Not too long ago, I read that Lomography is inviting submissions of designs for a special edition LC-A+ camera and we are allowed to use all sorts of ideas, material etc etc to come out with our own versions of the camera. Not having any knowledge in designing nor good at it … I still thought I could try shove in a couple of ideas and see if miracles can happen. Hahaha! Winning a trip to Lomo HQ in Vienna and a few copies of the camera … are good enough bait to make me try doing something.
The original requirement was to print out some foldable LC-A+ camera and then work on them. I was too darn lazy to do that! Luckily they later added that digital designs are acceptable too … and that got me thinking.
I did these 2 designs yesterday using Photoshop. There was a big problem. I ain’t good at Photoshop! It took me longer than forever to do these … despite the fact that I had the designs ‘painted’ already in my head.
The first one I did might look a little weird. Haha! It has three ‘mini’ LC-A+ cameras on the side … not only as decoration objects but also gives better grip when holding the camera with one hand. Ermm … sounds logical? I know my Photoshop skills suck but what I wanted was the three mini ‘cameras’ to be of the same texture as the leather/rubber coverings. This means they will actually look like part of the covering.
The 2nd one was inspired by the LC-A 25th anniversary logo. The original design was in full color but I decided that it will look too ‘loud’ and ended up with only one of the logo in color.
I know these designs ain’t nothing great but that’s the best I can do. Hahaha! I have a couple more ideas but not sure if I can find time to do them before the deadline. Guess the chances of my designs to be shortlisted is way below zero but at least I tried … and had fun doing them. 😀
It is very challenging because they did mention that we need to take into consideration that the chosen design will be put to production. This probably means some too wild designs will not be really feasible … I think.
Let me find some time tonight to try come up with a couple more.
I like the second one
Me too! Btw The 3 mini LCAs as a hand grip is really an interesting idea!
Hey ndroo, where did you get the picture of the lc-a from behind?
Thanks.
@Mijonju & Zig : Thanks
@Joe : I got it from the Lomography online store. Just click on the LC-A+ product info and you’ll find some photos of it.
nice!
i have just emailed my customised template last night.
by the way, thanks for the info.
i like the 2nd one too! cant wait for the winners announcement 😛
Mijonju has got a killer design! Now my chances has dropped from below zero to nothing.
@summerson : Good luck. What’s your ID in Lomo website?
@lawry : Thanks. I can’t wait to see the results too. Many super cool designs were submitted.
my id is summerson.
but there’s something wrong with the templates i uploaded, i can’t open them using my company laptop, so i emailed the templates to them.
@summerson : Oh okay. Cool. Good luck. 😉