Alpha Tester Challenge

Chris Thompson

Hi, This page is included here for a record of the awesome history of meatcards. The Challenge was awesome, and we had some great participants. We hope to do more cool things like this in the future. -Chris <h1>MEAT CARDS ALPHA TESTER CHALLENGE</h1> Get your own business cards made of <a href="/">MEAT AND LASERS</a> </div> <div id="copy"> We have exactly fifteen alpha-tester slots. If you would like to be a MEATCARDS alpha tester, we are issuing a MEATCARD CHALLENGE to you: recreate any one of the three <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Frazetta">Frank Frazetta</a> paintings below. The first fifteen non-halfass photos received each win the submitter an alpha test slot. UPDATE: ALL fifteen alpha-tester slots are now spoken for. Chris made the winner’s MEATCARDS on the laser table (<a href="http://qik.com/video/2358590">here’s a streaming iPhone video</a>); those cards are on their way to the winners.</div> <div id="copy" style="text-align: left;"> <h1 style="text-align: center;">WHAT YOU WIN</h1> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tikaro/3506816321/" title="The Finished Product by tikaro, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3401/3506816321_731756482c.jpg" width="298" height="500" alt="The Finished Product" /></a></div> You win a Meatcards alpha-tester slot. Fifteen winners will get a 4″×11″ slab of beef jerky exactly as pictured above, with four identical business cards LASER SEARED directly onto the slab. We will print the business cards with your information, which you will provide if you win. The layout will be exactly as pictured above (American Psycho layout.) The price? FREE. Including the other 14 winners, you will be one of about twenty people in the WHOLE WORLD with your own business cards made of meat and lasers. <h1 style="text-align: center;">HOW TO WIN</h1> <ol> <li>Using live people, recreate any one of the three awesome paintings below, and take a picture of your recreation.</li> <li>Upload the picture to any image-hosting site and send an @mention to <a href="http://www.twitter.com/meatcards">@meatcards</a> with the URL.</li> <li>Or you can email it to us at <a href="mailto:meatcards@gmail.com">meatcards@gmail.com</a> if it’s rampantly NSFW.</li> <li>The FIRST FIFTEEN NON-HALFASS PICTURES RECEIVED are winners. The definition of “non-halfass” is entirely, solely, and irrevocably up to the judges, and our judgment is final. And when we say “non-halfass”, we mean it. You better have a halberd and a bikini and a RIGHTEOUS expression on your face if you’re going for “Fire and Ice”, and SOMEBODY better be in a bikini.</li> <li>Make sure to read the rules below: no Photoshopping, no half-assing, etc. GO!</li> </ol> <div style="text-align:center;"> <h1>THE PAINTINGS</h1> All of these images are borrowed from the <a href="http://frankfrazetta.org/">Unofficial Frank Frazetta Fantasy Art Gallery</a>, and rehosted so we don’t slurp their bandwidth. We urge you to go check them out, and also visit the <a href="http://frankfrazetta.com/">OFFICIAL Frank Frazetta art gallery</a> and buy some stuff! OPTION ONE: “MOON MEN” <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/frazetta_themoonmen.jpg?1254495774' alt='The Moon Men' /> OPTION TWO: “FIRE AND ICE” <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/frazetta_fireandice.jpg?1254842551' alt='Fire and Ice' /> OPTION THREE: “CORNERED” <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/frazetta_cornered.jpg?1254842589' alt='Cornered' /> </div> <h1 style="text-align: center;">RULES</h1> <div id="copy" style="text-align: left;"> <ul> <li>Your image must be a photograph of actual, live people, not a drawing, illustration, or diorama. Recreating the painting with action figures does not count.</li> <li>Do not halfass the photo. If there is a dinosaur in the painting, there had better be something awesomely dinosaur-y in your picture. Not a stuffed animal, or your cat. Unless your cat is six feet tall and has a wicked gleam in its eye. We will be judging on creativity, ingenuity, and attitude.</li> <li>No photoshopping. No shooping whatsoever. We have shooped the whoop many times, and we will be able to tell.</li> <li>Judging is gender-agnostic. That’s a man in the bikini holding the knife? Fine! We will judge based on whether he’s successfully achieving the Fierce Frazetta Stance. Gender and body morphology do not matter in the contest, but attitude, creativity, and costume do.</li> <li>One winning photo, one alpha-tester slot. If your photo wins, you get one alpha-test slot, with one 4″×11″ slab of jerky resulting. (Otherwise, one photo with 15 people in it could take up all the slots.) <li>Pictures do not need to be work-safe, fully clothed, partially clothed, tasteful, appropriate, or attractive. They must be creative, ingenious, and make us glad we did this instead of just doing it “first come, first served.”</li> </ul> </div> <h1 style="text-align: center;">QUESTIONS?</h1> <div id="copy" style="text-align: left;"> Send your questions as a @mention or a DM to <a href="http://www.twitter.com/meatcards/">@meatcards </a> on Twitter; we’ll update this page as we refine the rules. GO! </div> <h1 style="text-align: center;"><a name="winners"></a>WINNERS</h1> <div id="copy" style="text-align: center;"> Winner 1: <a href="http://twitter.com/cathyjchoi">Cathy Choi</a> <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner01_cchoi.jpg?1254844068' alt='Cathy Choi' /> <hr /> Winner 2: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jennifersuarez">Jennifer Suarez</a> Read about her creative process at <a href="http://www.jennifersuarez.com/blog/OneBlog.cfm?journal_entry_pk=762">www.jennifersuarez.com</a> <a href="http://www.jennifersuarez.com/blog/OneBlog.cfm?journal_entry_pk=762"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner02_jennifersuarez.jpg?1254844329' alt='Jennifer Suarez' /></a> <hr/> Winner 3: <a href="http://blog.aaziz.org/a-fire-giant-studios-presents-frank-frazetta-paintings-reimagined">Anthony Aziz</a> <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/aaziz_1_moonmen.jpg?1254842625' alt='Moon Men' /> <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/aaziz_2_fireandice.jpg?1254843018' alt='Fire and Ice' /> <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/aaziz_3_cornered.jpg?1254843067' alt='Cornered' /> <hr/> Winner 4: <a href="http://twitter.com/pet_virus84">Joseph Kahn</a> We were on the fence with this one, but then we saw the <a href="http://twitpic.com/857kj">raptor-riding cowboy in the next picture</a>, and that totally decided us. <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/jkahn_cornered.jpg?1254843101' alt='jkahn_cornered' /> <hr /> <a name="winner5"></a>Winner 5: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24714529@N06/sets/72157620723687988/">Shane Greb</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24714529@N06/3670311318/in/set-72157620723687988/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/shaner_1_moonmen.jpg?1254843606' alt='Moon Men' /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24714529@N06/3670318114/in/set-72157620723687988/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/shaner_2_cornered.jpg?1254843783' alt='Cornered' /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24714529@N06/3669516063/in/set-72157620723687988/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/shaner_3_cornered.jpg?1254843820' alt='Cornered' /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24714529@N06/3671311671/in/set-72157620723687988/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/shaner_4_fireandice.jpg?1254843855' alt='Fire and Ice' /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24714529@N06/3672115296/in/set-72157620723687988/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/shaner_5_cornered.jpg?1254843885' alt='Cornered' /></a> <hr/> <a name="winner6"></a>Winner 6: Joanna T. At long last, the fierce, sinewy world of Frank Frazetta meets the world of balloon animals. <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/joannat_1_fireandice.jpg?1254843137' alt='Fire and Ice' /> <hr/> <a name="winner7"></a>Winner 7: <a href="http://ahriman-yama.deviantart.com/">Glen Lowry</a> “After checking out your contest and its current winners, we were inspired to throw down on the spot at our 4th of July after party. We are submitting our best pic from our third round of shooting, trying to nail that composition.” <a href="http://ahriman-yama.deviantart.com/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner7_glowry.jpg?1254843173' alt='Moon Men' /></a> <hr/> <a name="winner8"></a>Winner 8: <a href="http://www.sunrainproductions.com/">Rainbreaw</a> We can’t stop laughing at these: “Okay, mood lighting: check, grass skirt: check, swords: check, minigolf: check. Let me just pull my pants down to my ankles and WE’LL DO THIS!” <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbreaw/3689505001/in/set-72157620988842468/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_8_1.jpg?1254843344' alt='Cornered' /></a> “Getting ready to take the photo, making sure I have the framing right before we drop the clothing:” <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbreaw/3690310804/in/set-72157620988842468/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_8_3.jpg?1254843415' alt='Cornered' /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbreaw/3689505319/in/set-72157620988842468/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_8_2.jpg?1254843388' alt='Getting ready for framing' /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbreaw/3690617524/in/set-72157620988842468/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_8_4.jpg?1254843453' alt='Moon Men' /></a> Setting up the framing for “Cornered”: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbreaw/3689978455/in/set-72157620988842468/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_8_5.jpg?1254843559' alt='' /></a> <hr /> <a name="9"></a>Winner 9: <a href="http://mariprovencher.com/">Mari Provencher</a> “(i will have you know we skinned a stuffed tiger for that last shot)” <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_09_1.jpg?1254843229' alt='' /> <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_09_2.jpg?1254843291' alt='' /> <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_09_3.jpg?1254843321' alt='' /> <hr /> <a name="10"></a>Winner 10: <a href="http://twitter.com/smasuch">Steven Masuch</a> ““We staked out these dinosaurs for almost an hour before getting our final picture. I didn’t want to strip down to my loincloth (strategically worn under my shorts) when there was a dozen little kids around. Eventually, it cleared out enough that we found a spot with no traffic. We frantically disrobed and dispanted, took the picture (still in sight of people on the levels above), and rushed to put our clothes back on. Fifteen seconds later, as we were leaving the area, a mall cop walked by talking on his walkie-talkie. He took a long look at us, then continued to where we just were. Luckily, nobody caught up to us as we left.” “Scouting” <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenmasuch/3692270177/" title="Scouting by stevenmasuch, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/3692270177_090bc7a638.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Scouting" /></a> “Getting the Positioning Right” <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenmasuch/3692268339/" title="First shot by stevenmasuch, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3646/3692268339_78480cbe3d.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="First shot" /></a> “Penultimate Stage” <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenmasuch/3693076936/" title="Penultimate stage by stevenmasuch, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2496/3693076936_f6b7b4249e.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Penultimate stage" /></a> “The Final” <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenmasuch/3693078840/" title="The Final by stevenmasuch, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2538/3693078840_7a8d35766a.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="The Final" /></a> <hr /> <a name="11"></a>Winner 11: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39832059@N07/sets/72157621078628972/">Sam Hixon</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39832059@N07/sets/72157621078628972/">More photos on Sam’s Flickr photoset here!</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39832059@N07/3696577779/" title="Fire &amp; Ice Bats by sbhixon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2581/3696577779_e525fee392.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Fire &amp; Ice Bats" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39832059@N07/3697399738/" title="Fire &amp; Ice In Light by sbhixon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3643/3697399738_7ca69b93bc.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Fire &amp; Ice In Light" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39832059@N07/3696697985/" title="Cornered Braids by sbhixon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2427/3696697985_9b8c6bbfaf.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Cornered Braids" /></a> <hr /> <a name="12"></a>Winner 12: Gina Reams <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_12_1.jpg?1254843930' alt='' /> <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_12_2.jpg?1254843984' alt='' /> <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_12_3.jpg?1254844008' alt='' /> <hr /> <a name="animation"></a>Inspired by <a href="#10">Steven Masuch’s</a> “Loincloth in the Mall” series of photos, Chris (the one of us who actually runs the laser table), made this animation, capturing the POWER and DANGER of recreating Frazetta: <div style="text-align: center;"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_10_animation.gif?1254844016' alt='Motion!' /></div> A HUGE THANK-YOU TO ALL OUR ENTRANTS! We had a great time getting these entries we were stunned by the creativity and ingenuity of all of them (my personal favorite is the snarling demon with a head made entirely out of balloons! Chris made the winner’s MEATCARDS on the laser table last night (<a href="http://qik.com/video/2358590">watch a streaming iPhone video</a> of <a href="#5">Shane Greb</a>’s cards being made</a>); those cards are on their way to the winners. Stay tuned to <a href="http://twitter.com/meatcards">@meatcards</a> to find out when you can buy your OWN business cards made of meat and lasers!</a> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <hr /> <div style="text-align: left;">MEAT CARDS are a joint production of: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.eagleapex.com">Eagleapex</a>, maker of the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6773703">math clock</a>,</li> <li><a href="http://www.awesome-software.net">Awesome Software</a>, maker of <a href="">Altidude</a>,</li> <li><a href="http://www.umlatte.com">Umlatte</a>, maker of <a href="http://www.isfeasting.com">IsFeasting</a>, and </li> <li><a href="http://www.tikaro.net">Tikaro Interactive</a>, co-maker of <a href="http://www.nerdmeritbadges.com">Nerd Merit Badges!</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>

2009-10-02T15:23:09-04:00

alpha-tester-challenge 3514302

2009-10-02T15:23:09-04:00

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Alpha Tester Challenge 2009-10-06T12:18:12-04:00 Hi, This page is included here for a record of the awesome history of meatcards. The Challenge was awesome, and we had some great participants. We hope to do more cool things like this in the future. -Chris <h1>MEAT CARDS ALPHA TESTER CHALLENGE</h1> Get your own business cards made of <a href="/">MEAT AND LASERS</a> </div> <div id="copy"> We have exactly fifteen alpha-tester slots. If you would like to be a MEATCARDS alpha tester, we are issuing a MEATCARD CHALLENGE to you: recreate any one of the three <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Frazetta">Frank Frazetta</a> paintings below. The first fifteen non-halfass photos received each win the submitter an alpha test slot. UPDATE: ALL fifteen alpha-tester slots are now spoken for. Chris made the winner's MEATCARDS on the laser table (<a href="http://qik.com/video/2358590">here's a streaming iPhone video</a>); those cards are on their way to the winners.</div> <div id="copy" style="text-align: left;"> <h1 style="text-align: center;">WHAT YOU WIN</h1> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tikaro/3506816321/" title="The Finished Product by tikaro, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3401/3506816321_731756482c.jpg" width="298" height="500" alt="The Finished Product" /></a> </div> You win a Meatcards alpha-tester slot. Fifteen winners will get a 4"x11" slab of beef jerky exactly as pictured above, with four identical business cards LASER SEARED directly onto the slab. We will print the business cards with your information, which you will provide if you win. The layout will be exactly as pictured above (American Psycho layout.) The price? FREE. Including the other 14 winners, you will be one of about twenty people in the WHOLE WORLD with your own business cards made of meat and lasers. <h1 style="text-align: center;">HOW TO WIN</h1> <ol> <li>Using live people, recreate any one of the three awesome paintings below, and take a picture of your recreation.</li> <li>Upload the picture to any image-hosting site and send an <notextile> @mention</notextile> to <a href="http://www.twitter.com/meatcards"><notextile> @meatcards</notextile></a> with the URL.</li> <li>Or you can email it to us at <a href="mailto:meatcards@gmail.com">meatcards@gmail.com</a> if it's rampantly NSFW.</li> <li>The FIRST FIFTEEN NON-HALFASS PICTURES RECEIVED are winners. The definition of "non-halfass" is entirely, solely, and irrevocably up to the judges, and our judgment is final. And when we say "non-halfass", we mean it. You better have a halberd and a bikini and a RIGHTEOUS expression on your face if you're going for "Fire and Ice", and SOMEBODY better be in a bikini.</li> <li>Make sure to read the rules below: no Photoshopping, no half-assing, etc. GO!</li> </ol> <div style="text-align:center;"> <h1>THE PAINTINGS</h1> All of these images are borrowed from the <a href="http://frankfrazetta.org/">Unofficial Frank Frazetta Fantasy Art Gallery</a>, and rehosted so we don't slurp their bandwidth. We urge you to go check them out, and also visit the <a href="http://frankfrazetta.com/">OFFICIAL Frank Frazetta art gallery</a> and buy some stuff! OPTION ONE: "MOON MEN" <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/frazetta_themoonmen.jpg?1254495774' alt='The Moon Men' /> OPTION TWO: "FIRE AND ICE" <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/frazetta_fireandice.jpg?1254842551' alt='Fire and Ice' /> OPTION THREE: "CORNERED" <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/frazetta_cornered.jpg?1254842589' alt='Cornered' /> </div> <h1 style="text-align: center;">RULES</h1> <div id="copy" style="text-align: left;"> <ul> <li>Your image must be a photograph of actual, live people, not a drawing, illustration, or diorama. Recreating the painting with action figures does not count.</li> <li>Do not halfass the photo. If there is a dinosaur in the painting, there had better be something awesomely dinosaur-y in your picture. Not a stuffed animal, or your cat. Unless your cat is six feet tall and has a wicked gleam in its eye. We will be judging on creativity, ingenuity, and attitude.</li> <li>No photoshopping. No shooping whatsoever. We have shooped the whoop many times, and we will be able to tell.</li> <li>Judging is gender-agnostic. That's a man in the bikini holding the knife? Fine! We will judge based on whether he's successfully achieving the Fierce Frazetta Stance. Gender and body morphology do not matter in the contest, but attitude, creativity, and costume do.</li> <li>One winning photo, one alpha-tester slot. If your photo wins, you get one alpha-test slot, with one 4"x11" slab of jerky resulting. (Otherwise, one photo with 15 people in it could take up all the slots.) <li>Pictures do not need to be work-safe, fully clothed, partially clothed, tasteful, appropriate, or attractive. They must be creative, ingenious, and make us glad we did this instead of just doing it "first come, first served."</li> </ul> </div> <h1 style="text-align: center;">QUESTIONS?</h1> <div id="copy" style="text-align: left;"> <notextile> Send your questions as a @mention or a DM to </notextile><a href="http://www.twitter.com/meatcards/"><notextile> @meatcards </notextile></a> on Twitter; we'll update this page as we refine the rules. GO! </div> <h1 style="text-align: center;"><a name="winners"></a>WINNERS</h1> <div id="copy" style="text-align: center;"> Winner 1: <a href="http://twitter.com/cathyjchoi">Cathy Choi</a> <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner01_cchoi.jpg?1254844068' alt='Cathy Choi' /> <hr /> Winner 2: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jennifersuarez">Jennifer Suarez</a> Read about her creative process at <a href="http://www.jennifersuarez.com/blog/OneBlog.cfm?journal_entry_pk=762">www.jennifersuarez.com</a> <a href="http://www.jennifersuarez.com/blog/OneBlog.cfm?journal_entry_pk=762"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner02_jennifersuarez.jpg?1254844329' alt='Jennifer Suarez' /></a> <hr/> Winner 3: <a href="http://blog.aaziz.org/a-fire-giant-studios-presents-frank-frazetta-paintings-reimagined">Anthony Aziz</a> <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/aaziz_1_moonmen.jpg?1254842625' alt='Moon Men' /> <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/aaziz_2_fireandice.jpg?1254843018' alt='Fire and Ice' /> <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/aaziz_3_cornered.jpg?1254843067' alt='Cornered' /> <hr/> Winner 4: <a href="http://twitter.com/pet_virus84">Joseph Kahn</a> We were on the fence with this one, but then we saw the <a href="http://twitpic.com/857kj">raptor-riding cowboy in the next picture</a>, and that totally decided us. <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/jkahn_cornered.jpg?1254843101' alt='jkahn_cornered' /> <hr /> <a name="winner5"></a>Winner 5: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24714529@N06/sets/72157620723687988/">Shane Greb</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24714529@N06/3670311318/in/set-72157620723687988/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/shaner_1_moonmen.jpg?1254843606' alt='Moon Men' /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24714529@N06/3670318114/in/set-72157620723687988/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/shaner_2_cornered.jpg?1254843783' alt='Cornered' /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24714529@N06/3669516063/in/set-72157620723687988/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/shaner_3_cornered.jpg?1254843820' alt='Cornered' /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24714529@N06/3671311671/in/set-72157620723687988/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/shaner_4_fireandice.jpg?1254843855' alt='Fire and Ice' /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24714529@N06/3672115296/in/set-72157620723687988/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/shaner_5_cornered.jpg?1254843885' alt='Cornered' /></a> <hr/> <a name="winner6"></a>Winner 6: Joanna T. At long last, the fierce, sinewy world of Frank Frazetta meets the world of balloon animals. <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/joannat_1_fireandice.jpg?1254843137' alt='Fire and Ice' /> <hr/> <a name="winner7"></a>Winner 7: <a href="http://ahriman-yama.deviantart.com/">Glen Lowry</a> "After checking out your contest and its current winners, we were inspired to throw down on the spot at our 4th of July after party. We are submitting our best pic from our third round of shooting, trying to nail that composition." <a href="http://ahriman-yama.deviantart.com/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner7_glowry.jpg?1254843173' alt='Moon Men' /></a> <hr/> <a name="winner8"></a>Winner 8: <a href="http://www.sunrainproductions.com/">Rainbreaw</a> We can't stop laughing at these: "Okay, mood lighting: check, grass skirt: check, swords: check, minigolf: check. Let me just pull my pants down to my ankles and WE'LL DO THIS!" <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbreaw/3689505001/in/set-72157620988842468/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_8_1.jpg?1254843344' alt='Cornered' /></a> "Getting ready to take the photo, making sure I have the framing right before we drop the clothing:" <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbreaw/3690310804/in/set-72157620988842468/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_8_3.jpg?1254843415' alt='Cornered' /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbreaw/3689505319/in/set-72157620988842468/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_8_2.jpg?1254843388' alt='Getting ready for framing' /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbreaw/3690617524/in/set-72157620988842468/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_8_4.jpg?1254843453' alt='Moon Men' /></a> Setting up the framing for "Cornered": <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbreaw/3689978455/in/set-72157620988842468/"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_8_5.jpg?1254843559' alt='' /></a> <hr /> <a name="9"></a>Winner 9: <a href="http://mariprovencher.com/">Mari Provencher</a> “(i will have you know we skinned a stuffed tiger for that last shot)” <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_09_1.jpg?1254843229' alt='' /> <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_09_2.jpg?1254843291' alt='' /> <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_09_3.jpg?1254843321' alt='' /> <hr /> <a name="10"></a>Winner 10: <a href="http://twitter.com/smasuch">Steven Masuch</a> "“We staked out these dinosaurs for almost an hour before getting our final picture. I didn’t want to strip down to my loincloth (strategically worn under my shorts) when there was a dozen little kids around. Eventually, it cleared out enough that we found a spot with no traffic. We frantically disrobed and dispanted, took the picture (still in sight of people on the levels above), and rushed to put our clothes back on. Fifteen seconds later, as we were leaving the area, a mall cop walked by talking on his walkie-talkie. He took a long look at us, then continued to where we just were. Luckily, nobody caught up to us as we left.” "Scouting" <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenmasuch/3692270177/" title="Scouting by stevenmasuch, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/3692270177_090bc7a638.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Scouting" /></a> "Getting the Positioning Right" <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenmasuch/3692268339/" title="First shot by stevenmasuch, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3646/3692268339_78480cbe3d.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="First shot" /></a> "Penultimate Stage" <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenmasuch/3693076936/" title="Penultimate stage by stevenmasuch, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2496/3693076936_f6b7b4249e.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Penultimate stage" /></a> "The Final" <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenmasuch/3693078840/" title="The Final by stevenmasuch, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2538/3693078840_7a8d35766a.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="The Final" /></a> <hr /> <a name="11"></a>Winner 11: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39832059@N07/sets/72157621078628972/">Sam Hixon</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39832059@N07/sets/72157621078628972/">More photos on Sam's Flickr photoset here!</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39832059@N07/3696577779/" title="Fire &amp; Ice Bats by sbhixon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2581/3696577779_e525fee392.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Fire &amp; Ice Bats" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39832059@N07/3697399738/" title="Fire &amp; Ice In Light by sbhixon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3643/3697399738_7ca69b93bc.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Fire &amp; Ice In Light" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39832059@N07/3696697985/" title="Cornered Braids by sbhixon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2427/3696697985_9b8c6bbfaf.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Cornered Braids" /></a> <hr /> <a name="12"></a>Winner 12: Gina Reams <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_12_1.jpg?1254843930' alt='' /> <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_12_2.jpg?1254843984' alt='' /> <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_12_3.jpg?1254844008' alt='' /> <hr /> <a name="animation"></a>Inspired by <a href="#10">Steven Masuch's</a> "Loincloth in the Mall" series of photos, Chris (the one of us who actually runs the laser table), made this animation, capturing the POWER and DANGER of recreating Frazetta: <div style="text-align: center;"><img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/4042/files/winner_10_animation.gif?1254844016' alt='Motion!' /></div> A HUGE THANK-YOU TO ALL OUR ENTRANTS! We had a great time getting these entries we were stunned by the creativity and ingenuity of all of them (my personal favorite is the snarling demon with a head made entirely out of balloons! Chris made the winner's MEATCARDS on the laser table last night (<a href="http://qik.com/video/2358590">watch a streaming iPhone video</a> of <a href="#5">Shane Greb</a>'s cards being made</a>); those cards are on their way to the winners. Stay tuned to <a href="http://twitter.com/meatcards">@meatcards</a> to find out when you can buy your OWN business cards made of meat and lasers!</a> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <hr /> <div style="text-align: left;">MEAT CARDS are a joint production of: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.eagleapex.com">Eagleapex</a>, maker of the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6773703">math clock</a>,</li> <li><a href="http://www.awesome-software.net">Awesome Software</a>, maker of <a href="">Altidude</a>,</li> <li><a href="http://www.umlatte.com">Umlatte</a>, maker of <a href="http://www.isfeasting.com">IsFeasting</a>, and </li> <li><a href="http://www.tikaro.net">Tikaro Interactive</a>, co-maker of <a href="http://www.nerdmeritbadges.com">Nerd Merit Badges!</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>