Design By Humans $10,000 T-shirt contest

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.

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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105 Comments

Human_thumbnail_unknown
said about 1 year ago

HEHEHEH…. rubs hands together while grinning maniacally I can already smell the mulla

Goodluck to Everyone who trys their hand at it.

LEEE =D

Human_thumbnail_unknown
said about 1 year ago

^—- Wow, I didn’t no that was how to make bold text. ^_

8580
said about 1 year ago

wow!!!! °V°’

34828
said about 1 year ago

“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. . .

19118
said about 1 year ago

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.

245
said about 1 year ago

Almost feels like some kinda reality T.V. game show! Sounds Awesome!!

40261
said about 1 year ago

glips..

34585
said about 1 year ago

my jaw just dropped…..10k?!?! WOW!

Human_thumbnail_unknown
said about 1 year ago

wowwwwww wwwwoooowwww……10K …. OMG OMG OMG …;D

5473
said about 1 year ago

Holy god mother contest, awwwwwww I can’t stand it!!! Let go march to the glory guys XD

33456
said about 1 year ago

“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.

4501
said about 1 year ago

ohhh myyy God… amazing prize!…

8063
said about 1 year ago

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!

34828
said about 1 year ago

“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

Human_thumbnail_unknown
said about 1 year ago

ah, lol now it makes sense. Didn’t mean to come off as harsh on you

Human_thumbnail_unknown
said about 1 year ago

can the finalists get printed in the regular contest as well?

198
said about 1 year ago

wow I can easily say i’m intimidated by the large prize.

38406
said about 1 year ago

10K for the winners?! omg,,how about the finalists? get nothing?

2116
said about 1 year ago

OMG..10k??? sick contest.

40916
said about 1 year ago

omg!!!!

38628
said about 1 year ago

OwO

Nicey

39166
said about 1 year ago

arrgghhhh!!!!

914
said about 1 year ago

wooohooo! 10K!

6064
said about 1 year ago

Oh my :P enterenterenter :D

Human_thumbnail_unknown
said about 1 year ago

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….

Human_thumbnail_unknown
said about 1 year ago

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…

2814
said about 1 year ago

nice :)

13035
said about 1 year ago

OOoOO MY GODDD oehsoueasea
10K???? it´s a lot money!!!

Human_thumbnail_unknown
said about 1 year ago

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

Human_thumbnail_unknown
said about 1 year ago

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!

Human_thumbnail_unknown
said about 1 year ago

shippidy do wop!
this biddity do shop!
yeah this is insane!

7714
said about 1 year ago

very nice!
i’ll feature some of my pics

1036
said about 1 year ago

Guitarguru88… don’t worry, we won’t let you down. We’ve got something in the works.

Human_thumbnail_unknown
said about 1 year ago

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.

Human_thumbnail_unknown
said about 1 year ago

yeh!! rok n` rol guys..watch out- my design are coming..

84
said about 1 year ago

HECK YEEEEA!!

272
said about 1 year ago

time is almost up, I better get on the ball and submit something. Something Great!

8426
said about 1 year ago

Only 14 colors ?? really ?

1685
said about 1 year ago

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:)

1676
said about 1 year ago

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…

3474
said about 1 year ago

great submissions so far! really good!

5118
said about 1 year ago

hello ! how do we know if selected or not ? thanks

45117
said about 1 year ago

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.

49232
said about 1 year ago

Posted a fresh piece. Have a look.

50551
said about 1 year ago

Thanks DBH…loving to be part of this… live and kicking contest!!
xoxo

250
said about 1 year ago

COME ON BLACK ROCK!!!

87800
said 10 months ago

WOW……

8654
said 9 months ago

oh sí, más más!!!

94421
said 8 months ago

amazing….

65028
said 8 months ago

show me the money! :)

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