The Obama campaign sent out an email this week to creative people who have vector capability and can turn a brilliant design in by August 31, 2008. For the campaign! It's a contest, and people vote on the designs they like.
Because if I weren't on the mailing list, I would appreciate someone on the list telling me about it, so I'm spreading the word. I did a search for any related diaries, and I found a nice diary by
itsjessme promoting one of the designs in the contest.
Nice work, BTW.
(if there are any more on this, forgive me because I couldn't find any.
I am not sure just anyone can submit. It's possible only $$ donors are invited, hence my received invitation. I don't know. BUT, even if you can't or don't want to submit design, perhaps you can enjoy looking over the gallery of submissions.
Details below.
Almost within a few minutes of my receiving the invitation, designs showed up on the 'tees by the people' page.
Check out the great designs at Obama T shirt design contest
and if you want to enter the contest, get hoppin. Deadline is approaching fast.
If you have a vector program, download the template and goodies, and do a vector mark.
If you do want to submit a design, but only have bitmap capability, I put a quick link for bitmap to vector translation on my blog. You can upload your bitmap design and have it turned into the required vector format quickly, then submit your vector design to the Obama contest.
NOTE: you can do unlimited vectorizing or they let you buy 'by the image ='tokens' in small quantities. I've used the service a lot, and I like them. I like them so much I signed up as an affiliate this week, in full disclosure.
Links to my own designs for Obama donations are ( 'Bark for Obama' with a dog, or birds yelling "Barack!" from a graphic design, dancing magpies for Obama and a cat design)
at
http://heart4art.blogspot.com/, so thanks for looking there and if interested, go to the store and buy stuff, helping boost my Obama fund-raising page called at Mybo, "Bark4Obama" by making a donation to Bark4Obama:
Bark4Obama fund-raising
Question: can you see the Bark4Obama fund-raising page at MYbo?
The link seems to work only if I am signed in, and I can't tell if when I refer friends to that page to donate, they can see my thermometer and $$ donation history.
Recap:
if you want to look, enjoy the designs tees by the people contest
If you want to enter the contest, but need a vector program, here's an easy, tested way:
http://heart4art.blogspot.com/
If you want to donate to my Bark for Obama fund raising page, go to
Bark4Obama fund-raising . Thanks!
If you want to buy stuff I've designed thus helping me amass some profits to donate to Obama, go to
http://heart4art.blogspot.com/ and find the links to the store.
I absolutely love it that the Obama campaign is sharing creativity, art and inclusive, grassroots culture with so many people with varying talents.
Hope if you needed a little extra creative fun, Obama T shirt design may be some of it for you.