The ICE Award is Daily Crowdsource’s highest honor, and was created to recognize the individual workers that have made an impact in the crowdsourcing world based on creativity and impressive work. She won the award for her contribution in the “Best Project Submission” category and was titled “Valkyrie, fallen soldier’s rifle”.

Congratulations Carrie. You’ve made us all proud.

Tattoo Marketplace

We are very excited to announce that the new Tattoo Marketplace is now OPEN!  Here customers can browse and instantly purchase your custom tattoo designs. The best part is, you get paid a 75% commission on every sale!  In addition, we have a special $150.00 promotion to get things kicked off.  Here are the details…

How the Tattoo Marketplace Works:

1. Submit any original tattoo designs you have created.
2. Set a sale price for each design.
3. Sit back and get paid every time a design is sold!

Tattoo Marketplace Artist Benefits:

• 100% FREE to join and submit designs!
• Receive a 75% commission on every sale!
• Sell as many designs as you have including non-winning designs from the contests!
• Your original designs are YOUR property and can be removed at anytime.
• Each design can be sold multiple times (there is no limit).
• You set the sale price of each design.
• Instantly see how many times your designs are viewed and purchased.
• Receive an email notification every time your design is sold.
• Get paid on the first of every month for designs sold the month prior ($25.00 min payout).
• CreateMyTattoo pays all the artist PayPal payment fees so you get the full 75% commission.
• CreateMyTattoo takes care of the customer payment processing and delivery of designs.

To Submit a Marketplace Design:

1. Login and click on “My Account”
2. Click on the new Marketplace Tab
3. Click “submit a design”

Marketplace $150 Promotion:

We have a very special promotion now through July 15th.  On July 15th we will randomly select 3 designs from the Marketplace and pay each of these artists $50.00 just for having submitted a design!  The winners will be announced on our Facebook fan page.  All designs must be submitted and approved prior to the 15th.  Please allow up to 48 hrs for designs to be approved.

Thank you again for your help making this community such a success.  We greatly appreciate the support.  Please check out the new marketplace and let us know what you think.

http://www.createmytattoo.com/market

Thanks & Best Regards,

The CreateMyTattoo Team
http://www.CreateMyTattoo.com

CreateMyTattoo is honored to be asked to help The American Cancer Society with a very special tattoo design request. The winning design will be used by The American Cancer Society to raise money and awareness for a cure. They are looking for a hip, cool design for their 2010 Cattle Baron’s Ball collateral and marketing. Please show your support by submitting a design for this excellent cause. Full details can be found here:

Design a cool tattoo for a great cause!
http://www.createmytattoo.com/contests/c/help_fight_cancer_1027

Tattoo Lovers will descend upon Singapore in 2010 … seeking creativity,  education in responsible tattooing, observe fusion of east and west Tattoo Artistry … and 3 days of massive entertainment.

With the intention of not only providing a show for tattoo lovers, both in Singapore and Asia, but also wanting to ensure sufficient education in responsible tattooing amongst teenagers and young adults; the Singapore tattoo show is coming back for the 2^nd time, bringing more entertainment and exposure to people through this unique form of art. Organized by Debra Tan and Kirby Lian from Utopia Studios, the show is to be held at the Singapore Expo, Hall 6B from 8 to 10 January 2010, starting from 12pm to 10pm on the 8^th and 9^th, and 12pm to 8pm on the 10^th.

Tat2 2010 Event Invitation: Mingle with over 10,300 Tattoo Fans & Artists

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=141203425388&ref=mf

With guest appearance by Kim Saigh (LA ink), Tim Hendricks (Gold Rush tattoo), Michelle Myles (Daredevil tattoo and winner of TLC’s Tattoo War Competition at the 6^th Annual Boston Tattoo Convention), Shige (Yellow Blaze Tattoo, Japan) and returning to this show again will be Chris Garver (Miami ink) and Bob Tyrell (Night Gallery). Also attending the show will be VIP guest, Matt Booth, celebrity jewellery designer and owner of Room101 who is also the guest judge for this upcoming year’s tattoo show with Room101 being the major sponsor for this event.

People attending Tat2 2010 can be prepared for a wide variety of visual feasts with a line up that includes Rubberboy’s performance, Best male and female tattoo competition, and the first of its kind in Asia – Miss Tattoo Asia, alongside with over 300 internationally regarded artists coming together to showcase their talent in full view of audiences who are fans or just mere curious. This is the place to be if you are an avid tattoo collector or  people who are interested to see what Tattoo today is all about, a culture that used to be taboo but is so widely welcomed in recent times. 

The newest addition to this coming year’s show is the Miss Tattoo Asia segment. Probably the first of its kind, it attempts to open the minds of the general public that beauty comes in all forms, especially in recent times where people are exposed to so many different things and the form of beauty is somewhat subjective. Trying to break away from the stereotypical female beauty, it aims to address a form of liberalism and modernist way of perceiving beauty.

Apart from this unique beauty contest, there is also the best male and female tattoo competition where proud owners of beautiful masterpieces on their bodies get to flaunt and compete to stand a chance to win the top prize. You’d be surprised to see how realistic and beautiful a tattoo can get, as the standard and works of tattoo artists are getting better and better, especially with quite a handful of artists who already have a history of doing fine arts before they ventured into tattooing.

The team at CreateMyTattoo.com is very excited to announce a 2nd special promotion with the SuicideGirls.com.   We have teamed up for a series of featured custom tattoo design contests for some of their beautiful pin-up models.  The second featured contest will start Sept 1, 2009 and give artists the chance to design a music themed tattoo for pin-up model Cianuro Suicide.  The winning artist gets $500 and a one year subscription to the SuicideGirls.com!

What to learn more about the promotion and how to participate?  Follow this link:  http://www.CreateMyTattoo.com/cianuro

Want your own $200 custom tattoo design contest on CreateMyTattoo.com?   Be one of the first 500 fans to join us on our new Facebook page and you will be automatically entered to win a free $200 custom tattoo design contest.   We greatly appreciate your support! 

Click here to visit our Facebook page:  CreateMyTattoo.com_Facebook_Page

The voting is now open!  Antigone Suicide has narrowed down her 194 custom tattoo design entries to just four.  She is now asking our community to help her by voting on your favorite mermaid tattoo design.   Place your vote now.  The four finalist and the current results can be found here:

  Custom Tattoo Design For Antigone Suicide

 Voting Ends: Tuesday Aug 18th at 10pm (EST).

Just nine days left in our custom tattoo design contest with Antigone Suicide of the SuicideGirls.com!  If you have not had a chance to check out her contest take a look.  The artist that enters the design she likes the best wins $500 and a 1 year subscription to SuicideGirls.com. 

http://www.CreateMyTattoo.com/antigone

 The team at CreateMyTattoo.com is very excited to announce a very special promotion with the SuicideGirls.com.   We have teamed up for a series of featured custom tattoo design contests for some of their beautiful pin-up models.  The first featured contest will start July 7, 2009 and give artists the chance to design a mermaid tattoo for pin-up model Antigone Suicide.  The winning artist gets $500 and a one year subscription to the SuicideGirls.com!

What to learn more about the promotion and how to participate?  Follow this link:  http://www.CreateMyTattoo.com/antigone

The team at CreateMyTattoo is very excited to announce that our custom tattoo design website is now up and running! Special thanks goes out to all the tattoo artists that helped us test the “pre-launch” website. Their time and effort is greatly appreciated. We now have our first 10 custom tattoo design contests up and running!

If you are interested in getting a killer custom tattoo design, just click “Request a Tattoo” from our home page. In just a few minutes you can have your own custom tattoo design contest up and running. We guarantee at least 5 unique designs from our community of over 100 talented tattoo artists. It is perfect for someone who wants a 100% unique custom tattoo design that only they own the rights to.

• Is looking for a custom memorial tattoo design
• Does not know exactly what they want their design to look like
• Wants to get a few different artist’s ideas on a tattoo design concept
• Wants to get their friends to participate in the contest process and provide feedback
• Does not want the same average looking tattoo form an eBook that everyone else has
• Wants to do all this from the comfort of their own home as their schedule permits and with absolutely no pressure

Sound like fun? Give it try today: Start a Custom Tattoo Design Contest

If you are an artist looking to build your portfolio, promote your website or shop, and make some money doing what you love, please take a look at the current contests ( Current Contests ).