Positive Posters

Super exciting news! I while ago, I entered a design into the Positive Posters competition. For those who don't know, Positive Posters aims to raise international awareness for global social issues through an annual poster competition. This year, there were over 2,500+ entries from 80+ countries and my 'Seeds of Destruction' entry is one of the top 30 finalists!

I had to position hundreds of tiny beans to create this finished piece. One sneeze and it was over! 'Seeds of Destruction' refers to the topic of genetically engineered foods, which is a really important issue to me. I've pasted my rationale below:

GE canola crops have been grown in Canada with disastrous results. The GE crops contaminated regular crops and today in Canada, you can no longer buy conventional canola as 90% of it is contaminated with GE material. The biotechnology companies now have a monopoly on canola production and the cost of that patented seed is going up every year. The food produced poses risks to human health. It is unethical to patent seed life!

You can view the top 30 posters here. Winners will be announced Nov 9, so fingers crossed  :)

And the winner is...

There were 28 comments under last month's Sailor Girl tee competition post. To pick the winner I used a random number generator, so congratulations to comment #1, which was Sarah. You have won a tee in your choice of colour and size! Send me an email though the contact page.

Thanks to everyone who entered, and I hope to run more giveaways in the future!  :)

30under30 Awards

Oh my gosh, some people are just so mega-amazing! These were my thoughts after reading some of the profiles of Anthill's 30under30 Award winners. Basically, the 30under30 Awards acknowledges young entrepreneurs in Australia. It's so impressive to read of their achievements running their own companies which is only more insane when you realize some of them ARE STILL IN THEIR TEENS.

Insane! Read about it here.

One week to go

Don't forget that the Sailor Girl Tee giveaway closes a week from today, on the 31 October. Make sure you get your entries in before then! And remember that you must be a follower of the blog to enter.

myp Magazine

Issue 4 of myp Magazine is out, which features the hundreds & thousands typography I created. You can read it online here.

The Vault

The Big Day Out peeps have created an awesome web page to celebrate their 20th anniversary. It's a trip down memory lane called the Vault and you can see the posters, tickets videos and photos from each year's event. Check it out here.

T-shirt Giveaway

Ok, I am soooo excited to launch the first giveaway on my blog! I recently got my Cross My Heart illustration screenprinted on t-shirts by the lovely people at Red Octopus and they came out looking sharp! The tees are a four-colour screenprint on Gildan soft-spun cotton in a range of six different coloured shirts. And I'm giving one away!

How to enter?

It easy, man! Simply become a follower of this blog (if not already) under the 'Fantastic Followers' button on the side. Then just post a comment below before midnight 31 Oct to enter.  

Good luck!