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Pen Stand Competition
DO NOT POST PICTURES IN THIS THREAD
SEND TO PENSTANDCONTESTS@GMAIL.COM
Welcome to the IAP BIRTHDAY BASH and the Pen Stand competition for 2016.
This contest is geared towards all IAP members with the basic goals of being creative and encouraging good sportsmanship.
Winners will be determined by posted poll of the members popular vote.
The final poll will be posted and the voting results will become public at that time.
The Universal Contest Rules apply unless otherwise stated
Universal Contest Rules
The Rules:
1) The stand must be made by you (the person entering the contest) from raw materials.
2) There are no restrictions on tools or techniques.
3) It is intended that you make a pen stand specifically for this contest. Your pen stand can not have been shown in any form in any way (on the web, in a catalog, at a meeting, whatever) before the contest judging is completed and winners are announced. This means you shouldn't make a pen stand that looks like one you've already shown somewhere. Push yourself and make something new and special for the contest.
4) The pen stand should be finished as though it was ready to be displayed with a pen.
5) Contest entries may submitted after February 1st Until February 15th
6) Only one pen stand may be submitted.
How to enter:
1. You will need to submit 4 pictures to enter.
2. The first three pictures should have the pen stand positioned flat on a plain solid color background and the pictures should be 800 pixels wide by 600 pixels tall. Rotate the pen stand in each of the three pictures so that all parts of the pen stand are visible in at least one of the pictures. The pen stand should fill the picture as much as possible. No props are allowed. Resizing and cropping of your photo are allowed. Adjustments to make the picture "true to life" are allowed (e.g. color balance or exposure adjustment), but should be minimal. Adjustments to hide things or make the pen stand look like something it is not are not allowed. If there is dust or flaws visible in the picture then (a) retake the pictures after removing the dust / fixing the flaw (real world, not photoshop flaw removal) or (b) submit as is. Contest chair reserves the right to crop / resize photos to bring them into compliance with contest guidelines. If you are cropping a photo of a pen stand to meet the size limit, all photos must be of the same section of the pen stand. No picking the best section of each side of the pen stand to submit.
3. The fourth picture should be a shot of the pen stand with a pen displayed.
4. All pictures should be submitted as jpg files with enough compression to keep each file size under 256KB. Email your five entry pictures and the required information (see below) to penstandcontests@gmail.com The following information is required:
a. The material used and method used to get to the final product.
b. Your IAP user name and your real name.
c. Prize winners may additionally be required to submit a mailing address for prize delivery,
but this is not required with the entry.
5. All emails submitted during the contest will be retained by me until the contest ends. After the contest is completed I will delete all emails I have received as well as the email account used for this contest. I will not retain or share email addresses with anyone.
Judging:
1. Winners will be decided by popular vote.
2. Depending on the number of entries there may be more than one vote.
3. Pictures will be posted and voting will begin on Monday Feb,24th.
4. Winners will be announced after the Polls are closed.
Rules are subject to change.
DO NOT POST PICTURES IN THIS THREAD
SEND TO PENSTANDCONTESTS@GMAIL.COM
Welcome to the IAP BIRTHDAY BASH and the Pen Stand competition for 2016.
This contest is geared towards all IAP members with the basic goals of being creative and encouraging good sportsmanship.
Winners will be determined by posted poll of the members popular vote.
The final poll will be posted and the voting results will become public at that time.
The Universal Contest Rules apply unless otherwise stated
Universal Contest Rules
The Rules:
1) The stand must be made by you (the person entering the contest) from raw materials.
2) There are no restrictions on tools or techniques.
3) It is intended that you make a pen stand specifically for this contest. Your pen stand can not have been shown in any form in any way (on the web, in a catalog, at a meeting, whatever) before the contest judging is completed and winners are announced. This means you shouldn't make a pen stand that looks like one you've already shown somewhere. Push yourself and make something new and special for the contest.
4) The pen stand should be finished as though it was ready to be displayed with a pen.
5) Contest entries may submitted after February 1st Until February 15th
6) Only one pen stand may be submitted.
How to enter:
1. You will need to submit 4 pictures to enter.
2. The first three pictures should have the pen stand positioned flat on a plain solid color background and the pictures should be 800 pixels wide by 600 pixels tall. Rotate the pen stand in each of the three pictures so that all parts of the pen stand are visible in at least one of the pictures. The pen stand should fill the picture as much as possible. No props are allowed. Resizing and cropping of your photo are allowed. Adjustments to make the picture "true to life" are allowed (e.g. color balance or exposure adjustment), but should be minimal. Adjustments to hide things or make the pen stand look like something it is not are not allowed. If there is dust or flaws visible in the picture then (a) retake the pictures after removing the dust / fixing the flaw (real world, not photoshop flaw removal) or (b) submit as is. Contest chair reserves the right to crop / resize photos to bring them into compliance with contest guidelines. If you are cropping a photo of a pen stand to meet the size limit, all photos must be of the same section of the pen stand. No picking the best section of each side of the pen stand to submit.
3. The fourth picture should be a shot of the pen stand with a pen displayed.
4. All pictures should be submitted as jpg files with enough compression to keep each file size under 256KB. Email your five entry pictures and the required information (see below) to penstandcontests@gmail.com The following information is required:
a. The material used and method used to get to the final product.
b. Your IAP user name and your real name.
c. Prize winners may additionally be required to submit a mailing address for prize delivery,
but this is not required with the entry.
5. All emails submitted during the contest will be retained by me until the contest ends. After the contest is completed I will delete all emails I have received as well as the email account used for this contest. I will not retain or share email addresses with anyone.
Judging:
1. Winners will be decided by popular vote.
2. Depending on the number of entries there may be more than one vote.
3. Pictures will be posted and voting will begin on Monday Feb,24th.
4. Winners will be announced after the Polls are closed.
Rules are subject to change.
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