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Exclusive contest for Drawn! readers, doodlers and pattern lovers alike!

Pattern design studio We Love Patterns and Funkrush clothing have teamed up for an exclusive contest for the readers of Drawn! The first 3 emails to gaston.caba@welovepatterns.com with the words “I want the squirrel t-shirt” will win their very own squirrel t-shirt (pictured above). Sounds simple enough!

“We Love Patterns is a family company created in 2010 by Gastón Caba, Silvana Marino and Lara Caba. We are devoted to create a growing collection of extra-cute, colorful & optimistic pattern artworks, hoping to help to add charm and whimsy to all different kind of products. We decided to offer a different style from the standard pattern artwork. What we specially like about patterns is the ability to tell a tiny story or to catch a whole complex concept with the sum of tiny objects & words. Some of our original designs are also created by queen of cute Bubi Au Yeung, the multi-talented Dana Zimmerling & Mr. TobyHK. We are selecting more artists to add to our catalogue which we update every month.”

  • http://www.helmetgirl.co.uk/ Helmetgirl

    looks fun! Is there a deadline for entries?

  • http://twitter.com/Bobrilius Artur

    ADORABLE :)

  • http://celineloupillustration.net/ Celine

    what a great idea! this makes me want to do pattern design.

  • http://knitetgantt.deviantart.com/ knitetgantt

    This is inspiring and exciting! I hope to make something for this.

  • http://wirbeleit.wordpress.com/ patrick

    Fantastic!
    How many patterns can I send? Sketches? B/W? In colour? Which format?

  • gabrielanamie

    Sounds cool! What's the deadline and format required?

  • meatanpotatoes

    Awesome!! I make a pattern, win a contest, and get just a t-shirt!! Meanwhile, the company makes money off of my design and I don't. Sounds good, I'm in.

  • http://www.robcollinet.com/ Rob

    Sarcasm that cuts to the jist of it… I appreciate that comment and I too thought about it this way and believe that some artists greatly undervalue their work and don't realize what it is “worth.” Call for entires has always been this way in my opinion… but then again some artists like just doing their thang and giving it away… sharing their art for fun and not profit. If it's not for you and you feel you're being “ripped off” don't do it… otherwise have fun with it… I'm pretty good at sitting on a fence eh?

  • http://www.alandefibaugh.com/ Alan Defibaugh

    I am curious about this contest! Though it isn't terribly clear from this entry if they intend to use the design, or just give a cheery nod to their favorite with a fun prize. More details, please Mr.britt!

  • Eki

    just a friendly warning from someone who works with print houses- having FULL repeats in a large size ( even if it is just web formated) on your site is asking to be ripped off. I've worked with enough shady companies who have done it. Find a way to protect yourself while showcasing your work.

  • gastoncaba

    Hello everyone. Here Gaston from We Love Patterns.

    Thanks for the nice comments.

    A little explanation for those who ask more about the contest.

    Deadline is March 15th and winners of the Tees will be announced at our website and why not within the comments of this post. The winners will be contacted by email.

    We´re looking for funny pattern themes, for eg “Sad salad vegetables” or “Crows´s tea time” (your´s will be more funny for sure!!!)

    You can also send artworks for us to review, but that´s up to you.

    We´re not planning to use any of the pattern themes to make us rich. As Alan said, it´s a fun opportunity to make contact with all of you, to get to know each other.

    In the case we love a submission so much that we want to add it to our catalogue, we will be glad to share a 50% fee of any revenue from that artwork. I know this is not what we usually get (nothing above 35%), being myself an illustrator I would like to have better deals for my friends.

    Hoping it´s a little more clear now.
    Cheers!!

  • http://www.alandefibaugh.com/ Alan Defibaugh

    Thanks for clarifying Gaston.

    ~Best!

  • Estefani Bravo

    Hello!!!!

    I'm from Chile. Is that a problem to participate?

    Saludos!!!!

  • gastoncaba

    No trouble at all !! We wait for your submission.

    :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/andrew.maruska Andrew Maruska

    I must be overlooking something major here… but where are the contest details? I see the email for a shirt, which is seems obviously over… but is there something more? I see people are asking about a deadline and gaston said march 15th… but for what?

  • http://www.fitografito.com/ Rodolfo Velado

    yea , wheres the contest?, im agree with andrew

  • Fito

    no more contest???

  • http://twitter.com/incort Nina Coronato

    Oh,this is too cute!!!!

  • http://www.johnmartz.com/ John Martz

    Sorry for the confusion, folks. We eventually realized we were uncomfortable endorsing any contest that asked entrants to do work for free (regardless of any potential monetary reward), so we made it a simple giveaway.

  • gastoncaba

    Dear all.

    Lucky winners of the We Love Pattern Squirrel Tee are:
    Dallas O'Brien, Kyle Richard & Paul Crombie.

    They´re getting this cute Tee very soon!!

    Thanks to everybody for the nice e-mails & comments.
    Cheers!!

  • http://www.dragoart.com/ learn how to draw

    Awesome T-Shirt. The animal on it reminds me of Happy Tree Friends.