We are launching the first contest here on Psdtuts+. We have some great submissions coming in regularly to the Psdtuts+ Flickr Group. We’d like to honor some of these top submitters by showcasing their work on the Psdtuts+ Web site and give a prize away to the entry that stands out from the crowd.
About the Contest
The theme this first month is Learning and Applying Your Knowledge. There is no limit on subject matter. We’ll be looking at how you take techniques learned from any tutorial here on Psdtuts+ and apply it in your own work.
Consider the stages of learning. Usually, you do the tutorial and apply the techniques on a similar image. You learn from it. Then you step back and think about how you can use these techniques to create a unique project. You work to personalize what you’ve learned. Then you create an awesome design.
Feel free to mention the inspirational tutorials on Psdtuts+, specific techniques you learned from them, and how you creatively applied these techniques in your Awesome Entries.
We have plans to to offer something similar to this contest every month. Depending on the success of this contest, we’ll keep this going. So, let us know what you think!
How to Enter
All submissions to the Psdtuts+ Flickr Group from now until the end of May are eligible. There is no limit on the number of entries you can submit.
Posting submission to the Psdtuts+ Flickr group:
- Create your Awesome Entry.
- If you don’t have a Flickr account, then sign up for one.
- Become a member by going to Psdtuts+ Flickr group. In the top, right-click Join This Group
- Upload your submission to your Flickr account and place it in the pool Psdtuts+
If for any reason you do not want your submission to the Psdtuts+ Flickr Group to be considered in this contest, that’s fine. Leave a comment under your submission indicating so. Otherwise, we’re assuming everyone would like to get showcased or be the lucky winner. We want this contest to enhance an already thriving community. This contest is only one facet of the Flickr Group. Someone may want to continue to use the group to get feedback on their work, for example. And that’s great too.
Deadline
You have from now until the End of May. So the last day for all submissions is May 31st, 2008.
First Prize
We will be choosing one exceptional entry that will receive the prizes listed below.
- 1 year Psdtuts+ Plus membership
- $100 Cash to a PayPal account OR Amazon voucher
- Entry Showcased on Psdtuts+
Second Prize
- Complete Vector or Texture Set, of winner’s choice, from GoMedia’s Arsenal
- Entry Showcased on Psdtuts+
Third Prize
- $50 in FlashDen Credits
- Entry Showcased on Psdtuts+
Showcasing Top Work
We will also select works that are great and showcase them on the Psdtuts+ Web site. Keep in mind the theme for this month and good luck. You may see your work featured on the site.
Choosing a Winner
The staff at Psdtuts+ will be choosing the winner. We’ll be looking for those that use creativity, good design, interesting concepts, personality, and utilized this month’s theme to its fullest. We will announce the winner and showcase the top work during the first week of June. Good luck to everybody!
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You list it as a First Prize. should it not be a Grand Prize because it is the only prize that will be awarded?
Well, thats good! ;)
David Carreira
Whoa! I’m in! I can’t wait to see what other people come up with. ;)
Good luck to all! Too bad there can only be one weiner.
Good luck to the winner! Maybe i’ll try something and submit it.
@ Brent Nelson:
Yeah! I think it can have first, second and third prize. :D
But that’s my opinion.
David Carreira
Good idea…
Surprised who win the first prize ;-)
Daniel
OMG! I have to admit I was looking forward to see some contests like this from PSDTuts.
This is an amazing idea. Unfortunately I am very busy here but I really hope I manage to make something till the deadline.
This is a great idea and I am looking forward to participate on all the contests.
do we already have to be members of psdtuts.com to enter, or can we enter something if we are just regular visitors?
My entry will suck, but I can’t resist a good competition :)
nice to hear that ! best of luck to all!
yeahhhhh!! great idea!!
p.s. congrats for sean to be part of the team of psdtuts..
My own will be the Awesome and first prize winner ! :-) heheheh. (at least for mom)
I welcome the initiative. A short time ago I made a contest of similar characteristics and to my surprise, there was formidable work.
I hope to have time to submit some work.
this’ll be awesome! i think it’ll really bring the community together even more!
i doubt i’ll even try….but maybe! who knows? there are so many talented people here! props!
how do i place my pics in the pool?
I thing winner will be Fabio
nice idea…
Great idea! surprised, Well good luck to all from me! and Unforunately i am very busy boy with my films graphic projects, so i think i will be out for it, and i also hope to take part in it, there are so many talented people are,and there will be only one winner up.BEST OF LUCK TO ALL!
@Ahmet lets hope he doesn’t join :)
Where does it say what the monthly theme is?
Great!!!!
Thats great… Now i have a fun project to work on.
I will probably gat a try if I have time (I am in the rush of a final semester at college )
- BoneZ
The heat is on! I have been part of the PSDtuts flickr group for a while now and I have already seen some phenomenal designs there! More reason to challenge yourself, eh? Good luck to everyone who enters… including me!
Yay, prize for Fabio! Haha – This is way cool Sean, can’t wait to submit mine!
yeah!! cant wait to send my work! :D
Wow very interesting. Good Luck to all of us.
i wonder who’s the winner? hello winner! please share a blog about your experience before and after u won.. hehehe.. just thinking in advance about this exciting competitions… yaho0!
sorry about this,, just testing my gravatar.. thanks! XD
Cool..
will join the contest to try my luck… haha
@wtrshpdwn – There is no limit in topic. The focus for this month’s theme is on the process of personalizing what you learn here in tutorials at PSDTUTS. So, we’ll be looking at who applies the knowledge they gain here in the most creative and polished way.
@David Carreira – I’ll look into more prizes. Maybe not for this first contest, but we’ll see what the future holds.
I understand home theme and topic are interchangeable words and could lead to confusion. Focus on reading the About the Contest section. As it explains what we’ll be looking for this month. We’re keeping it really broad to kick things off.
Also, any member of the PSDtuts flickr group is eligible to participate, but I think we’ll have to exclude Fabio. I’m sure he’ll understand. :)
Good luck to everybody!
Hell yeah! I will submit one.. it’ll be embarrassing, but I just can’t reseist!
I’ve got two questions:
1- Any limits to how many entries?
2- How about if the particular image is already a part of the pool? Should we just add a link in a comment to this blog entry?
I m so gonna win it!
Looking forward to seeing the entries.
Fabio excludes of the contest :D
Great idea, let’s go work !
Hey guys, this contest will be really cool… I will be just watching.
good luck to everybody
May I make one humble suggestion: please set a Dimension in the rules. I foresee many great works in the pool, it’d be easier to judge if everyone used the same dimension(maybe 1 dimension for landscape and 1 for horizontal). also it’d be neat if the designs are desptop wallpaper friendly dimension wise too.
I stayed with the doubt … which are the work of Fabio? As to know why they do not want to participate
Sorry, I feel a stupid to have asked that … who is already, just not as recognized by Fabio.
:))
Fabio writes for us almost every week, and therefore is practically a member of staff at PSDTUTS. He’s one of the leaders of this community. It’s great to see the inspirational work that Fabio regular submits to the PSDTUTS pool. It’s great to see him participate and be active, but it wouldn’t make sense for him to be eligible to win.
I’ve sent a message asking Fabio if he’d like to help judge the contest though. I think that would be great. Also, I should have thought about whether writers are eligible in the rules before this got started.
It’s actually unlikely that we would choose a winner from anyone that writes for us regularly. Doing so would look like we are picking favorites. Though some writers only write for us occasionally. How does everybody feel about this issue?
Awesome im gonna enter soon!!! :D
I’ve learned so much here it’s unreal! I hope to be a competitor for this contest and future contests; as long as Fabio isn’t my competition! :) HEHEEH
@imedia51 – No Entry Limit. We can’t enforce this, but the idea is that your creating new entries for this contest and not resubmitting old work. If your considering doing that then think about at least improving a past design.
@Jin Y – Having Dimension limits is a good idea. We’ll likely do that on a future contest. Desktop wallpapers would make a good future contest. For this contest though there aren’t any dimension limits. Though keep in mind that to be displayed on the PSDTUTS site an image would need to scale down to 600px or less.
Announcement, Fabio has signed on to help us with judging entries! :) Good to see we have some entries already. Thx.
I have just finished my work and I have to admit it is looking great.
Also I am glad to hear that Fabio will take part in choosing the winner. At first I wondered why will he not participate but now everything is clear. ;)
I this I will post my work soon. Just need to make some minor adjustments and I will join the contest participants. ;)
Good Luck to everyone.
P.S. Happy Eastern for those who celebrate it now. “Like me”
shouldn’t there be a special section within the PSDTUTS pool so some of us know Wether its worth trying or not :D
i mean there is a lot of very professional talent if you know what i mean :)
I don’t think you need to know the competition. At least you can look into the Flickr group and see the competition.
You need to know that you will get some experience and also get to keep the art you make and use it in your portfolio. ;)
I love Photoshop contests! I actually have a piece that I think I’ll enter soon, after some tweaking. =]