I never thought that I’d do two Triple J posts back-to-back, but there you go. Recently they’ve had a design competition whereby the entrants had to redesign their logo. There were tons of great entries, and the winner’s entry is absolutely fantastic. It’s a big water tower in the shape of the Triple J drum upside-down, with a kid drinking from a hose.
Go check it out at: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/events/smashthedrum/
However, as I was browsing through the shortlisted entries on the frontpage of the site, I came upon this one:
Now, I thought to myself, “Where the hell have I seen that smoke before??” Turns out that it was from iStockPhoto.com, and the pic that’s been used is virtually unaltered. Here’s a comparision:
I really really hope that this isn’t a list of finalists, and Sue-Ann doesn’t get this work displayed. Nicking stuff from around the net is pretty common (especially for image-editing), but that seems pretty dodge to me.