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Title: DIRT MAG - Cover Competition
Post by: Custard. on August 18, 2008, 12:55:21 PM
Just saw Dirtmag are running a competition to design a new cover for an issue of dirt.
If you win, gets published etc.
I know theres a fair few arty guys on here so thought id make you aware if youve got enough spare time to give it a go.
Heres my first attempt :

(http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/3486/dirtcoverfn4.jpg)


Title: Re: DIRT MAG - Cover Competition
Post by: Rider on August 18, 2008, 13:08:35 PM
Youve put "Whistler- Ninja Cougar" twice by the way... but it looks really good other than that.


Title: Re: DIRT MAG - Cover Competition
Post by: Custard. on August 18, 2008, 14:24:17 PM
oh yeh yeh cheers will change.
Was copy and pasting / rearranging and obviously forgot to delete !
Thanks for the pointer haha.
 :)


Title: Re: DIRT MAG - Cover Competition
Post by: Aiken on August 18, 2008, 14:29:11 PM
Is the 2012 meant to have the forward slash and question mark after it?

But I like the air miles idea and design. Veryyy impressive!


Title: Re: DIRT MAG - Cover Competition
Post by: mattyh222 on August 18, 2008, 14:44:28 PM
pretty sweet! ive got an hour to waste might do me one, ive been meaning to have a crack for ages now!


Title: Re: DIRT MAG - Cover Competition
Post by: Custard. on August 18, 2008, 15:12:37 PM
Quote from: Aiken
Is the 2012 meant to have the forward slash and question mark after it?

Yeh yeh, deliberate. Dont quite know why. I always do it and after looking through a few of my old dirt mags for ideas so do they haha.
I always use weird punctuation (in an attempt for it to look good ? i dont really know  :-\)
Im still working on it so thats not a final design, bit stuck for ideas atm.
Also didnt know what titles to use ? they dont give you any. So just made up aload of storys ?


Title: Re: DIRT MAG - Cover Competition
Post by: Alexxxx on August 18, 2008, 18:25:52 PM
Quote from: Aiken
Is the 2012 meant to have the forward slash and question mark after it?

Yeh yeh, deliberate. Dont quite know why. I always do it and after looking through a few of my old dirt mags for ideas so do they haha.
I always use weird punctuation (in an attempt for it to look good ? i dont really know  :-\)

they are called mistakes ;)

:P

other than that, looks pretty impressive :)

Alexxxx


Title: Re: DIRT MAG - Cover Competition
Post by: B3N on August 18, 2008, 18:33:41 PM
old....this comp has been going for ages, im not certain but i think its closed/theyve forgotten about it.


Title: Re: DIRT MAG - Cover Competition
Post by: WDH on August 19, 2008, 11:11:02 AM
Ye i entered this a few months ago. My entry was up with a load of others on their but i think its either over or they have forgotten its on. Unless theres a new article about it put up on the dirt site.


Title: Re: DIRT MAG - Cover Competition
Post by: Jeron on August 19, 2008, 11:15:22 AM
Pretty sure this comp is over?


Title: Re: DIRT MAG - Cover Competition
Post by: chodjinn on August 19, 2008, 11:16:10 AM
I would have thought the content needs more addressing than the chuffin' front cover.  Used to love that mag, its been shite for years now though.


Title: Re: DIRT MAG - Cover Competition
Post by: DIRT-HQ on August 19, 2008, 16:45:26 PM
old....this comp has been going for ages, im not certain but i think its closed/theyve forgotten about it.
It's old, but it's still going...we haven't forgotten. We will be picking a winner at some point!


Title: Re: DIRT MAG - Cover Competition
Post by: intothedown1 on August 19, 2008, 20:36:34 PM
*Goes off to post that design and enter competition* I have the imagination of a digestive biscuit you see....

I bought dirt once, I found it had no real writing but loads of awesome pictures, well thats compared to MBUK.


Title: Re: DIRT MAG - Cover Competition
Post by: CallumSwift on August 20, 2008, 10:16:23 AM
Here is my version I did last night




Title: Re: DIRT MAG - Cover Competition
Post by: Pete.. on August 20, 2008, 10:18:50 AM
Callum wins! f'ing awsum!


Title: Re: DIRT MAG - Cover Competition
Post by: CallumSwift on August 20, 2008, 11:24:15 AM
or this one, cant decide which I prefer


Title: Re: DIRT MAG - Cover Competition
Post by: Razor on August 20, 2008, 11:28:15 AM
^^^^^^^^

That one, the first looks like the picture has been turned 90 degrees.


Title: Re: DIRT MAG - Cover Competition
Post by: Rider on August 20, 2008, 11:29:59 AM
I like the design of both but i also think that in both the photos let them down.


Title: Re: DIRT MAG - Cover Competition
Post by: CallumSwift on August 20, 2008, 11:49:37 AM
^^^^^^^^

That one, the first looks like the picture has been turned 90 degrees.

it does actually! but i promise it wasnt, look at the shrubs in the bottom, it was taken on a very steep berm.
Unfortunatly as im usually videoing I never really get a chance to take photos so I was very limited.
the second photo was taken by Sven Martin but he only emailed me low res ones for the moment

Callum