VP's Creative Competition - 2nd Installment

[Vicious VP]

PREFACE:​

This competition will be the broadest available in the Photomode Competitions area.

1) For each competition, I will pick and post the image to be used.
2) There must be some text used in your design.
3) After the duration of the competition, I will pick a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and give and explanation of why each one was chosen - their good parts and not so good parts. I guess you could say that I will be the editor at the agency, and each time you bring me a project, you are there to impress me and the client.

As to what you can do with the image? It will be up to you how you wish to use it - you will have complete artistic licence. You could:

• Remove the car from the background.
• Use the entire image.
• Use part of the image.
• Make it a B&W
• Make it look like a painting.
• Change the color of the car.
• Ad graphics or ground effects to the car.
• ... it is YOUR choice.

Some of the things you could create are:

• Mag cover
• Advertisement - for WHATEVER!
• CD Label
• CD Cover Art - the square part on the front of the jewel case
• DVD Cover
• Wallpaper
• Billboard
• News Article
• Business Logo or Business Cards
• Movie Poster
• ... and so on, and so on ...

Be creative. Explore new ideas on how to use your design tool of choice.

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What I will be looking for in your designs are below and will be rated on a 1 - 5 scale. 1=not so good | 5=excelent

• Good composition - the overall layout.
• Font use
• Originality
• Overall appeal
• Technical proficiency - are all the bad parts of the image removed or "smoothed" out. Like shading lines, polygonal wheel-wells, wheels and tires, color and brightness balance. All the things in GT4 that make the cars NOT look as real as they could.
• Sellability / Usability - Will the client use it. Because, trust me on this, not even a GREAT design is always usable by the client.

With this scoring system, your design could have a max score of 30.

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The end result should be something (that if you really were a designer) you would put in your portfolio.

This competition is designed to help you grow in your creative design process, as well as the use of your "tools" - Photoshop, Paintshop Pro or the like.

HAVE FUN. Impress me, others, and most of all ... yourself.

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Here is this competitions image: I have already cleaned it up and removed the BG for you.
It is a transparent .PNG image. 👍 (You can thank me later!)



This comp will run from: 6/5 to 6/12 and you may enter as MANY designs as you wish.

When you post your image, please say who your client of choice is , and where/how the design is to be used. ie: In a mag ad. On a store window. Billboard. Etc ...

Now, go and create!

 

[mrplo]

This image seems to be pretty low quality. Just saying.

 

[Vicious VP]

This image seems to be pretty low quality. Just saying.

Drop it in to Photoshop ... it looks MUCH better when transparent.
👍

 

[mrplo]

Drop it in to Photoshop ... it looks MUCH better when transparent.
👍

Your right. Anyway, here's my image. It didn't take long to make, and it didn't take much effort, but I think it looks good. Time to whip out babel fish!



Its context; A Magazine or Newspaper Ad.
Its client; Didn't really understand that but Car Magazine Editor.

 

[[empty space]]

cilent - whoever your selling your ad to. yours, for instance, looks like an ad for spyker so the cilent would be spyker? or, which ever company publishes bond movies.

 

[cardude2004]

I think I might participate this week, if I can find some time.

 

[Vicious VP]

I think I might participate this week, if I can find some time.

Great. We look forward to your entry(s)!

 

[franz]

hey Vicious, the header looks really nice 👍

edit> After I take a closer look to the photo, the texture really sux hard
I guess I have to spend hell load of time to clean up

 

[Vicious VP]

hey Vicious, the header looks really nice 👍

Thanx Franz!

edit> After I take a closer look to the photo, the texture really sux hard
I guess I have to spend hell load of time to clean up

The only thing that looks odd in the pic are the reflections from the surroundings it was in. I have smoothed out all the GT4 poop, and even rounded out all the polygons in order to give you all a nice car to start with.

 

[franz]

I didn't know you already fixed the reflection
anyhow its still alot to do to make it look realistic I think

 

[Vicious VP]

I didn't know you already fixed the reflection
anyhow its still alot to do to make it look realistic I think

Better send an email to PD on that one ... it is out of our control!

 

[Moonkea]

I thought I'd have a go at this for the fun of it, so heres my Final Entry:



It's er... a billboard for any wouldbe astronauts... or something

 

[Nasadus]

Your right. Anyway, here's my image. It didn't take long to make, and it didn't take much effort, but I think it looks good. Time to whip out babel fish!



Its context; A Magazine or Newspaper Ad.
Its client; Didn't really understand that but Car Magazine Editor.

The grammar on those two sentences is horrible.This is how it's supposed to look.

"Slechts de werelds beste geheim agent kan zich hiervan een veroorloven.
Wanneer u genoeg geld hebt en uw eigen villa bezit,bezoek dan uw lokale Spyker dealer."

That's the correct way to say it,although it sounds corny anyway you say it.

 

[JTSnooks]

Hehe...it sounds like gibberish either way to me Translation for the uncultured, anyone?

 

[Slick6]

*Offtopic* Awesome banner!

I might try to whip up something.

 

[Vicious VP]

*Offtopic* Awesome banner!

Thank you Sir!

 

[mrplo]

The grammar on those two sentences is horrible.This is how it's supposed to look.

"Slechts de werelds beste geheim agent kan zich hiervan een veroorloven.
Wanneer u genoeg geld hebt en uw eigen villa bezit,bezoek dan uw lokale Spyker dealer."

That's the correct way to say it,although it sounds corny anyway you say it.

Well sooooooorry. I typed in the message, I translate with babelfish and I copy and pasted. Its easy and effective. Im sorry the grammar isn't perfect but I dont speak dutch!

 

[Turk]

is there any chance of the focus being a more mundane car in the next version of this comp?

supercars don't really inspire much more than advertising posters; there isnt as much scope for actual car modifications.

 

[Vicious VP]

is there any chance of the focus being a more mundane car in the next version of this comp?

supercars don't really inspire much more than advertising posters; there isnt as much scope for actual car modifications.

Who said that the ad had to be for the car? The clients product could be toothpaste and they requested that this car be in the ad somewhere.

Refer to the preface at the top of this thread. You have complete control of the creation process INCLUDING how the image is used. 👍

 

[franz]

yeah ... but toothpaste is way too far unless someone really talent
just think about promoting some products that can be used on a car
pick up a car magazine and check out the ads
there are plenty of nice examples to get the job well done

 

[franz]

Armorall car polish


An hour earlier, I finished cleaning up the spyker (repaint the reflection)
one stupid mistake ... all gone
I am sick of it ... so using a minor cleaned up one for now
will clean it up again when I have time

 

[Turk]

i mean car modification wise, your choices are limited compared to if the focus car was say, an econobox.

theres no ability to lower a ground-scraping supercar, and airbrushing a new bodykit would not have the impact that drawing in a bodykit on an econobox would. ofcourse rims and paint colour(s) are interchangeable, but you run the risk of cheapening the looks of a supercar, and thus the impact of your piece.

using my econobox example for instance, there would be room for entrants to mock up a scene from a ricer street-racing/drift meet, or the sema motorshow.

 

[mrplo]

Armorall car polish


An hour earlier, I finished cleaning up the spyker (repaint the reflection)
one stupid mistake ... all gone
I am sick of it ... so using a minor cleaned up one for now
will clean it up again when I have time

Wow. That looks incredible. Its Superman compared to mine.

Excellent Job Franz!

 

[Easy$$]

yeah ... but toothpaste is way too far unless someone really talent
just think about promoting some products that can be used on a car
pick up a car magazine and check out the ads
there are plenty of nice examples to get the job well done

Ask and Ye shall receive....this is an ENTRY



CLIENT: PARODONTAX (Dutch toothpaste company)
Ad promoting their Spyker giveaway contest.

 

[Nasadus]

Well sooooooorry. I typed in the message, I translate with babelfish and I copy and pasted. Its easy and effective. Im sorry the grammar isn't perfect but I dont speak dutch!

I didn't mean to offend you.I was just trying to help.

 

[franz]

OMG ... toothpaste!
well done easy$$

btw ... thanks mrplo

off-topic> is Swiss = Dutch?
I found a spyker photo on a website
it was taken from carshow
and it had "Swiss Made" written on the platform

 

[Easy$$]

OMG ... toothpaste!
well done easy$$

Thank you sir!

off-topic> is Swiss = Dutch?
I found a spyker photo on a website
it was taken from carshow
and it had "Swiss Made" written on the platform

Nope...Swiss and Dutch are 2 totally different things

Swiss=Switzerland

Dutch=Netherlands

 

[mrplo]

I didn't mean to offend you.I was just trying to help.

Its Ok

 

[zonekill]

OMG ... toothpaste!
well done easy$$

btw ... thanks mrplo

off-topic> is Swiss = Dutch?
I found a spyker photo on a website
it was taken from carshow
and it had "Swiss Made" written on the platform

What a shame!! Its a DUTCH company

 

[Easy$$]

After doing the cheesy toothpaste ad I thought Id actually do something for real...

Another ENTRY



I think the Client and Ad are self explanitory with this one...