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Old 12-16-2008, 03:37 AM
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Christmas Banner Competition 2008
Christmas Banner Competition
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It's that time of the year again!

Admittedly I'm a bit late this year, but I hope we'll still have enough time to see some fun entries.

Basically it works like this: any and all members are welcome to submit Christmas-themed banners for OtakuBoards (the banner being the image at the top of the page with our logo on it).

The winner's banner will be displayed on all skins up until New Year's Eve.

You can submit as many banners as you want and you can ask questions in this thread too if you have any.

Here is a basic list of requirements:
  • The banner must be exactly 597 x 127 pixels in size.
  • It must contain a 1 pixel thick black border on the bottom and sides (but not the top).
  • The theme is Christmas, but please feel free to interpret this however you like. You can be traditional or you can do something totally different. Also try to keep to Christmas colours if you can (I guess you can make an exception if you have a really stellar design). Remember, your banner will be used on all skins so it won't match one particular skin anyway.
  • Make it stand out! The banner should be bold, fun and welcoming.
  • And uh...that's it I think. Oh! Actually, the format must be JPEG. Try to keep it relatively uncompressed, so that the image quality doesn't suck.

So there you have it. Hopefully I have put enough details in there. But again if you have questions, just ask here.

I will be looking to choose a banner by the weekend and as mentioned above, it will remain up until NYE.

So not long, but hopefully it'll be a fun challenge for you guys. I would like to have another "official" challenge like this in the new year, so watch out for that (with a bit more preparation time!)


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Old 12-16-2008, 10:12 PM
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Count me in.
When do the submissions need to be in by? [like a certain day/time]

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Old 12-17-2008, 12:16 AM
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Count me in.
When do the submissions need to be in by? [like a certain day/time]
No specific time as such, but I am likely to be choosing a submission this coming Sunday. That way it can be put up for next week and we can display it until New Year's Eve.

So for you guys in America that'd be Saturday night - let's say midnight on Saturday or something. Is that ok?

Hopefully I am leaving you with enough time.

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Old 12-17-2008, 09:40 AM
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Well since I recently upgraded to Elements 7... I had to make one so here it is. I might make more, not sure though. XP


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Old 12-17-2008, 09:51 AM
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WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN

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Old 12-18-2008, 12:25 AM
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This was always fun.

I spent hours on this thing and I eventually got tired of it. Lol. So now I'm not happy with it. XD



EDIT: I forgot to mention, the Japanese says Merry Christmas, or something of the sort. I wiki'd it.

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Old 12-19-2008, 04:07 AM
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here's mine

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Old 12-19-2008, 06:08 AM
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Well since I got another idea for a banner... I had to make it. lolz


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Old 12-19-2008, 07:38 AM
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I've never done this before so... I hope I got it right. I'm still learning how to make stuff like this. ^^


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Old 12-19-2008, 09:55 AM
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Wow, I'm so impressed! All of these entries are so great. You guys are making it difficult for me to choose, haha.

There's a couple more days for entries so that should be enough time for everyone I think. Thanks for your work so far everyone!

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Old 12-19-2008, 10:15 PM
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i didn't kwno what color to choose haha xD





here's another one heh 8)


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Old 12-22-2008, 01:07 AM
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And the winners are up! Congrats guys.

And thanks to everyone for your submissions. You guys know how to make it tough to choose.

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Old 12-22-2008, 02:51 AM
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Congratulation to Jiggly^^

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Old 12-22-2008, 02:55 AM
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Huh, activating Caramelldansen reverts the banner to the original.

Just thought I'd point it out. Minor detail, and it would probably be too much work to accommodate a group of banners that are only going to be around for a couple of weeks anyway.

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Old 12-22-2008, 04:43 AM
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Nice. Congrats you guys. They all look great. And since I like Lucky Star...

*changes her default to Geisha for the holiday*

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