Interesting contest. Textures are very limited as they only have one specific theme.

Looking forward to the winner basically and see on what basis you judge as I couldn’t judge textures to be honest. Looking at the above examples, every one of those would be a winner for me as they come from totally different backgrounds and all have some beauty aspect.

@dennis … textures are not limiting at all …
that.s the beauty of textures .not only are they EVERYWHERE, but you can use them for EVERYTHING … so not sure why you think textures have only one theme …

good luck if you plan on entering .

I must admit to being reasonably mystified by textures in general. Coming from a programming background rather than an artistic one, I’ve never really understood what they’re for, when to apply them, and in general, the stock textures with Fireworks, for example, are reasonably simplistic. I look forward to these contest results and, hopefully, learning more about textures between now and then.

The contest is it allowed to foreigners? Or only US-residents?

How Exciting….!

Having a hard time choosing the good ones to send.

:-D

So when sending in more than one texture, each texture should be zipped separately….Does this mean that each zip contains exactly one image, or that each zip can contain more images of the same texture (eg different angles, etc) (my understanding is that each zip contains 1 image, but I just want to be sure :) )?

Another great contest on the web.

Great Post….

Exciting contest! :-)

Great contest! Two quick questions: 1) In the text file, you ask for copyright information. Do you have a preference to what to put in here? Creative Commons, etc? 2) I went out and took some pictures just for this contest … Then, I read that we should zip more than pic of the textures. Is just one picutre okay, or does there need to be more than one?

hey! Why you use use Canon camera image in post?

i hate Canon (I love nikon), and i think You should use canon or nikon image.. it;s provocation!

Please, it’s detail, but important for me.

I like smashing magazine, and don’t want stop.

So the winner will be randomly determined? So, you’re saying that it’s basically pulling a name out of a hat?

I’m with you, nikon are waaay better (it’s preference really)…

but read the prize…. it explains why…

Thanks for this beatiful textures!

I am so excited seeing this fabulous contest by SM… I am also participating ‘Only for that fantastic gift’ …

I’m getting to work!

Now then, as for camera preferences.
I work with Canon and like the camera.
I don’t hate Nikon or any other brand. I just prefer Canon.
It is a matter of choice.
The Camera is a tool. So no matter what brand I prefer, it is still a tool !
So please…this is a great contest no matter what.

this will be fun! i give away free textures on my blog all the time (along with tutorials on creating your own), so I’m looking foward to participating.

Sven,
Some expecific subject for submition?

great contest, maybe ’cause i’ve shot the perfect picture for this contest one month ago :>
already submitted it gladfully :)

Question: by “texture” you mean a tile-able image? (to be used with background-repeat: repeat)?

I’ve just mailed mine. Great idea.

It seems to be great thing

Wow, very nice. I will definetly try and enter something.

@nbb it is not imperative to use a canon, the canon camera in the picture is the prize

@gGus - I see no reason textures should have to be tileable. The images can fade out, or be used for specific-side headers.

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cool !

Will send mine next week

Very interesting. Cool thing. I like this site

p.s offtopic:
Why you dont have a forum?

Hey, I’ have a design site for webmaster: Link [flashripper.net]
There a lot of icons i.t.p How is he?

Hi, great idea for a competition!

I have a number of textures on my Flickr account that are all under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works license. Would you accept them for entry into the competition if I waved this licence, or does the fact that they already are on my account mean that you still wouldn’t allow them?

Yay. Free camera. ^^_
Will send soon.

Picking the winner at random seems a bit pointless to me. You may have someone who created some stunning textures only for someone else to win who didn’t create anywhere near as nice textures. I think the owner of the most impressive textures should be given merit for their work.

I agree with Ryan, there should be certain criteria. A Poll would be also a nice thing ;D
Picking just randomly isn’t the answer I guess.

Hi, is there any gallery of contest n3s?

Nice idea as well as this magazine :) thanx..

THanks for the reply Vitaly. Totally overread the point of randomly picking a winner. Kinda renders my point useless, so thanks for clarifying that bit!

Hi,
When textures will be published?

So when do we publish/link and announce the winner(s)??

Do i get an answer that the mail has been recieved?
I have sent one mail, with a zipmap as im supposed to, but i have noe yet gotten a respond..?

Admins; please mail me =)

Interesting competition. I look forward to seeing (and using!) the results.

I’ve just sent my textures, looking forward to the winner announcment.
Thanks for the competition, SM!

Great contest. Keep up the great work.

i love the ideea of this contest!
not bad at all and also usefull for all of ass.
more free resources! :)

oh, dang …. “at random”

take a chance, make a decision, go for it…. the coolest texture will be chosen as winner, then i would have some incentive, to sendx my unbelievably cool textures from indian back alleys, but, at random? too boring

ready! i sent my textures but its a download link cause they were in very good quality, hope SM people can download them…

gregory is right, with the winner picked at random there’s little incentive. I’ll be entering some texture shots but it would be nice if there was a chance of winning through skill and not just luck.

mmm how do i know if my textures are ok? cause i sent a download link cause the textures where in a very good resolution.. thanx :)

Sweet - I’m in!

Now I just need to be on the look-out for some kind of texture that no-one would ever think of - or one that others might not be able to find where they live…

I’m having trouble sending mine! I think it’s because it’s such a big message. I’ve never used zip before, maybe I am doing it wrong? any help apreciated… please

Hey, just create a folder and put all your patterns in that folder. Then right click on that folder and select send to and click on Compressed (zipped) folder. Thats it!

Great, just sent mine

Did that… didn’t work… I eventually sent them in 3 lots… I hope it was ok to do that…?

Thanks for your help :)

Interesting post, it is so nice to see real textures of the world than the one we find in photoshop! :)

Just sent in my zip archive with 5 Textures :-)

Is there a specific time deadline on the 21st.

Is the deadline today or was it yesterday?

Hello, the result leaves when?

tanx

Awesome contest! I can’t wait to see what everyone’s submitted, & especially how people see things!

interesting contest!!

good luck to everyone!!

Vitaly and Sven;
I would like to be participatting in this contest.
Is it possible? Can I send you, my pictures?
Regards;

Hi,
the result leaves when?

tanks YOU !!!

Hello. has the winner been announced? Are the entries viewable?

Hi. You already show my picture, The ““Natural” texture photographed in a wood” by mrhyde_br (flickr). I´m participatting of the contest ?

Tks