So, I got third place.

Sorry, I didn’t express that the way I really should: I GOT THIRD PLACE!

If you can recall that post from last week, then you’ll know what I’m talking about. The What Goes Up contest that took place on BlogCatalog ended with a handful of entries, and results were posted on Monday night on the insider blog (as well as BlogCatalog itself, several times). If you’re too lazy to click, I’ll just provide a screenshot here of my small moment of glory.

Apparently, I’ve had a lifelong dream of making movie posters (wait, what?), but I thought it was funny that my entry (that poster I designed) was officially titled “Obi-Wan Kenobi”. I was glad to read that the producers liked the usage of arrows from the logo all throughout the poster. I spent many hours several minutes trying to create a good arrangement and finally got them alternating between pointing left and right. Good enough.

So, this small victory has brought me much joy because  I hadn’t won any contest of this type before, probably because I had never participated! I was missing out! In the end, I’ll be getting an official movie poster signed by cast and crew. So, I’ll be getting autographs without the whole awkward star-struck moments (phew!). Oh, and my work (along with other contestants’) may be shown on the day of the movie’s premiere at the very fancy Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California. California!

I will definitely have to update my portfolio with my poster design, while giving credit where credit is due. Stuff like this makes it more attractive, beefs it up (and it could use an update of any kind, anyway).

While the update comes, watch first place winner polybore’s video on YouTube. Done in part using Blender and Audacity (hooray for open source!), it features the What Goes Up logo 3D-fied, a lot of BlogCatalog user avatars, a sample of the movie’s soundtrack and even a small contribution by yours truly near the end. If your connection is made of awesome (read: very fast), make sure to watch the video in HD!

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll have to continue my efforts to wipe the grin off my face before I end up looking like Jack Nicholson’s portrayal of the Joker.