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The Results are in and the news is good! The Given Blog has made it into the Top Ten for the SA Blog Awards. Now we may have been placed in the wrong catagory due to a blunder from their side, but that doesnt mean we cant own this thing something solid! We are running in the Best Media and Marketing Catagory and the competition is stiff. So if you love The Given, then show us some love and click the link below to vote for us

So its that time of the year again…The South African Blog Awards are in town. They have shuffled things around a little this time and we now fall into the Media and Marketing catagory, so we are going to have some tough competition. Nominations are now open, So if you love The Given then click the image below

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If any of you out there are looking to get some vinyl toys in and around South Africa but are sick and tired of the high prices, then I’m about to make your day. Head over to www.vinyldestination.co.za and check them out, great prices and great service with country wide delivery! I just got myself this awesome Teddy Trooper! SWEET!

Here at The Given we are all about the art, this blog is all about providing a platform from which designers and artists can share their work and get their name out and hopefully in the process we help them grow. So if you want some exposure on SA’s most happening art blog, then send your designs/art/illustrations/vinyls etc to subs(at)thegiven.co.za and we will make you famous.

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What if all the everyday objects around us, were made from glass? What if you dropped the soap, only for it to shatter on impact? Artist Brock Davis has created that world perfectly, observe as he shatters the world around us.

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Steri Stumpie is like a South African institution, so when they approached me to help showcase their new packaging and art direction I was more than happy to oblige. My little pack arrived and I must say I was quite impressed. The six-pack of Chocolate Steri’s (per my request) came in a snazzy little box, fulled with interesting goodies, such as badges, stickers and a Flavournation Passport. The best item however, was definately the Mr Steri Stumpie Head Sticker Pack, a pack of stickers which allows you to turn your empty Steri into a Mr Potato Head.

If you want to stand a chance to score yourself some free Steri Stumpie goodness and some “Steriphenalia” goodness, then head over to their site and check it out!

Yesterday I finally got the time to go and book my Tattoo, which was designed by Morgwn from Miami Ink. Thinking I would have to wait atleast a month to get a slot, I was more than a little surprised when I was told they could fit me in, in an hours time! So a big thank you to Garth at Wildfire for the Ink, the work was pain free and is looking siiiick!

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The Given Blog is proud to bring you its first competition in collaboration with “a store” and RVCA. RVCA was founded by PM Tenore, who is also the creative director, and professional surfer, Conan Hayes . The company markets itself as an original combination of art, music, fashion and a modern lifestyle. At the forefront of this goal has been RVCA’s Artist Network Program - a venture established to showcase both renowned and relatively unknown artists. The prize for the comp (as seen below) has been sponsored by local art/culture/clothing and everything else cool store
“a store” and is seriously rocking.

So if you want to win then click here for more info!
Please remember that this is open to South African residents only.

Ahhh the smell of Turkey in the oven, and a fresh Fir Tree, yup Christmas has come early this year with the impending CS5. Photoshop is beyond doubt the greatest editing software ever created and with each iteration it gets better and better. DO WANT!