The Designer's Mechanical Pencil X Artist Opportunity - Wingback
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April 07, 2021 2 min read 8 Comments

Submissions are now closed. A huge thanks to everyone who entered. We will announce the winner in our monthly newsletter later in April.

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WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH US?

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To celebrate the launch of our new Mechanical Pencil – now funding on Kickstarter – we have teamed up with select artists, illustrators and even cartographers from around the world for special edition collaborations.

Now we are looking for an artist, illustrator, designer, doodler, amateur or professional to partner with for our fourth and final limited edition spot.

The winner will have their design laser engraved along the barrel of our brass and stainless steel Mechanical Pencil, which will be made available on our Kickstarter page for the remainder of the campaign.

The artist will also win their own limited edition Mechanical Pencil featuring their artwork, plus five more to gift to friends and family.

 

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

As you will see from our previous collaborations below, bold line drawings work well as the laser engraving can accurately pick out intricate detail. However, colour and shading doesn't work so well.

The Mechanical Pencil "canvas" is 29.85mm width x 65.00mm height. The design can feature on just one section or wrap around the barrel of the pencil. If the latter it will need to work as one continuous design, such as Lei Melendres' example below.

If you have a design ready to go, we will ideally need a vector file, but a hi-res jpeg or png of your submission will be fine too. We'll also need the name of your design and a brief description about your artwork.

So to clarify:

- We're looking for black and white artwork
- Line drawings work well
- Try to avoid large areas of shading – good use of negative space works best
- The Pencil's canvas size is 29.85mm width x 65.00mm height

 

HOW DO YOU ENTER?

To enter, please send your submission to hello@wingback.co.uk.

Entries close at midnight on Sunday 11 April so get your submissions in quick.

We can't wait to see what you come up with.

  

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To get the creative juices flowing, below is a gallery of our previous artist collaborations, two of which are available to back on our Kickstarter this month.

 

The Mechanical Pencil X Anoushka Irukandji The Mechanical Pencil X Anoushka Irukandji

 

Wingback Mechanical Pencil X Anoushka Irukandji

Anoushka's design is inspired by the nature around her home-town of Brisbane

 

Wingback Steel Mechanical Pen X tattoo-artist Delphin Musquet

The stainless steel Mechanical Pen X London tattoo-artist Delphin Musquet

 

Wingback Mechanical Pencil X Mister ViThe Mechanical Pencil X New York-based illustrator Mister Vi

 Wingback Mechanical Pen X Lei MelendresOur 2019 Mechanical Pen featuring Lei Melendres' wraparound doodle art

 Wingback Mechanical Pen in steel X illustrator Kerby RosanesThe Mechanical Pen in stainless steel X illustrator Kerby Rosanes

8 Responses

Charlie from Wingback
Charlie from Wingback

December 08, 2021

Hi Joe, if the demand gets loud enough it’s something we might have to consider. Drop our team a note on hello@wingback.co.uk and maybe we can work something out.

Joe Mallen
Joe Mallen

December 08, 2021

Are there any plans to do an “encore” and bring back the Lei Melendres design for the mechanical pencil?

Charlie from Wingback
Charlie from Wingback

April 08, 2021

Cheers Joseph and James (twice). Very kind. Know any artists who might want to submit artwork for the final special edition slot?

JAMES KITTERIDGE
JAMES KITTERIDGE

April 07, 2021

Every product that I have bought from Wingback has exceeded my expectations and then some.
My favourite items have been the flasks which I have bought two and the pen.
You can’t buy better than Wingback.

JAMES KITTERIDGE
JAMES KITTERIDGE

April 07, 2021

Every product that I have bought from Wingback has exceeded my expectations and then some.
My favourite items have been the flasks which I have bought two and the pen.
You can’t buy better than Wingback.

Joseph defranco
Joseph defranco

April 07, 2021

Amazing looking and sturdy ….item to truly be treasured for decades .

Charlie from Wingback
Charlie from Wingback

April 07, 2021

Hi John, thanks. Looking forward to seeing your submission.

John Kilkelly
John Kilkelly

April 07, 2021

Wonderful giveaway thanks for the chance of entering.

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