My top three competitions are as follows (not in any particular order)
- Macmillan Children's book competition
- Puffin children's design award
- Design against fur poster competition
1. Macmillan Children's book competition -
I have always considered entering children's illustration, and experience on my work based learning module has concreted this in mind. By entering this competition, I would have an opportunity to experience what it would be like to produce a children's picture book. I would be abe to get some knowledge of the processes involved within children's illustration, creative problem solving I would need to undertake, and how it feels to work to a creative deadline - this would help further inform me as the whether children's illustration is a genre of illustration I want to be a part of.
It would also be a great chance to get some experience of the competition before my third year when I might want to consider re-entering.
Where to start -
Research children's picture books (up to 5 years) and illustrators who specialise in this area, obtain full brief, begin mind mapping potential ideas and thinking about experimentating with different styles. Find information about the judges and consider how this may effect the stylization of illustrations and the story they portray.
Competition deadline - Tuesday 3rd May - Friday 6th May
Work to be produced - Illustrated children's picture book, in a hard copy.
2. Puffin Children's design award
This again is a brief which features producing children's illustration, but does not provide quite the workload of the macmillan children's book prize. Entering this competition would provide the experience of working to a set defined brief - the illustration produced must be of the story James and the giant peach - unlike the macmillan children's book prize the illustration produced will be of someone else's work and not mine. As before, children's illustration is a genre which I am particulary interested in, so entering this competition would be a good opportunity to get some experience in this area. This would be an interesting competition to enter as it does not focus on the illustrations within a children's book, but rather those on the outside, which mean something different althogether. Entering this competition would provide useful experience for possible final major study work in my third year.
The lesser workload of this competition does make it appealing as I know that there will be other work I am required to do whilst working on my competition entry (such as my final major study).
Where to start -
Read James and the Giant peach, research previous illustrations of this story, its book jacket and the book jackets of different children's stories. Consider how book jackets communicate stories to children. Find out information on the judges and look at previous winning entries, consider how this might affect style of entry. Mindmap potential ideas, begin experimentation - consider different mediums to use.
Competition Deadline - 15th April 2011
Work to be produced - Illustrated book jacket of 'James and the Giant Peach' containing set blurb text. To be submitted as a digital file designed to the specified design template (B format, 198mm high x 129mm wide, spine 12mm wide) supplied in the following format:
3. Design against fur competition -
I am considering entering this competition purely because it piqued my interest. At first I dismissed this, but, as I read the brief I became more excited about the potential illustrative work it could involve. I like the creative problem solving element which it entails, although I must admit to this being an area of design / illustrative that I would not choose to produce a piece of work for. Working on an entry for a competition which is a bit different to any other work that I am doing would provide a new experience, which ultimately could prove invaluable. It also might help me to keep all off my work a bit 'fresher' as I will not be working using the same illustrative style / for the same illustrative purpose. I like the idea of facing a totally new challenge, although because it is something I've never really done before I may be puttting myself at as comparitive disadvantage to others entering the competition.
Where to start -
Research - previous winning entries (which will help to determine if any illustrative style is favoured by the judegs), the fur trade and how it relates to luxury goods, links on the design against fur website. Mindmap potential ideas and experiment with these - consider experimentation with photography.
Competition deadline - 15th April 2011 (Entry registration closes 1st April 2011)
Work to be produced - One hard copy of entry poster, no larger than A3 size (11x17inches US), printed at 300dpi, mounted on card.
A CD containing all of the following:
2. Puffin Children's design award
This again is a brief which features producing children's illustration, but does not provide quite the workload of the macmillan children's book prize. Entering this competition would provide the experience of working to a set defined brief - the illustration produced must be of the story James and the giant peach - unlike the macmillan children's book prize the illustration produced will be of someone else's work and not mine. As before, children's illustration is a genre which I am particulary interested in, so entering this competition would be a good opportunity to get some experience in this area. This would be an interesting competition to enter as it does not focus on the illustrations within a children's book, but rather those on the outside, which mean something different althogether. Entering this competition would provide useful experience for possible final major study work in my third year.
The lesser workload of this competition does make it appealing as I know that there will be other work I am required to do whilst working on my competition entry (such as my final major study).
Where to start -
Read James and the Giant peach, research previous illustrations of this story, its book jacket and the book jackets of different children's stories. Consider how book jackets communicate stories to children. Find out information on the judges and look at previous winning entries, consider how this might affect style of entry. Mindmap potential ideas, begin experimentation - consider different mediums to use.
Competition Deadline - 15th April 2011
Work to be produced - Illustrated book jacket of 'James and the Giant Peach' containing set blurb text. To be submitted as a digital file designed to the specified design template (B format, 198mm high x 129mm wide, spine 12mm wide) supplied in the following format:
- 300ppi
- CMYK
- 5mm bleed
- Ideally colour managed to ISO Coated 39 or ISO Uncoated 29 (optional)
- Trim and crop marks to be included
3. Design against fur competition -
I am considering entering this competition purely because it piqued my interest. At first I dismissed this, but, as I read the brief I became more excited about the potential illustrative work it could involve. I like the creative problem solving element which it entails, although I must admit to this being an area of design / illustrative that I would not choose to produce a piece of work for. Working on an entry for a competition which is a bit different to any other work that I am doing would provide a new experience, which ultimately could prove invaluable. It also might help me to keep all off my work a bit 'fresher' as I will not be working using the same illustrative style / for the same illustrative purpose. I like the idea of facing a totally new challenge, although because it is something I've never really done before I may be puttting myself at as comparitive disadvantage to others entering the competition.
Where to start -
Research - previous winning entries (which will help to determine if any illustrative style is favoured by the judegs), the fur trade and how it relates to luxury goods, links on the design against fur website. Mindmap potential ideas and experiment with these - consider experimentation with photography.
Competition deadline - 15th April 2011 (Entry registration closes 1st April 2011)
Work to be produced - One hard copy of entry poster, no larger than A3 size (11x17inches US), printed at 300dpi, mounted on card.
A CD containing all of the following:
- Poster design in the original file format of the computer program used to design it (example: an Adobe Illustrator, InDesign or Photoshop file).
- Poster in both high resolution (2200x1600 pixels @ 300dpi max) jpg and pdf file formats.
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