Friday, February 17, 2012

What Does It Take To Participate In Tattoo Design Contests?

When a tattoo designer decides to take part in a tattoo design contest, he or she has a purpose in mind. The designer may want to know about other designers and get in touch with them. This allows him/ her to learn from more experienced, diversely talented and knowledgeable fellow artists. A tattoo designer may also have the intent to showcase his work of art to the world through online portals rather than limit his/ her market to a few clients or to a local area.
Since online tattoo design contests have become the most popular way to display and sell designs, the designers prefer to get involved in these competitions to learn as well as earn.
There are different kinds of contest that take place in different parts of the globe. While some are big contests with a huge amount of prize money, others are be small ones held by private parties or individuals who are looking for a unique tattoo design for their own use. Tattoo design contests are also launched by some creative websites to generate traffic to their portal from across the world. But, no matter what the purpose or the scale of a contest is, the artist carves a niche for himself and gets to be known for his work. Such contests not only open new avenues for the artists, they also give them the opportunity to compete with artists of same or higher caliber.
Tattoo design contests are a platform for artists to exhibit their talents through their participation. Competition motivates them to bring out the best of their latent skills and improve upon their existing methods and ways of comprehending design ideas. They get an opportunity to learn to focus by watching other artists, to create a basis for the design, to interact with the client who has launched the contest and know what he or she exactly needs in a custom tattoo design. The competitive spirit with which a designer performs pushes him/ her to perk up his tattoo skills.
These days, tattoos are not the regular black inked designs as the artists are creative enough to add a lot of color to their designs which look simply remarkable.
There are several online tattoo contests held for those who want to do crowd sourced work. However, one should verify the credibility of the site to ensure that the contests are genuine and the payment/ prize money will be paid in time for the winning entries.
It is best to find out before sending in your entries what the mode of payment will be and the amount of the prize money for each category. If there are job openings which come along with the contest, the designers should read the small print on the contracts to ensure that they get what they are working for. These contests are often held for choosing the best artists and offering them positions in the tattoo studios run by the contest holders.
Many artists put their winning designs up on their sites after the tattoo design contests are closed and get paid every time someone selects their designs. The designs are worth a lot more especially after they have won prizes because it gives the artists a chance to get better prices for their work of art. So, these contests not just make the artists better known in their industry but also give their earnings a boost.

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