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Design By Hümans Presents, Bright Futures Neon Art Contest
When British chemists Sir William Ramsay and Morris W. Travers discovered neon in 1898 I bet they didn't think they would be the ignition that started a whole fashion movement 90 years later. Psych! The eighties were rife with neon pink, green, yellow and blue and it was radical. As with all cool styles they roll around again years later. The neon chic of the MTV era is back! Bright bold colors are back in fashion and we at Design By Humans want to get our funky 80's vibe on.
We challenge YOU to design a T-shirt based around NEON colors. You must use only the pantone colors listed below and you must make it righteous! Dazzle us with a brilliance of color and reference all that was epic about the 80's as inspiration. The theme and imagery is all up to you but neon colors must be included. Any designs containing different colors will not be accepted. Submissions will be judged on your creative use of neon colors, cool trend setting imagery and overall reaction to this design brief. Put on your Wayfarer sunglasses, crank up the beats and drop some bodypoppin' moves because this is gonna get funky! Go forth artists and express yourselves with the neon design that will light up the dancefloors across the globe. We'd wish you good luck but you won't need it.
Contest Guidelines
- Participants can submit as many designs as they want, no limit.
- This design must be 100% your own work, please do not submit art that is produced by someone else. Proof of original source material may be required to be eligible to win prizes.
- DO NOT use images directly taken from a third party/ use protected symbols/logos or characters that may have copyright protection.
- DO get creative; but remember your design MUST contain the specified Pantone colors in your entry.
- All submissions will be approved/rejected at DBH's discretion. If your design is rejected you will be given a reason why.
- Maximum use of colors for standard and oversized prints is eight and three for all over prints.
- You can ONLY use these pantone colors in your entry – 801C, 802C, 803C, 804C, 807C, 808C, 809C, 810C, 811C, 812C, 813C, 814C and Black
You can ONLY use these colors in your entry!
Pantone Colors – 801C, 802C, 803C, 804C, 807C, 808C, 809C, 810C, 811C, 812C, 813C, 814C and Black
Contest Deadlines
- January 25, 2013
Contest & Voting begins - February 15, 2013
Submissions End - March 6-8, 2013
Winners are announced
Prizes
- 1st Place
$1,500 - 2nd Place
$1,000 - 3rd Place
$750 + Goodie bag
33 Comments
...................................AWESOME COMPETITION – HAIL DBH...........................................!!!
Just wanted to make sure … the maximum number of colors that can be used in both standard and oversized designs is 8 … this is right?
@ wotto…..i want to know the last day for voting is 15th march or we can vote d artwork till 6th.
What color book of pantone are these colors in?
so good! :)
Next time would be helpful, if the colors be avaible as dowload!
Can’t find this, because what type of Pantone?
Pantone color bridge CMYK EC
Pantone color bridge CMYK PC
Pantone color bridge CMYK UP
Pantone metallic coated
Pantone Pastel coated
Pantone Pastel uncoated
Pantone Process coated
Pantone Process uncoated
Pantone solid coated
Pantone solid matte
Pantone solid to process EURO
Pantone solid to process
Pantone solid uncoated
???
It’s a waste of time to search this…. maybe more helpful Downloads, easier to find as now, would be a big support…
@CarolinaInBerlin it doesnt matter as long as its close enough to the colors they are going to use. ultimately they print black images of each layer of color, to shoot the silk screens with, and then use the pantone color paints specified to print the image.
but to answer you directly, its pantone solid coated. a number with a C after means coated, a U means solid uncoated, all of the other types are used less often.
pantone process coated/uncoated is CMYK – not sure what the color bridge is. coated/uncoated is the different finish of the ink. coated has a slight sheen, uncoated is flat.
check the pantone site if you have more questions.
what time on 2/15 does this end? long story short, my dog ate my tablet pen and its replacement ($65 later!!) just arrived today… and im about halfway done with my work. does it end 11:59 PM pacific time?
How long does the voting stay open for? I submitted my design on 14th and it already says voting over.
???
Voting isn’t always the reason people win. Sometimes the judges choose what they like in collaboration with votes I think.
yeah whats going on with the voting? i got 0 votes for my design and the voting period already ended? WTF
Why did voting close the day before the submission period ended? That makes for a rather crappy contest.
Irony: When the contest is called “Bright Future” and all the winners are related to death.