Illustration for Raspberry Chocolate Porter Beer Label

Dry Dock Brewing Co.

Dry Dock Brewing Company was founded in October 2005 when owners Michelle and Kevin DeLange leased an 800 sq ft space next to their homebrew shop, The Brew Hut, in Aurora, CO. The tiny brewery quickly got people’s attention the next spring when Dry Dock won Gold at the 2006 World Beer Cup for its HMS Victory ESB (now Amber Ale).

Expanding in 2009 and again in 2011, Dry Dock currently runs a 7 BBL brewhouse including a tasting room with 180 seats and 16 taps at its original location on Hampden Ave. in Aurora.

In January 2013, Dry Dock opened a production facility with a 40 BBL brewhouse and canning line in a second, 30,000 sq ft facility, to produce beers for distribution throughout Colorado. Dry Dock’s production has grown from 300 barrels in 2006 to 3,200 in 2012. With the new facility, they will produce about 11,000 BBL in 2013. They have also continued to win medals at both the World Beer Cup and the Great American Beer Festival, including Small Brewing Company of the Year in 2009.

For more information on Dry Dock Brewing visit http://www.drydockbrewing.com

We are looking to design a label for our Chocolate Raspberry Porter and need a full color illustration to use on the label. The illustration will be used on 22 oz. bombers as well as other promotional materials. The Illustration needs to have a focal point that can be used in the center of the label as well as a background images or a texture to be used behind the focal point (see the attached examples). The Chocolate Raspberry Porter is an English style porter brewed with real chocolate and raspberries. The final design will be printed 7.5" x 4.75".

The illustration should use a "raspberry red" color palette.

We prefer vector artwork for scalability, but if you work in a raster application, please provide final artwork at 15" x 9.5" at 300 dpi or higher. We will need the final Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop files (with layers) from the winning illustration to finalize the winning layout and to use the artwork on additional promotional items.

Update: We have extended the contest for 4 more day and made it blind. We've come up with a specific theme for the Chocolate Raspberry Porter. We'd like to use an image of a Succubus in the center area of the label.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succubus

http://goo.gl/exQFqA

The image needs to portray the succubus in a tasteful way while still having her look seductive. We'd like to show her from the waste up with limited or no cleavage and skin showing. We'd like to be able to see the wings of the succubus in the illustration. The illustration doesn't need to have raspberry's in it and we'd do not want chocolate in it, if you use raspberries please make them a secondary focus to the succubus. Try to convey the idea that this is a Raspberry Chocolate beer with color and texture. Please only submit original artwork.