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YACHT on a Yacht: The Winners Are…

May 2nd, 2007 [12:12PM] Posted by: CASEY JARMAN | 15 COMMENTS

cari v Phew! We thought it would be easy to pick a winner. It was not. The judging proved so difficult, in fact, that we had to bring in an expert: WW ad designer and Photoshop aficionado Cari Vander Yacht (pictured to the left there). And yes, that’s her real name.

We urged Cari to judge entries on one umbrella category alone: awesomeness. After much deliberation, she chose her top three entries:

logginsandmessinajpegIn third place, it’s Ben Hubbird, with his Loggins & Messina album modification entry. This entry is part of a triptych, of which Hubbird says (in a rambling email), “History is only a narrative which we arbitrarily assign to a series of discongruous events. My work attempts to lay bare the underlying chaos and serve as a flashpoint for critical discourse and investigation into the true nature of ‘art’ and the true art of ‘nature.’” Whatever.

abe and jona on a yacht con In second place is my personal favorite entry, Abe Ingle’s psychedelic/Care Bear-esque entry, which I am dubbing “Rainbow Dolphin/Crystal Dolphin” for lack of a better title. It features the artist (in Pee Wee Herman’s body?) sailing the seas with his captain, Jona himself. If we were judging on photoshop savvy alone (which we clearly aren’t: see third place entry), Abe woulda run away with it.

YACHT_CONTEST And in first place, it’s Chris Anderson’s epic tale of ship-sinking dogs and the party people that love them, which I have dubbed (with a Bob Saget voice) “Dog Sinks Ship!” I think it was the godlike image of Jona floating above his sinking yacht/battleship that sealed the deal. As promised, Chris also gets to send me an mp3 of his band for use in LC’s “Cut of the Day” section. If Chris has a band, that is.

So there you have it. The winners of LocalCut’s “YACHT on a Yacht Photoshop(TM) Contest!” Thanks to all of our amazing contestants for playing the game. I’d say “see you on the boat,” but I’m going to have to boat-jack the YACHTYacht just to see the performance. So, yeah, see you on the boat.

And now for the parade of losers!

yachtscharfAlex Scharf’s entry was certainly in the running. We especially enjoyed pouty Jona in the back.

yachtonayachtLaura’s entry was dope, if a little too high-concept for us. She writes: “Jona and I became enraged when the others bought their tickets in advance leaving none for I, Laura Alice. The Crystal Dolphin was about to set sail when I, with the help of Jona and my gun, captured the ship. Leaving me in the loving arms of Bobby Birdman.” Amen to that! BB is a dream-factory!

yacht time We actually gave Noah Marmalefsky’s entry heavy consideration for third place. It’s so simple, but so right!

finnBen Hubbird’s original contest entry. Done in paintbrush!

yacht 2Ben Hubbird’s second entry

untitledJoann Dang gets some credit here for actually hanging with Yacht, but not enough to propel her into the top three.

oversize-load-yacht-1Peter Walters from Pendleton writes: “(I once brought YACHT to play Pendleton in 2004 along with Adrian Orange and we ate dinner on a School Bus that served Tacos) I hope no one else enters…” Cari: “I’m looking for something that speaks to me on a less verbal level.”

titanic yachtWe had serious ethical problems with awarding tickets to our beloved ex-intern Anika Sabin, otherwise she may well have won. Despite the relatively weak technical achievements here, Jona with the MTV microphone on the Titanic…c’mon. Pretty rad.

final for wwCarissa Wodehouse’s entry made things really tough. It’s a pretty impressive work of Photoshop art with multiple inside jokes, but something about it (that terrifying cupcake, perhaps) barely lost the battle for third. Sorry, Carissa.

pickmelocalcutEasily the most divisive entry of the contest, Nilina’s masterpiece/eyesore was praised by some and despised by others. There was enough LC love, though, to grant Nilina’s wish and award her a special runner-up prize (to be determined). Nilina: “I think a new category should be established. An award for groundbreaking advancements in the techinal field of photoshop. CLEARLY it would be created to further accommodate my entry. And yes, I’m in it to win it.”

There you have it! Thanks again for playing. Stay tuned for our next, even more awesome contest.

 

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