International
Contest of Dinosaur Illustrations
RULES
1. Theme:
Dinosaurs and other mesozoic reptiles. Drawings of bones or life-like
representation of dinosaurs are accepted.
2. Identification:
The illustrations must be accompanied by the identifcation of the
author (name, age, e-mail, phone number, adress and country) in a
simply and unequivocal way. Each illustration should be titled (the
name of the dinosaur is preferred).
3. Participants: Any participant,
national or foreign, over 15 years old is accepted.
4.
Size and techniques: not smaller than 148 x 210 mm. Free
format. The frame is optional although encouraged. All illustration
techniques and materials are accepted.
5. Illustration selection:
The drawings will be selected by its scientific precision and technique
quality. Drawings of Portuguese species are preferred as well as species
in its natural environment in case of life reconstitution.
6. Calendar:
Deadline: 31st of July.
Exposition and prize announcement: October.
Devolution of the art-works to authors: From November.
7. Prizes:
The prizes will be payed in Euro.
| 1st prize |
1000,00 € |
| 2nd prize |
500,00 € |
| 3rd prize |
250,00 € |
| 5 honourable mentions |
50,00 € each |
| Two prizes will be for fossils
illustrations. |
8. Shipping and submissions:
The illustrations can be sent by post mail or delivery to
the Museum of Lourinhã.
Adress: |
CIID 2009
- Museu da Lourinhã
Rua João Luis de Moura
2530-157 Lourinhã,
PORTUGAL |
The Museum is not responsible
for any damages or losses of the material in competition. The Museum
of Lourinhã will not pay any customs fees or faxes. In order
to avoid high fees and costume taxes, we advise US participants to
declare the package as "no commercila value" and as a "gift"
to the Museum. Participants are advised to provide good packing. In
last ICDI editions some illustrations were damaged during posting.
E-mail submissions are not valid.
9. Digital images should
be printed in paper but a copy in CD-Rom must be also submited with
a minimum definition of 300 dpi, natural size, not compressed. JPEG
or GIF. Those will not be returned.
10. Artwork devolution
costs above 50 Euros will be supported by the participant. Digital
artwork will not be returned.
11. The jury
is composed by Miguel Telles Antunes (paleontologist), Fernando Correia
(biologist and scientific illustrator), Nuno Farinha (biologist and
scientific illustrator), Octávio Mateus (paleontologist and
organization) and José Projecto (painter).The jury’s
final decisions are incontestable and the jury has the right to not
attribute any prize, if the lack of the quality justifies it.The competition
will only take place if there are, at least, ten competitors.
12. Reproduction rights:
The GEAL-Museum of Lourinhã has the reproduction rights of
the illustrations, refering always the name of the author.
13. Illustrations submitted
in previous ICDI editions are not valid.
Jury
Fernando
Correia |
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Biologist and scientific illustrator |
José Projecto |
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Painter |
Miguel Telles
Antunes |
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Paleontologist |
Nuno Farinha |
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Biologist and scientific illustrator |
Octávio
Mateus |
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Paleontologist and organization |
Organization
GEAL-Museu da Lourinhã
Rua João Luis de Moura,
2530-117 Lourinhã
PORTUGAL
Tel.: [+351] 261 413 995
E-mail: geral@museulourinha.org
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