$40 paypal contest for drawing an original cartoon character

Discussion in 'Design Contests' started by starsoft, Mar 18, 2011.

  1. #1
    Hi guys,

    Need your help again :)

    I need you to draw an original cartoon character that has to resemble a human but has that stone age / medieval kind of image, something quirky and approachable. Nothing scary or repulsive.

    Character will be used in a store and has to be really cute and endearing!

    Looking forward to seeing the characters you create!

    Creator of the best character will get paid $40 via paypal immediately. Thanks.
     
    starsoft, Mar 18, 2011 IP
  2. Chingkoi

    Chingkoi Peon

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    #2
    Entry Via Pm
     
    Chingkoi, Mar 18, 2011 IP
  3. starsoft

    starsoft Active Member

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    #3
    @Chingkoi: Please read the description again... I need a stone age / medieval kind of character not an image of a school boy with a pencil, LOL
     
    starsoft, Mar 18, 2011 IP
  4. willowhope

    willowhope Well-Known Member

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    #4
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    -Willow
     
    willowhope, Mar 18, 2011 IP
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    samsherrok Peon

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    #5
    what is the time limit!
     
    samsherrok, Mar 18, 2011 IP
  6. Pixobox

    Pixobox Well-Known Member

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    #6
    my entry is on your inbox.
    thanks
     
    Pixobox, Mar 18, 2011 IP
  7. starsoft

    starsoft Active Member

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    #7
    @everybody: I talked with the owner and here are some more points about what exactly they want:

    1. The character needs to be hand-drawn from scratch and NOT be a digital drawing.
    2. The company is going to specialize in Baked Goods that are all NATURAL.
    3. The character has to be really original and will be the largest part of the logo.
    4. Some ideas: He could be sitting on a leaf, legs dangling in the water, chewing on a baguette, with his one hand resting on his "club" or he could be standing in a forest with a bag slung over his shoulder with bread and cookies spilling out, looking like he is up to mischief.
    5. The character will be a company mascot so he has to be really endearing and quirky.
    6. The company owners would want the design to be done in a style similar to these 3 samples (they also want to stay with those colors - earthy, greens, browns etc)

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    Looking forward to your drawings guys!

    Thanks!!
     
    starsoft, Mar 18, 2011 IP
  8. SNiiP3R

    SNiiP3R Well-Known Member

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    #8
    Its not an easy contest for $40. The biggest problem here is the changes / revisions, meaning that to make changes the entire character will have to be redrawn from scratch
     
    SNiiP3R, Mar 18, 2011 IP
  9. dancow

    dancow Well-Known Member

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    #9
    entry sent via pm
    thanks
     
    dancow, Mar 20, 2011 IP
  10. starsoft

    starsoft Active Member

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    #10
    Is somebody still working on this image? Why I'm asking is because if nobody is working on this, I will be shutting this contest down! "SNiiP3R" is right, it's very hard to run a contest for something like this because if I don't like it, you have to re-draw from scratch and I don't want to waste your time like that... it will make more sense for me to hire one person and work with him on this image...
     
    starsoft, Mar 20, 2011 IP
  11. zelprex

    zelprex Member

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    #11
    Hey is this still open?
    I could do this, but one question. You said to be hand-drawn from scratch and not digital. Okay, but with what I would colorize it? With crayons or what?
     
    zelprex, Mar 21, 2011 IP
  12. starsoft

    starsoft Active Member

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    #12
    @zelprex: This contest is closed due to the reasoning provided in my previous post.
     
    starsoft, Mar 21, 2011 IP
  13. crockfordcarlisle

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    #13
    Not very interesting for $40. Peoples skills should be worth more than this. Especially if you need something really nice like those book covers.
     
    crockfordcarlisle, Mar 21, 2011 IP