What is a Community Contest

 

 

Community Contests are open for all registered members of DesignContest.net community. It is a place to express your creativity in an atmosphere of freindly competition learning new things in the process and/or helping other designers to improve. The whole community can participate. Even if you don't have design skills, you can still post comments about others' entries.

A Community Contest can be considered an exercise in graphic design. We post contests on various topics covering all areas of design from simple sketching and composition exercises to photo manipulation and illustration. The ideas are based on your suggestions that you can post in the Community Contests section on the forums.

How does it work?

As mentioned before any member of DesignContest.net can participate. Even if you are not registered just yet, you may do it right now and in three minutes, when it is finished you will be able to upload your images too.

The image you upload will be automatically reduced to 640x480 pixels, so it might be a good idea to reduce your image to this resolution to check how it will look on the contest's page. The script will also insert some information about the entry (DC logo, contest title, your username, and the date it was submitted).

Initially, designers are limited to 3 entries in Community Contests, so be sure to only upload your best designs.

Reading the brief is an important part of design work. You should be able to understand what a client wants (just imagine the contest holder is a client) and find a way to integrate your creativity into the frame of what is asked in the brief.

After you submit your entry other members may submit their comments about your design. The Contest Holder (CH) will have the opportunity to request a revision to your design, or mark your entry as OK as is. He is also encouraged to rate all entries on a scale of 0 - 100 by using the sliding bar across the bottom of your entry. You will know that the CH has requested a revision to your entry if the sliding scale bar is colored green. If the CH requests a revision to your entry, your upload allowance will increase by one entry.

Prizes and Sponsors

Prizes in community contests are simple, most of the time it is our official t-shirt. But sometimes a contest might be sponsored, in this cases the prize depends on the sponsor's generosity. Why people would sponsor a Community Contest if they cannot use the result for commercial purpose as in Pro Contests? Well, the reason is simple - a community contest is open for all the members of the community and it usually generates live interest and draws attention of thousands of visitors. All this means a lot of publicity for the sponsor and his products, especially if one of them is offered as a prize. If you are interested in sponsoring a community contest, please, contact the administration with your propositions.