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User Showcase Highlight Round 12

Adam Wagner — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:43:33 +0000

First of all let me say how difficult it is to pick just two pieces out of all the new and beautiful entries to the User Showcase. I’m pretty sure it came down to what I ate for breakfast this time around. The showcase keeps growing; it’s currently up to 630 members and 1142 submissions. By the way, I use the PicLens Firefox plug in to get a good look at all the entries and see which stand out to me.

Okay, here we go. This first highlight has nice colors, lighting effects, concept and awesome texture layering. It definitely stood out in the gallery.
justinvg

This second piece is simple, clean and purposeful. I really like how the style pervades the whole design. Even the overused wrinkled paper effect actually looks right at home. Sharp. This highlight is also a good example of how limiting your colors and fonts can result in a cohesive design. Check out Neal’s gallery if you have the chance.
Neal McCullough

Congrats to justinvg and Neal_McCullough! If you’ve got some sweet stuff waiting to get noticed, submit it to the Go Media User Showcase!

User Showcase Contest: Results!

Adam Wagner — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:12:07 +0000

Mmmmmm, smell that? Not only is it Friday (awesome), but two lucky designers are giving off the sweet smell of victory. A week and almost 800 votes after opening our first User Showcase Contest, we have a couple of winners! Remember the prizes? $100 bucks and a Complete Vector Set from Go Media go the first place winner.The second place winner receives a Vector Pack from Go Media.

Drumroll….
Ok. We are happy to announce that Lenakodci pulls out the win with her awesome piece Massal2 (206 votes)! Congratulations Lenakodci, you’re $100 bucks richer and can take your pick of a Complete Vector Set from the Go Media Arsenal. Stay on the line and we’ll get your information.

Another huge congratulations goes to SubConArt who came in second place with the great piece Balance of Honor (125 votes)! SubConArt gets to pick out a new Go Media Vector Pack for his design arsenal.

I’d just like to congratulate all ten of the hand-picked entrants into the Design Competition. I really thought they were all great! It is so nice to see a community building over there at our Flickr User Showcase.

User Showcase Contest: $100 & more in Prizes

Adam Wagner — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:09:25 +0000

Sorry, this contest is closed. Winners have been chosen and babies born. Check out who won in our results post.

Many talented artists have submitted their work to the Go Media User Showcase, which as of now has 970 entries. Not too long ago dugdaman suggested that it would be cool “if we could vote on the best ones and also offer design feedback to anyone who asks”. Well thanks for inspiring this contest dugdaman! The pieces picked for this contest are all really great, but I’m excited to see how everyone votes.

Entries:

We’ve narrowed the choices down to ten entries, but we’re counting on you to decide who is most deserving! So, take a careful look at each entry and cast your vote in the poll box at the bottom of this post. If you’ve got a personal favorite that isn’t featured as an entry, let us know in the comments. The entries are shown in no particular order and traverse many different areas from apparel design to editorial layout (we didn’t say it would be easy to choose!).

Prizes:

First Prize:
$100.00 in cash & Complete Go Media Vector Set of choice.
Second Prize:
One Go Media Vector Pack of choice.

Vote:

You can only vote for one entry, so be sure to get a look at all of them and pick your favorite. Get your vote in by 12:00pm Eastern Time August 8th (Friday), and we’ll crown the winner sometime that afternoon.

Without further ado…

A.. Fugitive by Fugitive-Mind
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B. Borek 2008 by davidmac527

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C. Phantom Planet by sundaycritic626
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D. Bare Skin by Francesco Mugnai
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E. Untitled Girl by Utilizzo Design
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F. Full of by I,Valor
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G. Gravity_Failure by jasperio
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H. Balance of Honor by SubConArt
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I. “Gunner” Skateboard Deck by j_tenkely
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J. Massal2 by lenakodci

Congratulations to all ten of our hand-picked finalists! Being in the top 1% of the User Showcase is already a reason to celebrate. Really great job everybody!

Listen up Go Media! I want more...

User Showcase Highlight: Round 11

Jeff Finley — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:59:16 +0000

As of this writing our Go Media User Showcase has 888 entries and 406 members. Here are a couple pieces that I thought put some of the items in Go Media’s Arsenal to good use. Specifically the Watercolor Textures!

This piece has some nice 3D text with some watecolors added.

DAC - david.caro:

This next piece also uses the watercolors in an interesting way along with some other lighting effects. Pretty cool.

I,Valor:

Great job you two. Everyone visit their flickr page to see more of their work! And keep posting your designs and you could potentially get showcased!

User Showcase Highlight: Round 10

Jeff Finley — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:34:33 +0000

As of this writing our Go Media User Showcase has 734 entries and 358 members. Here are a couple pieces that I thought put some of the items in Go Media’s Arsenal to good use.

This piece below has a nice use textures and a variety of vector packs such as those from the Ornate pack.

lenakodci:

This next piece happens to be done by the same person as above! This one is just weird, but I like it. I think it’s very interesting! It’s a nicely composed mixture of photos and vectors with some nice depth of field effects. Well done.

lenakodci:

Great job ~~you two~~. Everyone visit their flickr page to see more of their work! And keep posting your designs and you could potentially get showcased!

User Showcase Highlight: Round 9

Jeff Finley — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:42:21 +0000

As of this writing our Go Media User Showcase has 419 entries and 242 members. Here are a couple pieces that I thought put some of the items in Go Media’s Arsenal to good use.

This piece below has a nice use of the elements from the Ornate pack as well as a good overall composition. I like the subtle touches of color on the flourishes too.

SevenG:

This next piece uses the Grimey Doo-Dads to add some accent to a hand drawn illustration. Very nice job!

Design Insane

Great job you two. Everyone visit their flickr page to see more of their work! And keep posting your designs and you could potentially get showcased!

User Showcase Highlight: Round 8

Jeff Finley — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:40:12 +0000

As of this writing our Go Media User Showcase has 345 entries and 207 members. Here are a couple pieces that I thought put some of the items in Go Media’s Arsenal to good use.

A well made poster that appears to have learned something from our Gigposter tutorial.

Joachimjonkers:

Good use of Watercolors and splatters. More work was done than just stamping splatters everywhere. Nice job.

Utilizzo Design

Great job you two. Everyone visit their flickr page to see more of their work! And keep posting your designs and you could potentially get showcased!

User Showcase Highlight: Round 7

Jeff Finley — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:52:06 +0000

As of this writing our Go Media User Showcase has 267 entries and 152 members. Here are a couple pieces that I thought put some of the items in Go Media’s Arsenal to good use.

Combines the scribble pack and various others with photos. It’s not overworked, and I think it’s nice.

Utilizzo Design:

This design puts the Watercolor pack to good use:

SundayCritic626

Great job you two. Everyone visit their flickr page to see more of their work! And keep posting your designs and you could potentially get showcased!

User Showcase Highlight: Round 6

Jeff Finley — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:02:25 +0000

As of this writing our Go Media User Showcase has 217 entries and 131 members. Here are a couple pieces that I thought put the vector packs to good use.

I wish this one was bigger so I can see the detail, but it looks cool from what I can see:

arg1986:

This uses the radials pack in an interesting way. I think it’s a well done shirt design.

xlukex.axecore

Great job you two. Everyone visit their flickr page to see more of their work! And keep posting your designs and you could potentially get showcased!

User Showcase Highlight Round 5

Jeff Finley — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:32:15 +0000

As of this writing our Go Media User Showcase has 183 entries and 114 members. A small improvement over last week, but I’ll take that. Here are a couple pieces that I thought put the vector packs to good use.

This one has some nice colors and composition:

bintek:

This one is a messy collage of elements, but it’s got a nice flow.

escapeade_124

Great job you two. Everyone visit their flickr page to see more of their work! And keep posting your designs and you could potentially get showcased!