design a penguin book cover
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- paryshnikov
Howdy-
Our magazine (Creativity) and Penguin are teaming up to hold a cover design contest for a forthcoming dystopian novel called "The Island at the End of the World."
I wanted to put the word out to you QBNers who might be interested in the opportunity. It seems like a genuinely awesome way to get your work out there; the book seems like it's going to be pretty popular.
At any rate, scroll down here for more info: http://creativity-online.com/hea…
Thanks for reading and good luck!
Nick Parish, associate editor, Creativity
- neue75_bold0
nice one...
- flavorful0
Pretty neat, thanks for posting.
- cuteneue75_bold
- Better suited as Public Choice, no?flavorful
- Full circle!flavorful
- irony depleted...neue75_bold
- blaw0
I read a good article/interview with the artist of the Marquis de Sade cover featured on that page.
Here it is:
http://tropicaltoxic.blogspot.co…- thanks for posting, that's really coolparyshnikov
- I love Tomer Hanuka's work. I was just reading up about Marquis de Sade and that cover as well (I am bored at work)Jaline
- work right now)Jaline
- horton0
huh what happened to everyone's passionate WILL NOT WORK FOR SPEC rants? why are we applauding this? a contest would maybe be ok for a small time publisher. but Penguin? sounds like another corp taking advantage of artists desire to create.
- I've never had a problem working for spec... Looks like a fun way to spend 20+ hours...neue75_bold
- the fact that it is a huge publisher actually makes it more worthwhile to enter.skt
- some unknown t-shirt company, fuck that. but having a penguin book cover to your name...skt
- < yupneue75_bold
- slutshorton
- it's "whores," thank you very much...neue75_bold
- hoors, thank you very much.skt
- neue75_bold0
beats reading the "Current Time" thread...
- horton0
Mike Cina/ YWFT re. Free Work!?
http://www.youworkforthem.com/bl…- "it is smart sometimes to do free work as you can reach a large audience by doing one small job"skt
- dude should be happy people will still pay him for work...neue75_bold
- Also Cina's rant ... ALL COMPANIES DO THIS FOR ALL THINGS! Everyone tries to get everything for free at first, haha.flavorful
- Do you see parties being sponsored? It's because people ask for free stuff, not because Red Bull wanted to sponsor your shitty party.flavorful
- your shitty party. It's called give-and-take and in some ways it's good, others bad, but not blanketley(sic) either/or.flavorful
- erm.. i don't see skt's quote in Cina's comments?horton
- line 8skt
- oh geez common.. quoted totally out of context... you conveniently missed the "for small companies"horton
- insert b4 skt's quote: "I honestly have nothing against the concept of doing free work for small companies, friends, etc..."horton
- 23kon0
definitely worth spending a wee bit of time on this if you have a good idea in your head.
certainly a lot better than contributing to some pishy collab magazine or tshirt printing site.
havin a pengiun book in the ol folio would be sweet- sure no denying it's a good opportunity for exposure, but it's still wrong.horton
- capsize0
- boudoir, ffs!capsize
- i read a few pages of it, and it was about a 15 year old girl getting taught to rim...skt
- they should have put that on the cover.skt
- if yr in yr outcapsize
- arsey varseycapsize
- I plan on buying this print.Jaline
- Which you can also do at Tomer's website. His work is wonderful.
http://www.monomyth.…Jaline
- flavorful0
I was very disappointed at The Now Corporation after clicking their banner, which was only because I found it very amusing on Creativity's site.
- that banner gets insane clickthrough...its sort of genius....the mouse cutting the meat? so hypnotic...paryshnikov
- Haha yea, but then I get to their site ... and it's asking me to find them on Facebook and doesn't really retain your interest at all.flavorful
- interest at all. 3/4 seconds tops once I got there?flavorful
- I dare say I over-estimate seconds now with my lightning fast reflexes coupled with reaction time.flavorful
- TheFatBaron0
@Horton:
Because the only people who really buy into 'Never Work for Spec' and are really passionate about it, have already made it and don't need to, ever.Oh, sure I think working for Spec is generally a bad idea - but in this case, I think it's ok. 1. You really ARE getting exposure. 2. The company in question does pay quite a bit of money to professionals to do their work. This seems to be more of a one-off situation.
- ok. #2 = valid points. who knows. i still don't like it.. but gotta go work on my entry now. cia.horton
- Yaff0
I heard Penguin pay poorly, even when they do pay.
- i_monk0
I'd work for spec if I had some sort of 'in' or was approached specifically, but this is a blind submission, and without reading the terms and conditions, likely has a sticky agreement that gives them my work for free even if I don't win. Pass.
- dirtydesign0
Probably a good exercise for a recent college grad, but I've got bills to pay.
- MakeBelieve0
just made a submission, even if for a laugh eh...
- Dr_Rand0
sounds like fun
- ESPtype0
i'll enter