Three Easy Steps to Improving Your Design Workstation1. Create an original 21:9 image.2. Upload that image on social media.3. Visit our competition website and submit your work for the chance to a new a new LG UltraWide monitor — and, ultimately, a custome workstation worth $10,000.A desk setup means as much to a graphic artist as easel, brushes, and paint do to a painter. The monitor screen, in particular, is both sketchbook and canvas, the place where work is drawn and displayed, and is crucial to efficiency, accuracy, and productivity.LG created a new monitor paradigm for digital creative work with the world’s first 21:9 ratio monitor. Now, responding to the demands of graphic artists worldwide, LG is introducing the largest 21:9 monitor yet, with a 38" screen: the LG UltraWide 38UC99. And to celebrate, we’re holding a creative competition — the LG UltraWideTM Festival, “Dream Canvas” edition — with 15 finalists winning LG UltraWide 38" IPS USB-C monitors, and one winner also receiving a custom workstation setup worth $10,000, along with a trip to CES 2017 in Las Vegas.The LG UltraWideTM Festival reflects the core purpose of the LG UltraWideTM Monitor — to make your digital life wider, more fun, and more convenient. The event got its start in 2015, when three YouTube tech stars helped three winning contestants create the computer setup of their dreams.This year’s “Dream Canvas” edition of the Festival is geared specifically toward designers, photographers, and other professionals full of creative passion. Anyone can enter by submitting an original 21:9 ratio image, and entries will be judged by three creative professionals who have created worlds of their own in their respective fields.In the first round, each contestant will post a 21:9 artwork on social media, along with the campaign hashtags (#LGUltraWideFestival, #DreamCanvas2016, #38UC99). The 15 finalists at the end of that round will be awarded the very latest LG UltraWide monitor, the 38" IPS USB-C 38UC99.In the final round, the 15 finalists will create 21:9 wallpaper artworks to fill the huge 3840 x 1600 screen of a 38UC99 monitor. During the judging process, all these artworks will be available for download by the public on the campaign website.The winner — who will be chosen based on a combination of judges’ scores, numbers of public downloads, and scores assigned by LG’s in-house evaluation team — will be awarded $10,000 worth of Dream Creative Desk Gear: a combination of hardware of the winner’s choosing. Yep, $10,000 worth. And the final winner’s work will be posted on the “Dream Canvas” campaign’s official website, along with social media and hundreds of global media outlets — and showcased at the LG monitor exhibition booth in the world’s biggest consumer electronics show, CES*, in Las Vegas 2017.*CES in Numbers: CES broke records for attendance in 2016. More than 170,000 attendees from around the globe gathered in its 2.47 million net square feet of exhibit space. No other event the depth of exposure to businesses connected to consumer technology.As a vital tool for realizing and conveying an artist’s vision, LG’s 38UC99 UltraWide monitor is a Dream Canvas. And the “Dream Canvas” edition of the UltraWideTM Festival will provide even more to one winning creator: a dream workstation setup and a venue for sharing artwork with a huge worldwide audience.The submission period is from Sept. 21 to Oct. 4. Visit the campaign website now: www.ultrawidefestival.com. _________________________________________ The LG UltraWide™ Festival for Creative ProfessionalsConceptAn opportunity offered by LG to Creative Professionals wanting to display their work for the whole world to see. A creative festival that brings together and publishes the artwork of talented designers, vetted and evaluated by world-famous artists, on a single site.SummaryIn both the preliminary round and the final round, participants upload 21:9 ratio artwork online, and a final winner will be selected based on the assessment of adjudicating artists and public response. For the duration of this project, LG will promote participating artists through various outlets and channels, awarding the final winner with USD 10,000 in sponsorship value.Also, the winner’s work (with minor adjustments) may be displayed as the in-screen wallpaper in the LG UltraWide Monitor exhibition booth at the 2017 CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas.Process1. Preliminary roundSubmission Requirement: Submit an original artwork in 21:9 ratio with a motif inspired by UltraWide Monitors>The “Dream Canvas” Festival website provides high resolution product images and other related materials for download (click on the Download Monitor Source button).1) Download zip file of monitor source images.2) Create a 21:9 ratio image or photo, freely using source image(s) as a motif.3) Upload your image to your social media account with the campaign hashtags.4) Copy the link to the resulting social media post.5) Submit your work and the link at the “Dream Canvas” Festival website.2. Final roundSubmission Requirement:Submit a wallpaper design for a 38-inch 21:9 UltraWide Monitor (3840X1600 resolution)*Scores from judges, LG, and public response (number of downloads) will be tallied to select winner.Prizes(For 15 Finalists)>15 finalists will be awarded the world’s first 38” IPS 21:9 UltraWide monitor.(For the Final Winner)>Creative Desk Setup worth $10,000>Exposure of their artwork in the monitor exhibition booth at CES 2017>Flight to CES and accommodations providedTimelinePreliminary round submissions period: Sept. 21 - Oct. 4Preliminary round assessment period: Oct. 5 – Oct. 18Finalists announced: Oct. 20Final-round artworks revealed: Nov. 9Final-round assessment period: Nov. 9 - Nov. 22Final winner announced: Nov. 23 Read more