Wolf-999 opened this issue on Jul 06, 2007 · 11 posts
keenart posted Sat, 07 July 2007 at 4:56 PM
I still go back to my experience with software companies. Often they do not have the same criteria for choosing a work of art that we expect they should. I have been a 2D Judge of art in past competitions, not for e-On.
What the criteria appears to be, beyond selling software, is who’s artwork is presenting the software in a manner different, unusual, comical, etc. that has not been displayed in previous submissions. They really do not want to put the best of the best forward each and every Day, or there would be a lot of people who would not buy the software.
Let me give you an idea of what it is like to be a Judge. A company makes a call for art work. All of the submissions are collected, and then a committee selects the art work that best represents what the company wants to say or sell. They often make a well rounded choice of types of art, or maybe not, because they may have a more specific goal in mind. Not to get off the track, you can see the motives of the company may not have anything to do with Professional Skill or quality at all, there may be other more important reasons, the company may or must address. Their choice may even be seasonal, tied to sales, or subjects, such as The Pirate of the Caribbean, etc. So, my day comes and I am given guidelines by which the company would like me to choose the winning works of art. I might have to make a choice on criteria, rather than personal preference based on professional merit.
I hope you can see how, really complex this issue is for these companies, and all of us as artists. What they pick sometimes just does not make sense to us, but it does to them, for whatever reason.
Note: I am not taking sides with e-On, but do feel it does require some explanation, for those who submit their work and do not get chosen. Just keep trying and show them how serious you are. You might also keep this thought in mind the next time you want to submit a work of art; “Use the software, or do something that has not been done before in a way that will get their attention!”