CONTEST: Create a work based on my photos

PRIZE: A print of the artwork you create



I have decided to run a combination collaboration exercise and contest, to inspire myself and others to create some new art, and to broaden my horizons. The idea is really kind of simple-- I am going to open up some of my art to be used as stock/reference to specific artists, to create collaborative works.

This is open to pretty much anyone who can think of a way to create artwork based on existing photographs, with the shared basis being photographs from my gallery here. I'd love to see paintings based on my photos, tattoos of them, 3D renders utilizing them, photomanipulations incorporating them, or anything else you can come up with.

However, I'm not a stock artist, and my works aren't generally available for modification. So this contest will come in two parts, the first being a sort of qualifying stage where the prize is a attribution derivative works license to use one of my photos, and the second being a contest among the winners.



Here's how it works...

STEP 1: Qualifying Round

This part is really easy. Just comment here, or send me a note, telling me which medium you would like to incorporate one (or more) of my photos into, and where I can see other works by you in that medium. If I like the idea of seeing you create a symbiote of our creations, then you're in.



STEP 2: Create works

This part is easy to describe, but where all the real work is. Let me know which photo(s) from my gallery you want to work with. I will give you permission to use them to create derivative works, asking only for attribution anywhere you show/publish/share them and permission back to display your works in my own portfolio.



STEP 3: Final Results

This part will be the hard part for me. I'll have to go through the resulting works and decide which one is my favorite. I will post all of the best entries, close runners-up, and the winner in another post, and of course pimp them in my profile.

The winner will receive a print of the combined work. (I'll add it as a print to my account, you wishlist it, I'll order it for you at artist's cost, you get a cool thing in the mail.)



FINAL NOTE: Since this is my first contest, I reserve the right to pull the prize if (and only if) the turnout it too small to make judging interesting.