Competition: Math isn’t cool, this poster is cool!

As many of you know, or not; I am a math teacher and it is back to school time. So as school starts to gear up I realized just how bare my walls are of any interesting art and I thought to myself, “self, I bet you could get some really cool art from the Blender community to help liven up your classroom… oh, and it would be fun to do a competition as well.” And so the first ever Blender Cubed competition was born.

So what is the competition you ask? Well basically you are creating an image that I can print and hang in my actual classroom as a poster. You submission can be inspirational, funny, mathematical, or whatever; as long as it rocks… and is appropriate for public school…and it rocks.


Theme:
Poster for math class. Create an image that could be printed as a poster for Mr. Nielsen’s math class. The submitted image can be inspirational, educational, humorous, or just plain random; as long as it would look good in a classroom.

Prize for best submission:
Free copy of Filter Forge Pro Version (Retails at close to $400), ohhh and glory. See www.filterforge.com

Deadline:
September 30th, 2011

Specifics:
-Submit your final render to porternielsen@blendercubed.com with your name and email address.

• You may have more than one submission.
• You can not submit artwork that is not your own…
• You must use only blender for the 3d work.
• You may use other software for texture creation, rendering, and touch up.
• If you are selected as the winner I must have permission to print your image on a poster and display it in my classroom.
• If you submit artwork I must have permission to showcase it for the sake of the competition.
• Resolution should be high enough to be of excellent quality if printed. Different dimensions that I can print to are: 16 x 20, 16 x 24, 18 x 24, 20 x 24, 20 x 30, 24 x 36, and 36 x 48. If you want to submit a smaller resolution then print size with the intent to submit a higher resolution if you win; that is fine.

How do you win?
Submit the best artwork.

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