Painful Pleasures Website Banner Contest!, $100 1st place, $50 2nd place, $25 3rd place! |
  Jul 15 2008, 11:23 AM
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Here at the Trails, we are pleased to announce that the good folks at Painful Pleasures are sponsoring a design contest to create a banner for use on this site! www.painfulpleasures.com carries everything you'd want from Inks (Mom's, Intenze, Starbrite, Skin Candy, and Kuro Sumi) to disposable needles and tubes and more. There will be a $100 1st prize, $50 2nd prize , and $25 3rd prize awarded in a credit towards any tattoo supplies from their site.
Here's the official rules:
I'd encourage everyone to be creative. You can create an entire flash design and crop it in Photoshop so that only a thin use only a portion of your design (60 pixels tall is not a ton of space!). Again, Photoshop CAN be used so long as the basis of your submission is original artwork drawn by YOU! Have fun and good luck to everyone! -------------------- Stay humble.
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Jul 18 2008, 08:48 AM
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Indeed.
how can an image look so bad when squashed down to those sizes that looked ok bigger!!? 
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Jul 18 2008, 02:01 PM
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I think I'll see if I can come up with something.......definately worth a shot!
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Jul 18 2008, 02:37 PM
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I really hate to tell you guys this, but $100 dollars in waaaaaay cheap. Think, they are going to turn around and make thousands off of your artwork, and you get $100 dollars, and no rights to your artwork after that. The reason websites have contests like this is to scam unsuspecting people into drawing a banner for them that otherwise they would have to pay at LEAST $500 for if they were going through any design agency. So basically, they are fucking people.
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Jul 18 2008, 03:17 PM
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QUOTE (supernummy @ Jul 18 2008, 03:37 PM)  I really hate to tell you guys this, but $100 dollars in waaaaaay cheap. Think, they are going to turn around and make thousands off of your artwork, and you get $100 dollars, and no rights to your artwork after that. The reason websites have contests like this is to scam unsuspecting people into drawing a banner for them that otherwise they would have to pay at LEAST $500 for if they were going through any design agency. So basically, they are fucking people. Actually, I contacted them and asked if they'd be interested in sponsoring a contest, as all the banners they have speak to the piercing demographic and not the tattoo supply side. They were gracious enough to offer up a prize. You can reuse your design as you like, this just prevents someone from asking for the banner to be removed once a prize is awarded. I contacted them in an attempt to create a contest with prizes. I actually resent the fact that you would accuse them or me of "scamming" anyone. We are not going to own the rights to anything other than the banner, which will be used on this site. I could have easily asked one of the artists that I like on the site to design a banner design and offered them compensation, but I thought it would be fun to open it up to the entire membership base. Maybe that was my mistake. Funny thing was prior to this post I was thinking of adding my own money and adding a Forgiven, Monkeyrat, or seeker machine to sweeten the pot. Nix that. -------------------- Stay humble.
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Jul 18 2008, 03:47 PM
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QUOTE (Jumpin' J Flash @ Jul 19 2008, 12:17 AM) Actually, I contacted them and asked if they'd be interested in sponsoring a contest, as all the banners they have speak to the piercing demographic and not the tattoo supply side. They were gracious enough to offer up a prize. You can reuse your design as you like, this just prevents someone from asking for the banner to be removed once a prize is awarded. I contacted them in an attempt to create a contest with prizes. I actually resent the fact that you would accuse them or me of "scamming" anyone. We are not going to own the rights to anything other than the banner, which will be used on this site. I could have easily asked one of the artists that I like on the site to design a banner design and offered them compensation, but I thought it would be fun to open it up to the entire membership base. Maybe that was my mistake. Funny thing was prior to this post I was thinking of adding my own money and adding a Forgiven, Monkeyrat, or seeker machine to sweeten the pot. Nix that. Dont get pissed with one persons comment please, there are others that are genuinely interested in the competition and see the challenge as being one that they can use to grow, personally I think its great,, that plus the fact that Muppets agreed to help me sort out the teccy side means that I for one get to learn at least a handful of things from it before i even get close to posting a picture up that can be judged by others.. I feel fer ya gettin so pissed,, but its a great site here,, and the majority of people appreciate that.. even if sometimes stuff comes accross the wrong way. Smile?  please?? 
-------------------- To live, to love and to drink is human......................to wake with a steaming hangover next to a zombie and then fall down the stairs is just stupid. |
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Jul 18 2008, 03:59 PM
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QUOTE (TrampsInK. @ Jul 19 2008, 12:47 AM) Dont get pissed with one persons comment please, there are others that are genuinely interested in the competition and see the challenge as being one that they can use to grow, personally I think its great,, that plus the fact that Muppets agreed to help me sort out the teccy side means that I for one get to learn at least a handful of things from it before i even get close to posting a picture up that can be judged by others.. I feel fer ya gettin so pissed,, but its a great site here,, and the majority of people appreciate that.. even if sometimes stuff comes accross the wrong way. Smile? please?? Seconded!  Seriously I would enter even if there wasn't a monetary prize......imagine seeing your artwork EVERY time you came here......it's be awesome - the credit towards tattoo supplies is just an added bonus.....and every little helps!  Don't fancy changing your mind about the forgiven/seeker/monkeyrat thing do ya?  |
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Jul 18 2008, 04:26 PM
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$100 bucks for a banner is more than adequate compensation if it were looked at from a purely business standpoint. $500 bucks for a banner? this isn't the rape and pillage days of the early dot com boom, dozens of people would gladly create a quality banner for a hundred bucks.... probably less if you posted on craigslist. the world is full of starving graphic designers.
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Jul 18 2008, 04:29 PM
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QUOTE (yamskichick @ Jul 19 2008, 12:59 AM) Seconded Don't fancy changing your mind about the forgiven/seeker/monkeyrat thing do ya? omg YAMS,, YOUR INCORRIGIBLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL -------------------- To live, to love and to drink is human......................to wake with a steaming hangover next to a zombie and then fall down the stairs is just stupid. |
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Jul 18 2008, 06:22 PM
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Seriously, I'm just glad for a paying
contest! Let's just do what we do, draw something up, post it on the forum, and hope we don't come in last place. And as a bonus, you stand a chance to get free tattoo supplies. If you think it's a scam or a crock, that don't enter the contest! Period. |
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Jul 18 2008, 06:27 PM
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i think these people are going to make thousands whether they use your banner or not, might as well try and get some supplies out of it.
--------------------  YOUNG GIRLS AND GIN MAY BE THE CURE!!! |
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Jul 18 2008, 07:11 PM
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ok so im confused...is it going to be an inktrails banner or a pain pleasures banner?
which one and on what site will it be posted?...im a little slow chuck -------------------- SOMETIMES WHAT YOU LEARN...CONFLICTS WITH WHAT YOU KNOW ADD ME FOR MAFIA WARS |
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Jul 18 2008, 11:33 PM
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Forget the crappy pink one up above, I don't know what I was htinking. I had a better idea, so we can just delete the previous, thanks. Peace.
Brian 
-------------------- When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
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Jul 19 2008, 04:22 AM
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pink one deleted as requested :-)
prize or no prize... and whoever is going to use the banner.... it doesn't take away the fact that the one I did is SQUISHED now its resized! lol I thought it was no digital.. so I hand drew mine and resized it on photo shop.. is that correct? <confused... mines for the pure fun of doing it... ;-) -------------------- ..Damn it...
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Jul 19 2008, 06:21 AM
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Okay, if you contacted them, that's all good then. Go ahead with the contest, I thought they had contacted YOU. If they had, it actually would have been a different story.
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Jul 19 2008, 06:35 AM
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I've talked with Jason a bunch in the past and I've been really grateful for this site and I told him that I'm not a greedy person and I meant it. So I'll put up one of my single coil machines setup however you like with free shipping anywhere. I do this for both Jason as a friend and the rest of you guys and gals for how great it has been here on the trails with you sorry bunch of ..........
Later and good luck |
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Jul 19 2008, 08:06 AM
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Wow, way to go Seeker that's the spirit, a super generous gesture!
I was already considering entering, no I know I am for Sureo Cookies!! (gets paper n pen out as we speak) Now I'm dreaming of a Seeker sat nestled up against the Forgiven, which I just won....ohhh what a picture  P.S. just to clarify the only digital element allowed is the text, right? -------------------- Peek through the Doors of Perception to see the Pause in Deception!
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Jul 19 2008, 08:25 AM
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QUOTE (supernummy @ Jul 19 2008, 06:21 AM) Okay, if you contacted them, that's all good then. Go ahead with the contest, I thought they had contacted YOU. If they had, it actually would have been a different story. I dont see how it matters. Its like anything else, if its worth it to you, do it, if not, dont... This wont be everyones cup of tea, thats fine. But why try to tear down something positive that obviously alot of people on here are down with? I for one appreciate Jason taking the time to motivate and push the community to keep drawing, designing, creating, etc. Even if there was zero compensation... alot of people would just be stoked with being a part of it, and maybe even winning and seeing their art be used on a site for thousands to see. Its all about perspective. QUOTE (seeker @ Jul 19 2008, 06:35 AM) I've talked with Jason a bunch in the past and I've been really grateful for this site and I told him that I'm not a greedy person and I meant it. So I'll put up one of my single coil machines setup however you like with free shipping anywhere. I do this for both Jason as a friend and the rest of you guys and gals for how great it has been here on the trails with you sorry bunch of .......... Later and good luck Your a good man Seeker! Thats rad man... |
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Jul 19 2008, 08:27 AM
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Meh, I'm sorry. I've been screwed with stuff like this, and I was actually trying to help you guys. Don't get all pissed off, I just didn't want to see you guys get fucked over like I have. I already apologized. Just delete the post that started it, and I'll stop voicing opinions. It's done.
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Jul 19 2008, 08:37 AM
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I dont think anyones pissed. But others do have a right to voice their opinions as well.
Your as encouraged to voice yours as much as anyone... just gotta accept that some might not agree with it and pose alternative perspectives. |
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Jul 19 2008, 08:49 AM
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QUOTE (supernummy @ Jul 19 2008, 11:27 AM) Meh, I'm sorry. I've been screwed with stuff like this, and I was actually trying to help you guys. Don't get all pissed off, I just didn't want to see you guys get fucked over like I have. I already apologized. Just delete the post that started it, and I'll stop voicing opinions. It's done. Supernummy don't take any of this the wrong way... we don't know what happened to you and how bad it was for you, so just look at it from other peoples side too. I for one am glad that you said your piece that made everyone put the whole deal on the table so everyone knows what they are getting into. Heck, most around here could careless about the money its just an excuse to try a little harder. The bragging rights will be worth more then anything lol. Later |
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