An idea.

[oddguy]

Best Banner Maker!

Okay, all those who want to will make a banner for the OWF. After the banners are finished, they will be displayed on a thread and the members will vote for the best one. The names of the members will remain anonymous. Voters will just choose between A, B, C, etc...

The winner of best banner gets...

Well, the prize is being discussed with Alcar right now.

It's going to be either,

The winning banner being displayed on OWF for a certain period of time and replacing this one...


-or-

Submiting the banner to OW.com so they can make it the official link to our humble forums.

Maybe even both of those are possible for the winning prize. Anyway, this is going to be fun if everybody participates.

Right now this thread is to establish rules and such for the competition.

Post away my friends!

-oddguy

[Majic]

Quite subjective, in my opinion. Also, remember not all software is created equal. It would be the few with the software and 5ki11z to win. And not everyone has the time either. Though I s'pose if the rules could be tweaked some, and made mroe open to everyone, it might be nice.

[oddguy]

Any suggestions are open.

[Alcar]

I'll have to speak with Abe Babe first about prizes, but everything seems cool.

Alcar...

[Joshy]

The prize would be spending a wonderful night in my room hehehe (females only) Just joking, that would scare everyone away Well i'm an idiot with banners so i'll just cheer everyone up whose making one ^^

[Esus]

Any dimensions? And does it need the forums background colour so its fits?

[oddguy]

520 X 195 pixels if you're going by the banner display we have now. Also, blending in with background color depends on what style you have.

-oddguy

[Sekto Springs]

I'm great at making banners (as you can see) I would like to know a li'l more about the proportions, entailed pictures, and layout-match. I can't wait to see a new banner, I will make one once I have such info and I will post here

*runs off to create*

EDIT:
Actually, Oddguy. If you make the banner a gif file then you can make the background transparent so it could work for either mapping. Should I make one for stranger?

[Hobo]

Quite subjective, in my opinion. Also, remember not all software is created equal. It would be the few with the software and 5ki11z to win. And not everyone has the time either. Though I s'pose if the rules could be tweaked some, and made mroe open to everyone, it might be nice.

I totally agree, but then again I would be interested ins eeing what those guys with talent are able to produce.

[Majic]

True. True true true...

With the whole anonymous voting system thing going on, it should work fine.

[Alcar]

You could make a banner for whatever style you want, but it would be required to be a gif, as a jpg is too compressed and doesn't support transparent colouring. A Stranger one would be fantastic.

Alcar...

[oddguy]

Okay, I think we're ready to get this started.

Dimensions: 520 X 195 pixels if you're going by the banner display we have now.

Format: Gif is the required format, as it is able to have transparent coloring.

Design: Stranger.

Submitting: Don't post banner on the thread. We want the identity of the designer to remain anonymous. Send the banner by PM to me.

Would anyone else like to add anything?

-oddguy

[paramiteabe]

Oooh I like this I am in.

[Sekto Springs]

very much ditto

[oddguy]

Ah, I just recieved a banner to display. The artist tells me it may need some tidying up, but I think it looks great. Take a look...



-oddguy

[Sekto Springs]

That's cool! I wonder who it is?

[Alcar]

The address of the image gives it away

Alcar...

[Sekto Springs]

Hey, Ha, I know who it is! I'm happy, should I tell them? Nah, I'll let Oddguy tell them after judging.

[oddguy]

The address of the image gives it away

Alcar...

I had a thought in the back of my head that somebody would look at the web address, but I didn't act on it. Well, now I uploaded it to my site so Alcar and SS are the only ones who know...until the contest is over.

-oddguy

[Sekto Springs]

Cool! I have inside info

[oddguy]

Another entry.



The artist tells me it looks best viewed against the color background we have for our existing banner.

-oddguy

[Sekto Springs]

that one's pretty good!

[Xavier]

creature of the first, letters from the second...
a shame I can't do something like that

[Sekto Springs]

Is this thread dead or what?

[oddguy]

Is this thread dead or what?

I sure hope not. We just need more time for more entries. I'll put up a timeframe before we vote on banners. Okay, the deadline for OWF banner entries is April 1st. Voting for banners begins on April 1st. Voting will last for a week(From April 1st-to April 7th), then the votes will be tallied on April 8th.

-oddguy

[oddguy]

Another entry. Yay! The artist tells me he wants to add a few more things, but here it is...



-oddguy

[Fez]

this one rocks, it should win.

[Abe's son]

It should.. It really should.

[GrigtheSlig]

I sure hope not. We just need more time for more entries. I'll put up a timeframe before we vote on banners. Okay, the deadline for OWF banner entries is April 1st. Voting for banners begins on April 1st. Voting will last for a week(From April 1st-to April 7th), then the votes will be tallied on April 8th.

-oddguy

For voting... Do we PM you or post on this thread?

[Alcar]

For voting... Do we PM you or post on this thread?

I'd imagine they'd be sent to oddguy, when the voting actually begins

Alcar...