A Valentines day contest would be fun... but not what I had in mind at all. And since Valentines day is my least favorite holiday, I would not be excited about judging it. But I can see where it would be a successful contest.
This was really just a suggestion, as Valentine's is coming up soon. I don't really enjoy it either, but it was the first idea I had.
And yes, ZLS... er Host, A broad contest with a theme allows many people to enter in a variety of ways (written, drawn, modeled etc) is exactly what I had in mind...
But I had not really thought of multiple judges... it was going to be either single judge or vote.
Didn't even think of this really. However, when I said judge, I didn't really have a panel of judges in mind, but rather individuals voting would have a somewhat harder (and possibly biased) time 'judging' other's work based on how it is presented. However, the broad theme and broad spectrum of ways to present 'art' calls to many more people, so I'me excited to see how others will react to this sort of event/contest.
The whole idea was for people to express something that they had rolling around inside.. not for me/us to tell them what it should be.
IF I had to name it I guess I would have called it "Make something for Grandma" lol.. or even better"Surprise Me" Yes, that's it..
"Surprise Me"
I have no interest in a contest where the idea is born in me and someone else executes it. Knowing what is inside the box can ruin the joy of opening the gift....
Although a broad contest/event is good, without some sort of guidelines entries will be all over the place (maybe this is what you want). Actually, now that I understand your point of view, having lots of entries just put forth their best work without a general theme in mind would be cool and interesting to look at.
