I <3 Blogging Design Contest
We’ve teamed up with the crew at Infectious for the first-ever “I ❤ Blogging” design contest!
Show off your creative talent and express why you love blogging (and WordPress) through an original design, to be printed and sold on laptop and iPhone skins to adoring bloggers everywhere.
Winning designs will be sold in the Infectious store and shown off on the backs of laptops and iPhones the world over. Winners are chosen by community vote on Infectious, with the final say made by an all-star judging panel: Matt Mullenweg, Matt Thomas, Derek Powazek, and Team Infectious.
Check out the awesome prizes in store for the winners (that could be you!):
Grand Prize Winner will receive:
- $400 cash
- $400 of Infectious products
- WordPress hoodie
- WordPress mug
- WordPress t-shirts
- 5% of net sales from the skin design
Other Winners will receive:
- $100 cash
- $400 of Infectious products
- WordPress t-shirts
- 5% of net sales from the skin design
The contest begins today and ends on March 31, giving you plenty of time to get those gears working and submit your design for consideration.
Looking for some inspiration? Browse through the official WordPress logos and graphics page.
If you’re anxious to show off your love for blogging, you can buy this rad iPhone skin designed exclusively for the “I ❤ Blogging” contest for less than the cost of a space upgrade.
Design on!
UPDATE 2/4: Designs submitted to the contest must be created in Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop CS or higher. Check out the submission guidelines for more details.
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What kind of design? Just a drawing?
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The sky’s the limit, as long as it fits the laptop skin format. Check out this page for more details.
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What if I don’t love blogging… Can I still submit to the contest?
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Anyone is welcome to submit to the contest, but beware: we have a sincerity detector 😛
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may i join it…
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nice!
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Sounds great, will definitely check it out!
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Im going to participate dude
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cool
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Yea what kind of design
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Any kind 🙂 This getting started page lays out the steps for submitting a laptop design to the contest.
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This contest is a cool idea that will probably lead to a creativity outburst in the wordpress.com graphics community. Good on you!
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haha sincerity director…i love it.
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WOOT I’m going to try!
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Great idea for iPhone skin…however, I keep mine tucked into a little black case…the winning design available in a protective iPhone case would be doubly good…
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can we design more than one?
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Yes! You’re free to submit as many as you like (though we suggest going to quality over quantity).
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What a great idea – it will surely be nice to see how creative people can be 🙂
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Sounds cool.
random question:
do we have to tell you guys our REAL NAME to enter?
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Your submission will display with the name and username that you use to sign up on Infectious.com.
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haven’t tried it yet but i think i should start making some drawing soon. ^^
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Nice. 😉
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I can’t wait to see what people come up with! (Especially seeing as I have no ideas coming to mind right now.)
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Woaw… I’ll try.
Let’s design…
go… go… go…
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wow fun and a possibility to make some sweet coin! =D
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This is a awesome fun idea… umm so anything?? I think I might try, just I have to use my schools mac lab, since I have no mac..
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i dont get it! what do we have to do?
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If you want to enter the design contest, follow these instructions to see what you need to do to get started.
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WOW! looks cool!
can’t wait to see who’s going to win!
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I will try my best!!!
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this contest is good event… n many people can be…..
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I think I’m going to try it out. It’s worth a shot, right?
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Sweet, can’t wait. I might have a go at it 🙂
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Sounds like fun! xD
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nice job
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Cool!
-Woton
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The power to do more
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I am from indonesia….Quetions Im from indonesia Only Join this competition???. Sorry I am Bad Speking englis?
but i am Undesten your write…
Thanks
VIVA WORDPRESS INDONESIA COMUNITY
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The contest is open to anyone with access to the Internet and Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop 🙂 Have fun!
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Great idea, i m really happy to see interesting stuff coming. will surely take part in the contest. More than a contest, its an incident to have many new ideas for me.
Good going wp
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good example of creativity!!!
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we’re in the middle of a chain reaction……channelizing..!
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that’s amazing
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gr8 stuff .. !!
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nice, btw how many entry submissions allowed?
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You’re free to submit as many as you like (though we suggest going to quality over quantity).
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You can submit as many designs as you like.
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i’ve checked the details page. does it have to be Photoshop? what if i use another image editor software… like GIMP, for instance. can i submit my work which done by GIMP?
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Infectious templates work with Adobe™ Illustrator or Photoshop CS or higher.
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definitely gonna try it 🙂
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Too bad I can draw! 😦 Looking forward to see all the wicked designs 🙂
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Hey I want to see what comes out of this – another cool idea from WordPress
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contest? oh, no. not me. pass this time.
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good luck, who’s the candidate
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You! Or anyone else who wants to contribute a design.
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Nice contest
May be I will submit something.
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I accept your challenge!
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coolio! =]
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i’m just newbie . can i join ?
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The contest is open to everyone. You don’t need to do anything to join. Check out this page to learn how to get started.
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Good news.
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Nice, I have a cool idea, wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I love it
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Nice!
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im gonna join this contest…
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nice…
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cool post
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This is great!! I will join in!! 😀
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This is a wonderful idea!
Are multiple entries allowed ? I’ve got a nice idea for a series of images.
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Yep! You’re free to submit as many as you like (though we suggest going to quality over quantity).
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what kind of design….?
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Any kind! Check out the getting started page for full submission guidelines.
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Awesomeness lol
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sounds fun! me in!
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Ooo! I’m so excited!
awesome wp!
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can i use fireworks..?
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The getting started page suggests Adobe™ Illustrator or Photoshop CS or higher.
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This is just the creative kick in the butt I need. Winning anything may be a longshot, but doing something can only be good.
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Cool idea 🙂
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Crowd sourcing! What a neat idea…
~MadSilence
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OK! Syukron
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This is going to be interesting.
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this looks cool. will try my hand at it!
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me interesa (I’m intersted)…. sorry about my english 🙂
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I am new to this, so I will just sit back and enjoy the show!
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چه ایده جالبی !!! زنده باد وردپرس
it means:
what an interesting idea!!! viva wordpress
hamid @ Iran – persian
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I think is a good idea, but im not going to participate.
Worpress rocks =)
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I’m gonna win. 😛
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ok,its good idea..
this contest will make so tallenty for blogger
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Sounds cool!
~Bodge101~
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I actually changed and individualized my blogs header picture and brushed one google earth screenshot to green up my city. But i’m not interrested in skins for notebook or iphone. Nevertheless nice idea. 😉
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Not very open source, or linux friendly – heard of the the gimp? thought not its a graphics program.
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If you’d like to suggest changes to the submission guidelines, please contact Infectious.
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If that’s all you have just email us the Gimp files and we’ll convert it for you.
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ooo sounds good. I’ll go for it! 😀
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Sweet a Design Contest! Awesome! But, I know I could probally join, but I don’t want to. Lol, I’m not a good web-designer guy! Anyways, i think commenting on WordPress Posts that are official will probally help my site! Maybe… Well, great idea WordPress, I think this contest is awesome! 😉
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are there any specifications needed? like, what size, resolution, color, etc? 🙂
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Please read through the submission guidelines for info on design specifications.
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Is it ok to use the the I ❤ Blogging design as an icon for a facebook group (local blogging group- not for profit..) New to this and unsure of copyright/ettiquette….
thanks
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That logo was created by a member on Infectious. You will need to contact him for permission to use the image.
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This sounds really cool! I’m gonna try! 😀
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exciting! 🙂
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That’s good competition for blogger, god willing i’ll try
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Can any one help me out in listing the software on which we can play, and shape our thoughts more beautifully.
User friendly and nice.
Thanks in advance !!
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Submissions must be created in Photoshop or Illustrator CS or higher. Check out the submission guidelines for more details.
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Wow, I’ll open up Photoshop and try my hardest!
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Ho! Goood
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it’s so cool
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hello everybody!
one question…can we use images taken from other sources (ex: google images, flikr, deviantart etc.) ???
thnx a lot!
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You need to own the copyright or otherwise have permission to use any images that you include in your design. Check out this list of FAQ to learn more about submission guidelines on Infectious.
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wwwooowww ..
how to submit my design?
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Follow these submission guidelines.
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oh my gosh! this is cool! let me see if i can design some… hehee…
How many designs can we submit?
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There is no limit on the number of designs you can submit.
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i just got on. So i’ll see how you big guys do it first. i’ll learn soon enough.
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and one more thing…can we work at the high resolution? 1300×1600 px?
and… how many winners will there be? or there isn’t a fixed number?
cheers, alex
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Check out the submission guidelines for help with dimensions, etc. There is no determined number of winners at this point. That will depend on the quality of the awesome work you all submit 🙂
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I like the Journalist V. 1.9. But may I have some changes in text colour and background colour. Also, can I change the HMTL myself?
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You can customize your blog using the CSS Upgrade.
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That’s wonderful! good luck to all!
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