I'm pleased to announce the esteemed winners of our 1st targeted ad design contest and to exhibit their work below. I hereby recommend them to all our advertisers as I believe that they are the very best talents that this community has to offer at the moment.

WINNER: (30,000 naira)
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1382164_Fashola_jpgd37a2e3b234733541ee2b2bd6d91f000 www.nairaland.com/attachments/1382165_Wizkid_jpgf863e096c178f534ee65d5ebed14c333
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1382166_University1_jpg8d6c9eaf3f0a1d93bfdd76399950c4cb www.nairaland.com/attachments/1382167_Techno1_jpg75b206fe0ad905a6de9f0d173733e613
www.nairaland.com/yusufu16 08124380516

2ND PLACE: (25,000 naira)
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381875_Fashola_Ad_jpg08d594abf8079c137a08623e649158d9 www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381877_Wizkid_Adb_jpgbbd8bc04f17a95dde15dabab8c809038
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381874_Covenant_Ad_jpg73b806b6ebe94ba08ec7094d5afe3341 www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381876_Techno_Ad_jpg216b27d7c1c39894f5771a4f1033854c
www.nairaland.com/lightheart (08038297973)

3RD PLACE: (20,000 naira)
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1382053_Fashola_jpgd37a2e3b234733541ee2b2bd6d91f000 www.nairaland.com/attachments/1382055_Wizkid_jpgf863e096c178f534ee65d5ebed14c333
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1382052_CU_jpg48b172c8b3f9178acac06a99d519cb2d www.nairaland.com/attachments/1382054_Tecno_jpgeb44281dcba72ffbf6171c514a8c6d89
www.nairaland.com/me-n-you (08020556192)

4TH PLACE: (15,000 naira)
[img]http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/1382365_fashola-15_jpgf20ff161d2a0dde115405748d4f293d0[/img][img]http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/1382366_wizkid-wedding_jpgdb6dd8a44dbf41369f9700e312bb1a18[/img]
[img]http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/1382367_admission-covenant_jpg637aef6ff33acb9351d07f6d445cb57c[/img][img]http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/1382368_tecno-bbm_jpgeb5786b98043f02d329a21b9ca087001[/img]
www.nairaland.com/lincolnpix (+393888722948)

5TH PLACE: (10,000 naira)
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1382371_egift1_jpge1620286cd57ce77017b7cfd961101b9 www.nairaland.com/attachments/1382372_egift2_jpgb98ba257985c18da370af024f4d58073
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1382373_egift3_jpg3117b7fc1cedd0c5095400c65fb109d9 www.nairaland.com/attachments/1382374_egift4_jpga1a975775d2e4f19cfafb4fcca5ca9fd
www.nairaland.com/egift (08097876284, 08033656489 - Emmanuel Ezeali)

I'm also please to present the list of other designers who participated in the contest, and to exhibit their work as well:

OTHER ACCEPTED ENTRIES:
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1380003_fashola_jpgf7fdef3e2740ca438a1128139d27f698 www.nairaland.com/attachments/1380004_wizkid_JPG9d739f860ae064bce120a07711c068f4
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1380005_covenant_university_jpg78c7887736569c861f8dd62ec19e3632 www.nairaland.com/attachments/1380006_tecno_jpgac7ab81515aeb0530043c1794a600d3c
www.nairaland.com/freechat

www.nairaland.com/attachments/1379138_NAIRALAND_jpgbfad53d928da42bccf99a20abb7f0e57 www.nairaland.com/attachments/1379139_wizzy_correct_jpg38956356f61efed80d4a9ccab2851fca
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1379140_cove_jpg2109604282f5e168d0c2bc1350df08cc www.nairaland.com/attachments/1379141_TT_jpg4bf64d277207395b80aaef7a0a1bb32b
www.nairaland.com/Rajman

www.nairaland.com/attachments/1379270_fashola_jpgf7fdef3e2740ca438a1128139d27f698 www.nairaland.com/attachments/1379271_wizkid_jpgc7d0114957e5c8d8e243f65caeb6f6a4
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1379272_covenant_jpgabca2dd7280efd0e9c05eb08e00e90b0 www.nairaland.com/attachments/1379273_techno_jpg826699eea10e1549e51ff2a2b76b6e8a
www.nairaland.com/ajibawealt

[img]http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/1380918_Fashola-for-president_jpgf4bb6853f70affb44621fa8825002858[/img][img]http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381110_wizkid-wedding2_jpg22adc8957aff4771b43a47579e03608b[/img]
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381620_Covenant_jpg8371b08795f6e56055219f426e14866a [img]http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381774_BBM-on-Tecno2_jpga778ea04930eefc13bb6fa0950fefa49[/img]
www.nairaland.com/chygoz3

www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381269_NL_ads2_jpg0bf0df942de11d6551680eb312a6d835 www.nairaland.com/attachments/1382172_NL_ads0_jpg458fed3927bce18c08d5d6bced683717
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381271_NL_ads4_jpg5b05dd4c0d2d7e0a67a23ac5d650557f www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381268_NL_ads1_jpg62ea1e536430cfc4b47a16d058a8f059
www.nairaland.com/archmage

www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381932_NLC4_jpg268ee5ec56ecb82cbabbc56271d5b439 www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381929_NLC1_jpg6f50ac455cb81633717986696314fc2f
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381931_NLC3_jpg5de986c4dc23df04eb8341f89b339955 www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381930_NLC2_jpg335076571213f72e21f10e3d2716ca6a
www.nairaland.com/lemuhito

www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381982_Fashola_jpgd37a2e3b234733541ee2b2bd6d91f000 www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381983_Wizkid_jpgf863e096c178f534ee65d5ebed14c333
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381984_convenant_jpgbbed5a79492ea4aed4daf5b47384d0aa www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381985_Tecno_jpgeb44281dcba72ffbf6171c514a8c6d89
www.nairaland.com/damola1

[img]http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381764_FASHOLA-ENTRY_jpgfb0e811b71bf8984949a308829ee8770[/img]www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381763_wizzy_jpg92630a606ec7296b8bb8f3f896fd0c3d
[img]http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381766_COVENANT-WORK_jpg7d9275cd12fae2ea043fdbc646039577[/img][img]http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381765_TECNO-ENTRY_jpga8dbfd688723c1edf0caf08bc80fb9e9[/img]
www.nairaland.com/ibrozyconcept

www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381098_ad2_jpg8b95ff2c2a371b5a56ca7d6dc90f249f www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381100_ad4_jpga9c331cb63f0ca6dd07ca68299f363d6
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381097_ad1_jpg0ad151a76de95e28fd82e0b14889c725 www.nairaland.com/attachments/1381099_ad3_jpg5b34f38000a41f5c35d4e2ae0cf772a4
www.nairaland.com/fabzizy93

www.nairaland.com/attachments/1380207_a1_jpg7d108db512f6a6a929cd0d0ad3b593e8 www.nairaland.com/attachments/1380208_a2_jpg6dfe8354f0f8d8d2fe2fde1061251636
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1380209_a3_jpg9b81ee590d27c91277ce8f36280285e3 www.nairaland.com/attachments/1380210_a4_jpg4f8490bbdddf6ca2cd95779057e7796d
www.nairaland.com/alfredo4u

www.nairaland.com/attachments/1378555_fashnl_jpgf1db691b0aef5af44189e202f02927d7 www.nairaland.com/attachments/1378556_wiznl_jpgc5fc39146f375e52885b5314c4666565
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1378557_covnl_jpgc32f7c89fce16f3dd984646a707d50ed www.nairaland.com/attachments/1378558_tecnl_jpgfbd3addbf3f83a4836b5842fe05e7a8f
www.nairaland.com/goldpencil

We wish to thank all those who participated in this contest including those who were unfortunately disqualified for falling short of a few rules. We will conduct another contest in a short while and we hope that they will help us to make it far more competitive than this one.

What The Winners Did Right:

1) They followed all the rules. They used the correct size & format, spelt every word correctly, and submitted on time. This is important, because a good designer should be able to follow requirements. If an advertiser says this is what I want, you have to be willing to do a fantastic job within those constraints. Your talent, no matter how great, will not help our advertisers if you cannot work within their requirements.

2) They made their ads accessible - easy to read and understand at a glance. Their text was sharp and bold and catchy and succinct. Contrast was high. Each ad made use of colorful & vivid pictures related to the things being advertised to draw the eyes of those who would be interested.

3) All their adverts were good. All their adverts were great. They did not submit subpar ads along with their best ads. This helped them to win because consistency matters. Any decent designer will produce a fantastic ad once in a while, but it takes a great designer to create top quality ads every single time. We can't recommend a designer if we know that there's a 50% chance that what he sends you will be subpar.

4) They used interesting backgrounds, color and sophisticated effects to add the wow factor. Advertisers love ads that make people go "wow!"

5) They did not compress their ads too much. They managed the compression process carefully to balance quality and size.

Thank God for them...would have participated but just that the cash rewards were going to be in exchange for ads which i don't need.

ok

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Kudos to them

These are pretty simple and cool.. Me likey!!

Nice Job Guys!!!

Oga Seun, The Love I Have For U Is Like A "Copied Assignment.." I Cant Even "Explain It"!! You The Man Of The Year!!

Gracias!!

iamswizz: You call these designs?? Seriously.. Smh.

Don't despise the future winners. Their designs may not be great right now, but they will learn and practice and become much better.

I will participate In subsequent round if this is what it take to be the winner. Sharp designs though

Congratulations to the winners!

though i don't know about design, but kudos to seun for this stuff.

Congrats to the winners... They did a great job. Meawhile i was xpecting to see a guy ( i forgot the name, i wil come back here to post it) actually the guy did a excellent job perhaps he didn't follow the rules.

Congrat when are dy pouring champagne 4 us is d koko

iamswizz: You call these designs?? Seriously..

Smh.

I agree with you jo. I was hoping to see more.

With all due respect, I think there should be more judges with an artistic background next time. Last time, I checked Seun is into web management and peogramming not advertising or PR.

I really love the work of the 5th contestant.

I will participate in sebsequent edition if this is what it takes to be among the winners. Sharp designs though.

Btw who remove my previous comment

Nice ones

kingthreat: With all due respect, I think there should be more judges with an artistic background next time. Last time, I checked Seun is into web management and peogramming not advertising or PR.

Wow! Are you for real!!! Do I need to be a farmer to know if fried rice tastes nice or not?!?!? Mehn you're on a long thing. Do you think Clients have any artistic background to judge whether what you have given to them is good or not?!

Congrat to them

Congrats to all contestants
Congrats to Jesse (back to back is not a small somting)
Thanks to Seun for providing this platform. Oga boss ka'ibu
Thanks to Nairaland for allowing itself to be used as a platform
Thanks to my clients (past, present and future)

Y'all have been far so kind!
Long live Nairaland!!

Den try. But no winner should start all that nonsense appreciation thread like the one that got $3000, just go and spend ur N30000