Communication Arts Illustration Competition 2017
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@mattramsey haha no problem, buddy! I apologize; I've been involved in the advertising industry for the past 20 years where CA is quite well known (at least with 190k readers) and took it for granted that others here would be as familiar. I'll try to be more careful in the future of not making that assumption. Regardless, I'm so glad for you to now know of CA and hope it proves to be another great resource for you!
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@QuietYell Thank you for the heads up on this Scott! - I just entered a single image (the "Friends will guide you to your next opportunity" one) and also a series (my first four wizard of Oz pieces) for the "unpublished" category - i'm sure it is the longest of long shots but it never hurts to try
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@Kevin-Longueil Awesome! Fingers crossed! ....crossed for the next 2 months! Quite awhile before those accepted get notified!
I agree that it's worth a try! Last year, the "unpublished" category had 8 pieces chosen, so that helps with the "odds of getting in." Plus, your work is not only nicely done, but it has "an edge" to it that the ad world likes. If you haven't seen the winners from last year, they are here:
http://www.commarts.com/gallery/Illustration/all/all/2016
Here are just the "unpublished" category ones:
http://www.commarts.com/gallery/illustration/unpublished/all/2016If you scroll through, you'll see that James Yang got in CA last year with his eyeballs on sticks piece. The same piece he uses for the cover of his video here on SVSLearn: Portfolios and Self Promotion - In fact... he even mentioned the CA contest in that video... At 27 minutes in he says, "...Another one is CA which is sort of the standard and bible of the industry. A hard one to get into but if you get in there's a lot of great exposure to big people..." (Also, here's James' other SVS video: Editorial Illustration)
So, again, getting in would be so great! Fingers crossed!
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@Kevin-Longueil Best of luck and keep us posted!
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@QuietYell Thank you again Scott - i am always in awe of how thorough your posts are - really appreciate the kind words too - after looking at the winners from last year i see that i am further out of my depth than i had imagined
really inspiring though - i'll keep at it and maybe level up before next year!@Rebecca-Hirsch Thank you Rebecca! Congratulations to you! I just read Tommy dePaola's review of your excellent piece - "This was the happiest image (for me) in all of the entries...." - that is such great feedback!
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@Kevin-Longueil Thank you!
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@Kevin-Longueil Oh my goodness! Is this you that made the short list?!!!
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@QuietYell Looks like it! Big congrats to @Kevin-Longueil!! Fingers crossed that you make it to the finalistis!
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That is awesome , congrats @Kevin-Longueil
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@QuietYell No Way!!!! Thank you Scott! I just checked it out - I made it into top 1/4
it looks like about 4000 folks entered and the short list is 1258 artists - The first four Wizard of Oz pieces is what made it in - thanks again for the heads up on the competition I never would have entered without you. This was a good day to receive a little boost like that too
@smceccarelli Thank you Simona!
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Major congrats! That is so awesome. And well deserved too--you do great work!
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@Kevin-Longueil Congratulations, buddy! I am so incredibly happy for you. It is difficult to get into CA, and making it through to the shortlist is in of itself quite an amazing honor. It is a joy to have alerted you to this opportunity and see you get this exciting boost! Go Kevin!
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@Kevin-Longueil Wow so exciting! Congrats Kevin!
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Congratulation @Kevin-Longueil , you deserve it! You've done a lot of great work this last year and I think good things are in store for your future as an illustrator
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Oooh big congratulations @Kevin-Longueil! So pleased for you - your work is so very skilled, unique and interesting, and I'm glad to see it get recognition
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@Sarah-LuAnn Thank you Sarah! Really appreciate your kind words (whenever i see your avatar i think of the first third thursday i entered - it was "Jack and the Beanstalk" I though your entry was really great!... i love the woodcut look that you have mastered:)
@Rich-Green Thank you Rich!!
@natiwata Thank you Nat! I don't think it would exaggerating to say that you helped me have the confidence to enter - the conversation we had in the chat a year or so ago really helped me see my work differently - so thank you
@Dulcie Thank you Dulcie!! Really appreciate the kind words -
"We regret to inform you that your work was not selected for this year's annual ....our sincere thanks for entering this year - The Communication Arts Team" - Got this polite message today
Thanks again everyone -
@Kevin-Longueil oh so close! sorry to hear that you didn't get into the annual itself; however, very happy for you to have made it to the shortlist, which is difficult in of itself to get to.
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Herzlichen Glückwunsch - Congratulations - also from my side!!! I am so happy for you!
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@Kevin-Longueil ooops... I hope you don’t misunderstand my last post. The congrats are for the short list, which is awesome.
