Challenge Summary
Welcome to the Topcoder Nation T-Shirt Design Challenge.
Members deserve to wear a t-shirt with a design that embodies the spirit of Topcoder Nation. Your concept must capture the traits of the community and represent them in a vivid design that members feel proud of wearing.
Prizes
Full Description & Project Guide
The goal of this challenge is to design a vivid graphic that embodies the spirit of Topcoder Nation. The graphic can have pictures of members, admins, and artwork that you create.
Your design must convey the Topcoder Nation concept below.
Topcoder Nation
For a quick and basic start, a nation is an imagined order that unifies people, allowing them to collaborate effectively on a large scale. Transitioning this concept, Topcoder is a borderless nation, a place that allows people to create meaningful connections, a place that unifies lives.
You can take a flight from one country to another yet you would still be within the nonexistent borders of Topcoder Nation, anywhere on this planet – as long as you have internet – you can access the nation’s human and material assets. One of the most luxurious benefits of working remotely: geographic independence.
Requirements
Inspiration
Use these elements as references and inspiration and, please, do not copy anything. We are looking for your original ideas and creativity to make something unique for our community.
Target Audience
Branding Guidelines
Design Assets
Judging Criteria
Final Deliverables
Members deserve to wear a t-shirt with a design that embodies the spirit of Topcoder Nation. Your concept must capture the traits of the community and represent them in a vivid design that members feel proud of wearing.
Prizes
- $250 | $100 | $50 | $50 | $50.
- Top 10 placements will receive a Topcoder Nation T-Shirt of the winning design.
Full Description & Project Guide
The goal of this challenge is to design a vivid graphic that embodies the spirit of Topcoder Nation. The graphic can have pictures of members, admins, and artwork that you create.
Your design must convey the Topcoder Nation concept below.
Topcoder Nation
For a quick and basic start, a nation is an imagined order that unifies people, allowing them to collaborate effectively on a large scale. Transitioning this concept, Topcoder is a borderless nation, a place that allows people to create meaningful connections, a place that unifies lives.
You can take a flight from one country to another yet you would still be within the nonexistent borders of Topcoder Nation, anywhere on this planet – as long as you have internet – you can access the nation’s human and material assets. One of the most luxurious benefits of working remotely: geographic independence.
Requirements
- To design a vivid graphic that embodies the spirit of Topcoder Nation to be printed on a T-shirt.
- The design can contain text or quotes you find suitable to the context.
- Design area: please only use the t-shirt design template for the places/areas where your design can go on the T-shirt Design Area Template. If you think there is a better way to show your design, you are free to show us, but only using the areas established on the template.
- T-shirt color: design on a black, or white, or gray t-shirt. Pick your choice to best fit your concepts.
- Gradients: do not use gradients in your T-shirt design.
- Logo: your design must include either the Topcoder logo or Topcoder Nation logo (or both). At least one of them should be clearly visible.
- Avoid intricate designs: remember you are designing for print media, so try to stay away from designs that are too intricate, as they would be hard to reproduce on fabric.
- Multiple concepts: your submission can have multiple designs if they only represent small variations on one concept. You can do multiple submissions but only truly different concepts.
Inspiration
Use these elements as references and inspiration and, please, do not copy anything. We are looking for your original ideas and creativity to make something unique for our community.
- http://designbeep.com/2011/11/16/5-tips-for-creating-a-great-t-shirt-design/
- https://desigg.com/33-top-t-shirt-designs/
- https://www.creativebloq.com/design/guide-t-shirt-printing-designers-912867
- http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2009/04/14/clever-and-creative-t-shirt-designs/
Target Audience
- Topcoder Community (Staff and Members)
Branding Guidelines
- Follow the Topcoder branding colors.
Design Assets
- Topcoder Logo.
- Topcoder Nation Logo.
- Topcoder Album. Feel free to use any pictures from the album and remember to declare it on your submission.
Judging Criteria
- Does the design embody the spirit of Topcoder Nation?
- Does the design inspire belongingness?
- Would Topcoder members and admins proudly wear this t-shirt?
Final Deliverables
- All original source files. For this challenge, you can create your design in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe XD, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Sketch, Figma, or other open source application to create your design.
Please read the challenge specification carefully and watch the forums for any questions or feedback concerning this challenge. It is important that you monitor any updates provided by the client or Studio Admins in the forums. Please post any questions you might have for the client in the forums.