B3ta Releases

There are many websites that are designed purely for wasting time on. Sadly only a handful are worth going back to on a regular basis. The video variety such as YouTube or MetaCafe are always fun, but my preference is for the picture based sites. Ones that invite contributions from their users, usually on a particular theme.

Once such site that I have mentioned before is Worth1000. They run regular Photoshop competitions whereby a task is set, and users vote for the best entries. But another site that I fell in love with some time ago is b3ta. The concept is similar to Worth1000 but both the challenges and the submissions are little more off the wall and many have a more adult twist. With no holds barred and many submissions featuring animations, it's a much more entertaining site all round in my opinion. Some of the contributers are pure genius. Here is a brief selection.

This one is from the "Literal Road Signs" challenge.


This one from a Star Trek challenge.


Finally here is a couple of classics from a challenge to re-invent some famous logos.