James Bond art contest results

First, my thanks to C4 Designs for sponsoring this contest. At C4, you can order prints and much more, including t-shirts, tablecloths, and giant outdoor banners.

Below are the entries with links to the artists' sites:


Bryan Lenning.




Dean Reeves.




Timothy LIm and Team Ninjaink.



Jonathan Chan.








Joe D!.



Steve Thomas.



John Renteria.



Patrick McQuade.






Liam Cole.



Matthew Pridemore.






Cormac McEvoy.





Sean Hartter.



Zoe Toseland


Many great entries, but I have to pick a winner, and the grand prize goes to Gary Jin, who created two posters that I could definitely see published:




Thanks to everyone who participated, and thanks to C4 Designs for sponsoring the contest.

Win a copy of The Art and Making of Star Wars: The Old Republic

UPDATE: Scott Potis and his original character Sith Marauder custom action figure won:










I mentioned the great book The Art and Making of Star Wars: The Old Republic earlier today, and good news, I have one copy to give away.

You'll have to work a little harder than usual to win. Create some sort of work of art starring a character from The Old Republic video game and email it to me by the evening of 12/18. You can look here for inspiration. My apologies, but this contest is limited to USA residents.

Even if you don't win, the book is well worth its current $26 price at Amazon.

James Bond art contest

It's time for a new art contest, sponsored by C4 Designs which prints everything from stickers, t-shirts, and small prints to The Atlantis System for high-end displays at trade shows.

For this contest, you have to create a movie poster, book cover, or other work of art inspired by James Bond.

First prize: Marquee sized poster (27" x 40") printed by C4 Designs + $25 Amazon credit + $50 Threadless credit.

Second Prize: Marquee sized poster (27" x 40")

Third Prize: Standard sized poster (24" X 36")

Sorry, those prizes are limited to USA residents, but I'll send a $25 Threadless credit to a deserving submission from another country. You have until January 3 to submit your entry (or entries). To enter, email your jpeg(s) to me at jstruan@gmail.com. Please include your url for credit and please tell me if you're not in the USA.

For a bit of inspiration, go here to see the James Bond-related art I've posted over the years. Your entry doesn't have to be related to Skyfall, but you can read more about that movie at Wikipedia and IMDB. And you can find a list of all the James Bond movies and films here.

Art Contest: Fix the Nintendo 3DS's red screen of death

UPDATE: It was tough to pick a winner, and of the artists I asked for advice, everyone had a different favorite. But I picked Cormac McEvoy's Dr. Mario as the grand prize winner. Thanks everyone, I'll post a new contest soon.



This month's art contest was improving the Nintendo's 3DS's red screen of death. Below are the wonderful entries. I'll announce a winner later today.



Chris Beaumont.



Joe D!.





Blayne Scott.




Helder Silva.




Lee Jackson.




Cormac McEvoy.




Ben Knight.

*Buy the 3DS at Amazon.

Art Contest: Fix the Nintendo 3DS's red screen of death

Apparently this is the Nintendo 3DS's red screen of death. Kind of hard to believe that in 2011, Nintendo would design such a cold message instead of its own version of the Fail Whale.

Your challenge is to create a delightful error page for the Nintendo 3DS. As inspiration, check out the creatures The Oatmeal created for Tumblr:



Submit as many entries as you'd like. All entries must be submitted by midnight Los Angeles time Sunday May 8, 2011. Best entry will win a $100 Threadless credit.

And of course, you can buy the 3DS at Amazon.

X-Men: First Class poster contest

Update: I picked Clyde Bailey's entry as best meeting the challenge of providing the "stylish and sexy poster that X-Men: First Class deserves." Thanks to everyone who participated.

Here are all the entires in the X-Men: First Class poster design contest. I'll announce the winner(s) later today.

The first entry isn't a poster, instead it's Saul Bass/James Bond-style opening credits for the movie:





Joe D!.






Shane Parker.





Bryan Lenning.




Jason Peters.




Rory Phillips.




John Moody.




Dean Reeves.






Kirk Dunne.




Berry Villegas.




Clyde Bailey.




Nicholas Baltra.




John J. Freeze.




Erik Johnson.




Gruffydd Ywain.




Christian Jacke.





Josh Siegel.




Michael Dee.





Dane Forst.





Jeffrey Zhang.




Carlos Melgares.




Austen Lavery.




Rob Lockley.