As artists, what is your preferred competition submission process: digital hi-res file on a server ( i.e.: Exposé ) OR traditional printed copy via snail mail ( i.e.:Spectrum)
Digital, no doubt. Traditional means copies. They look bad compared to any medium sized jpg that at least show how vibrant and sharp the illustration is.
Digital is easy, less likely to get lost/damaged in the mail, doesn't depend on getting it printed right and expensive and fancy mounting and also saves a tree! Yay!
Digital submissions are great for ease of use - it took forever to send entries from Singapore when I was there, and even in Canada, if I forget to send them in time I have to send prints by FedEx and that costs a lot.
On the other hand, I have found that the competitions with digital submissions tend to only let you upload small files. I don't know how the heck they judge it based on such a tiny picture. Also, you never know what monitors are being used to view the art (or worse, if they project it on a wall). I suppose the argument is that is the work is good enough, it will still stand out, although personally that opens it to a lot of personal bias if you ask me.
Are you entering any next year? Sorta wondering if I should enter the ones I already won again, or whether I should try a couple of different ones, or just forget it. No one's contacted me because I won anything, so I really don't know competitions these days do anything for me apart from make me feel a bit happy, and then a bit pissed I spent so much money...
A gallery show I just did took digital submissions only (and they were juried), but if you were accepted, you HAD to be able to drop off your artwork. They didn't ask for hi-res file though, just a viewable size of the piece to see on the screen.
Spectrum still requires you mailing them a print, but they judge by lining tables with all the art and voting with beans in a cup So they have a submission fee, plus you have to get a print made (more money), then mail the print to them.
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Traditional means copies. They look bad compared to any medium sized jpg that at least show how vibrant and sharp the illustration is.
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On the other hand, I have found that the competitions with digital submissions tend to only let you upload small files. I don't know how the heck they judge it based on such a tiny picture. Also, you never know what monitors are being used to view the art (or worse, if they project it on a wall). I suppose the argument is that is the work is good enough, it will still stand out, although personally that opens it to a lot of personal bias if you ask me.
Are you entering any next year? Sorta wondering if I should enter the ones I already won again, or whether I should try a couple of different ones, or just forget it. No one's contacted me because I won anything, so I really don't know competitions these days do anything for me apart from make me feel a bit happy, and then a bit pissed I spent so much money...
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Spectrum still requires you mailing them a print, but they judge by lining tables with all the art and voting with beans in a cup
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