Halloween Banner Contest
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Halloween Banner Contest
Time for the Halloween Banner contest!
This year, I'm leaving this pretty open, to make this contest challenging and to encourage creativity.
Basically, I want YOU to come up with a good Halloween-esque banner. You can use whatever image you want...but use resources and creativity to make it a Halloween Theme.
It can be scary, involve candy/trick or treating, costumes, spooky themes, mystery, etc. The more creative/Halloween-esque, the better.
Rules:
1) Your banner must contain a Halloween theme. I need to be able to see it. Putting Chibiusa eating candy doesn't scream "Halloween" to me. Adding "Trick or Treat!" and a pumpkin, however, does.
2) Banner must be 300 x 137 in size and in GIF or JPG format. You may submit up to 2.
3) You are allowed to use brushes, backgrounds, and edit any original images. Photoshop filters are fine, and I have no problem if you want to add extra pictures/clip parts. You may use images from other anime, if you chose to go with the "anime/cartoon characters dressed as sailor moon chars" theme. If you use a brush, credit the brushmaker in your post. Please be careful about text and fonts. I MUST be able to read it.
4) The banner needs to say "Sailor Moon Uncensored Forums" and have the url, "http://www.smuncensored.com" on it. This must be done in a readable font (this includes size, style, and color)
5) In order to enter, you must have been a member for at least two weeks and an ACTIVE POSTER AS OF TODAY. Anyone who joins the forums after this is NOT ELIGIBLE. This isn't to be mean, but I don't want people joining just for the contest, and we have too many members who have never posted or have only posted once or twice. If you are unsure as to whether you qualify as an "active member", contact me.
OTHER GUIDELINES:
1) Please try to use a readable font. I cannot stress this enough.
2) ...>_> Tiffu cookies for the first to guess the second guideline.
THE DEADLINE IS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30.
Prizes are as follows:
1st: Banner displayed Oct 1-11 , avatar made by me.
2nd: Banner displayed Oct 12-21, avatar made by me.
3rd: Banned displayed Oct 22-31, avatar made by me.
I would like you to upload the banner to your webspace (if you have one) and paste the link here, so that everyone may view your creation. If you do not have webspace, email it to me, and I'll upload it for you. DO NOT POST THE IMAGE ITSELF HERE.
Have fun, and I hope we get a lot of entries! If you have any questions, let me know. ^^
This year, I'm leaving this pretty open, to make this contest challenging and to encourage creativity.
Basically, I want YOU to come up with a good Halloween-esque banner. You can use whatever image you want...but use resources and creativity to make it a Halloween Theme.
It can be scary, involve candy/trick or treating, costumes, spooky themes, mystery, etc. The more creative/Halloween-esque, the better.
Rules:
1) Your banner must contain a Halloween theme. I need to be able to see it. Putting Chibiusa eating candy doesn't scream "Halloween" to me. Adding "Trick or Treat!" and a pumpkin, however, does.
2) Banner must be 300 x 137 in size and in GIF or JPG format. You may submit up to 2.
3) You are allowed to use brushes, backgrounds, and edit any original images. Photoshop filters are fine, and I have no problem if you want to add extra pictures/clip parts. You may use images from other anime, if you chose to go with the "anime/cartoon characters dressed as sailor moon chars" theme. If you use a brush, credit the brushmaker in your post. Please be careful about text and fonts. I MUST be able to read it.
4) The banner needs to say "Sailor Moon Uncensored Forums" and have the url, "http://www.smuncensored.com" on it. This must be done in a readable font (this includes size, style, and color)
5) In order to enter, you must have been a member for at least two weeks and an ACTIVE POSTER AS OF TODAY. Anyone who joins the forums after this is NOT ELIGIBLE. This isn't to be mean, but I don't want people joining just for the contest, and we have too many members who have never posted or have only posted once or twice. If you are unsure as to whether you qualify as an "active member", contact me.
OTHER GUIDELINES:
1) Please try to use a readable font. I cannot stress this enough.
2) ...>_> Tiffu cookies for the first to guess the second guideline.
THE DEADLINE IS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30.
Prizes are as follows:
1st: Banner displayed Oct 1-11 , avatar made by me.
2nd: Banner displayed Oct 12-21, avatar made by me.
3rd: Banned displayed Oct 22-31, avatar made by me.
I would like you to upload the banner to your webspace (if you have one) and paste the link here, so that everyone may view your creation. If you do not have webspace, email it to me, and I'll upload it for you. DO NOT POST THE IMAGE ITSELF HERE.
Have fun, and I hope we get a lot of entries! If you have any questions, let me know. ^^
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Rachel: Huh...a...moo point?
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well I figured Id take a stab at this even thought I stink at photoshopping. well here is what I made. I hope you like it.
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e332/ ... banner.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e332/ ... banner.jpg
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Re: Halloween Banner Contest
Does it start with "c" and end with "reativity"?Tiff wrote: 2) ...>_> Tiffu cookies for the first to guess the second guideline.
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The Croonerism Spate (explanations upon request)
Be careful with this one, there is a bit of a pun involved. Dr. Spooner described his visit to a castle: "In the center of the fortress was the Palace Court. The gated entrance to this area was the court palace."
Users whose sigs my quotes have made (now in two columns)
Tempest___________________Peachvampiress (I think)
Sylphiel (twice!)____________Neon Heart
RoastedTwinkies (long ago)___Alexclow345
Seiusa____________________Nehelenia`s Crazy Fangirl
I <3 all you guys!
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Re: Halloween Banner Contest
ZOMG COOKIES FOR J00!!111!ONESailorasteroid wrote:Does it start with "c" and end with "reativity"?Tiff wrote: 2) ...>_> Tiffu cookies for the first to guess the second guideline.
Joey: The question is, Rachel, does he like you? ''Cuz if he doesn''t, then it''s all just a moo point.
Rachel: Huh...a...moo point?
Joey: Yeah. It''''s like a cow''s opinion. It doesn''t matter....It''s moo.
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"In learning you will teach and in teaching you will learn"
-Son of Man, Tarzan
"Why do we have to resort to nonviolence? Can’t we just kick their asses?"
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Woo! I was wondering when you'd announce this contest. 

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It's a learning process. You simply learn through creation. Take an image, and play with it. If you have an image editing software, explore it to figure out what you can do with it. All it takes is an idea and creativity.SeiUsa wrote:Mewishes I could make banner.![]()
How in the world do you people do it? I'm serious, HOW do you make banners like that so perfectly?
Joey: The question is, Rachel, does he like you? ''Cuz if he doesn''t, then it''s all just a moo point.
Rachel: Huh...a...moo point?
Joey: Yeah. It''''s like a cow''s opinion. It doesn''t matter....It''s moo.
-Friends
"In learning you will teach and in teaching you will learn"
-Son of Man, Tarzan
"Why do we have to resort to nonviolence? Can’t we just kick their asses?"
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Things I think Are Funny Early in the Morning: If Batman were a Smurf: "Quick, Robin! We must smurf down to the Batcave and smurf the Batplane! Then we must smurf the batsmurf so we can smurf where the Joker is smurfing!"
The Croonerism Spate (explanations upon request)
Be careful with this one, there is a bit of a pun involved. Dr. Spooner described his visit to a castle: "In the center of the fortress was the Palace Court. The gated entrance to this area was the court palace."
Users whose sigs my quotes have made (now in two columns)
Tempest___________________Peachvampiress (I think)
Sylphiel (twice!)____________Neon Heart
RoastedTwinkies (long ago)___Alexclow345
Seiusa____________________Nehelenia`s Crazy Fangirl
I <3 all you guys!
490
The Croonerism Spate (explanations upon request)
Be careful with this one, there is a bit of a pun involved. Dr. Spooner described his visit to a castle: "In the center of the fortress was the Palace Court. The gated entrance to this area was the court palace."
Users whose sigs my quotes have made (now in two columns)
Tempest___________________Peachvampiress (I think)
Sylphiel (twice!)____________Neon Heart
RoastedTwinkies (long ago)___Alexclow345
Seiusa____________________Nehelenia`s Crazy Fangirl
I <3 all you guys!
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That weird dummy from the second SuperS special wants you to be his friend this Halloween. =D
Made, then accidentally deleted, then remade with Gimp, Irfan View, and MS Paint.
That weird dummy from the second SuperS special wants you to be his friend this Halloween. =D
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NameGoesHere - Now made with 100% more ingredients.
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Ugh, I just noticed the SMU URL (lol abbreviations) can't be seen very well.... I hate Corel. ¬___¬; But... Here it is.
Too evil?
Too evil?
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Ian Ziering will not pose nude; world`s sigh of relief causes tornado
^ ^ ^ ROFL
Neon Heart wrote:Ugh, I just noticed the SMU URL (lol abbreviations) can't be seen very well.... I hate Corel. ¬___¬; But... Here it is.
Too evil?
>_> Doesn't it need to say Forums on it?
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Fruityla wrote:Neon Heart wrote:Ugh, I just noticed the SMU URL (lol abbreviations) can't be seen very well.... I hate Corel. ¬___¬; But... Here it is.
Too evil?
>_> Doesn't it need to say Forums on it?
-_- Crap. Disqualify mine.
The Single Funniest Thread Title Ever
Ian Ziering will not pose nude; world`s sigh of relief causes tornado
^ ^ ^ ROFL
Ian Ziering will not pose nude; world`s sigh of relief causes tornado
^ ^ ^ ROFL
Can you not add the text?Neon Heart wrote:
-_- Crap. Disqualify mine.
If you truly can't, then don't worry, I'll go ahead and let you enter it. I'll let it slide, becuase it does look like you worked hard on it. But if you can edit it, please do. I don't want you to have to withdraw your entry.
Joey: The question is, Rachel, does he like you? ''Cuz if he doesn''t, then it''s all just a moo point.
Rachel: Huh...a...moo point?
Joey: Yeah. It''''s like a cow''s opinion. It doesn''t matter....It''s moo.
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"In learning you will teach and in teaching you will learn"
-Son of Man, Tarzan
"Why do we have to resort to nonviolence? Can’t we just kick their asses?"
-Leela, Futurama
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I thought this youma-in-disguise was perfect for this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/F ... banner.jpg
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I was just wondering about something:
Wouldn't it make more sense if the prizes were in reverse order so the winner's would actually be displayed ON Halloween?
"Don''t let the cave-in get you down
Don''t let the falling rocks turn your smile into a frown...Sokka"
- Minstrel "Avatar: The Last Avatar"
Now you see me <_< Now you don''t
*Shrugs* I've just always done it in the correct order. Meh.Fruityla wrote:
I was just wondering about something:
Wouldn't it make more sense if the prizes were in reverse order so the winner's would actually be displayed ON Halloween?
Joey: The question is, Rachel, does he like you? ''Cuz if he doesn''t, then it''s all just a moo point.
Rachel: Huh...a...moo point?
Joey: Yeah. It''''s like a cow''s opinion. It doesn''t matter....It''s moo.
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"In learning you will teach and in teaching you will learn"
-Son of Man, Tarzan
"Why do we have to resort to nonviolence? Can’t we just kick their asses?"
-Leela, Futurama
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I have two entries ^_^
http://www.zombiefied.net/gallery/album ... mpkins.jpg
http://www.zombiefied.net/gallery/album ... 5/eyes.jpg
http://www.zombiefied.net/gallery/album ... mpkins.jpg
http://www.zombiefied.net/gallery/album ... 5/eyes.jpg
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