competition
Thursday, April 23, 2009
I just saw an entry for the tee design competition that was directly ripped out from the pages of deviantart. I tell you, sometimes I'm glad I go to that website now and then, so I can spot these bastards who try to sell off other people's work as their own. Seriously. Take a look.
And then take a look at the original:
My god, this dude didn't even crop the background out properly, or paint it well over with black. Disgusting. Oh, and he has three repeat entries for some reason. Does he think more exposure will get him more votes? (No really, not sure here... it might have been a glitch with his connection, but I'd rather assume the former, judging by what an audacious a** he is.)
I don't know if you recall, but this sort of thing has happened to me twice before. Once during the Anti Drug animation competition where a girl resubmitted an entry that previously won a prize in another competition, (she went on to win another prize in the competition in question, on grounds that there weren't enough finalists if she was disqualified.) and then again during this World No Tobacco Day competition, where, once more, some material was ripped from deviantart.
Bah. That guy better not make it. I'll kick up whatever I can kick up. Foo.
On the other hand, the website has stabilized already, so if you guys have the time, please vote for any one of my entries, assuming you don't think they are that bad...
I understand from joel that you have to register (quick) and... validate your registration, and that might be a hassle, depending on how free you are. But any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
My entries are all on the third and fourth page, and you can see my name there just to verify.
:)
*Oh hey, I just found out the first of that guy's three submissions had the picture in an even less edited fashion. Disgusting guy probably only made it all black to suit the tee colour, so I assume he's got to be some ballsy heck of a .
posted by joseph at 5:35 PM