NEoN character design competition winners announced
Following over 500 entries, the winning character designs for the NEoN International digital arts festival competition have been announced.
The competition challenged entrants to create a unique design within a simple template which would tie in with the festival’s theme of 'character'.
The winners are:
Industry Guru category: David Rafael Leyva Silva, Illustrator, 37 years old, Peru. Character name : Guzzler
Layperson category: Ivana Strukelj, Copywriter, 30 years old, Croatia. Character name : neOne-eyed Fred
For the kids category: Josh Beech, Student, 16 years old, Lincolnshire. Character name: Dot
The winner of each category will receive £100 cash prize, NEoN conference tickets, have their design uploaded to the Teetonic online gallery, have their design appear on NEoN marketing material and have their design printed on all NEoN staff t-shirts.
Meanwhile, a further nine entries from each category have been selected by the NEoN judging panel to be entered into the Top Thirty T Shirt Competition, which is being run in conjunction with online T-shirt retailer Teetonic.
"The response to the competition has been overwhelming. We had anticipated quite a lot of interest, thanks to the line-up of artists and designers taking part in this year's festival, but we were not prepared for the hundreds and hundreds of entries which poured in, from all around the world. We're thrilled that so many people took the time to think about festival and create their own design. We'll be putting ALL of the entries up online for the world to see as soon as we possibly can. We'd also like to say a huge thank you to everyone who entered," said Donna Holford-Lovell, chair of the NEoN organising committee.
"I have been overwhelmed by the quality and sheer quantity of entries to this competition. With over 500 entries from all corners of the world, judging this competition has been a very difficult task indeed but this has been my highlight of the NEoN 10 build up so far!" said Lyall Bruce, of Sooper Double D and member of the NEoN judging panel which included design duo, TADO, Scott Downie of Hungry Boy, and the highly respected designer, Fraser Maclean, among others."
The full entry gallery is available to view online.