I'm happy to announce the opening of The Golden Section Contest!


The Theme

The golden section, denoted by the Greek letter ϕ, is a special ratio (equals to 1.6180339...) which appears in different areas - such as mathematics, the human body, architecture, shells, DNA, music, plants, astronomy, arts, the stock market etc.

For more information and examples see:
Overview from Wikipedia
Explanation and many detailed examples


Some inspiration:





The Rules

Deadline: March 14, 2009.

Media allowed: Traditional, digital, photography, artisan crafts.

No mature content allowed, except for mild nudity.

Participants are encouraged to create new works for the contest, however old ones will also be accepted.

Each participant can submit multiple entries.

Entries have to be connected to The Golden Section somehow. You can find many ideas in the links above

Please mention the contest and link to this journal or to the news article in the artist comments of your entry.

Send your entries to me via a note titled "Contest Entry". All entries will be collected to a folder in my favourites, and also published in this journal entry.



Judging

The winners will be chosen by vote by a committee of judges. (For joining as a judge see information below.)

Judges so far:



Prizes so far

First place

3 month subscription from me (=11-73-3-33).
A drawing or painting by request from me.
A black & white drawing from =TrollGirl
A puppet chibi drawing from =xxkiriku
8 personalized stamps from =xxkiriku
1 personalized CSS from =xxkiriku (if winner is a subscriber).
News feature (5 of your works) from me.
2 month journal feature (5 of your works) from me.
Journal feature from =xxkiriku

Second Place

1 month subscription from me (=11-73-3-33).
A drawing or painting by request from me.
A puppet chibi drawing from =xxkiriku
8 personalized stamps from =xxkiriku
1 personalized CSS from =xxkiriku (if winner is a subscriber).
News feature (4 of your works) from me.
2 month journal feature (4 of your works) from me.
Journal feature from =xxkiriku


Third Place

1 month subscription from me (=11-73-3-33).
A puppet chibi drawing from =xxkiriku
8 personalized stamps from =xxkiriku
1 personalized CSS from =xxkiriku (if winner is a subscriber).
News feature (3 of your works) from me.
2 month journal feature (3 of your works) from me.
Journal feature from =xxkiriku


Donating prizes/Joining as judges/Advertisement

If you would like to donate prizes (subscriptions, art, prints, features, stock packs, journal CSS, or anything else) it would be highly appreciated. To donate, send a note to me and I will add your prizes to the list.
It is still Ok to donate a prize if you participate in the contest!

If you would like to join as a judge, it would also be highly appreciated (As a judge you will only have to send me a note with your grading when the contest ends). Please send a note, and I will add you to the judges list.
You can't judge if you're participating, however you can join as a judge and if you later decide to participate I'll just remove you from the list

I'd appreciate mentioning the contest in your journals - It needs exposure . You can also use the stamp:

News article: [link]