{"id":20900,"date":"2015-02-13T11:00:25","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T19:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/?p=20900"},"modified":"2024-04-03T03:20:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T10:20:02","slug":"join-creative-markets-presidential-sketch-week-and-win-excellent-prizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/join-creative-markets-presidential-sketch-week-and-win-excellent-prizes","title":{"rendered":"Join Creative Market&#039;s Presidential Sketch Week and Win Excellent Prizes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those in our community who are sitting Stateside, there&acirc;&euro;&trade;s a holiday coming up on Monday. It&acirc;&euro;&trade;s an ode to our forefathers and a day full of patriotic celebrations. This Monday, we observe Presidents&#8217; Day.<br \/>\nHere at Creative Market, we&acirc;&euro;&trade;ve decided to mark the holiday with one of our all time favorite things, a sketch contest! This competition is going to be a blast, no matter what country you call home. Read on for more details.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Enter<\/h2>\n<p>\nUnlike our previous <a href=\"http:\/\/crtv.mk\/rwDi\">Creative Market Sketch Week Challenge<\/a>, this sketch contest will have a theme. Surprise, surprise, that theme happens to be &acirc;&euro;&oelig;presidential&acirc;&euro;. We&acirc;&euro;&trade;re challenging you to create a sketch of one of your favorite U.S. presidents. What exactly that means is open to interpretation.\n<\/p>\n<p>Your sketch can be more literal:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/02\/03024149\/FDRSketch.jpg.webp\" alt=\"FDRSketch\" width=\"680\" height=\"728\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21005\"><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/crtv.mk\/pjEg\">Gerren Lamson<\/a>.<\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/02\/03024152\/TeddyRoosevelt.jpg.webp\" alt=\"TeddyRoosevelt\" width=\"680\" height=\"847\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20941\"><em>Theodore Roosevelt illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/crtv.mk\/qwW6\">Ken Weaver<\/a>. Font, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/crtv.mk\/pwh2\">Goodbye November<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/crtv.mk\/awGh\">Inksun. aksara<\/a><\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/02\/03024157\/Josh-Abe.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Josh-Abe\" width=\"680\" height=\"1047\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20940\"><em>Abraham Lincoln illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/crtv.mk\/qwW6\">Ken Weaver<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/crtv.mk\/gx9a\">Flag graphic<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/crtv.mk\/rwY2\">GhostlyPixels<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It can be fun, metaphoric, and\/or allusionistic:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/02\/03024202\/Jefferson.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Jefferson\" width=\"680\" height=\"899\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20939\"><em>Thomas Jefferson illustration concept by <a href=\"http:\/\/crtv.mk\/qwW6\">Ken Weaver<\/a>. Illustrated by <a href=\"http:\/\/crtv.mk\/cwXr\">Pixelwise Co<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/crtv.mk\/jxPc\">Fire background<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/crtv.mk\/jxPd\">Nikolay Sorvalov<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It can even be a hand-drawn sketch of one of your favorite presidential quotes:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/02\/03024205\/TeddyQuote.jpg.webp\" alt=\"TeddyQuote\" width=\"680\" height=\"543\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21000\"><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/crtv.mk\/pjEg\">Gerren Lamson<\/a>.<\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/02\/03024209\/AbeQuote.jpg.webp\" alt=\"AbeQuote\" width=\"680\" height=\"428\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21003\"><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/crtv.mk\/pjEg\">Gerren Lamson<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\nNot From The U.S.? No problem. Simply choose a current or historical leader from your country, and join the fun!<br \/>\nAfter you&acirc;&euro;&trade;ve completed your sketch, share it on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CreativeMarket\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/crtvmrkt\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/creativemarket\/\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/creativemarket.tumblr.com\">Tumblr<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/creativemarket\/\">Pinterest<\/a>. Make sure to tag Creative Market, and use the hashtag <strong>#SketchAPres<\/strong> to enter the contest. Having a hard time narrowing down your favorite president? Not to worry, you can enter as many times as you&acirc;&euro;&trade;d like! The contest starts today and ends Friday, Feb. 20th, so just make sure to get all of your sketches in by then.<br \/>\nWe&acirc;&euro;&trade;ll sort through the entries, choose three of our favorites, and announce the winners on Feb 24th.\n<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s the Prize?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/02\/03024212\/prizes-1.jpg.webp\" alt=\"prizes-1\" width=\"680\" height=\"280\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21114\"><\/p>\n<p>\nThere will be a total of three winners:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Grand Prize<\/strong>: $200 in Creative Market Credits, a <a href=\"http:\/\/crtv.mk\/qwD4\">Wacom Intuos Creative Stylus 2<\/a> (ICS2), a one-year Pro membership to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sketchbook.com\/?utm_source=creativemarket&amp;utm_medium=partner-contest&amp;utm_campaign=sketchcontest\">SketchBook<\/a>, a Creative Market t-shirt, and a SketchBook t-shirt.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second Place<\/strong>: $100 in Creative Market Credits, a one-year Pro membership to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sketchbook.com\/?utm_source=creativemarket&amp;utm_medium=partner-contest&amp;utm_campaign=sketchcontest\">SketchBook<\/a>, a Creative Market t-shirt, and a SketchBook t-shirt.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Third Place<\/strong>: $50 in Creative Market Credits, a one-year Pro membership to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sketchbook.com\/?utm_source=creativemarket&amp;utm_medium=partner-contest&amp;utm_campaign=sketchcontest\">SketchBook<\/a>, a Creative Market t-shirt, and a SketchBook t-shirt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You&#8217;ve heard us <a href=\"http:\/\/crtv.mk\/cweZ\">rave about SketchBook<\/a> in the past; it really is a must have for any and every sketch artist. The ICS2 is the super delicious icing on an already delectable cake, as it makes the SketchBook app even more powerful on mobile devices (and it&#8217;s just an all around blast to draw with). Add in all of that swag and piles of Creative Market cash, and who wouldn&#8217;t want to join in the sketch contest fun? <\/p>\n<p>We know how much you folks love sketching, and we can&acirc;&euro;&trade;t wait to see the creative ideas you come up with. The contest starts now, so sharpen those pencils, grab that stylus, uncap those pens&acirc;&euro;&brvbar; and away we go!<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those in our community who are sitting Stateside, there&acirc;&euro;&trade;s a holiday coming up on Monday. It&acirc;&euro;&trade;s an ode to our forefathers and a day full of patriotic celebrations. This Monday, we observe Presidents&#8217; Day. 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