Our yearly Halloween contest is back, this time focused on Dither Boy! Read on to find out what the brief is, how to enter (using our Discord server) and more.
BRIEF:
Spooky Season is here! Whether you love old horror movies, dressing up, or just want an excuse to make something with a vampire on, this is the perfect opportunity to use Dither Boy! We're asking everybody to dither something spooky using our latest free palette. @everyone @here
RULES:
- Create something inspired by Halloween using Dither Boy.
- Use the FREE Halloween Palettes in your entry!
- Post the design to a social media platform and tag us (social media links below). Paste the link to your post in the Entries channel of the Studio AAA Discord
- MUST ENTER BY OCTOBER 30th
- Enter as many times as you like
Tag:
- @studioaaacom on Twitter or Instagram
- @studio_aaa on Tiktok
- @studioaaa.com on Bluesky
PRIZES:
More users entering will mean we will choose even more winners! Keep entering to increase your chances!
TWO MAIN WINNERS WILL WIN:
- Glitch Machine for Adobe After Effects
or
- The next Studio AAA software (unannounced, not telling any details yet)
Runners up will be able to choose one of the below from the Studio AAA website:
- Vintage Paper
- Screen FX Kit
- Glitch Machine
- VHS Textures
- Grunge Paper
- Printer Trash
RESOURCES:
Pinterest Board for ideas:
Prompts:
- A poster design based on your favourite horror film
- Dither Boy'd skull (it's a classic for a reason)
- Some spooky custom text (maybe "Boo" or "Trick or Treat")
- Dither Boy'd Pumpkin
- Haunted houses and Graveyards
- Moons always look great dithered, you could even add a witch or bats in front of it!
- Layerblend a Dither over your favourite halloween character
- Spiders and Cobwebs
Dither Boy Tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/@studioaaa
Creatives to follow for inspiration:
- Caroline Dietl @caroline.dietl
- Nothing Lasts 4 Ever @nothin.last4ever
- Foie Graphics @foiegraphics
- Piper Ferrari @piperferrari_
- Niko Virolainen @wrdmediafiles
- Kinnat Sóley @merchbabe
- Harry Vincent @harry__vincent
Public Domain Assets:
(just in case you need a hand sourcing images!)
- UNSPLASH (does have a premium plan to unlock even more photos, but the free plan is solid)
- PIXABAY
- PEXELS
- RAWPIXEL (be aware you need to filter out AI images as there are lots here now)
- PUBLIC DOMAIN IMAGE ARCHIVE (thousands of out-of-copyright images)
- RIJKSMUSEUM (museum archive of artwork, photographs, posters etc)
- PUBLIC WORK (public domain photographs)
