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Submissions Period 6 May 2009 - 11 Jun 2009
Ratings Period 18 Jun 2009 - 25 Jul 2009
Announcement of Winners 31 Jul 2009


Contest Winners



1st Prize
You Color Up My World!
3.53by Kokuzo

US$1000 cash


2nd Prize
The Hare & The Tortoise Story
3.37by dezilove_09

US$600 cash


3rd Prize
True Color Of Love
3.30by ayeisha

US$300 cash


4th Prize
The Power of Love
3.28by shuwan

US$100 cash


5th Prize
Surrender Now!
3.13by ZacYouth

US$100 cash


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Congratulations to the winners! Read more about the winning entries on our blog at http://foldees.blogspot.com/2009/07/winners-of-monochrome.html
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ibuiqbal u have to register in www.foldees.com to review the cards....after register u can click on the wanted reviewer banner n start voting....:) hope it helps....
how do i vote?
Chak I´m jelous... what happend to it stinks?
Sorry for the delay guys! Files are finally up! Please proceed to www.foldees.com/ratings to start rating the cards!
I'm sure they must be very busy right now...
come on!! it´s the 18th NOW!!!! :)
where can i vote ?
excited!!
hehehhe....
Hi guys, please be patient. We will be publishing the list on the 18th.
did i make it ?
me?
How do I know if I make the cut.. or not?
maegale: we aim to please, although we might miss once in a while :)
weplayendlessly: You're in!
streetfx: So are you... yes, i think we have a record number of submissions this time around... more than 200 by last count. Not all will make the cut though
Thank you Chak for be so helpful. Job well done. :)
how does one know if they've made the cut?
I bet this time got lot more submissions.
Hi Chak,
after fruitless praying for extended deadline, finally made one... :D
But, as usual, problem when uploading :-(
So as usual too, I've sent by email...
Please confirm me ok. Thx Chak...
yes thanks alot :D
hi ebtisam! Did you get our mail?
please i need help ! i cant submit my work :'(
and i sent and email to support@foldees.com they did not answer.
can i submit my work on pdf ?
Heya Luciana!

Yup, that's exactly right. Use it well!

PS: only 6 more days to submit so HURRY!
do you mean, we can use only ONE colour (not black and white) in the cover, but we can use many colours in the inside or just black and white?
BabyGer: we live to please :)
ebtisam: We would prefer if it you uploaded the original. Perhaps you can tell us about the problem at support@foldees.com and we'll try our best to solve it for you?
Hi am tying to upload my work but it is not uploading can i send it by email ?
Hi guys from the foldees team :) I just wanted to say you made my day :)))
as many as you want!
Hi how many design can i submit ?
Laura: In this case, no news is good news! You're in!
Suzan: No worries, practice makes perfect. I think most designers here have had some designs rejected before, so don't take it too harshly.
catpowers: Welcome aboard! Usually we try to provide feedback as best we can, but especially near the closing date, things can get a bit hectic and we can't promise that ALL designs will be provided feedback. We do try our best though!
i'm new, not sure how this works. if my design is accepted/rejected, do i get an email confirmation? or do i just check back june 18th to see if i'm on the list?
hmmm sad sad ..... didnt get in
Just checked my email and haven't received anything yet but I'll keep a look out for it.

Thanks!
Hi Laura,

We try our best to! I believe yours has been sent already :)
This is my first time participating in the contest - do you usually send feedback to everyone? Just submitted my files yesterday.
Suzan: Feedback sent!
Shuwan: Thanks for the help! We'll try that too.
hey theeggyolks.. I wonder have u ever try to export the flash to ai file? In macromedia flash, just export image and save as .ai file... but I only tried it before in Flash CS3 and CS4.. hope this helps :)
resubmitted my 2nd again
did i make it?
Yes, Terry you do! surprisingly more international entries thus far, so we still have a few of those vouchers left!
Yahoo!! submitted mine...do i get a voucher??
i've submitted mine...
Hiya eggyolks!

Unfortunately, we don't allow .fla at the moment. We will look at supporting it soon though! In the meantime, I can personally vouch that I've gotten used to Adobe Illustrator in a very short time frame!

guys, we've now completed feedback for all of your entries that came in up to May 21st. If you submitted before that and have not received feedback yet, please email me or leave a comment here.
dear admin...
I'm currently using macromedia flash to do vector arts..I wonder if i can join the MONO CHROME contest using .fla format? I cant find any programme to convert .fla to .AI
Hi guys, most of you have received feedback for your designs already! There are still a few we've yet to go through because we've been really really busy lately, so do be patient with us :)

hydra: we'll reveal all the submitted designs only once the submission process has been completed. This is to ensure fair competition, and a flow of new ideas. Don't worry though, as we provide feedback for every design we receive :)
can I see all submitted designs somewhere? would be nice
submitted my 2nd....wondering weather it will be choosen .......ahhhhh
i submitted my first ....hmm donno weather its ok or nt ...
hahaha...
wow! The return of the king. hahahah...
Chak! I've submitted mine!!
hmmmm.....wondering....
blueprints would be nice.

so would half-tone or screentone hatching and stippling.

Dot Matrix? a single colour filter? mmmm...

or how about error diffusion for that Binary effect? yum.

oh, and sepia is always nice, for cowboys. :)
yup, that's right. You can also use pure black and white liberally. To be honest, we're not exactly policing this too much. It's more of a guide to get the cards to look a certain way, versus an actual rule to disqualify people. We're nice people :)
so its basically 1 tone color creation ...eg: blue with shades of it???
Hi Goghvinci: Yes, you can. No gradients though, since this is an overall rule of all our contests.
monochrome.. does that mean i can have different shades of that one colour as well?
Now you can leave comments in the contest page too !! Feel free to ask any questions about the contest as well.
Monochrome
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This contest has concluded.

The MONOCHROME Contest challenged designers to an exercise in simplicity - to design a card using only one colour (and black and white are not colours). On top of this design limitation (which only applies to covers - the inside can be multi-coloured), submissions would also be moderated based on not just design, but card themes that make use of color.

The result was one ot the biggest contests ever held my Foldees, with over 80 designs chosen from more than 200 submissions. Funny what you can do with a simple restriction of colour.




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