Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

I was tasked to comeup with 2 icons for the project I am working on. . . you know, a 'favicon.ico' thingy. I am not an artist and i have my plate full with just trying to keep up with functional change requests.

So I was given permission to offer up a contest to the dirty community

So here it is, design two icons:
16×16px & 32×32px (either 8-bit or 24-bit) PNG format

they can be the same image, just looking for clarity in the smaller one fit hey happen to be both.

US$100 to the artist who designs the winning pair!

Information regarding the application can be found here:

http://dhims.health.mil/docs/factsheet-HAIMS.pdf

Winning icon will be considered a work of the US Federal Government and will, therefore, be in the public domain.

This is a real application - an integral part the largest healthcare information system currently in production.


No guarantee the icons will become the part of the final release, but who knows.

PM me to enter

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

I am a huge believer in this:
http://www.no-spec.com/

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

Yeah. . well if we were looking for a full on branded theme. . . maybe.

So, show me an example of your work.
May be we'll pay you to come up with 10 items to pick from

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

And I also assumed anyone who was serious had handfuls of doodles/ideas perhaps ready to throw against the wall to see if anything stuck.

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

My garden grass is really long.

I'm opening a contest to see who can my lawn the best.

All you have to do is pitch up and give it a cut and possibly trim the edges too.

The winner will win a prize but let me decide in my own way who will win.

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

well this was the winner

now lets see how many of you fucktards whine "oh that sucks. . I could of done better"

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1335/...fc597a3f_z.jpg

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

Now that's a great way for you to get me to interact and want to work with you.

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

Don't worry.... didn't want to work with you as you obviously have no concept of scope

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

:O

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

you shouldn't use the word 'contest' when you mean 'work for free'

Why does everyone think the design community enjoys doing contests?!

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

it was a fucking icon
It was open to anyone with any aesthetic talent.

I though someone could use 100 bucks.

Does the same go for remix contests?

Fucktards

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

Christ. . . this really pisses me off. . .

Any self proclaimed member of "the design community" who was serious about making a living at it would have at the ready things they have already created, and the only work needed would be to make a 32x32 png out of it, thereby turning an unpaid work into a commodity.

fucktard art snobs.

I hope you don't have children depending on you for food and shelter.

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

I think youre being a bit harsh on bas_i_am. $100 for an icon is fair isnt it? Maybe he could have worded things better but it is what it is (or was). Give him a break.

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

as a designer, i'm not fond of going thru contests, specially regarding delicate things as logos or icons. i don't mind helping either and i think it was better to ask for help and 'hiring' someone instead of putting all of the choices in contest for a prize.

logos need development, it's not a thing of making one. sometimes it's a thing of going through 200 to 400 logos until you find the one.

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

Well. . . if this were a commercial product, I would totally agree. As it is a publically funded GOTS product, I can think of better things on which to spend taxpayer money.

We never contracted to design a logo. As a taxpayer, I would be a little irritated if we had.

As far as I am concerned, the DHIMs logo http://dhims.ha.osd.mil/images/bg-logoLink.png was more than adequate.

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

regarding that image, that ain't a logo per se. it's like a seal more than a logo. what would work as a logo and icon in reduced size would be the globe with the lifeline on.

where's my prize?

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

Unfortunately, this contest was either beneath you, or required too much unpaid work, for you to actually enter. Looking at your website, I believe you probably could have implemented that design in about 2-5 minutes.

On the other hand, you seem to have enjoyed wasting time engaging in supercilious dialog. But, it appears you got screwed a few times in the past entering contests.
Sorry to hear that. You probably would have won. Maybe next time you wont be so patronizing.

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

This thread seemed strangely familiar to me, but then I remembered where I'd read a similar exchange...

http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p2.html

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

oh well, your loss. yeah, i could have expended 5mins in a logo, but my work goes a long way into doing something worthwhile.

and my work is serious. i don't enter contests because i refuse to waste my views over some people who lack or don't have the same vision as i. also, prolly i took 2 minutes to write both messages, so i don't believe i actually wasted some vital time in doing that. enough blahblah, good luck with your quest.

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

yeah, that, totally.

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

The music contest is a real one. Its not looking to have people make remixes so that they can avoid paying someone do to so, but rather have unnamed talents get exposed.

Design contests (and *maybe* not this one so much) are all about exploitation. Its about getting 20-30 comps to choose from rather than paying someone for their expertise and 2-3 comps. It happens all the time, and it belittles our industry.

Did I go overboard with your case? probably and I apologize, but my gut reaction to reading your post did make me react negatively. I see it often.

Some of these design contests even have the gaul to say that any submissions are property of the company running the contest.

Re: Contest! Need icon(s) for Web Application (A real one)
 

Apology accepted. . and please accept mine.

Been dealing with government testers for the past 3 weeks who fail functional requirements over things such as they don't like the tool tip on a data row (despite the fact we have given them the ability to set any string to what ever they want)