Contests
We have a winner!
Well well well. Look who is finally updating their blog. (It’s us.)
Exciting and long overdue news: We have a “Draw a Robot, Win a Prize” winner!
Thanks so much to Steve Dressler, the designer of our adorable new robot/mascot. We really loved that his design played off of the weirdness factor that we rely on here at Curiobot, integrating a question mark into the design and giving the robot a little chubbiness that you wouldn’t see in your run-of-the-mill 2001: A Space Odyssey unit.
Awesome. Now do us a favor and check out the rest of Steve’s work at his website: stevedressler.wordpress.com. He’s got some stand out photography on display as well.
Last but not least, I should mention that everyone who submitted a robot (along with their username) should’ve seen their Curiobot prize point total jump up by 1000. If I missed yours, contact us. Steve also won himself the awesome Terrorist Teapot. Enjoy!
Thank you very much to everyone who participated in the contest. We were delighted with the number of entries received and had a very difficult time choosing a winner. They were all great!
Refer a friend and earn points
NEW! Now you can refer friends to Curiobot and earn prize points!
For every friend of yours that registers for a Curiobot account, you earn 500 prize points! Pretty swell, huh?
All your friends have to do is fill in your username under the “referrer” field on the registration form. Once they confirm their account, you’ll see the extra 500 points credited to your prize point total.
Earn prizes even faster! Spread the word!
Draw a Robot - Win a Prize
So our Curiobot mascot is a little… well… pathetic. We never really put any thought into the poor guy…. Doesn’t even have eyes.
That’s where you come in.
We’ve decided to hold an aptly named “Draw a Robot - Win a Prize” contest, to create a new Curiobot mascot that will be used on our website and in our logo. The creator of the winning submission will receive two things:
- This amazing Terrorist Teapot by Jackie Piper.
- Credit at the bottom of each page of our website, with an optional link to your website or other URL.
In addition, anyone who submits a viable design will be awarded a cool 1,000 Curiobot prize points, tacked on to their account total.
Here are the details:
- You must submit a digital file in one of the following formats: .jpg, .gif, .psd, .pdf, or .ai. Vectorized formats (.ai, .pdf) would be great.
- The robot should be able to be scaled to a small size (like our current robot), but should also be resolved to a high enough resolution that it can be used in print. So let’s say 400px x 400px as a rough guideline for pixel-based artwork.
- The robot can be of any form: human-like or not. Keep it appropriate for small children. No bloody corpses in its mouth, no inappropriate robot anatomy, etc.
- You may submit as many entries as you want, but you only get the prize point reward once. So that’s a maximum of 1,000 points earned for entering this contest.
- We’d love it if your robot’s colors complemented our website, but that’s not totally necessary.
- Legal stuff: If your entry is not chosen, you have every right to use it however you want in the future. However, if we do choose your entry, the image becomes the property of Curiobot. We retain the future rights to its usage. For as long as the robot is used in our stationary or on our website, we guarantee to credit you for its creation. Similarly, Curiobot retains the right to modify the winning submission, but we’ll still credit its original creator.
Got some ideas? Ready to submit? Email your entries to don@curiobot.net!
We’re not sure how long the contest will last (maybe a few weeks? depending on the number of submissions), so get your entry to us as soon as possible for the best chance at winning! Tell your designer/artist friends! Make sure they register for a user account first if they want to earn the prize points!