Pattern design studio We Love Patterns and Funkrush clothing have teamed up for an exclusive contest for the readers of Drawn! They’re looking to select their 3 favorite pattern ideas or themes submitted and each winner will get a free We Love Patterns squirrel t-shirt (pictured above). Submissions must be sent to [email protected] with the subject “We Love Patterns Too.” Here’s some more information about We Love Patterns, courtesy of the talented Mr. Caba himself:
We Love Patterns is a family company created in 2010 by Gastón Caba, Silvana Marino and Lara Caba. We are devoted to create a growing collection of extra-cute, colorful & optimistic pattern artworks, hoping to help to add charm and whimsy to all different kind of products. We decided to offer a different style from the standard pattern artwork. What we specially like about patterns is the ability to tell a tiny story or to catch a whole complex concept with the sum of tiny objects & words. Some of our original designs are also created by queen of cute Bubi Au Yeung, the multi-talented Dana Zimmerling & Mr. TobyHK. We are selecting more artists to add to our catalogue which we update every month.
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Tags: Bubi Au Yeung, Clothing, contest, Dana Zimmerling, Funkrush, Gaston Caba, patterns, TobyHK, We Love Patterns
looks fun! Is there a deadline for entries?
ADORABLE :)
what a great idea! this makes me want to do pattern design.
This is inspiring and exciting! I hope to make something for this.
Fantastic!
How many patterns can I send? Sketches? B/W? In colour? Which format?
Sounds cool! What's the deadline and format required?
Awesome!! I make a pattern, win a contest, and get just a t-shirt!! Meanwhile, the company makes money off of my design and I don't. Sounds good, I'm in.
Sarcasm that cuts to the jist of it… I appreciate that comment and I too thought about it this way and believe that some artists greatly undervalue their work and don't realize what it is “worth.” Call for entires has always been this way in my opinion… but then again some artists like just doing their thang and giving it away… sharing their art for fun and not profit. If it's not for you and you feel you're being “ripped off” don't do it… otherwise have fun with it… I'm pretty good at sitting on a fence eh?
I am curious about this contest! Though it isn't terribly clear from this entry if they intend to use the design, or just give a cheery nod to their favorite with a fun prize. More details, please Mr.britt!
just a friendly warning from someone who works with print houses- having FULL repeats in a large size ( even if it is just web formated) on your site is asking to be ripped off. I've worked with enough shady companies who have done it. Find a way to protect yourself while showcasing your work.
Hello everyone. Here Gaston from We Love Patterns.
Thanks for the nice comments.
A little explanation for those who ask more about the contest.
Deadline is March 15th and winners of the Tees will be announced at our website and why not within the comments of this post. The winners will be contacted by email.
We´re looking for funny pattern themes, for eg “Sad salad vegetables” or “Crows´s tea time” (your´s will be more funny for sure!!!)
You can also send artworks for us to review, but that´s up to you.
We´re not planning to use any of the pattern themes to make us rich. As Alan said, it´s a fun opportunity to make contact with all of you, to get to know each other.
In the case we love a submission so much that we want to add it to our catalogue, we will be glad to share a 50% fee of any revenue from that artwork. I know this is not what we usually get (nothing above 35%), being myself an illustrator I would like to have better deals for my friends.
Hoping it´s a little more clear now.
Cheers!!
Thanks for clarifying Gaston.
~Best!