Win a copy of Web Standards Creativity or The Art & Science of CSS
26 April 2007
There's only so many copies of my books that I can give to my parents, so what am I to do with the remaining free copies I get from the publisher? Well, I could stack them on top of one another and use them to make me seem taller than Jeff Veen when we next sit across the table from one another, but a far less vain gesture would be to give them away!
So I've decided to give two of my lucky readers (yes, that's 66% of you) the chance to win a copy of either Web Standards Creativity or The Art & Science of CSS. "How do I get my hands on these glorious tomes of gratuity?" I hear you cry. Well ...
Hmmmmmmm ...
OK, I'll run a competition. The two people who can make the most interesting creation out of Blobular – my SVG tomfoolery – will get one of the books. You can either post a screenshot of your piece de blobsistance on Flickr, with the tag "blobular" (that part's important), or ... you can find some other way to get it to me. Post a link in the comments, or send it to me via my contact page. Whatever.
Entries close ... ummmm ... Sunday, 6 May 2007. So get cracking.
And who knows, you might even get a signed book! Or if you want it to keep its value you can ask me not to.
Update (2007-05-09): Here are the winners.
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Comments
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Darice de Cuba commented on 26 April 2007 @ 07:55
My creation: http://www.flickr.com/photos/darice/472839276/
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dujnoyl commented on 26 April 2007 @ 12:47
http://juddlyon.com/random/blobular.jpg
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The Man in Blue commented on 26 April 2007 @ 13:51
That's some sweet blob action you guys!
You're in the lead right now :D
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Dmitry Baranovskiy commented on 26 April 2007 @ 15:12
Can’t resist: http://flickr.com/photos/dmitry-baranovskiy/473193444/
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Madamecito commented on 26 April 2007 @ 15:35
http://www.flickr.com/photos/madamecito/473202780/
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Cheryl commented on 26 April 2007 @ 16:22
Is there a way to keep the half blobs oozing out from the sides or do they always need to separate?
I'm liking the ooze more than the blobs :)
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Ludwig Wendzich commented on 26 April 2007 @ 16:44
Heh, I liked my Blob-art until I saw those! Especially the Man in Blobs!
Meh, mine's is a bald-girl blob blowing Cameron a kiss :D Or going to actually kiss him....or something like that..
Always wanted a proper book on web design so thanks for the opportunity :)
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The Man in Blue commented on 26 April 2007 @ 18:02
Wow, that's awesome Dmitry. A high bar has been set!
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Marko Mihelcic commented on 26 April 2007 @ 19:50
Here mine, it's from the picture of The Art & Science of CSS bonsai , http://www.flickr.com/photos/markomihelcic/473352864/
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Dylan commented on 26 April 2007 @ 21:05
O it's blobularific!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylanfm/473393966/
11/28
Johan commented on 26 April 2007 @ 21:59
SVG distilled ... Here is my entry: http://zoic.be/websites/contests/
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Luke Dorny (luxuryluke) commented on 26 April 2007 @ 23:43
Well, I already have both books, but loved messing around with your… blobs!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/luxuryluke/473509897/
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Mag commented on 27 April 2007 @ 00:11
In future, you can ship any remaining books to other area or even countries where it's hard to be found!
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Chriztian Steinmeier commented on 27 April 2007 @ 07:20
I went for the "is that *really* an [...] in there?" look on this one: http://steinmeier.dk/-x-sarlaac/blobularoids.png
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Bramus! commented on 27 April 2007 @ 07:51
Aaaw, was gonna do the same as Dmitry ... gonna ponder a bit more over the weekend ;)
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Karl Brightman commented on 27 April 2007 @ 17:59
This is what i came up in a couple of mins before someone commented on my blob activities when i should be working... I call it "Web 2 blob 0"
http://karlbright.org/web_2_blob_oh.jpg
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Auto commented on 28 April 2007 @ 03:34
You have 2/0.66=3 lucky readers? Not too much...
18/28
James Hill commented on 28 April 2007 @ 05:21
it's a father-son conversation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sultanasandwich/474795154/
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Zak Henry commented on 28 April 2007 @ 09:45
My blobular entry!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7847563@N02/475006936/
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David VanDusen commented on 2 May 2007 @ 04:40
I wish this existed when I was doing my finals in drawing. The profs are always looking for new, innovative media.
http://flickr.com/photos/figureandsound/480235541/in/photostream/
http://flickr.com/photos/figureandsound/478873143/in/photostream/
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Johan commented on 2 May 2007 @ 05:41
@David
The horse is wiked!
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Dmitry Baranovskiy commented on 2 May 2007 @ 16:25
Another one, just for fun ;)
http://flickr.com/photos/dmitry-baranovskiy/480993054/
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dusoft commented on 2 May 2007 @ 23:04
The man in blue:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/90145926@N00/481289114/
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David VanDusen commented on 3 May 2007 @ 17:52
I tried to play with texture a bit more in this one.
http://flickr.com/photos/figureandsound/482394713/
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dusoft commented on 4 May 2007 @ 03:35
i don't want the books, there are so nice paintings from the other guys above, they deserve it.
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Mia Childs commented on 4 May 2007 @ 23:53
I am sad - I have no artistic skills and cannot play this game :(
Can I have a free book anyway? ;)
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Angela commented on 5 May 2007 @ 00:12
Do you plan on posting the winners and the reasons for choosing them?
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The Man in Blue commented on 9 May 2007 @ 02:46
Here are the winners