Vaibhav wins Tendulkar Opus Fan Art competition
Thursday 11 August 2011 - 18:30
Opus Media Group met with Sachin Tendulkar to pick the winner for the Tendulkar Opus Fan Art competition which was held exclusively on the 4.4 million Tendulkar Opus facebook page. The competition winners would get an opportunity to feature their art work in the Official Sachin Tendulkar Opus which will be released later this year.
The competition attracted more than 400 entries out of which 13 were shortlisted by the Tendulkar Opus editorial team. Sachin Tendulkar picked "The God of Cricket" as the winner. "The God of Cricket" was created by Vaibhav Shivaji Jagtap, a graphic designer & an amateur photographer from Mumbai. Vaibhav created a typography image of Sachin Tendulkar with all his ODI & Test records.
When contacted by Tendulkar Opus team, Vaibhav was delighted to be picked as the winner by Tendulkar himself. Vaibhav said, "My inspiration to design this typographic portrait came from my ardent habit of observing the creative world around us and surfing the internet. As a passion for graphic design, i am habituated to adding my thoughts to the perspective' to create a thoughtful designs.
I am just another big fan of Sir Sachin Tendulkar, hence I put up my ideas and created the typographic portrait with him in it. The portrait includes Sir Sachin Tendulkar holding a typography which contains world records in ODI and Test Cricket held by him."
Vaibhav will receive a free The Official Sachin Tendulkar Classic Edition Opus from Opus Media Group. The Official Sachin Tendulkar Opus is a grand celebration of the one of the world's greatest-ever sportsmen, the highest run scorer in Test & ODI cricket history, and an Indian icon adored by millions around the world.
With at least 50% of content never been published before, The Official Sachin Tendulkar Opus is richly illustrated with photographs tracking his extraordinary life and career, each displayed on an unprecedented scale and complemented by the personal reminiscences of the Tendulkar himself.
Check out the winning entry here: The God of Cricket
For more information about the competition: Tendulkar Opus Fan Art Competition
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