THE DBH 10K Contest
One year ago DesignByHumans.com launched into the t-shirt design world with our inaugural $5,000 kickoff contest. Out of hundreds of entries one winner snatched the Grand Prize of $5,000.
We owe a big THANK YOU to everyone who has supported DBH over the last year and to show our gratitude we are kicking off year 2 with The DBH 10K! - a winner take all contest where one artist will win $10,000 cash!
Grand Prize:
One winner of The DBH 10K will receive $10,000 cash and will have their winning design printed in 3 color options on the coveted DBH Fabric Edition custom tee and sold at designbyhumans.com.
When:
DBH is currently accepting design submissions through August 29, 2008 at midnight PDT. Design submissions must be entered through our online submission form and must conform to the general design submission terms to qualify for entry. Late submissions will not be accepted, no exceptions.
Design Guidelines:
In addition to our general rules and guidelines, Designs are also subject to the following:
- The design(s) must be an original work created and owned by the entrant.
- Designs can use both the front and back of the T-shirt and may contain oversizing and mixed-media elements.
- Designs are limited to 14 colors and may be oversized. Let your creativity run free.
- If your design is selected you will be required to submit the winning design in high- resolution (at least 300 dpi at actual size or vector based) and in three color combinations for production.
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Selection Process:
The DBH staff will announce the top 10 semifinalists on September 8, 2008 at DesignByHumans.com. Semifinalists will be chosen based on a variety of factors including originality, creativity, ingenuity, votes*, and the artist's efforts to promote their design.
Top 10 Semifinalists
Sept 8th - Sept 14th (Midnight, PDT)
Once the top 10 semifinalists have been announced on September 8th, all of the votes received by these 10 designs up to that point will be reset to zero. The 10 semifinalists will then compete against one another for an additional week to see which 5 designs will continue on to the final week of voting. The 5 finalists will be chosen solely on vote count.
Top 5 Finalists
Sept 15th - Sept 21st (Midnight, PDT)
The top 5 finalists will again have all of their votes reset to zero and will then go head-to-head for one final week of voting.
Winner Announced on Sept 22nd
The design with the most votes at the end of the Top 5 Finals week will be declared the winner and will be awarded $10,000 cash! The winning design will be produced in 3 color options (on 3 different shirt colors) and sold in the DBH store the following week.
*Suspected fraudulent votes will be immediately deleted, including votes placed with sequential human ID's or bogus accounts. DBH will use its sole discretion to remove votes.
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Commünity Comments
Vo1ture Aug 05, 2008
Cool, sounds interesting.
collisiontheory Aug 06, 2008
Holy shit!!!
Incarnadine Aug 06, 2008
wow, this sounds amazing! okay, this is something I’m going to be working on for a good long while. I’ll put my FTSK submission to shame, for sure!
ChrisOmlor Aug 06, 2008
Wow, all I can say is wow… i can’t wait to see where this goes… DBH you’re are absolutely amazing!
jaynajaynajayna Aug 06, 2008
jesus christ
epidemic Aug 06, 2008
10,000 dollars?
?! I just crapped myself.
Reliique Aug 06, 2008
Oh man we will have some extraordinary submissions and all top artists. I bow DBH
Ceddyishman Aug 06, 2008
good idea DBH, especially with the three rounds of voting. This will really test the designs now! So exciting!
jcali Aug 06, 2008
wow
quakerninja Aug 06, 2008
Bring it!!
alexmdc Aug 06, 2008
ok time to sharpen my pencil!
Greg Aug 06, 2008
Jeeeez!
kabalentot Aug 06, 2008
10K!!! this is gonna be TOUGH! :P
TBone Aug 06, 2008
these designs are gonna be sooo nuts!
casajordi Aug 07, 2008
Ohhh !!! amazing contest !
kooky-love Aug 07, 2008
GREAT!
wul68 Aug 07, 2008
congrats!
ibechase Aug 07, 2008
awesome, this should yield some of the best designs the site has seen. good luck to all designers!
heat Aug 07, 2008
I want the money! Ahaha, I think we’ll see some amazing works. Hourra!
downslope Aug 07, 2008
my plan is to kidnap collisiontheory, dagnis, and incarnadine and force them to create a super shirt for me.
downslope Aug 07, 2008
maybe jcw as well.
zerotek Aug 07, 2008
i want them!!!
Gozz Aug 07, 2008
Holy crap.. That’s insane! Goodluck, 10 thousand sounds so good right now.
ez-kun Aug 07, 2008
this should be like the holy place pilgrimage for the best artists, my guess is we’ll see some stunning stuff. wish i could kidnap some designer-masters too:))
ChrisOmlor Aug 07, 2008
i think we should watch casajordi on this, they used his shirt design for the advertisement… jeff finley are you getting in on this?
deyaz Aug 07, 2008
Hmmm…amazing contest.
Bramish Aug 07, 2008
The winner to be announced on my birthday. That would be nice…
paulobbruno Aug 07, 2008
\0/ ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
killer_meowmeow Aug 07, 2008
yeah!!!!!! nice!!!!
Fouad Aug 07, 2008
wow!! great contest.
maroja Aug 07, 2008
wow, nice cool!
dcastle8183 Aug 07, 2008
Damn, DBH must be rollin fat to be able to give away that much money!
K-19 Aug 07, 2008
dcastle8183 that was my thoough too.
anyway. I can’t wait to see what people come up with, when they bring their wery best! this is gonna be awesome!
willypiva Aug 07, 2008
Awesome!
Suggestions: keep the number of votes secret, specially during finals and semi-finals
bortwein Aug 07, 2008
very nice.
corey9 Aug 07, 2008
holy schmokes! great stuff DBH!
artulo Aug 07, 2008
wow, $10k?! awesome contest, DBH! good luck to everyone that subs something.
eyesloveyou Aug 07, 2008
If I don’t spend too much I could quit my job for one year xD Let’s give it a try :P
pvalenti Aug 07, 2008
i agree, i think people opinion can be swayed by the number of votes that a piece already has. keeping the number of votes secret till the end of the round would guarentee that each one will be judged independently.
jalidd Aug 07, 2008
nice •_•
atomichild Aug 07, 2008
damn…head explodes
drewby327 Aug 07, 2008
I’m definitely getting in on this!
dreweyes Aug 07, 2008
I’ve got something I’ve been saving for something like this…
BioWorkZ Aug 07, 2008
I’ve been silently watching DBH for awhile now. I think it’s time to flex my artistic muscle for this contest. Bring it on!!!
jimmyheartcore Aug 07, 2008
I still want to win $500 and $250 in DBH bucks.
Dara Aug 07, 2008
OMG.
kuliadv Aug 07, 2008
i waiting for this
wotto Aug 07, 2008
WOW great opportunity for an artist.
jsheldon Aug 07, 2008
very good suggestion willypiva:
"Suggestions: keep the number of votes secret, especially during finals and semi-finals"
ste7en Aug 07, 2008
awesome contest
LEEE Aug 07, 2008
HEHEHEH…. rubs hands together while grinning maniacally I can already smell the mulla
Goodluck to Everyone who trys their hand at it.
LEEE =D
LEEE Aug 07, 2008
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-Wow, I didn’t no that was how to make bold text. ^_beyondthechuchu Aug 07, 2008
wow!!!! °V°’
Vo1ture Aug 07, 2008
"agree, i think people opinion can be swayed by the number of votes that a piece already has. keeping the number of votes secret till the end of the round would guarentee that each one will be judged independently."
I disagree, the admins aren’t little kids who don’t know anything. . .
teargarden Aug 07, 2008
i’m going to listen to miss kittin’s sick beats and get tuned in and paint me a winning shirt all up in here.
kennybanzai Aug 07, 2008
Almost feels like some kinda reality T.V. game show! Sounds Awesome!!
LaGuerrilla Aug 08, 2008
glips..
fallen_ph Aug 08, 2008
my jaw just dropped…..10k?
WOW!
chili_lely Aug 08, 2008
wowwwwww wwwwoooowwww…...10K …. OMG OMG OMG …;D
brainboxz Aug 08, 2008
Holy god mother contest, awwwwwww I can’t stand it!!! Let go march to the glory guys XD
downslope Aug 08, 2008
"I disagree, the admins aren’t little kids who don’t know anything. ." Yeah, but that has nothing to do with votes does it? It wouldn’t matter if the admins were walking trees with alligator heads that wouldn’t effect votes, I don’t see your point.
mumolabs Aug 08, 2008
ohhh myyy God… amazing prize!...
ronna15 Aug 08, 2008
holy SHIT!!!!!this is awesome!wow, dbh ROCKS like hell!!!cant wait to see the submission..mines hopefully gonna be flawless..the 3 rounds of voting not to metion 10K is sick!!!!and i do agree the votes should be secret in the semi and finals…i was at the school library when i saw this news,so i really couldnt just scream of how awesome this is!!!expect to see awesome designs..this contests beats "the invisible line" and "FSTK" by a landslide.. GOOD LUCK to everybody!
Vo1ture Aug 08, 2008
"Yeah, but that has nothing to do with votes does it? It wouldn’t matter if the admins were walking trees with alligator heads that wouldn’t effect votes, I don’t see your point."
I misread, I thought they ment the people choosing the designs to win can be swayed by how many votes a design has, sorry
weschester Aug 08, 2008
ah, lol now it makes sense. Didn’t mean to come off as harsh on you
babycakes Aug 08, 2008
can the finalists get printed in the regular contest as well?
Skulldaggery Aug 09, 2008
wow I can easily say i’m intimidated by the large prize.
ceccepp Aug 09, 2008
10K for the winners?! omg,,how about the finalists? get nothing?
cmarts Aug 10, 2008
OMG..10k??? sick contest.
heinrichz Aug 10, 2008
omg!!!!
Culture Aug 10, 2008
OwO
Nicey
laili_ Aug 10, 2008
arrgghhhh!!!!
muttley Aug 10, 2008
wooohooo! 10K!
aman Aug 11, 2008
Oh my :P enterenterenter :D
foomf Aug 11, 2008
If this isn’t an incentive to enter, then nothing is!
So if anyone is interested in doing a collab, let me know. I have a few ideas, all I need is a drawing partner….
Guitarguru88 Aug 14, 2008
Where are my favorite artists and why haven’t they designed anything yet???? Don’t let me down Chris and Annie! Everyone else is awesome as well, I just want it to be a fair battle against greatness…
yonil Aug 14, 2008
nice :)
n3twork Aug 14, 2008
OOoOO MY GODDD oehsoueasea 10K???? it´s a lot money!!!
mrk686 Aug 15, 2008
LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
DevineDeisgin Aug 16, 2008
WOW!!! I havent had a submission yet that’s won and ive only submitted a couple but this is one contest i’ll be working on for a little while. This is a huge opportunity. Thanks to design by humans for setting this one!
exoartificial Aug 17, 2008
shippidy do wop! this biddity do shop! yeah this is insane!
taddict Aug 18, 2008
very nice! i’ll feature some of my pics
ckoelle Aug 18, 2008
Guitarguru88… don’t worry, we won’t let you down. We’ve got something in the works.
Guitarguru88 Aug 18, 2008
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, don’t let this be something lame and stupid… I love you guys but i’ve seen some things that make me go, huh? Maybe a substitute was in on that day and picked the winner.
I took art in high school, and have an old sketchbook of stuff that is better than some of the shirts, few, but some.
Please make this an amazing shirt and I will rock it out every oppurtunity I have.
michaelnofies Aug 20, 2008
yeh!! rok n` rol guys..watch out- my design are coming..
EmbraceDesigns Aug 21, 2008
HECK YEEEEA!!
bortwein Aug 21, 2008
time is almost up, I better get on the ball and submit something. Something Great!
casajordi Aug 22, 2008
Only 14 colors ?? really ?
Andreas_Mohacsy Aug 24, 2008
i’m keen to submit to this, but i’m not really that keen on the process at all. To be honest, it kinda feels like a lot of designs are getting huge votes on a "who you know" not "what you know basis". Friends from various forums creating help me and i’ll help you groups. It’s great their is so much love, but does this process encourage amazing art or business savy… anyways, happy birthday DBH, have another great year, and good luck to everyone who really challenges themselves and enters:)
jimiyo Aug 25, 2008
Shoo Andreas Mohacsy – I think you underestimate your own fan base. I have received at least two emails from different friends who love your work, that said, hey, you gotta vote for Andreas new shirt, its badass, and I did, because… they were badass.
Anyways, I can empathize with your fears, cause I don’t have a massive base to pander for votes, but if it’s part of the game, you know I’m looking for favors from people/groups that do…
OrBoar Aug 25, 2008
great submissions so far! really good!
tahar Aug 28, 2008
hello ! how do we know if selected or not ? thanks
TrickinSid Aug 28, 2008
I agree with Andreas….I’m thinking I could have the most amazing design ever, but would it ever be selected based on the process now? I’m starting to think no. Oh well…thoze iz the rules…adapt. It’s a cool concept, but I wish the selection process/rules were different. Not exactly sure what the best way would be…? It’s all good though…...Just my 2 cents.
SantoMuerto Aug 28, 2008
Posted a fresh piece. Have a look.
Unicorndream5 Sep 04, 2008
Thanks DBH…loving to be part of this… live and kicking contest!! xoxo
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