Creative and unique water themed figure on a coin illustration needed

Status: Closed
Prize: €190
Entries Received: 52
Winner: ArtistRitu

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Contest Brief

Hi,
I am looking for an artist who can draw me a figure with some background for a coin that will be sold via kickstarter. We need 3 coins for that project which would make 6 images. But in this contest I only need 1 coin which is 2 images, front and backside. If you win this contest then we hire you for another 4 images (2coins) and probably some more follow up projects in the future. We also add 1% of the first kickstarter campaign sales to your reward (paid around 2 weeks after the campaign was successfully funded).

Here is what we need for the artwork:
Waterthemed, think of Poseidon, Seahorses, Evil Fish, Meermaid ect.
You can also draw Cthulu inspired character types(half alien/human half octopus), but no copies! In general you can go crazy, make undead fish, octopus eating a ship, be creative! And since this is a coin, we need some text added around it. Again, be creative, make it a Fish Cent, a Poseidon Dollar whatever you think works. Frontside normally in coins is a figure and backside is an animal.
If you go for a water themed new interpretation of a morgan dollar, then we need the real morgan dollar text and ojbects in this coin.

Here is one example I love a lot:
https://www.etsy.com/de/listing/400184477/lucky-octopus-artskull-art-octopus?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=hobo%20nickel&ref=sc_gallery_1&plkey=c38925662c2cae427e790542a8ceae7ceabd9d73:400184477

But you also could go hobo coin style like here:
https://www.google.de/search?q=hobo+coins&client=firefox-b-ab&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQ66eY7M7VAhUkOsAKHSvRAfEQ_AUICigB&biw=1366&bih=635
I do like the elephant here :-) But I also could imagen a morgan dollar with Liberty as a meermaid and the eagle on the back a s speerfish skeleton. BE CREATIVE :)

Technical stuff
All coins will be metal and have a sculptured surface, meaning different hights/3D. So we need 2 different files to make this happen, 1 is the normal artwork in .ai or any photoshop compatible file 300dpi. The other file is a .jpg that shows with arrows or outlining how high each area on your artwork is (the producer needs that data to sculpture the coin). The entire coin area is 1.5 inch/39mm. But if you want to make it a bit bigger or smaller for some reason that is also ok, just let me know.

And last, the coin is metal so we only got that metal color which means your artwork can be black and white. But we can add one other metal on each coin like in the elephant coin here https://www.google.de/search?q=hobo+coin&client=firefox-b-ab&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjt25fJ7c7VAhVLKcAKHcawBOkQ_AUICigB&biw=1366&bih=635#imgrc=ahEn4enygyEmIM:

So you can use at the most 2 different colors! We can change the materials in all metal colors, from silver to gold and even some blue is available.

A coin also can be cut in, meaning it can have a different shape and doesnt have to be perfectly circled.

Please don`t hesitate if you have any questions regarding this project. You also can add some rough sketches on the this contest and I will comment on it before you make it "nice".

Looking forward working with you
Chris

PS: This is not only 190€ for 2 images but also 1% from the following kickstarter sales which could be a couple of hundred dollar extra if you check some of the coin campaigns.

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Public Clarification Board

HUOO0
- 6 years ago
Hello CH, unfortunately you closed the contest before time. I have uploaded entry #82. Please once check it and give feedback if possible, maybe you will like it. Thanks.
- 6 years ago
Contest Holder
- 6 years ago
I have extended this contest. It seems the water themed coin idea didnt work out too well so far. I therefore encourage all to improve on their designs and I am also open now to all kind of designs. So if you have any coin idea that pops nicely in 3d form, please feel free to participate in this contest even if it is not water themed anymore. Be creative!
- 6 years ago
1. bresticmarv
  - 6 years ago
  Hi there, could you extend it for 3 more days ?
  - 6 years ago
diegonavarrete
- 6 years ago
I'll participate, Please don't close the contest!
- 6 years ago
reddmac
- 6 years ago
#71 . :)
- 6 years ago
reddmac
- 6 years ago
#70 . :)
- 6 years ago
reddmac
- 6 years ago
#69. :)
- 6 years ago
reddmac
- 6 years ago
#65 . :)
- 6 years ago
Chintogtoh
- 6 years ago
Please can you extend the time.
- 6 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 6 years ago
  Its been extended.
  - 6 years ago
syrsyr
- 6 years ago
"The entire coin area is 1.5 inch/39mm." Is it the area or the diameter.
- 6 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 6 years ago
  It is a normal big coin. 39mm is the diameter.
  - 6 years ago
Contest Holder
- 6 years ago
One thing I have noticed with many artwork here, they are very busy and small objects in it. Please consider that it is a small coin. The best artwork for a coin is mostly one figure, best not even full body. Big heads and maybe upper body seem to work well with a coin.
- 6 years ago
DesignerTouchs
- 6 years ago
sir i wish to ask one thing i am working on it and post likely will post my work before contest ends i sketched up one side but for other side i am lil confuse does it has to have a numerical value on one side .. thats the only thing i wish to ask or can have art work both the sides
- 6 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 6 years ago
  You r free to text it as you want.
  - 6 years ago
Contest Holder
- 6 years ago
Guys no need to say "check out #XY". I will check any entry.
- 6 years ago
1. ZOIAdf
  - 6 years ago
  You didn`t reply on my entry, just refused. I would like to know the reason why so I can improve improve my artwork or work on another concepet based on your feedback. You can call me on private if you like. Thank you!
  - 6 years ago
ZOIAdf
- 6 years ago
Working on it!
- 6 years ago
1. ZOIAdf
  - 6 years ago
  Kindly check on entry #24 and please leave a feedback.
  - 6 years ago
VictorFerreira02
- 6 years ago
20# 22#
- 6 years ago
lanaadesigns
- 6 years ago
please check my entry #21 and leave some feedback and thankyou
- 6 years ago
tsavu
- 6 years ago
Does the illustration have to be vectorial or can it be drawn in PS?
- 6 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 6 years ago
  300dpi is important.
  - 6 years ago
lanaadesigns
- 6 years ago
Please don't close the contest working on it
- 6 years ago
ApegenStudios
- 6 years ago
i'm interested! i will submit my entry soon, so don't close early... thanks before... :)
- 6 years ago
licarto
- 6 years ago
#sealed please
- 6 years ago
ASBdesignbd
- 6 years ago
#sealed
- 6 years ago
Nozhenko
- 6 years ago
+
- 6 years ago
ASBdesignbd
- 6 years ago
Working on it !!
- 6 years ago