To give you a rundown of the contest: 18 people entered a total of 54 images (3 each). I finally narrowed it down to 7 people with 9 images (of which you will see below).
This was not easy to judge at all. I went back and forth between the images I had and the same quality images that were on Dribbble to help narrow them down. I also looked for conventional design things such as color, line, details, typography, etc to help as well. I still ended up with the 9 images below that I felt were very strong. I then picked a couple out of the pack that stood above the others and made sure they followed all the instructions given in the original announcement post.
One stood out to me however, and they are the one who I will be drafting later today. However, all of the finalists below deserve Dribbble invites in my opinion. I wish I had 6 more invites to give away because all of these people would have been drafted by me today. With that said, if I ever hear of anyone giving any invites away, or if I get more in the near future, these are the people who I will help promote to get an invite.
Below will give all the finalists (in no particular order) and the winner is announced below!
Fahlur Rozzi
Caleb Pardick
Brittani Franco
Sittitsak Jiampotjaman (Notjiam)
Juan Camilo Prada Ojeda
Daniele Di Stanio
Simon Jackson
And the winner is…
Congrats Brittani! I will be drafting you later today to Dribbble!
I picked Brittani’s mainly because of the attention to detail in her work. In the particular image above, she really looked at every element and made sure it was well designed. Overall great color scheme, outstanding typography, and really gave me the feeling that I was at a coffee shop. I can’t wait to see more of these shots on Dribbble.
Final Words
As I said above, everyone had amazing work and it was so very hard for me to pick the winner. SO HARD. Being a judge of design work isn’t easy, even for designers who love critiquing other’s work. Every finalist had really strong work, and that is why I posted the finalists.
Overall I am so thrilled that we had so many people enter and so much great work submitted. I never thought it would be so highly competitive, but there are alot of great designers and illustrators out there, and many of which should be on Dribbble.
Oh my gosh! This is so exciting! Thanks for the compliments on my work, Amber– I’m so thankful and so grateful for this opportunity. I promise to only use my powers for good, haha. Wow, there’s some really great work in the other finalists’ submissions! I will definitely keep everyone in mind if I ever come across invites of my own to giveaway. Keep up the amazing work guys! And I look forward to seeing what STF has up its sleeve for us in the future. (:
Congratulations! Brittani.
and Thank STF for competition.
I will find competition for Dribbble invite next.
and I hope see your work again in Dribbble soon. 🙂
Congratulations!
I hope to see alot of really good work on Dribbble from you! Thanks again for the kind words! I hope to live up to your expectations!
Great work by the way! That is why two of yours made it to the final. You have great work and I am sure you will get drafted soon!