If you’ve entered Showdown, we’re glad to have you. If you’re considering participating, we wanted to provide you some tips to help your submission stand out to the judges. What’s more, hundreds of thousands of art lovers from around the world will see your submission and will have the opportunity to cast a vote for your work in the preliminary round so we want to help you put your best foot forward.
(Note: The 50 submissions that garnered the most community votes will automatically move along to the second round, along with 250 pieces selected by the Saatchi Online professional staff).
Presentation: Making sure your art can be viewed accurately is one of the most important elements of presenting your work online and of course in participating in Showdown. Lighting, cropping and presentation are essential. Make sure that the background isn’t showing when you crop your image, there aren’t any hot spots in the lighting and be sure to upload high quality images by not overly compressing image files.
For more information on how to photograph your work check out our artist resource page: http://www.saatchionline.com/artschool.
Fill Out All the Boxes: We want to know about you. What’s more art collectors want to as well. If you have an artist statement, we strongly encourage you to put it on your profile page. An artist statement can be anything as long as you think it helps people to understand how you make your work. It can describe what you are thinking, why you make art or even the process of how you made something.
Looking for some inspiration? Kelly Susan, the winner of the last Showdown included a very clear statement about herself and her process. Always ask yourself: who, what,where, when, why and how.
Promote & Market Yourself: The first round of the competition is open for community voting. Other artists, art lovers and collectors will have the chance to cast their vote for your work. Let everyone know that you are participating in the Showdown. In your profile, you’ll find a link to your specific submission. Post your link to facebook, tweet about it, add your submission to Tumblr and of course email your friends and family. Feel free to promote your submission on other artist communities.
The second round will be led by Rebecca Wilson, Director of the Saatchi Gallery London. The final round will be judged by internationally acclaimed artist and Smithsonian Fellow, Peter Coffin.
Understand the Contest Rules:Keep up to date on all the rules and workings of Showdown. Read the blog posts, rules and information provided in order to understand each step of the process. Understand that the Abstract Showdown isn’t restrained to any medium but to the style of abstract work.
Thank you for sharing your talent and enthusiasm with the Saatchi Online Community, we look forward to seeing your work!
- The Saatchi Online Team
Is a sculpture submission also admitted? or is it only restricted to paintings?
Showdown isn’t restricted to any medium your submission simply has to be “abstract” in style. Please do submit your sculpture.
Greetings Saatchi,
the image I wanted to submit appears
uploaded in my porfolio,but when I go to
the Showdown submission button,my
portfolio does not have the image I prevously
uploaded.
Your help suggestions are much appreciated.
I very much wanted to participate
Best wishes
erika morrison.
hello,
i can not find the way to submit my work to the showdown.
http://www.saatchionline.com/showdown/view/showdown/10
I have had problems to download new images of my work
Dear Sir
It happens somethin similar in my case:
The image I want to submit appears uploaded in my porfolio, but when I go to
the Showdown submission button, my portfolio does not have the image I previously uploaded.
Thanks for your help
Bibiana Ulanosky
Hello
I have six paintings in my portfolio. However, when I tried to enter Showdown! I read the following message -
In order to enter, you must choose from art in your Portfolio.
You currently have no eligible art in your Portfolio. If you would like to participate please click the Upload New Artwork button below. Be sure to check the box “I am the artist and would like to add this to my Portfolio” on the Upload page.
Is my art ineligible because I didn’t crop the pictures when I first uploaded them? I have tried to edit each picture but cannot see how to do this now.
Can you help please.
Thanks
Hi! I have exactly the same problem. My new uploaded paintings are not showing as option for showdown submission. It is only 5 days left for submissions and I still can not participate. Did you/any find a solution for this problem?
My email to support was: ” Hello! I would like to participate in the current showdown. I’ve uploaded new pictures but they do not appear in the portfolio selection for the showdown. I know you ask us to “to check the box” I am the artist and would like to add this to my Portfolio “on the Upload page.” This option is not visible. The only thing that appears is “I am the artist and I own the copyright for this work! The strange is that the newly uploaded images are displayed in the Retail portfolio but not the one linked to the showdown. Please help me with this thank you for advance!
It’s a loop mess trying to upload a work from “our” saatchi-site.
Sorry, but try to fix the system problem yoy have and I participate
gladly!
hernan
I can not find the way to submit to a showdown
Over and over Saatchi has invited me to enter this competition called showdown. The day they will have a legitimate contest with a judge panel from the very start I will enter. Meanwhile if it continues to be a popularity contest to get to the finals, no way will I ever enter, there is no prize money amount that would give me the desire to ever enter a “contest”… If Saatchi would have a “Print Competition” such as a higher level organization like PPof A then I will enter. Meanwhile, this showdown is a joke.
Sorry, but my english it’s very bad.
how I make for the submission? someone of you speaks Italian?
Greetings Saatchi
Old artwork are also eligible, participate in the showdown?
I upload two Artworks image in my profile. Can I participate in this showdown?
Yours faithfully
B. Zarabie
Hi!
Did anybody find a solution to this problem with uploading files for Showdown submission? I still have a problem seeing my new uploaded files I want to use for submission. These paintings are in my portfolio without being able to chose these for submission. It is only 5 days let for sub.
Zdenek
and without getting any answer yet my email to support was:
” Hello! I would like to participate in the current showdown. I’ve uploaded new pictures but they do not appear in the portfolio selection for the showdown. I know you ask us to “to check the box” I am the artist and would like to add this to my Portfolio “on the Upload page.” This option is not visible. The only thing that appears is “I am the artist and I own the copyright for this work! The strange is that the newly uploaded images are displayed in the Retail portfolio but not the one linked to the showdown. Please help me with this thank you for advance!
Hi
I have made two attempts to submit a new abstract piece for the Showdown without success. The next page after the upload does not come up.
HELP Please!
Best
Ruth
Hi
we can upload only piece for sale?
Enrico
°_°
Hi
we can upload only piece for sale?
Ursula
Hi!
It’s very frustrating not being able to participate in the showdown because portfolio for submission does not show the pictures that I want to contribute. I’ve uploaded more photos, they appear in the standard portfolio but is not possible to select them for submission. As it seems there are several that have the same problem. Is there no one who has found a solution? I have written an email to support but not responding. Heeeeeelp!!
I have the same problem. I am giving up. I have spent too much time trying to participate in the submission. It is too frustrating.
I really wanted to enter this competition (last minute as usual)! but having read all the comments about not being able to upload images am now put off trying, which is a shame and does not seem fair. Surely there must be a
straight forward way of doing this so everyone can enter !
I am about to enter my images for your event. Hopefully I will not have the problems that so many others have endured. I am a 21st century gal, but still, some technical glitches get the best of us all…
Sincerely, Annalisa Gojmerac
Dear All,
It looks that it is impossible for me to upload works of mine into the Showdown submission: the uploading wheel goes on spinning endlessly.
Thank you in advance for your help.
With best regards,
Igor Gaignault
my 3 abstract art works are in my portfolio. even these 3 artworks are showing in “http://www.saatchionline.com/showdown/add/showdown/10″ while submitting in showdown.
but, when i am selecting one of them to upload it’s not being submitted ! it’s getting impossible to submit.
Please change the Style category of the image you would like to submit to Showdown to just Abstract, and you will have no more issues with this matter.
It did worked for me……to late…..but for the next time….
HOW DO PEOPLE VOTE FOR MY SUBMISSION?? WHY DO RANDOM ARTWORKS KEEP APPEARING?