I’m excited to see that Coudal Partners’ Photoshop Tennis (background)–now rechristened Layer Tennis–is due to return, after a long absence, this coming Friday. Emphasizing not just what two designers can do head-to-head with a PSD file, the contest is gearing up to be more community-driven. According to the site, "You’ll be able to download the raw elements from every match to remix or remash any way you like and then post a link back to your creation."
All matches take are due to take place on Fridays, live at 2pm Chicago time (GMT+6, meaning 3pm in NYC, Noon in SF and 7 in London). Upcoming matches:
September 28th
Shaun Inman vs Kevin Cornell
Commentary by John GruberOctober 5th
Neil Durden vs Mathew Star Thomas
Commentary by Debbie MillmanOctober 12th
Chuck Anderson vs Steven Harrington
Commentary by Jason Kottke
5am Saturday in Sydney – ugh! These should be fun, though 🙂
I’ve seen similar things on some of the stock photography forums (though not quite in such real time).
I’m typically inspired and dumbounded by what some of these folks can achieve.