Winter/Christmas Banner Contest

Post by **Tiff** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:11 pm

It's that time of year again! And I have more and more banner challenges for you.

For the banner that will be displayed throughout November/December, I want to go with a blue and silvery theme. I want it to depict snow, ice, and the general cold that goes with winter. Feel free to use christmas pictures...but please keep in mind that I'm looking for a blue or silvery hue/theme. Be creative and use tinting, brushes, etc to give it that effect.

1) Your banner must depict a silver/blue winter or christmas theme from Sailor Moon. You may use any combination, hues, tints, and shades of the colors. It can be either from manga, PGSM, or anime.
NOTE: ALL PICTURES MUST BE TASTEFUL. No pictures depicting gratuitous nudity or sexual poses, please. If you wish to display TASTEFUL and slight nudity, show the picture to me first and I will either okay it or refuse it. Obviously, complete nudity is not allowed.
2) Banner must be 300 x 137 in size and in GIF or JPG format. You may submit up to 2.
3) If you use someone's fanart, you MUST have their permission first, and if they want credit, you MUST credit them somewhere on the banner.
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.

GUIDELINES:

1) Please try to use a picture of decent quality.
2) Please try to use a readable font. I cannot stress this enough.
3) CREATIVITY. *FOAMS AT MOUTH*

THE DEADLINE IS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19.

Prizes are as follows:

1st: Banner displayed Nov. 20- Dec.3 , avatar made by me.
2nd: Banner displayed Dec. 4 - Dec.17, avatar made by me.
3rd: Banned displayed Dec. 18 - Dec.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!

Blackat · Post by **Blackat** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 6:00 pm

Wow, I guess I'm the first to complete my banner. ^^

Unfortunately, there's some sort of glitch with my webspace at the moment, so I'll have to use my alternative (free) one. XD

Link:

Jpg and imageshack version:

I hope everything is okay with it - I found this great image, and I couldn't resist using it! I tried to stick with the colour scheme as much as I could, but there's some pinks and oranges in there if you look closely. ^^

Edit: Okay, that's really weird. The link to the image re-directs to this page. First I posted a link to the image as a url, and the same thing happened, and now I have it just as an image. Am I doing something wrong?

Edit again: Just realised my image is in png format, so I'll post a jpg version using imageshack, to see if that solves the problem. Sorry for all this! ;^^

NameGoesHere · Post by **NameGoesHere** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:03 am

I actually decided to do two entries this time. *gaspshockawe*

# 1
http://www.geocities.com/jadekeira/smu- ... nner01.gif
Artbook image of Usagi with a gun. Christmas-y, isn't it? I hue-ified it all blue (the original image had gold and pink in it), and inserted my own, lame humor into it. Since the theme is cold, I immediately thought of a gun, like the psycho that I am. Thus, the picture choice, and ridiculous stretch of the theme. *smacks self*
- Made with MS Paint and Irfan View.

# 2
http://www.geocities.com/jadekeira/smu- ... nner02.jpg
This is a picture of Wakayama Manami, who played Sailor Mercury in the musicals from 2002-2005. (Is a picture from the musicals okay? Only the manga, anime, and PGSM are mentioned in the rules... o_o) The faded lines of text in the background are lyrics from "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas." I thought it was appropriate, since she is the senshi of ice, and she looks all cute and hopeful. XD
- Made with MS Paint, The GIMP, and Irfan View.

Post by **Tiff** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 1:34 pm

NameGoesHere wrote:I actually decided to do two entries this time. *gaspshockawe*

# 1
http://www.geocities.com/jadekeira/smu- ... nner01.gif
Artbook image of Usagi with a gun. Christmas-y, isn't it? I hue-ified it all blue (the original image had gold and pink in it), and inserted my own, lame humor into it. Since the theme is cold, I immediately thought of a gun, like the psycho that I am. Thus, the picture choice, and ridiculous stretch of the theme. *smacks self*
- Made with MS Paint and Irfan View.

..Dear god, that amuses me to no end.

Seriously. Awesome creativity.

..NOW WILL SOME MORE PEOPLE PLEASE ENTER? *GNASHES TEETH*

RattleMan · Post by **RattleMan** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:51 pm

http://img286.imageshack.us/img286/8907 ... now7ex.jpg
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/2184 ... ne26jd.jpg

Somehow I managed to originally make this post when the board was messed up. I had made a second image, but I couldn't edit the post to do it. Now that I can edit this post, here they are.

writergirl · Post by **writergirl** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:19 am

OHH!!!! Tiffu can I enter one? I know i'm not very active..... but I'd still like to enter one...

Post by **Tiff** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:48 am

writergirl wrote:OHH!!!! Tiffu can I enter one? I know i'm not very active..... but I'd still like to enter one...

Yes, you can enter. You've been here long enough, and you're active enough.

Sylphiel · Post by **Sylphiel** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 2:42 pm

Here goes my winter entry XD

http://sylphiel.moonside.org/smu_winter_entry.jpg

writergirl · Post by **writergirl** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:29 pm

Here's my first one I made... plannin' on makin' another one though

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y108/M ... anner1.jpg

Butterscotch · Post by **Butterscotch** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:26 pm

Here's my entry:
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/1539 ... ice9fw.jpg

Because if topless women doesn't say "Merry Christmas" I don't know what does ^_~

I made a second one. ^_^
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/2126 ... agi7an.jpg

writergirl · Post by **writergirl** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:09 pm

HEre's the second one I made for ya Tiffu

Hope it's creative enough

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y108/M ... anner2.jpg

ParaKiss_Groupie · Post by **ParaKiss_Groupie** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 1:39 am

You know how you can really, really like a theme? You'll try so hard to fit it, but in the end, your limited talent slaps you in the face and says, "Just argue semantics, dammit?" If these don't apply, let me know. I'll gladly take them down.

That's how these are.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y173/M ... ucion1.jpg

It's..uh...blue. And you can see the stars better in the winter. Also, um.....Galaxia when posessed by chaos is cold-hearted? And winter is cold?

*hides*

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y173/M ... anner3.jpg

Again, there's blue. And they're holding ribbons, which makes me think of Christmas.

peachvampiress · Post by **peachvampiress** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:39 pm

I think the first one looks like Galaxia's catching snowflakes with her hand (instead of her tongue).

Slrjoecool · Post by **Slrjoecool** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 1:49 am

Okay, here's my entry. Don't know if I'll do another or not yet. I've got till tomorrow to come up with another idea... ^^;;

Click here to see the banner XD

Post by **Tiff** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 8:19 pm

Time to announce the winners!

First: Sylphiel (senshi sleeping for santa)
Second: Blackat (Pegasus in snow)
Third: Butterscotch (naughty & nice)

Congrats! You can pick your avatars here:

1st: http://tpm.sweetserenity.com/smu/Winter001.jpg
2nd: http://tpm.sweetserenity.com/smu/Winter002.jpg
3rd: http://tpm.sweetserenity.com/smu/Winter003.jpg

Please let me know when you've gotten them, so I can delete them.

Thanks for all who participated! Stay tuned for our next contest, taking place close to valentine's...

..And Tiffu also has another contest in mind, to take place before christmas. Please keep your eyes peeled for that, too!

Thanks again!

Musashi · Post by **Musashi** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:00 pm

YAY, Sylphiel! ^^ It's /awesome./ I love the blueness. xD Aww, Chibiusa...
That's such an adorable picture.

Butterscotch · Post by **Butterscotch** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 10:35 pm

I can't believe I got third place! O_O
All the entries were great, everyone did a good job ^_^

NameGoesHere · Post by **NameGoesHere** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:15 pm

Congratulations to Sylphiel, Blackcat, and Butterscotch! You all did an excellent job! The fonts in all three look great, and the hue combinations are pertyful. =^_^= *wishes she could make her fonts look that nice*

Blackat · Post by **Blackat** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:27 am

I totally did not expect to get a placing!

Thanks Tiff and everyone else.

I've picked up my avatar, so you can go and delete mine. Oh and a big congratulations to Sylphiel and Butterscotch! ^^

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:17 pm

Wow, some great artistic talent here. There were some very nice banners, makes me wish I had the slightest bit of talent in that area.

Congrats to the winners!

James