Hassan Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) Theme Participants will be creating signatures showing off their favorite Pokémon. Rules 1. Only one entry per user. 2. Entries are only to be submitted during the contest. Late entries will not be accepted. 3. Entries must contain the user's IGN. 4. All forum rules must be upheld. 5. Signature size must be [500 or less] x [200 or less] Judging Criteria 1. How well the signature follows the theme. 2. Effort 3. Quality of work Prizes 1st place: Shiny Psyduck 2nd Place: ¥ 500,000 Start/End Date This contest starts today and ends on April 20th. (Monday) That should be enough time for everyone, there will be no extensions given. Host: Hassan Judges: Munya, Musica, Inarin, Archinix Best of luck to you all, looking forward to seeing some amazing signatures! Edited April 7, 2015 by Hassan karimologia, Sabrenn, Warning and 8 others 11 Link to comment
Inarin Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) Woo! Let's do this, people, get those entries in! I'm moving the entries here due to Image limitations: 1/2 2/2 Edited April 13, 2015 by Inarin Kazooka, kyustorm, DrCraig and 4 others 7 Link to comment
Ploegy Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Well might be worth while to show of my shit signature skills. LF less lazy Ploegy Inarin and Pidgeysaurus 2 Link to comment
Heimann Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) FINALLLY A SIG CONTEST We in here boys. [spoiler] inb4 hol,deejaye sweep it all [/spoiler] Edited March 19, 2015 by Heimann Musica 1 Link to comment
Pidgeysaurus Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) shiny dolan yes pls. It's a shame the comp had to be now, exams ;_: LF talent Edited March 19, 2015 by Pidgeysaurus Link to comment
Ploegy Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 FINALLLY A SIG CONTEST We in here boys. [spoiler] inb4 hol,deejaye sweep it all [/spoiler] Or Yumi wrecks us all. Could be any of the 3 slidingpanda 1 Link to comment
Deejaye Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 cs5 doesn't work for me anymore so i can't make signatures Link to comment
Heimann Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) cs5 doesn't work for me anymore so i can't make signatures Awe. Was hoping to see a entry from you. Edited March 19, 2015 by Heimann Musica 1 Link to comment
Deejaye Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I haven't even done a signature in like a year so I doubt it'd be any good lmfao Actually forgot that ds gave me a crack of something but I keep forgetting to try it out, maybe I'll do that later /chinscratch Musica and Emlee 2 Link to comment
DrCraig Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 That no text rule I cry Instagramlol, Musica and Pidgeysaurus 3 Link to comment
bl0nde Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 (edited) I was never in the elite circle of graphic design forums, so I'm not very good at this. Nevertheless, I would like to recommend some things to judge on if you guys don't already have some stuff. Example 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds *Rule of thirds - wolverine slightly off center for more dramatic effect, *The focal point is wolverine. The text and lighting do not draw your eye way away from wolverine - good flow. You don't want a whole bunch of focal points spread around in the sig everywhere. You want focus. *look at wolverine's back. The artist of the sig blurred wolverine's back to give perspective. That and the added effect on the claws to make them pop out make wolverine look vicious. 10/10 sig. Example 2 *Blending. Blend it all together. It's not supposed to look like a picture placed on top of another picture. That looks amateur or lazy. *People always yapped at me for trying to make fancy text. If your sig includes text, you want your text to be very readable to anyone. No crazy fonts no faded text. It needs to always be readable. Example 3 *IGN on the license plate, cool touch huh? Text is easily readable. You have your effects all flowing with the car - FLOW. no bright lights or text making you look away from the car -the focus is all towards the car (focal point). Example 4 *if you have your rectangle shape signature then you have a render that you want to make pop out of the box (like an arm or wing or whatever), you always want to make sure that you finish the shape. Don't cut it off. Lke here with the hand - let it p0p OuT. :) I'm not 100% sure why, but I had a friend that did graphic design for a living tell me that. If you think about it, cutting it off after you pop it out does kind of defeat the effect you are going for. You are saying it's not constrained in the box by popping it out then you constrain the render anyways by cutting it off - self defeating I think, don't cut off renders like that, resize them if you have to. _______________ Okay so my favorite graphic design communities unfortunately died out literally years ago and I'm having to dig deep to remember anything worth writing. That's all I can think of off the top of my head. I think a 5/10 sig with some form of simple animation will beat a 8/10 sig without animation in PokeMMO forums. You all seem so animation hungry, lol. Still, good luck to everyone. I always like looking at art contests. Edited March 20, 2015 by bl0nde Smoki, Heimann, kyustorm and 9 others 12 Link to comment
Ploegy Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 It seems like a 5/10 sig with animation will beat a 8/10 sig without animation in PokeMMO forums. um... I do like the idea of the contest though tbh. Good luck. So my 5/10 animated sigs will win. Let's do this \o/ Kazooka 1 Link to comment
CyrusZathen Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 (edited) Oh gosh yumi where are you why you're not here XD? I also wish the end date be april 23 so it's my birthday. Edited March 20, 2015 by CyrusZathen Link to comment
ZeroZephy Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Hue another contest IM JOINING! :3 Chibisaurus 1 Link to comment
Lightbiyomon Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Hue another contest IM JOINING! :3 Hue another contest IM JOINING! :3 Zero where have you been ;-; Link to comment
YumiLove Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Omg *.* A contest I can finally enter! Archinix, Platoons, Ploegy and 1 other 4 Link to comment
Malorne Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Omg *.* A contest I can finally enter! Onwards YumiLove 1 Link to comment
Sleepy Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I think a 5/10 sig with some form of simple animation will beat a 8/10 sig without animation in PokeMMO forums. You all seem so animation hungry, lol. Still, good luck to everyone Preach it Link to comment
Goku Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Omg *.* A contest I can finally enter! Yumilove probably gonna win...But good luck sleepy:) Link to comment
Heimann Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 My bets on Hol if he isnt rip, or deejaye if she found a way to do stuff. Musica and Emlee 2 Link to comment
Kazooka Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) but but but...i dont know how to animate on sigs. brb googling.jk. kinda. Edited March 21, 2015 by Kazooka Link to comment
slidingpanda Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 3. Entries must contain the user's IGN. 4. Do not include any text on the signature. Hi! Could you clarify these points? Should the signature image contain ONLY IGN (but no team tag no quotes etc)? Or is it like the signature should have not a single letter at all and the IGN should be in post where you submit your entry? Link to comment
Inarin Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Hi! Could you clarify these points? Should the signature image contain ONLY IGN (but no team tag no quotes etc)? Or is it like the signature should have not a single letter at all and the IGN should be in post where you submit your entry? No, something like this. IGN: Inarin Submission: *Insert Signature image here* Hassan 1 Link to comment
Gradiusic Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Rules 3. Entries must contain the user's IGN. 4. Do not include any text on the signature. I think it would be better to have the users IGN and possibly the pokemon's name as well. For two main reasons, (1) having my username on my signature would prevent (kinda) other people from using it without my permission, (2) text usage, placement, and etc is an important part of signature design. Just my 2 cents, but I will submit to this regardless. Instanitymist 1 Link to comment
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