Earlier this Fall we ran the CustomMaker phone case challenge and were blown away by the quality of submissions. Talking to cadycarlson, who designed one of of favorites, had this to say about making her design for the challenge:
“This was a really fun project for me. I mainly design jewelry but have made a few accessory items in the past, so making a phone case was a great challenge! Growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the recurring combination of Neoclassical Revival and Art Deco architecture/motifs has a hand in the inspiration for most of my designs. My city boasts one of the largest collections of Deco architecture in the nation; we even have several residences and buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and Bruce Goff.
Another aspect of this competition that I loved was the employment of CustomMaker — it’s so wonderful to put personalization into the hands of the consumer so they can be a part of things.”
From rolandgs:
“The competition rules stated use of the CustomMaker tool. I tried to use it to it full potential. So use both text and image engraving, but also include a non-rectangular field, with a template. I feel this method should be integrated with the tools interface because it allows for more interesting use of the tool. The template I made can be found in the images on the product page.
The Art Nouveau style is a bit of an long time fascination I have. It seemed to suit the design goal, framing an image in an elaborate way independently of the frames content.
Strangely enough there wasn’t much sketching involved. The orb filled crescent was generated using some math I found. Just Google ‘art nouveau crescent’, First hit actually. I made a print of the design thus far and sketched some borders on it, evolving to the end result.”
rolandgs sketch for the design
Keep an eye out out for more Challenges in our forums and on our blog.