Giant Paper Robot Fight (Paper Robot Designing Contest)
UPDATE: Contest dateline has been extended to March 26th, with winners announced on March 31st. (thanks fr the headsup, "beats"!)
To commemorate the completion of the 4-in-1 Robot Paper Toy Project seen in Giant Robot magazine, Scion and Giant Robot are challenging readers to design their own paper figures for a chance to meet the master of paper figures Shin Tanaka himself and have their paper toy template distributed at the Paper Art Show in April in Scion's Los Angeles gallery! Dateline is March 6th (so get a move on!) and details can be found @ giantrobotshin.com or CLICK THRU for a quick summary :)
Above is a paper animation/video made to promote the contest = *Cool*
To Enter the contest at Giant Robot Shin:
01. Download the blank template.
02. Customize the template with your own designs — draw, paint, use photoshop — be creative!
03. Scan or color copy your customized template and save it to upload later.
04. Construct your figure and take a photo of the completed piece.
05. Upload your scanned template and image of the completed figure.
The Grand Prize includes a trip to LA to attend the Interactive Paper Art show at the Scion Gallery in Culver City on April 11th; inclusion of the winning entry in the art show, as well as distribution of the template to all attendees; meeting of the Master of Paper Art himself, Shin Tanaka, at the art show; a US$500 check and a Giant Robot prize package. Find out more @ giantrobotshin.com
(Cheers for the headsup, Lucy!)
To commemorate the completion of the 4-in-1 Robot Paper Toy Project seen in Giant Robot magazine, Scion and Giant Robot are challenging readers to design their own paper figures for a chance to meet the master of paper figures Shin Tanaka himself and have their paper toy template distributed at the Paper Art Show in April in Scion's Los Angeles gallery! Dateline is March 6th (so get a move on!) and details can be found @ giantrobotshin.com or CLICK THRU for a quick summary :)Above is a paper animation/video made to promote the contest = *Cool*
To Enter the contest at Giant Robot Shin:
01. Download the blank template.
02. Customize the template with your own designs — draw, paint, use photoshop — be creative!
03. Scan or color copy your customized template and save it to upload later.
04. Construct your figure and take a photo of the completed piece.
05. Upload your scanned template and image of the completed figure.
The Grand Prize includes a trip to LA to attend the Interactive Paper Art show at the Scion Gallery in Culver City on April 11th; inclusion of the winning entry in the art show, as well as distribution of the template to all attendees; meeting of the Master of Paper Art himself, Shin Tanaka, at the art show; a US$500 check and a Giant Robot prize package. Find out more @ giantrobotshin.com
(Cheers for the headsup, Lucy!)
