families of Envato and UPrinting
- Entries must be made by 11:59pm May 31st (PST) to be eligible
- You must fill in the comment form with your name and email address so we can contact you if you win!
Good luck everyone!
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Great contest, good luck guys!
I love graphic design,becouse its a form of art. Graphic design is not all stars and shine. Its hard, it involves psyhology,business and many things that you have to atleast know,to be a great graphic designer. To explain my i love graphic design i have to explain how i understand design. Without it the world would be in a very ugly kind of state, becouse design is ant art of beauty, in involves emotion,beauty,getting the right message threw some kind of project and so much more. I love graphic design becouse i can be a part of the small part of people who defines beauty,creates new shapes and faces of it. And makes the world turn with something more than money,something that really matters and it is timeless. For me design,graphic design or art, is the biggest gift that man can get, and that is to create something that is timeless.
sorry folks for my dumb grammar mistakes. why* and an*
Geez.. I cant even begin to describe how I fell for Graphic Designing…
Ive always wanted to follow a career that would enable me to use my drawing skills and when my cousin suggested that I do Graphic Design after I finished my Matric cause I had no Idea what I wanted to do after I decided not to do Chattered Accountancy anymore, I decided to give Graphic Design a shot.
Luckily for me I went to one of the best institutions and I was blown away when I went for open day and saw what I could also be capable of doing after studying the course….
here I am
bang bang
Design in general is wonderful because you can create anything, but it’s form and function. Aesthetics and usability…
I love graphic design because it brings joy and excitement to my life. The things you can do with the programs are just amazing, it is always a learning and growing process for me and I know I must dedicate all my time to become a great graphic design. I want other people who don’t understand graphic design to feel the same way I do about. It is truly an amazing art form that gives so much freedom to express yourself in whatever you want. This is why I love graphic design
i love to be graphic designer cause you’re learning every day
I always had something with graphic design. I really started trying out stuff when I was about 14 years old, that’s a little more than 4 years ago. I failed at school because all the theoretic lessons just weren’t interesting enough for me, I wanted more practical stuff. So I quit, and went to a school for computer science, where I am now. They teach us how to program. (e.g. make Windows apps, or webbased apps/sites.)
I do this for almost 2 years now, and in the beginning it was real fun, I thought this would be it, that this would become my job in a few years, but later on I changed my mind. I found out this isn’t exactly what I wanted, so I got myself new plans.
After this training (still 2 more years to go), I’ll go to a school for graphic design, which I’ll hopefully get happy with. I really think graphic design is the thing that attracts me the most, I read alot about it, and all people doing it just seem to be nice to each other, I like that.
I’ll post on twitter on about this.
Because being a Graphic Designer is Freedom, Unlike most jobs, you can explore you creative side and Design what ever pops into you head!
i’m here, as usual :)
i want to be a graphic designer because i cannot be a pilot
http://twitter.com/Toukee/statuses/1910766315
I want to be a graphic designer. More importantly, I want to make something significant that inspires and touches the hearts of others.
Graphic design is always about this, but lately most seems to fall short . .
If i win.. i will..
I love to create. There are moments when I talk with my family members and I just take a piece of paper and I start to draw logos and web site layouts ideas. Is amazing how this thing happen. Actually I made some nice logos just playing.
The creativity is something wich is not a usual thing. Sometimes you get inspered in the evenings, sometimes when you hang out.
Another reason I like to design is because designing is like expressing my fealings and my personality. I love simplicity and this is obviously in my designs.
because i simply could create something!
Great contest, good luck to everyone, keeping thumbs up!
Simply because everything in life can be designed.Being a graphic designer allows you to do that, to add the wow factor, the details, the “thing” to transform something general in a unique creation.
In graphic Design we Trust!
art makes you can fly in the heaven of freedom with the wings of fantasy…
art is in every moment of my life
Graphic Design. Phew, just saying it sparks off creativity. It’s such a broad field incorporating different mediums to form a beautiful piece of art to behold, however it also, perhaps more importantly, is a means of communication. The messages found within Graphic Design masterpieces can leave you at either end of the emotional spectrum. One piece can make you ripe with happiness, while another can make the cogs in your head turn as you think long and hard about the message presented, whether it be topical, philosophical or personal.
My love for Graphic Design could not be fit into one small comment, but I think the above paragraph shows the important reason for why I love Graphic Design. A good looking piece of art, is just a good looking piece of art, but when a message is added to it, it becomes Graphic Design.
I like the freedom I have as an graphic designer. Get my own creativity running and well, working on all kind of projects. It is very nice that the possibilities with printing nowadays are almost endless… I like the personal care where Uprinting stands for. Well they dont call it U (you) printing for nothing I guess :-) Uprinting, I think U rock.
Woooow i wish i will get it =P
Being a graphic designer, its more than just a job, it’s a way of express my emotions travelling in time and space, exploring my mind and the world using my imagination and exploring my creativity.
Designing it’s like jumping through a window and fly without restrictions.It’s the best way to communicate with myself and the best way to show the world
through my eyes.
I love graphic design because it is a pseudo-psycho-analyzer. Let me explain. Every time you meet with a client, you are trying to develop a solution. You pick the brain of that person until you find something that they agree on. The colors, layout, and typography all have theories behind them, and you know what they are. You can use that to understand your client and figure out what future solutions will look like. You get inside of the mind of your client.
At the same time, you begin to understand yourself. The design workflow you use, your own personal brand, the weird ticks that you have, etc. They all become a way to find out what your personal style is and how that pertains to the way that you think.
Each time you create something, you open a part of the subconscious. The one pixel difference on the position of an element, or the one degree of rotation are windows to the subconscious.
I love graphic design because it is an understanding. An understanding of each human that you work with, and most importantly yourself.
The dynamics of being a graphic designer are vast. If it’s mocking a government or bringing awareness to a cause along with all the product advertisement and marketing in between, it’s worth it. It’s purposeful, powerful, and impacting to be such a one with the skills to provoke public reactions.
I’ve been involved and graphic design for quite sometime and have found it to be what I love to do, from the very abstract to the very complex, however, always full of quality. As a graphic designer, I have the ability to create a stir amongst the public or cause people to think deeply in private. Yet what moves me most is that I love what I do and it’s not only a discipline but a means of communication and a blessed craft.
Whether I win or not, I would like to say that I’ve printed with many companies and UPrinting is by far the best in turn around time, color match, and quality. Thank you for your services and unyielding dedication to the industry.
I have tweeted this giveaway (http://twitter.com/mikah_sargent)
I have added it to my blog (http://risentwice.blogspot.com)
Well, im just learning “how to be” a graphic designer so for now its a job, i always wanted to test my untalented drawing skills..
Oooh, thi’d be a good one to win alright. :D
Even though I study Computer Science Engineering I love designing…
Why? Why? this is a question around my several years…
Even psdtuts is also one of the reason, I’m reading this blog from the first post itself…. ;)
I love this designer work, even though I’m not a great and professional designer…. :)
Thanks…
“Winning is not at all a matter, Participation is more important”
:D
Being creative is fun
Absolutely love their works and services
Good luck to everyone, would be nice to win this time. :P
great offer… will look forward to win
I’m in
Interesting! I love giveaways :)
because being a graphic designer gives you the chance to win loads of cool stuff from comps like this :)
I love UPrinting.com
Keep on providing awsome tuts. I have no idea how many times a day i refresh this site.
Hit me!
I aspire to be a graphic designer so as to be able to express my creative ideas in a manner that every human can understand in the form of colorful and appealing images and videos. It eliminates the language barrier that text based communication imposes and is more effective in that, a picture is worth a thousand words. A video…
For me graphic design is exercise for the brain. I like to interpret words, visually and objectively…it’s a good challenge, especially when it turns out well!
Graphic Designers have the coolest jobs!
http://twitter.com/Boklau/statuses/1911295334
I am in need of some new business cards for my videogaming site, so this would be super handy.
Cheers.
let’s try :-)
My friend just sent me a link to this. Information overload. Adding to my bookmarks.
I love being a graphic designer, because creating new things gives me pleasure, joy and the power of trying to become better every day and never give up.
i want it , i want it … :oDDD créativity is freedom
I don’t have much to say but i love graphic design because its a way i can express me and my inner self by portraying it in a unique fun way. What i love most of graphic design is seeing others work. There are alot of great graphic design artist whose work will move you to be a better designer or to even become one.
Ima carry on now
Graphic design speaks for its self
Design is a wonderful way to express ideas through visual communication.
Design is so much more than words.
I love being a designer because I could not think doing something else !
http://twitter.com/Zik_fkz/status/1922680049