As some of you know, in the Graphics Forum, we are holding a photoshop competition amongst some of the great artists that we have here at thephins.com. There are eight contestants competing in a bracket, and each week they receive a different challenge to complete. This week, they were supposed to make an advertisement for thephins.com. The only real limitation was size, the ads had to be under 650x650 pixels.
Here are the entries from this week. Please vote for your favorites in EACH MATCH-UP. This means that you will be selecting FOUR options from the poll above. Hope that's clear to everyone.
MATCH-UP 1
Entry A
Entry B
MATCH-UP 2
Entry A
Entry B
MATCH-UP 3
Entry A
Entry B
MATCH-UP 4
Entry A
Entry B
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Please select your favorite ad from EACH MATCH-UP, you should select FOUR choices.
Poll closed Jun 24, 2009.
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Matchup 1 - Entry A
16 vote(s)27.1% -
Matchup 1 - Entry B
43 vote(s)72.9% -
Matchup 2 - Entry A
38 vote(s)64.4% -
Matchup 2 - Entry B
19 vote(s)32.2% -
Matchup 3 - Entry A
50 vote(s)84.7% -
Matchup 3 - Entry B
8 vote(s)13.6% -
Matchup 4 - Entry A
50 vote(s)84.7% -
Matchup 4 - Entry B
6 vote(s)10.2%
Multiple votes are allowed.
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The Aqua Crush, baboo72, Frumundah Finnatic and 8 others like this.
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All pretty cool looking.
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Good work all; 4A is fantastic.
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Nice!
I liked all of them.
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Besides matchup 1, the A's have it for me.
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I had the toughest time with that one, but ultimately went with B, A for all the rest.
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Everyone so far has voted for all the matchups correctly haha, good work :up:
like2god, Jt0323 and pennphinfan like this. -
hey now. you sayin' i'm s'posed to be losing? haha :lol:
(for what its worth, I do realize what you're saying about 'correctly voting', so no need to enlighten me as to what you meant 2k5 haha)
cmon people! buck the trends! go for the underdog! :tongue2::tongue2:2k5 likes this. -
Sorry, 1B hurts my eyes.
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I actually thought about that when I was writing it haha, I'm glad you know its not what I meant :tongue2:
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Ummmm ... I can sing.
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yeah.. i'm not winning this :pity:
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So when do we get to see the youtube clip of you onstage?
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Point being, of course, that everything else you said *didn't* apply. :lol:
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Voted all A's. All submissions are very good. But, IMO an ad has to be more than just a cool graphic. So, although I really liked the look of 1B and 3B, I went with the other one in each match up because the content was better. In other words, there was a message too.
I liked 1A the best. Very clean and eye-catching at the same time. Looks very much like something you would see on the thephins.com.
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BABA? That's how I filled out most multiple choice tests in high school :lol:
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DOLPHAN1 Premium Member Luxury Box
It may be the best of the bunch, (1A is #2) 1A has more of what I think the site would be looking for. It suits the site better I think. -
I really wanted to vote 1A but the writing I felt was too hard to read so I went with B.
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Oh this is for real I thought this was just a competition for fun.
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It doesn't actually.
1B is attention getting. It says it all with barely saying anything. Which is exactly what you look for in advertising. You put that as a web ad on the side of a web site or in a print piece surrounded by other ads, it will literally jump off the page and grab your eye. It is the best looking, most attention getting and professional of the options. No offense to any of the other participants. -
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I wonder how it would look with a larger football player silhouette in the background and omit the small text on the bottom right (that text was really what kept me waffling between it and 1A).
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DOLPHAN1 Premium Member Luxury Box
I won't argue that 1B is over all the best but unless your target audience is limited to Playboy or Maxim (good reads by the way) it is limited in it's application. My first thought is "buy condoms". Not bad if that is what you are trying to say. 1A with a couple remods would be more about what this site is about. That being my opinion of course...:wink2: -
Ads don't generally exist in a vacuum. That is to say, they generally appear were the target audience is. Even in broad audience media, like a newspaper, this would still be placed in the sports section.
1A is fine. But 1B generates excitement and controversy. Which is exactly what you want for two reasons, people need to remember the address and want to check it out, to see what the fuss is about.
The problem with using an ad design in a contest, is that ads aren't looked at critically in the real world, so its hard to judge their effectiveness under these circumstances.
I know, I know, I'm over analyzing, so what, shut up, you're stupid!!!!!!:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:DOLPHAN1 likes this. -
Glad to see the interest from everyone :yes:
It's just for fun :)
As far as I know :huh:
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