10-10-10 WINNERSSS!!!
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- février 3, 2011
After scouring through all of the amazing 10-10-10 Loves submissions to find the 46 amazing finalists, we've discovered the next 3 ICONIC Threadless tees! Each designer is getting 10,000 Shimala Dollas (which converts to $10,000 US!), plus fame, plus bragging rights and stuff. Congrats to the 3 artists!
Lindsey Carr's design The Fox Confessor was selected for 1st time submitted designer! Lindsey joined Threadless in October 2010 and The Fox Confessor got a whopping 3.46 score! Lindsey says "This submission is based on a painting on wood from last year. I thought it would fit the iconic theme based on pure exuberance and excess of flora & fauna."
We notified the artists yesterday via email and their responses were great! Here's what Lindsey had to say:
I'm genuinely surprised & shocked - I've never won anything before except when I won a school competition for growing the biggest pumpkin! (And that was because none of the other kids bothered growing one.)
The money will go towards spending more time painting and less time working commercially! It will make a fair bit of difference actually to my plans.... I have a show in LA in September so it'll also go towards the plane ticket over there.... I can't tell you what it means to have the boost in terms of confidence as well! When the newsletter goes out the first thing I'll do is go and thank Joe Carr and Terry Fan for all their encouragement and help...You honestly couldn't ask for 2 more helpful and talented people to be casting their eye over a design.
Piatra Tuncap's Love is in the Air was selected for unprinted, but submitted designer! This simple, beautiful design has a similarly simple quote: "love air balloon." Even though this design got a lower score, it's super popular! Congrats Piatra for your first printed tee!
Here's Piatra's reponse:
OMG OMG OMG OMG WOOOOOOO!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! THIS ALL FEELS UNREAL MY FAMILY AND I ARE HAVING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO GET ME A CAR SO THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE GOING. THANKS SO MUCH! YOU GUYS REALLY ARE A LIFESAVER. I LOVE YOU THREADLESS!!!! I STILL CANT BELIEVE THIS! THANKS SO MUCH.
Tomas De Santis's Spacebar design was selected for previously printed designer! This design is the 17th printed for Tomas, it received a 4.01 score, and it's already been reprinted!!! Tomas says "For this particular comp, I decided to go for a simple idea using a well known iconic character merged with another iconic, universal symbol like the keyboard."
Tomas's response:
For the past year we (Tomas and Ivan aka Ivantobealone) had saved every combined Threadless print award and every extra freelance $ to try to buy land and create a sanctuary for pets with no potential for adoption but we were never able to due to the constant expenses. Now this is finally a possibility.
I cannot even express how grateful I am. This community has changed my life, not just because of this extremely generous gift, but also so many incredible experiences and creative challenges throughout the years and of course, the invaluable design experience. I am extremely thankful and humbled. I must now go and buy each of the dogs a big bone, a whole fish for each cat and some red wine for myself! Let's party!!!
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aweSome congrats!!!!!