RESOURCES:

Pinterest Board for ideas:

Prompts:

- A poster design based on your favourite horror film - Dither Boy’d skull (it’s a classic for a reason) - Some spooky custom text (maybe “Boo” or “Trick or Treat”) - Dither Boy’d Pumpkin - Haunted houses and Graveyards - Moons always look great dithered, you could even add a witch or bats in front of it! - Layerblend a Dither over your favourite halloween character - Spiders and Cobwebs

Dither Boy Tutorials:

https://www.youtube.com/@studioaaa?hidden=true

Creatives to follow for inspiration:

- Caroline Dietl @ caroline.dietl - Nothing Lasts 4 Ever @ nothin.last4ever - Foie Graphics @ foiegraphics - Piper Ferrari @ piperferrari_ - Niko Virolainen @ wrdmediafiles - Kinnat Sóley @ merchbabe - Harry Vincent @ harry__vincent

Public Domain Assets:

(just in case you need a hand sourcing images!) - UNSPLASH (does have a premium plan to unlock even more photos, but the free plan is solid) - PIXABAY - PEXELS - RAWPIXEL (be aware you need to filter out AI images as there are lots here now) - PUBLIC DOMAIN IMAGE ARCHIVE (thousands of out-of-copyright images) - RIJKSMUSEUM (museum archive of artwork, photographs, posters etc) - PUBLIC WORK (public domain photographs)

Halloween Contest

Studio hAAAlloween Contest!

BRIEF:

Spooky Season is here! Whether you love old horror movies, dressing up, or just want an excuse to make something with a vampire on, this is the perfect opportunity to use Dither Boy! We’re asking everybody to dither something spooky using our latest free palette. @everyone @here

RULES:

- Create something inspired by Halloween using Dither Boy. - Use the FREE Halloween Palettes in your entry! - Post the design to a social media platform and tag us (social media links below). Paste the link to your post in the Entries channel! - MUST ENTER BY OCTOBER 30th - Enter as many times as you like

Tag:

- @ studioaaacom on Twitter or Instagram - @ studio_aaa on Tiktok - @ studioaaa.com on Bluesky

PRIZES:

More users entering will mean we will choose even more winners! Keep entering to increase your chances! TWO MAIN WINNERS WILL WIN: - Glitch Machine for Adobe After Effects or - The next Studio AAA software (unannounced, not telling any details yet) Runners up will be able to choose one of the below from the Studio AAA website: - Vintage Paper - Screen FX Kit - Glitch Machine - VHS Textures - Grunge Paper - Printer Trash