Win a copy of Web Standards Creativity or The Art & Science of CSS

26 April 2007

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A Blue Perspective: Win a copy of Web Standards Creativity or The Art & Science of CSS

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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    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/

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    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...

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    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

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