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Take every person on the planet that’s evangelical about crowdsourcing. Take the managers of Fortune 1000 companies. Take a convention centre in L.A, add excitement, new developments and the launch of a (as yet unnamed) new crowdsourcing company. Mix together, shake vigorously and what do you get? Crowdopolis 2012, of course! Bringing the many talking heads of Fortune 1000 companies and leading lights in the crowdsource sector together, Crowdopolis is the brainchild of DailyCrowdSource provides the lowdown on the effect crowdsourcing will have on advertising, tech and content marketing in the next three years. Taking place on July 19th, there’s probably no better place on the planet to be if you’d like to take the pulse of what’s about to go large online. And what’s more our CEO, Eran Eyal, is a speaker at the event and will be on hand to give delegates insights from the Springleap perspective. Can you say ‘industry leaders?’ Damn straight! After all, with online marketing now a long-established force to be reckoned with, the next phase in creating engagement is where the real action happens – at the coalface where consumers and brands interact. With Fortune 1000 company managers speaking on their experience and leading crowdsourcing providers sharing their insights, this is one networking and learning opportunity no-one with an interest in this dynamic part of the web should miss. More info? Go: Crowdopolis
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Duncan Boxie is leaving the building shoutOut 2 weeks ago by Duncan Boxshall-Smith in wordUp |
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So long and thanks for all the designs! :)
............................... 'LEAVING THE BUILDING' POSTINGS:
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Experience the amazing everyday!
Nokia is calling on designers to show off their talent in the search for the perfect design to pimp the Nokia Developer community.
Nokia’s new Lumia range stretches beyond the limits of what you have come to expect from a smartphone, and truly embraces design as a fundamental to great user experiences.
The Lumia range is the first to be powered by Windows Phone software and incorporates a slick user interface, created using the unique Metro Style design inspired by Bauhaus. 
It is super intuitive and makes for fluid interactivity and lightning-fast connectivity driving the experience of Easier-Faster-Funner.
Springleap and Nokia have come together to bring you a contest bursting with vibrant colour and intense creativity.
Springleap designers will get the chance to help grow the Nokia Developer community by visualizing and expressing the ‘personality’ of the app developers through the design brilliance of the new Lumia.
Nokia is looking for developers to “Illuminate the Lumia” by getting involved with creating amazing apps for these award winning new smartphones.
Show us your vision of the Lumia, Windows Phone and most importantly Nokia Developer, as they illuminate a whole new world of possibilities!
YOUR MISSION:
The main focus of this design contest is to inspire the Nokia Developer base by creating a t-shirt design that appeals to app developers and illustrates what being a Nokia 
Developer is all about. Nokia Developers are proud technologists, but are trendy and adventurous. They live life fully and translate their adventure experiences into great apps and games.
People should see your t-shirt design and instantly recognize the wearer as a Nokia Developer or associate it with the brand.
Show us your vision of the Lumia, Windows Phone and Nokia Developer. Always keep in mind that your design must include 3 important aspects:
1. Lumia (illuminate/light/Metro Style/Bauhaus)
2. Imagination (new ideas/innovation/smart apps/inspiration/outside the box/infographics)
3. Mobile (experience & device)
THE BRIEF:
Designers are asked to create submissions that incorporates the above-mentioned aspects: “Lumia + Imagination + Mobile”.
The new Nokia Lumia range incorporates the unique Metro Style design into both the overall brand, as well as its user interface, to simplify its navigation and give it a clean modern look.
Designers may use the Metro Style design when creating their artwork, either as an inspiration or as the basis of their designs. You have complete freedom to create and express your concept for the perfect Nokia Developer t-shirt!
Your design must be bright and colourful - we do not want to see any boring black and white designs.
The idea is to express the vibrant energy of this amazing device and its community!
Your design must be placed on a BLACK t-shirt. Think of the black t-shirt as if it were the pure black screen of the new Lumia, with your illuminating, bright, colourful design placed onto it.Submissions must work as t-shirt designs, but should also translate well into various other touch points!
Where possible, we would like the various logos to feature: Nokia Developer and Windows Phone. The most important logo is the Nokia Developer logo, as the t-shirt designs should be a statement that “I am a Nokia Developer”.
The most important thing to remember is that designs must differentiate ‘Nokia with Windows Phone’ from simply ‘Windows Phone’. The design must be about being a Nokia Developer.
To get a better understanding of the Nokia Lumia, watch the inspirational videos below:
DeadMau5 Launch
CONTEST DO’s & DON'Ts:
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Designers must use the BLACK t-shirt template from the Springleap.com Submission Kit.
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Incorporate the Nokia Developer with Windows Phone logos as appropriate – with preference to the Nokia Developer logo. These can be found in the downloadable iconography pack on the submissions page.
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Designs must be versatile and work as a t-shirt design, but should also translate well to various other touch points.
Find out more about the Nokia Lumia by visiting the Nokia website, Facebook page and on Twitter via the links below:
Nokia Website
TIME TO BE AWESOME!!!
DATES:
Submission period:
17 April 2012 –11 June 2012
Voting period:
28 May 2012 –26 June 2012
Winner announced:
27 June 2012
PRIZES:
1st - US$ 2000 (R15000)
2nd - US$ 400 (R 3 000)
3rd - US$ 300 (R 2 000)
RULES:
1. No obscenities or hate speech.
2. Only original works will be accepted.
3. Incorporate the Nokia Developer & Windows Phone logos as appropriate – with preference to the Nokia Developer logo.
4. Black t-shirts only.
5. Each designer may submit up to five (5) designs.
6. Winners will be chosen by the Springleap design panel, in conjunction with Nokia SA.
7. Standard Springleap and Nokia Terms & Conditions apply over and above.
8. Nokia SA operates independently from Springleap.com and all commercial transactions completed through Springleap are in no way linked to Nokia SA. All queries relating to this contest and the website should be directed through Springleap.com
9. Nokia SA and Springleap reserve the right to request the high-resolution artwork of any entry submitted into the “Illuminate the Lumia” design contest for non-commercial benefit, such as media covering the process.
10. The contest will run from 17 April 2012 to 11 June 2012. The Springleap community will vote on designs from 28 May to 26 June 2012. Final winners will be chosen by a panel and announced on 27 June 2012 via the Springleap.com website and Facebook page, as well as Nokia SA website and Facebook page. The winning designs are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
11. Prizes are not transferable.
12. All designs submitted outside office hours, over weekends and on public holidays, will take longer to approve.
Get started on your designs by downloading the Springleap Design Submission Kit and get designing!
Confused or uncertain about anything? Post your questions about “Illuminating the Lumia” theme contest below or click our online support button to the left of our header.
Good Luck & Happy Designing!
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Hi there guys and girls,
Some of you may have already heard the good news but The Glass Recycling Company has decided to extend the voting period for their ‘Glass Going Green’ contest. This great news for community - they will now have more time to cast their votes and have their say on the super-cool submissions that have come through.
Voting has been extended until Friday 18 May 2012.
The winner will now be announced on Monday 21 May.
Designers, this is likewise a golden opportunity for you to promote your designs and get some extra points on the board. Tell your friends and family to get involved and lend you a helping hand….go social media crazy, hehe.
Spread the word and get your vote on!
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Hi there guys and girls .
Its time for another thrilling Springleap OPEN THEME contest!
NO specific theme, only regular guidelines apply! You know the drill NO OBSCENITY, NO HATE SPEECH…all that jazz.
This is your chance to show us your creativity on your own terms. Don’t be shy – just put it out there! Let the world be your inspiration. We wanna see what lives within your artistic mind.
You can submit up to 5 designs so go wild! The more designs you submit the greater chances you have of winning!
So, get designing peeps. The time is now to show us what you got!
One winner will receive
… 4 printed t-shirts, a cash prize – US$500 (R4000)
DATES TO DIARISE:
Submissions period:
10 May 2012 - 29 May 2012
Voting period:
31 May 2012 - 17 June 2012
Winner is announced:
18 June 2012
You could be the next winner on Springleap.com and gain exposure for yourself! You also stand a chance of winning amazing prizes and loads of cash .
Winners will now be chosen using votes as an indicator. The top 10 voted designs will get the golden stamp of approval and go in for review . The final verdict will come down to our esteemed design panel here at Springleap . For those that don’t win, you still stand a chance to have your designs printed! We’ll be keeping all top 10 designs in our re-seller catalogue and who knows we could be printing and selling your designs nationwide!
Everyone WINS!!
In order to get started on your designs download the Springleap t-shirt Submission Kit and get started right away!
Confused or uncertain about anything?
Post your questions about the OPEN THEME competition below or click our online 'support button' to the left of our header.
Good Luck and Happy Designing!
The Springleap.com Team
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That’s a wrap!
The Stimorol Refreshing Packaging Design contest has come full circle and Stimorol has chosen their 3 amazing winners!
Congratulations to D4rkw1ng for scooping the grand prize with his absolutely eye-popping Elemental_Stimulation. This design was always going to be a huge contender. The moment it came through it began racking up the votes at a furious pace and earned massive praise from the community. The execution of this design had great balance, making good use of its predominantly black aesthetic and differentiating shape patterns. Very striking and a worthy winner indeed!
Take 5 by Stacen Moodley is our second place winner. This submission has something truly special about it. As Stacen wrote in his design’s story, this design is bursting with “Energy & Movement”…we couldn’t agree more. He used a super-modern design element which employed slick lines to create an impressive sense of 
depth. His Air Rush designs likewise hit with blinding motion, which captured the essence of this range perfectly.
Our third place winner Mzanzi Style created by Lindybug used its bright colours and supreme character power to draw attention and loads of votes. This is the kind of design that just can’t help make you smile from ear-to-ear. We can see this design working nicely for a full-on summer campaign. Talk about an overwhelming burst of uplifting personality!
Thanks you to all the designers who participated in this contest. Stimorol ‘Refreshing Packaging Design’ was most certainly a mile-stone contest for us and proves that our talented community has what it takes to knock a packaging design brief out of the park!
The huge amount of high quality designs stands testament to our designer’s skill and we look forward to the next contest of this type.
Once again well done to our winners, you have done a top-notch job!!!
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Putting glass to good use:
It is time for designers to step-up and help lead the way to a better, cleaner tomorrow. Glass recycling is an efficient form of ‘green living’ and we need YOU to use your design skills to show the world just how important it is to our future!
These days everybody talks about global warming and pollution, but we are left asking the question - what can we really do to help?
One of the answers to this question lies in recycling, especially when it comes to important materials such as glass. It is fundamental that every single man, woman and child on Earth begins to understand the importance of recycling and how they can make a positive change!
Organisations such as The Glass Recycling Company are on a mission to raise awareness around the importance of glass recycling and how vital it is to regenerating our environment, which is under attack from extreme pollution and by those who are not yet educated in its importance.
‘Glass going Green’ is a contest where you are not only tasked with creating an amazing t-shirt design, but more importantly, making a difference and educating the public to recycle glass.
Designers are in a unique position as you are on the forefront of ‘green living’, recycling and incorporating sustainable solutions. Who better to educate the world through clever thought provoking submissions than our own amazing designers?!
Facts about The Glass Recycling Company:
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The Glass Recycling Company is South Africa’s national organisation responsible for promoting the reuse of glass and facilitating the recovery of waste glass for recycling.
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This in order to protect the environment and effect sustainable environmental improvements and at the same time create income generation opportunities for unemployed individuals and in particular for historically disadvantaged South Africans.
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The Glass Recycling Company offers assistance and support to entrepreneurs with an interest in running their own glass recycling business. The organisation has helped set up 900 new entrepreneurs throughout the country. As a result of this these entrepreneurs are actively involved in creating income generating opportunities for thousands of individuals through the repurchase of waste glass.
The Glass Recycling Company’s mission statement is “to promote the sustainable recycling of glass to protect our environment”.
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The Company’s vision is “to ensure that glass recycling is sustainable and environmentally friendly”.
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The organisation’s strategic objectives include increasing the recycling rate of glass through marketing communications and capacity building
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This company does not recycle the glass itself – rather it promotes and increases the recovery of waste glass for recycling by creating awareness about the importance of protecting the environment.
Facts about glass recycling:
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Recycling reduces the demand for raw materials. There is no shortage of the materials used, but they do have to be quarried, meaning that there are environmental advantages to recovering and recycling glass. For every tonne of recycled glass used, 1.2 tonnes of raw materials are preserved.
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Glass is 100% recyclable and can be recycled endlessly without losing or compromising its quality, purity and clarity.
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The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle can run a 100-watt light bulb for one hour. It also causes 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution than when a new bottle is made from raw materials.
- Recycling two bottles saves enough energy to boil water for five cups of tea. Energy costs drop between 2-3% for every 10% recycled glass used in the glass manufacturing process.
YOUR MISSION:
The central aim of this contest is to create an eco-friendly t-shirt design that illustrates the importance of glass recycling and the positive effect it can have on our environment.
This is your chance to get involved in a worthy cause and help educate the global community about how they can aid in saving our beautiful planet through glass recycling!
THE BRIEF:
Create a design that helps raise awareness for the glass recycling movement and the importance of recycling for our environment.
Your design must focus on glass recycling only. No other packaging materials or recyclables, such as plastic and cans,should be included.
The key focus is to portray glass recycling as a positive activity!
CONTEST DO’s & DON'Ts:
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Designs may incorporate the official Glass Recycling Company logo and official colours, or be a completely new graphic.
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Designers can use ANY color from the Springleap.com T-shirt Submission Kit.
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The primary focus is to be on glass recycling as a positive activity.
- Design submissions must centre on glass recycling only. No other recycled materials, such as plastic or cans.
Find out more about The Glass Recycling Company by visiting their website, Facebook page and on Twitter via the links below:
Website: http://www.theglassrecyclingcompany.co.za/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheGlassRecyclingCo
Twitter: @TGRC
DATES:
Submission period: 
12 March 2012 - 23 April 2012
Voting period:
16 April 2012 - 18 May 2012
Winner announced:
21 May 2012
PRIZES:
1st - US$1800 (R15000)
2nd - US$ 400 (R 3 000)
3rd - US$ 300 (R 2 000)
RULES:
1. No obscenities or hate speech.
2. Only original works will be accepted.
3. Including an official element or logo of The Glass Recycling Company is optional.
4. Colours: If you decide to use the corporate colors, please use the correct pantones as specified in the iconography pack
5. Each designer may submit up to five (5) designs.
6. Winners will be chosen by the Springleap design panel, in conjunction with The Glass Recycling Company.
7. Standard Springleap and The Glass Recycling Company Terms & Conditions apply over and above.
8. The Glass Recycling Company operates independently from Springleap.com and all commercial transactions completed through Springleap are in no way linked to The Glass Recycling Company. All queries relating to this contest and their website should be directed through Springleap.com
9. The Glass Recycling Company and Springleap reserve the right to request the high-resolution artwork of any entry submitted into the “Glass going Green” design contest for non-commercial benefit, such as media covering the process.
10. The contest will run from 27 February 2012 to 30 April 2012. Winners will be chosen by a panel from 02 April 2012. Final winners will be chosen and announced on 30 April 2012 via the Springleap.com website and Facebook page, as well as The Glass Recycling Company website and Facebook page. The winning designs are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
11. Prizes are not transferable.
Get started on your designs by downloading the Springleap Design Submission Kit and get designing!
Confused or uncertain about anything? Post your questions about “Glass going Green” theme contest below or click our online support button to the left of our header.
Good Luck & Happy Designing!
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Empowering a new generation of South African girls!
In 1956, 20,000 women marched in Pretoria to petition against a strengthening of the Pass Laws in South Africa.
THE BRIEF:
We’re looking for that one special design embodying passion and resilience, with a hint of provocative creativity to revive misconceptions surrounding feminism. The winning design should reflect strength, pride and courage with a female touch. The movers and shakers in the world that believe in sport for girls will wear this shirt with pride!
CONTEST DO’s & DON'Ts:
1. DO: Incorporate the Girls & Football SA logo. This can be found in the downloadable iconography pack on the submissions page.
2. Design must be suitable for a white, grey or black background.
Get started on your designs by downloading the Springleap T-shirt submission Kit.
Find out more about Girls & Football SA by visiting their website, Facebook page and by watching their EMPOWERMENT VIDEO.
(NOTE: We are experiencing issues with uploading the iconography pack, so should you want to get started with your design before we manage to fix it, please email duncan@springleap.com and he will send you the necessary pack via email.)
TIME TO BE AWESOME!!!
PRIZES:
The winning design will be transformed into Girls & Football SA apparel worn by all movers and shakers who believe in the power of sport for girls, and the designer who scores the winning goal will be awarded a prize of $2000, media coverage and recognition for winning in South Africa’s first national design contest for girls and women.
1st - US$ 2000 (R15000)
2nd - US$ 400 (R 3 000)
3rd - US$ 300 (R 2 000
DATES:
Submission period:
02 May 2012 –01 August 2012
Voting period:
09 July 2012 – 08 August 2012
Winner announced:
09 August 2012
NOTE: All dates and times are based on GMT+2 and deadlines end at midnight GMT+2 on the given dates.
RULES:
1. No obscenities or hate speech.
2. Only original works will be accepted.
3. Designs should incorporate the Girls & Football SA logo.
4. Designs must be suitable for a white, grey or black background.
5. Each designer may submit up to five (5) designs.
6. Final winners will be chosen by the Springleap design panel, in conjunction with Girls & Football SA. Voting will only be used as an idication.
7. Standard Springleap and Girls & Football Terms & Conditions apply over and above.
8. Girls & Football SA operates independently from Springleap.com and all commercial transactions completed through Springleap are in no way linked to Girls & Football SA. All queries relating to this contest and the website should be directed through Springleap.com
9. Girls & Football SA and Springleap reserve the right to request the high-resolution artwork of any entry submitted into the “Fiercely Female and Awesome” design contest for non-commercial benefit, such as media covering the process.
10. The contest will run from 02 May 2012 to 09 August 2012. Winners will be chosen by a panel from 09 July to 08 August 2012. Final winners will be chosen and announced on 09 August 2012 via the Springleap.com website, Facebook page and Twitter account, as well as the Girls & Football SA website and Facebook page. The winning designs are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
11. Prizes are not transferable.
12. All designs submitted outside office hours, over weekends and on (South African) public holidays, will take longer to approve
13. All dates and times presented are based on GMT+2 times.
Get started on your designs by downloading the Springleap Design Submission Kit and get designing!
Confused or uncertain about anything? Post your questions about “Fiercely Female and Awesome” theme contest below or click our online support button to the left of our header.
Good Luck & Happy Designing!
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APRIL 2012 WINNER – CHUCKY
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Hail to the king!
Big congrats to our new King of Comments, who is actually very well known around these parts.
Grant Shepley (aka: CHUCKY) is a designer that has created some of the most memorable designs ever to grace our contest. Not only that but he is a champion when it comes to giving feedback on design submissions.
CHUCKY is worthy of being a King of Comments because of his positive nature - he is never hurtful or condescending.
He tells it how it is, but still gives helpful feedback whilst being a gentleman.
This is why Grant makes a good King:
1. “The idea is here, could of been executed better with more colour and textures. Perhaps the butterflies could of all been different bright colours :)”
2. “Pretty cool! Would definitely work as a tourist type of tee. Lots of work put in here too.”
3. “Even though you have used 1 colour, it works perfect. Epic design!”
CHUCKY’s most recently sent through his super old school The 21st Century Eye Test design. This was definitely one of the most popular designs of Open Theme April 1 and was slugging it out with the best-of-the-best for the top spot.
Whenever we see one of his designs come through we know it will do well. This has nothing to do with having a large following (which he does), but rather the fact that his designs are always mega-unique and well executed!
Why not say hi to him on his Springleap page.
Well done Grant dude, you ROCK!
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MARCH 2012 WINNER – EFFIN’SWEET
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The king ascends…again!
Well done to Effin’Sweet who once again takes the crown, becoming our King of Comments for the second time.
There is no doubt in our minds that this man is one of the most helpful members on Springleap.
As I mentioned last time he won, his best quality is the fact that he is not condescending at all.
Effin’Sweet will let you know if you have done something that he feels you can do better, but will always give you some positive feedback to help improve your work.
When Effin’Sweet gives you feedback it is hard to take it negatively. It always seems as if it’s coming from a friend. This is the kind of energy that this guy gives off in abundance!
Here are just a few comments from the past month which illustrate exactly why he deserves to win:
1. “Haha nice little character design there.. poor guys got no arms though.. add to it and have a mouse nibbling on him.”
2. “Cool! looks a bit odd on the tee though.. think it’s because of the perspective.. I would add some subtle lines to show the walls inside to make the design more square and less lob sided.”
3. “adding some more texture detail to the car would definitely improve this design.”
Super friendly…to the MAX!
Effin’Sweet most recent submission came through for the Manentines day contest.
His design submission entitled ‘What every manly man Needs’ was one of the top favourites for the contest and made a great impression on the voting community. We can’t wait to see more from him!
Why not say hi to him on his Springleap page, Twitter, or ‘like’ his Facebook page.
Thanks to Effin’Sweet for his continued support of our community and for always getting involved!
WELL DONE :D
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FEBRUARY 2012 WINNER – VALKYRIE32
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We are always amazed at how our community has grown in recent times and we love that our members get involved with leaving comments on a regular basis.
There are however some members who take their passion for Springleap beyond making comments on our website and actually start spreading the word far and wide!
Our latest Queen of Quotes, Meagan (aka: Valkyrie32), is one of these amazing people who truly helps to grow our brand across various social media platforms.
Meagan is a Twitter guru who has been good enough to say some really cool stuff about our designs and hard-working team:
"#Springleap - good service, great products + wonderful team!"
When Meagan sees a design she loves she makes sure to let her Twitter followers know.
If you would like to become our next Queen of Quotes/ King of Comments, best take a look at how Meagan goes about supporting us :)
We like to show our thanks to our supporters. So guess what Meagan, we are going to send you US$100 and also hook you up with 2 free Springleap t-shirts…to add to your collection!
Please check out Meagan’s Twitter page. She will keep you up to date with everything from current affairs to the latest gadgets.
We hope you enjoy your prizes Meagan.
Thanks so much - we know we will be seeing you again very soon.
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JANUARY 2012 WINNER – XIAMIST
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Long live the Queen :)
Congratulations to our very first winner for 2012, Xiamist.
Wow, this is our third Queen of Quotes in a row. The girls are really showing the guys how it’s done. Nice one ladies!
This month we have a winner with a difference!
Xiamist (aka: Galaxie Maria) is one of those designers that we really appreciate around these parts. She has created fantastic community interaction by coming up with a clever infographic on how you can vote for ‘her’ design.
Her infographic is extremely helpful to our community, but at the same time it was also a rather clever way of racking up some votes for her ‘The Ultimate Nommage’ submission to our Marmite contest. Good thinking!
You can take a look at her infographic by checking out our original blog posting. It will educate and make you laugh all at the same time.
Marketing your own design is never as easy as it seems, but this was a truly fantastic way of getting herself some valuable design exposure.
Once again, well done, we hope that the community sees this effort and emulates your creativity.
Bravo!
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DECEMBER 2011 WINNER – CARIANNE
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We bow before thee!!!
The Springleap.com team sends out a hearty congratulations to our latest Queen of Quotes winner, Carianne Klein Katryn.
We are happy to know that more and more Springleapers are commenting on the multitude of designs that are coming through to our contest. However, there are very few who comment on practically all designs that come through!
Our latest Queen of Quotes winner is just such a person. She has gotten seriously involved in the commenting process and always brings an uplifting word for our hardworking designers.
Not only is Carianne a regular commenter but she is also extremely positive.
After a hard year for most designers it was great to see her uplifting comments coming through in December’s contests. We appreciated it, so you can just imagine how thankful our designers were to receive such a ‘gushing of goodness’.
Sometimes she will leave short to-the-point messages showing her love for a design, other times she will leave comments that help designers to improve their work, without being too harsh.
Take this one for example:
In the right screen, in the background the design is in a different shade of green and caught my eye immediately. The solid black almost looks "smudged" to me. I still think it's great :-)
Not only has this uber friendly member commented like crazy on Springleap, but also very prolifically on our ever growing Facebook page.
We are very happy to crown this latest winner!
Thank you for adding a bit of sunshine into our lives Carianne :)
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NOVEMBER 2011 WINNER – IZZICANE
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Hail to the QUEEN….again!
We are very happy to announce our very first queen (or king for that matter) to win this coveted compo for the second time.
Well done Izzicane :D
There are few Springleapers that put as much effort as Elzaan (AKA: Izzicane) does into her comments. She is fair, helpful and highly informative. There is nothing worse than getting a one word comment, which is why when she breaks it down so nicely, I think the designers really appreciate it.
It’s not just about the genuine comments that she makes on designs either. Elzaan takes it upon herself to speak about Springleap absolutely everywhere she goes. Yep, she is like a one-woman Springleap marketing team. You ROCK!!!
Check out her picture on the left, Elzaan even got involved in our Movember awareness campaign.
Hows that for being a good sport! Thanks so much....your are workin' that ponystache, hehe.
Congratulations Elzaan, we are very happy to once again give you a seat on this hallowed throne!
You more than deserve it and know that we will continue to see you around.
If you would like to read more about Elzaan, please scroll down a bit further and read her original Queen of Quotes write-up.
Just for the information of the other members: Springleapers can be Queen/King more than one, as long as there is a 3 month period between wins and that he/she cannot win more than twice in any given year.
Elzaan is a Springleaper who is adding serious value to our platform. She doesn’t hover silently in the background and really gets conversations going between voters and designers.
Well done once again, you well and truly deserve it!!!
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OCTOBER 2011 WINNER – WILBUR LIKE SMITH
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Monsoon, Assegai, River God?…..nope wrong kinda Wilbur!
All hail our October King of Comments, Wilbur Like Smith!
We are happy to announce a winner that really impressed us with his positive nature. Considering that he made lots of comments of our Positive Heroes competition entries we feel that he is definitely the right choice.
Wilbur Like Smith is one of those guys who gets involved and helps build the confidence of designers!
Honestly he comes across more as a friend and less of a critic, which is certainly a great quality that we look for in our King of Comments.
As with most people who comment, there is often a fine line between being helpful and just plain patronising of the artist work.
Wilbur Like Smith gets it right every time!
Just have a lookie at his comments and you will begin to see what we look for in a King:
“This is also a great pattern concept. Wanted to say that the logo could have been one of the four blocks, but I like the off-balance composition, nice work”
“Really like this as well. Would have maybe put the Positive Heroes logo above the shield, but it's great :)”
“I really like the image, but it's a bit comical for the topic :)”
You see what I mean? He is helpful and very good-natured in how he gets his opinion across.
Notice that at the end of every one of these comments he puts a smiley face…you can’t get more happily optimistic than that!
This is what our King had to say when he received the crown:
This is so orsm!!1! That's why I love Springleap!! You guys rock, apart from not just having great designs, fantastic print work, Springleap has gone and created a sense of community as well.
Winning this reminded me of something I read the other day, the words are by Feenix (designer of the Goodjoe logo) -
"Everyday throughout the nation, ordinary people are doing small things, acts of kindness that make a huge difference in the lives of others and continue to inspire and provide hope to so many."
To all the designers, keep up the good work and good luck. Springleap's all about the designs and real people. (I still have to submit my first design)
Thanks again to Wilbur Like Smith. It was tremendous to see your comments coming through and we know we will see more and more of you in the future.
We appreciate all your hard work.
Enjoy your awesome prizes!
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SEPTEMBER 2011 WINNER – UNCLEHANI
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NICE ONE!
Time to crown our King of Comments for September!
Springleap sends out a big highfive to UncleHani for all of his contributions to the competition this month. It is great to see a Leaper who takes the time to get involved and give some feedback for our design submissions.
One of the best things about UncleHani is the fact that he is very to the point!
Now I’m not saying that he is rude, but he doesn’t tip-toe through the tulips when he gives his opinion. If he sees something that he feels should be tweaked he says so.
In many cases this is the most effective way to help designers out. They don’t want to hear false congratulatory nonsense, they want somebody to call a spade-a-spade and help them grow.
I liked these comments below most. The reason being he is so friendly and supportive of the designers work in both cases:
“Loveliest design, I like the idea of the baby, attached to the plus sign, big ups!”
“I love the message in this design "Life Never End", it shows that whether you are positive, it is no death sentence, big ups!”
He also made me laugh when he made a typo on one of his comments and then quickly ‘rectified’ his mistake:
“So lovey Macuz.”
“I meant lovely lol.”
Yup don’t wanna be giving the designers the wrong idea there, hehehe.
This is what UncleHani had to say about why he loves Springleap:
I love Springleap because it allows you to express yourself in a artistic manner, it keeps you out of trouble like drugs, crime etc. and I am thankful
UncleHani has sent through so many great designs to our competition. It has been really amazing watching his style develop over the past few months. His latest submission Sesame Street meets Twilight was a really fun design, which had us all in stitches here at the HQ.
Thanks again UncleHani…we know we will see you around!
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AUGUST 2011 WINNER – EFFIN’SWEET
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WINNER WINNER WINNER!
SUPER CONGRATS go out to Effin’Sweet for winning our King of Comments competition for August .
What we love about Effin’Sweet is that he is not at all condescending when he makes his comments about designs. He is helpful and gives suggestions for placement, but is never cocky or elitist when he does so.
It’s cool that he is always mega chilled and friendly!
So often we get comments that are negative and at the same time don’t give any worthy feedback to help the designer grow. We can all learn from Effin’Sweet in this regard!
Here are a few recent comments from Effin’Sweet which I felt illustrated his style of commenting:
1. “I quite like this one...out of the three I like the red version best, but I also like the red and blue version, I think that the randomness of colour becomes a bit busy, maybe try doing the Rev counter Red, speedo white and fuel gauge side blue.”
2. “Haha...cool glasses. If you break up some of the solid black it could look really good.”
3. “Nicely Done! I dunno why but I’m feeling like a slogan of sorts could have gone well at the bottom of the illustration.”
You see what I mean? Zero aggression or negativity....just useful and happy comments.
Effin’Sweet most recently collaborated with none other than local South African design guru, CHUCKY, to put together one of the most memorable and unique designs from the LEXUS ‘CT 200h’ competition. There were so many people at the Springleap HQ who felt that this one was a winner.
To find out more about Effin'Sweet why not check him out on his Twitter page.
Thanks to Effin’Sweet for all the positive energy, we LOVE IT!!!
The Springleap team salutes you.
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JULY 2011 WINNER – MATSANNI
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Weeeee have a WINNER!
Well done to Sannidya (AKA: Matsanni ) for scooping our King of Comments prize for July .
We are always impressed with the awesome contributions this Springleaper adds to the website. Not only does he always have a positive word to say about a design, but he is also very helpful with insights that can help designers improve their work.
We often talk about the “balance” of the ‘perfect critique’ and how if you are too negative you could scare off designers , or if you are too positive, the designer never learns from their mistakes.
Matsanni has his comments down to a fine art and always seems to leave the designers informed and confident about what they produce.
Take these examples of his comments below for instance, if I was the designer I would be so amped about my design:
1. “BADASS character , I love the firm line, nice coloring and the distressed effect. I can’t imagine how cool I am when I wear this tee on the summer and I will wear the sunglasses, I don’t wanna have too much eyes LOL well done”
2. “Heya mr.Barmalisi
I always love your work. Overall, it looks great on a black tee, very well execution, but why don’t you put the design at the bottom? I guess it will be better. yay!”
See what I mean? He is open and friendly , makes you feel good about your design, but also shares insights in a controlled manner.
Many of you will already know Matsanni from his amazing winning design No place for Hubris! Which blew away the competition in the April 1 OPEN THEME compo.
So, not just a talented designer , but a helpful member of our community too!
You are a legend Matsanni, thanks for your contributions . You are most certainly the deserving winner of our King of Comments for July HIGH FIVE
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JUNE 2011 WINNER – BLEET
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Once again it is time to crown our monthly King of Comments .
Congratulations go out to Warren (AKA: Bleet) for his contributions and genuine feedback!
The designers he has helped will no doubt grow from his advice and comments.
What we like most about Bleet’s comments is the fact that they are critical without coming across as harsh …which is paramount to helping improve designers, without crushing their spirits altogether!
So often we have people making comments which come across a tad….well, venomous.
Bleet uses a bit of humour to get his message across, for example he said, “Reminds me of snakes and ladders, would have been cool if u connected the 2. Snakes and ladders with the dude, ok that concept is free, next one you will have to pay ;) “, haha.
Here is another example that I liked. Simple and to the point. He is critical, but balances his critique with positive aspects of the design, “The characters are a bit cliché, would have been way better if you made text out of the foam or something else, really well executed and the T colour choice is spot on”.
Bleet is already earning himself huge praise from the Springleap community and his skills seem to be growing at an exponential rate.
When you consider how good he is it is abundantly clear that he will very soon have his first Springleap victory under his belt.
It’s one of those ‘It’s not if he will win, but WHEN’ kind of a situations.
His latest submissions to the Hansa Pilsener ‘Special Ingredient’ competition stands testament to his growth. Until the last drops 02 and HANSA FLAGS are both highly rated by the community and stand a BIG chance of scooping the win!
Thanks again for the great comments Bleet, enjoy your prize ;)
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MAY 2011 WINNER – IZZICANE
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May has been another amazing month here at Springleap, both of our Open Theme winners were absolutely brilliant and we announced the winner of the Stepdog competition.
We have had an equally impressive amount of informative feedback and comments from the community.
The King of Comments, Queen of Quotes winner would likewise have to be somebody who really deserved it .
The great news is that we have our very first Queen of Comments.
Congratulations go out to Elzaan , aka: Izzicane , for her HUGE contribution to the competition.
What I really like about our South African winner is that she may not be a designer, but she is passionate about good design. Izzicane says, “I’m not a designer or arty person but I love creativity and a good shirt :)!”
Not only did Izzicane get involved with most of the submissions up for vote, but she also tweeted on just about every design too.
Wow that really is awesome!
Springleap appreciates you going out of your way to bring awareness to our designs.
Izzicane had loads of insightful comments, but this is my favorite:
“Great design Hanno, the layer affect really works well. I feel that the design or logo just needs a bit more colour though as it has a lot of white open space, which could be a bit distracting. Maybe if you put some more shading into the moon or dirty the white up a bit? Maybe consider enlarging the logo a bit as well to give it a bit more attention and like Maike said maybe place it closer to the moon. I love the hand drawn feel and I think you nailed the eerie and sombre feel you where going for, over a great piece of art.”
I like that she compliments the design, gives constructive criticism , but at the same time isn’t patronizing .
That’s the way to do it guys and girls!
Thanks again to Elzaan and well done!
Find out more about the King of Comments, Queen of Quotes competitions.
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APRIL 2011 WINNER – SIMON
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Greetings one and all.
First off, thanks to the community for their awesome feedback with the April competitions.
Seriously, we are lucky to have a community that goes out of its way to make constructive comments about design submissions.
It is usually a very difficult, or at least a close race, when it comes to making our choice.
However, April 2011’s King of Comments winner was a relatively easy decision for us!
This was because one Springleaper really went out of his way to make positive yet ‘helpfully precise’ suggestions.
Huge congrats and thanks go out to Simon for his comments which undoubtedly helped raise our designers A-game .
Here is one of his comments that I really enjoyed:
Hey, you know what, I am a GUY and I love the pink, so bleh! This gives me the feeling of a vintage cake shop, I don’t know why, but I like cake so hey, what the hell! This is one of those shirts that I reckon would be quite “fashionable” when worn with some nice dark faded jeans. It has a ‘vintageness’ to it, and that seems fairly popular these days. I think the way you’ve used the typography as the “chair” is a clever touch. Because she is sitting down, one would naturally be drawn to the “chair”, in this case your words. Looking at your design preview on white, I think the design has been placed too large. Another thought, I could see this working without the background pink and it’s containing border, so if the girl just sat on the words to the left or right of the bottom area of the shirt I reckon that could work too? Agree?
For those of you who have been Springleapers for a long time , you will definitely recognise this talented designer’s work. Perhaps one of the greatest ‘designers designs’ ever to grace Springleap, came from this man.
Take a look at the design on the left of the above image, CMY… was an instant hit with creatives and sold very well indeed.
How long is a piece of String? , feature on the right hand side , is another simple yet effective design that helped raise Springleaps cred back in the day.
Thanks again to Simon for being a true all-around Springleaper , who adds value to our platform and community.
Enjoy your prize ;)
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MARCH 2011 WINNER – ACME
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Hi there friends .
It’s time to announce our King of Comments winner for MARCH 2011!
It has been really fantastic to see so many people getting involved and sending through positive feedback to our designers.
We would like to send a big THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS to our winner acme !
This designer had plenty of helpful hints for our community of designers, whilst still being a nice guy ;)
Take a look at two of his comments below. This is just the sort of thing we are looking for from the King of Comments, Queen of Quotes winner:
“I think the concentric circles make it a bit stiff overall, specifically the outer ones . It could loosen a bit then it would be really great. The fist and electric shocks are the most powerful elements of this design so that should be the focus”
“That unicorn is EPIC! Would have loved to see more of the unicorn and clouds without the geometric elements though”
Acme is already very well known on Springleap!
You will surely know his hilarious Mule Bear and beach-arific Big Wave Challenge submissions.
Both were very well received and got impressive high scores . It is not a question of whether or not acme will win on Springleap, rather when he will win.
Which we have a feeling will be soon .
Most recently acme’s Happy Dolphin design made a huge impression on our March 1 OPEN THEME.
You didn’t know whether to laugh or be horrified , hehe, awesome work!
Thanks again acme, we hope you enjoy your prizes .
Please send us a few pics of you in your t-shirts ;)
So, who will be our King of Comments, Queen of Quotes winner for April?
Wanna get involved? CLICK HERE .
SL team.
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Thanks Ya'll.. im super stoked.. glad i could help out. and i'll aspire to continue the good comments and crits
shoutBack on 29/8/11 by Valesidecc
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Well done Matsanni! You continue to motivate and inspire the community :)
shoutBack on 1/8/11 by CathRon
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Rock on Bleet dude! Well deserved :)
shoutBack on 14/7/11 by DuncanBoxie
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jeeepers shot dudes…thats awesome case of beers and cash…def quitting my job (just kidding dig my job.) but thanks my friends u da shizzle in the dizzle
shoutBack on 12/7/11 by bleet
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Well done Bleet!
shoutBack on 1/7/11 by amyabrahams
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Well done Simon. I especially log in to read your constructive and inspiring comments. I think you have done a great deal in motivating our designers to push the limits, so this win is well-deserved! Thank you for your imput and keep it coming!
shoutBack on 4/5/11 by CathRon
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Well done Acme!
shoutBack on 6/4/11 by CathRon
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Hi there guys and girls .
Its time for another thrilling Springleap OPEN THEME contest!
NO specific theme, only regular guidelines apply! You know the drill NO OBSCENITY, NO HATE SPEECH…all that jazz.
This is your chance to show us your creativity on your own terms. Don’t be shy – just put it out there! Let the world be your inspiration. We wanna see what lives within your artistic mind.
You can submit up to 5 designs so go wild! The more designs you submit the greater chances you have of winning!
So, get designing peeps. The time is now to show us what you got!
One winner will receive
… 4 printed t-shirts, a cash prize – US$500 (R4000)
DATES TO DIARISE:
Submissions period:
26 April 2012 - 15 May 2012
Voting period:
17 May 2012 - 03 June 2012
Winner is announced:
04 June 2012
You could be the next winner on Springleap.com and gain exposure for yourself! You also stand a chance of winning amazing prizes and loads of cash .
Winners will now be chosen using votes as an indicator. The top 10 voted designs will get the golden stamp of approval and go in for review . The final verdict will come down to our esteemed design panel here at Springleap . For those that don’t win, you still stand a chance to have your designs printed! We’ll be keeping all top 10 designs in our re-seller catalogue and who knows we could be printing and selling your designs nationwide!
Everyone WINS!!
In order to get started on your designs download the Springleap t-shirt Submission Kit and get started right away!
Confused or uncertain about anything?
Post your questions about the OPEN THEME competition below or click our online 'support button' to the left of our header.
Good Luck and Happy Designing!
The Springleap.com Team
