hello every vvvv lovers,
I would like to announce hold a competition of cover art & illustrations for new vvvv book!
Now I’m writing the book in Japanese. I have already asked cooperation to several persons.
Then, we need several graphics published in a book.
Please refer to lower information and upload your works/images/pictures here or send e-mail to me.
we (me, editor, designer) will choose 1 for cover art and 5-7 for illustration in the book.
outline of the book
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title: vvvvook - vvvv programming guide for prototyping
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the contents: this book is a practical guidebook of vvvv for beginners who want to start learning about media art, prototyping, and interactive design.
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the author: Minoru Ito / Takuya Hoshi
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publisher: BNN Inc. (http://www.bnn.co.jp/EG/)
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format: 257 x 182 mm, soft cover with jacket, 4 color
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price: 3,400 Japanese yen + tax
the composition of the title:
** Chapter 1: Introduction - outline, examples, download & install, girlpower
** Chapter 2: vvvv basics - about programming, vvvv GUI, vvvv programming, tutorial (generative art)
** Chapter 3: Rapid prototyping - media, image processing, network, devices
** Chapter 4: Creating works - sound synchronized video, internet data visualization
** Chapter 5: Advanced topics - Shader, Plugin, etc.
(the contents may be changed)
about competition
- deadline: December 22nd, 2013
- format: image file (pdf, jpg, png, tiff, etc.) which generated/used with vvvv
- resolution: 350dpi/CMYK or as high quality as possible
- submit: upload here or send e-mail to minoru0218(at)gmail.com (you can submit as many as you want)
- judges: author(me), editor, designer of the book
- winners: announce here.
- prize: the book itself to cover art winner, pdf version to illustration winners.
for your reference, attached images are cover art of BNN’s programming guide book.
(processing, openframeworks, pure data)
https://vvvv.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/large/images/51qszApMIeL.SL500_AA300.jpg
https://vvvv.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/large/images/BI_cover_0.jpg
https://vvvv.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/large/images/20120224_bnn_pd6_0.jpg
if you have any question, please comment here.
we are looking forward to see your works!
mino