We recently discovered a community of designers competing in a sport known as Layer Tennis. This is a battle of wits, design know-how, and time management. And yes, you can get injured. Here’s our inaugural match of Layer Tennis.
The rules of Layer Tennis are simple. Competitors are given 15 minutes to design something on the fly according to a theme. With each subsequent round, each designer must take an element or two from the previous round and embellish upon it. Usually matches last 10 rounds, but since this is our first time, we made it a four round bout. Essentially, this is like a freestyle rap battle where both sides trade jabs with hot keys instead of rhymes.
Our theme: Summer.
Let’s battle.
Round 1: Derek
Round 2: Justin
Round 3: Derek
Final Round: Justin
And there you have it. A relentlessly stressful and intense match of Layer Tennis. Decisions were made until the last seconds. Blood, sweat, tears, and Red Bull were shed. The time constraint made us cut corners, resulting in shoddy photoshop jobs, stupidity, and hilarious ideas. We’re happy with the results.
Lessons learned from Layer Tennis:
1. Have your favorite fonts fired up and ready.
2. Making selections will kill your clock.
3. So will your futile search for stock images.
There will be more matches to come. Thank you for watching.
Filed under: Competitions, Design, Humor, Inspiration
