Competition

New Baby Character Competition - Winner Announced

By English Muffin
www.englishmuffinshop.com

We had such a great response for the New Baby Character competition and it was a real delight to look through the entries and see the wonderful and varied characters you had created. The quality of illustrations and mediums explored was really impressive so well done guys and we hope you enjoyed it.

We are thrilled to announce that the winning entry, as shown above is by English Muffin and was selected as the characters were well developed and thought out and presented in quirky detail.
The judges particularly loved the baby whale shooting out above the water and the heart shaped water shoot of Daddy whale. Wonderful and very commercial and adaptable for both a boy and a girl -  well done English Muffin.

The following entries were selected as runners up:

By Est

The elephant theme was a very popular choice among the entries we received but this particular design offered a very fresh approach. Great detail paid to the textures which complimented the illustration style.
The design is very commercial and could be adapted for both a boy and a girl.

By Maddie

A wonderful combination of popular characters and a really nice illustration style, well done.

By Hilbooboo

A really nice family of characters here and the illustration style is very fresh and appealing to the customer.

By StellaBee
www.stellabee.co.uk

A very cute and versatile character here,  illustrated particularly well and the placement of the caption is very well thought out and sits well with the character. The only change we would make would be the caption which does not sit so well with New Baby but lovely character development.

Congratulation's to our winners and runners up and a huge thank you to everyone who entered. We truly enjoyed looking through your entries and we hope that you gained something from entering and also seeingevery-ones concepts. We do hope you will take a peek and enter the next competition which is Christmas 2010 Surface Pattern Design. A challenge when the sun is out but we look forward to receiving your festive delights!

P.S got a great idea for a competition brief, email Vic at vlem2@hallmark-uk.com as we are always eager for feedback.

New Competition Launched!

We have just launched the next competition, Christmas 2010 Surface Pattern Design which you can check out now.

Thank you to everyone who entered the New Baby Character Competition, we had a staggering amount of entries and look forward to judging them. Check back next week for news of the results!

Have a great weekend!

New Baby Character Competition

Today is the last day for entries for the New Baby Character Competition. We have had some great entries which you can check out here.

Thank you to everyone who has entered and good luck, we will announce the winner next week.

New Baby Character Competition - 1 week left

There is now only 1 week remaining to enter the New Baby Character competition and you can check out the great entries we have had so far here. Why not tweet us let us know which is your favourite entry?

The closing date will be Thursday 25th June 2009 and the winner and runners up will be announced the following week.

Many thanks to everyone who has entered so far and good luck!

P.s be sure to check out the site next week as we launch the next competition!

Photography Competition - Second Winner

Hi All

It has come to our attention that our winning choice for the photography competition did not fully answer the brief that we originally set whereby we asked for a collection of images suitable for blank cards. Whilst the winning entry is suitable for blanks eg With Love, Wedding, Anniversary, Two Of You, Valentine etc. The image was not part of a bigger appropriate collection. We stand by our winning entry and reasons for choice on it's individual merit but hold our hands up and say that we got this wrong with regards to it not being part of a collection.

So in light of our mistake we would like to announce one of our previously chosen runner ups user-name Ivo as a winner too with his collection below.

We hope to do many more photography competitions in the future and hope this has not put any of our participants off from entering. If there are particular subjects that you would like to suggest for future competitions please let us know and we'll do our best to accommodate them,

Sorry for any confusion caused.

Kind regards and a humble thank-you

Tigerprint

Photography Competition - Winner Announced

By Elizabeth
http://elizabethryman.blogspot.com/

Wow another tough competition to judge and our first in photography but not the last...
Our in-house photography team were very impressed with the standard of work submitted and enjoyed narrowing down the results and finally deciding on the winner and runners up.
The winning photograph captures a moment that can rarely be planned for and we are pleased to announce the winning photograph was submitted by Elizabeth for Love Hearts Swans.

An image such as this is very difficult to capture but worth it as cute animal photographs always tug at the heart strings. So if it takes hours or days to get the elusive picture or you just happen to be in the right place at the right time photographs like this will always be sought after. Well done.

Our runners up who are in no particular order are:

By Bean

By Katie

By Ivo

By Ellen

We have picked images that convey a different photographic style and unusual compositions whilst still retaining that commercial look. Each of these photos has the potential to make it onto products and we will be in contact with individuals with a view to working with you on some future ideas.

Thank-you to everyone who entered the competition and keep capturing unusual themes, styles and moments in your work.

P.S Don't forget the latest competition New Baby Character is now open for entries.

New Baby Character Competition

The Photography competition has now closed and we will announce a winner and runners up next week so many thanks for all your entries.

Fear not the next competition has just launched and it is to create a new baby character and you can check out the full brief here.
Have a great weekend!!!

Photography Competition - Last day for entries

Today is the last day for entries for the photography competition and we have had some great entries which you can view here. A big thank you to everyone who has entered and good luck with your entries. After the competition closes we will collate all entries following which judging will commence and we will announce a winner and runners up next week.

P.S Don't forget to check out the latest competition.

Photography Competition - 1 week remaining

© Tigerprint

There is now one week remaining to enter the Photography competition which closes Thursday 28th May 2009. We have had some great entries so far so a big thank you to those of you who have sent in your entries. You can check out the full brief here and the competition gallery here.

Good luck to everyone and I hope you all have a wonderful and inspiring weekend - if the sun comes out in the U.K you may even get out on location for your photography!

Spring Floral Illustration - Winner Announced

By Paper Alligator

The judges enjoyed the variety of entries received for this competition and there was some beautiful illustration styles. The winning entry as shown above is by Paper Alligator and was selected because of the use of textures and patterns used inside the petals. This created a lovelyeffect and it would be great to see this as a treatment across a variety of flowers. Well done!

The runners up are:

By Fozia

The detailed drawing style and the bold use of cool really give this design a contemporary feel.
Well done!

By Samantha

This design is visually interesting and the large scale floral and composition work really well.

By Nicky

This stylized drawing style and sophisticated palette work really well as a commercial design. We would need to reformat it to fit 150mm square.

By Holly

A beautiful drawing style here and the placement of your florals is simply lovely. Well done!

A few considerations drawn from this brief are that typography and sentiment should have more consideration to be part of the design.
Additionally it would of been good to see many more considerate and well executed drawn and painted florals. Perhaps if we get a nice summer it would be good to get out and do lots and lots of drawing from observation and really explore colour palettes.

Thank you to everyone who took the time and effort to enter it is much appreciated and well done and keep up the great work.

P.S Don't forget the current competition is for Photographic blanks which you can check out here and the deadline has been extended until Thursday 28th May 2009.