Here’s your chance to redesign the the logo for the world’s number one freelancing website and win US$10,000 cold hard cash in the process! We’ve almost hit our first million registered users, and we need an exciting, vibrant image which will help propel us to the next levelkkkkkkkkk
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Submissions are now being accepted through September 30th 2009 (midnight EDT). All contest submissions must be entered through our online submission form and must conform to our Contest Terms and Conditions in order to qualify for entry. Artists may enter multiple submissions. Late submissions will not be accepted, no exceptions.
We will announce the top finalists on Monday the 5th of October, 2009. The top finalists will be chosen based on a variety of factors including originality, creativity, ingenuity, and the artists efforts to promote their design. Following this, the final top 10 will be announced on Friday the 9th of October. On Monday the 12th of October, the fifth to tenth places will be announced. On Wednesday the 14th, fourth and third place will be announced. On Friday the 16th the winner and runner up will be crowned!
Historically speaking, GetAFreelancer only had one logo design since it first went live on February 7, 2004. The iconic lilac and grey logo was reminiscent of the height of cold war design, with visual homage to the 1972 Munich Olympics.
For four years and a half, the now iconic GETaFREELANCER.com logo (with the ‘GET’ shown in an outlined form and the ‘T’ represented by an outlined person) have been the mainstream symbol of the long enduring, relationship between project owners and service providers.
Constructed from 4 different fonts and leftover paint from the USS Midway, the GETaFREELANCER.com logo was at its time the pinnacle of global brand design. However, as we approach the important of our first million registered users, we feel it is an appropriate point to pause, reflect..
.. and bring GetAFreelancer.com out of the ice age!
On Monday the 5th of October, the top finalists will be announced, and a gallery of their submissions presented. At this time, online voting will be enabled. Online voting will close at midnight on Thursday the 15th October 2009 EDT. The winner of the People’s Choice Award will be presented on the 16th with $1,000 and the Master Logo Designer Insignia!
The Master Logo Designer and Specialist Logo Designer Insignia are highly coveted awards presented to the top designers in their field. The insignia will be displayed next to the user’s name when bidding on graphic or design related jobs, as well as on the user’s profile.
Purpose
The logo will be used everywhere that the GetAFreelancer.com brand is currently shown today, and in any new places we might think up, including the website, brochures, software media labels, leaflets and other printed materials, hardware, coffee mugs, bumper stickers, running shoes, yo-yos, Twitter, the Australian 20/20 Cricket Team* (only joking), etc. This is not an exhaustive list.
Participation
This contest is open to designers, novice or professional over the age of 18. Contestants must be registered members of GetAFreelancer.com (which is free) and must join the contest in their own private personal capacity.
Guidance
- The logo must be immediately identifiable to GetAFreelancer.
- The text “GetAFreelancer” must be included, either next to a logo as logotype, or integrated.
- It must be an original design of the participant in order for it to qualify. Concept must be original and not copied from anywhere else. You must be willing to certify that this is the case, and the finalists will be subject to public review before the winner is announced.
- The logo submitted should be vector graphics and not a bitmap image.
- It should be usable (print & otherwise) in both color and monochrome media, including limited colors.
- The submitted logo must not discriminate race, religion, culture, sex, morality, belief, etc. and must not be pornographic in nature.
- Besides being aesthetically pleasing, the logo must convey GetAFreelancer’s attributes (feel free to use your own interpretation).
To qualify, each entry should be submitted through the online interface must include the following details and format:
- High resolution, print-ready scalable vector format (i.e. portable EPS, scalable vector graphics (SVG) or Adobe Illustrator (AI) format. This file should be zipped.
- JPG or PNG version with a maximum resolution of 640 x 480. Do not zip this file.
- A detailed logo design concept and/or description.
- Designer’s full name, country or nationality where based, website (if any) and email address.
- Designers must use the supplied templates for EPS and PSD to correctly align their designs.
Important Naming Convention
All file submissions should be with the naming convention:
- -.
For example, if your username is “quartermaster” then your submission should be something like this:
- quartermaster-01.zip
- quartermaster-01.jpg
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great contest…hopefully will be there a lot of awesome logo design
Will most likely come back again getting you feeds also, Thank you.