Image Requirements

As your artwork will be judged on the photo you provide, a quality photograph will help your entry.

Follow these guidelines and help us to see and judge your amazing creation.

• Pay close attention to the surroundings, what is behind / beside your artwork.
  • A clear background works best
• Make sure your  photograph is square on to the artwork.
• Don’t use a flash
• Try to photograph in bright but indirect sunlight.
• Avoid camera shake or anything else that could cause blurring (a tripod is helpful here)
• In your image editing software:
  • Crop the image to better frame your work
  • Balance the colour to match your artwork as closely as possible
• Please do not watermark your photos.  If you have concerns, please get in touch and we’ll be happy to talk through them.
• These artworks are being displayed on the website after entries close.  Please keep in mind that a big file size is a slow loading file size.  With that in mind:
  • Please keep uploaded images to less than 5mb and
  • an image width of no more than 2500 pixels
• Lastly, if in doubt, don’t be afraid to take the photo, email us and ask.