Publishing the rules & regs on the company intranet we opened the comp to our journalists and their families & friends over the age of 4 and offered a first prize of a Junior Happy Meal from Burger King. Initially we received a some criticism regarding the graphic format requirements, apparently the feeling was that scalable vector-graphics might be a little too technical for the 4-7 age group, and indeed for the average artist too. Here at Pie Comp HQ we realised immediately they were probably right, but clearly didn't want to change the rules and look stupid, so screw 'em.
Once they pointed out that our entire competition was looking more than a little biased towards professional graphic artists and that might open us up to all sorts of Californian Class Action Suits, we rapidly allowed entries using pen, paper, crayons and indeed pigs blood on Egyptian papyrus if that's what they wanted.
Once they pointed out that our entire competition was looking more than a little biased towards professional graphic artists and that might open us up to all sorts of Californian Class Action Suits, we rapidly allowed entries using pen, paper, crayons and indeed pigs blood on Egyptian papyrus if that's what they wanted.
Will God, national champ & multiple record holder had something to say on the matter, "This is just stupid, I got Daddys computer out and everything, and now you idiots at Pie have changed the rules. I mean I'll have to get Mommy to give me the big sheets of paper she keeps in the kitchen and everything now. I spent hours getting the sky just the right color and I'll have to do it all again now. Well it's just not fair, it's stupid and I'm not entering my painting now." He then abruptly ended the interview by stomping off and slamming his bedroom door loudly.
After all the fuss had died down, it became apparent that crayons were the artists material of choice, something we had been expecting for the 4-7 and 8-12 age groups, but somewhat surprised us that the over-21 category entrants chose crayons too as we had been expecting more oils and watercolours.
Choosing the winner was a difficult task due to the high quality of all the entries, and we'd like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to everyone who entered. In the end we decided that choosing the best painting was a good course of action, as we'd had enough politics for the year. So congratulations go to Dutch-born artist Vincent VanDriver, age 37 from the Bronx, your BK Happy Meal voucher is in the mail.
Here's a compressed vector-graphic thumbnail of his winning entry, as re-formatted by our in-house specialists for $2.37.
After all the fuss had died down, it became apparent that crayons were the artists material of choice, something we had been expecting for the 4-7 and 8-12 age groups, but somewhat surprised us that the over-21 category entrants chose crayons too as we had been expecting more oils and watercolours.
Choosing the winner was a difficult task due to the high quality of all the entries, and we'd like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to everyone who entered. In the end we decided that choosing the best painting was a good course of action, as we'd had enough politics for the year. So congratulations go to Dutch-born artist Vincent VanDriver, age 37 from the Bronx, your BK Happy Meal voucher is in the mail.
Here's a compressed vector-graphic thumbnail of his winning entry, as re-formatted by our in-house specialists for $2.37.
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We are now waiting to see how our winning logo does in the USHPA competition. Let's face it, we're only up against a few graphic designers and a bunch of un-artistic pilots.
Confidence is high.
Pie in the Sky
Funnier than the 1982 "Airplane II" sliding door scene
Funnier than the 1982 "Airplane II" sliding door scene