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THE WINNERS

First of all I would like to thank everyone who helped with this contest, especially Kaekia for kicking me in the right direction. I sent you a little something, please check yout bank XD (and if you have nto received anything, but have helped out with this contest ? PM me. I probably just missed you).

Second of all - thank you for submitting! I really appreciate all of the entries! GOOD JOB!

Now, onto the winners.

Mutimedia section

Well considering that I haven?t actually set it up properly nor outlined what the sections were, I decided to give everyone who submitted 500 gold and a promise that I will set up another multimedia contest soon, with proper awards and all. I?ll send the gold out as soon as the market place gets back online and I can sell some stuff XD

But I do want to award Ballentine for the UEBER awesome Naia Winamp skin that she did. I figured a March letter is a good prize ^_^

Okey ...

Now ... drum roll please!

Winner for the Tag redesign section is: eviktedRei

Comments: HOT DAMN GIRL! I LOVE YOU! It's PERFECT!

Winner for the Website redesign section is: Ballentine

Comments: Now, here the choice was not as obvious. I actually had many favourites and wavered for a while. But I finally decided that this particular design fits my purposes best.

So you guys are welcome to discuss this if you want and I apologize that not everybody can win, but I firmly believe that the winners selected have done the best job. Again, thanks you for participating!


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Welcome to the FA’E : Designer’s Challenge Contest. This is a bit of an unusual event – it is not a contest for artists. Designer’s Challenge has been created with a very specific purpose – to find talented designers on GAIA for the Fa’e HQ. As you can see, I am running this contest for purely selfish reasons. I also apologize for the “All or Nothing? quality of two of the three contest sections. To compensate for that, I have created the Multimedia contest section, in which more then one prize is given out. So please take your time to read the rules and I am looking forward to your submissions.

UPDATES


10-18-04: WOW, so many nice entries!!!!! Thank you guys! Sorry for not posting the deadline. It will be December 1st. I will put it into the header in big letters now. Also - I have recovered about half of the pictures. You can access them here:

HERE

10-11-04 : Hoo boy. Sorry to tell you guys, but a large chunk of the sample fae art files got deleted last night. I am working on getting the files and the webpage back online, but I didn't get the chance to do it yesterday. I will hopefully do it tonight, though. Again, sorry about that.

10-10-04 : Erm ... yeah, it's officially open now. I AM SOOOOOOO SOOOOOOORY for the long wait crying . I'll post when it'll be over soon - I guess a month and a half is good, right? Oh - and please reread the rules - I changed some stuff. Also - much thanks to Kaekia for pocking me about getting the contest going finally and helping out SO MUCH!!!



GENERAL CONTEST RULES


1. The contest consists of three independent sections. You can submit up to three entries for each section.

2. There is not entry fee.

3. Fa'e Guardians are allowed to participate in any of the three sections. In the case a Guardian wins, they can either claim the monetary prise or select a person to be the Guardian for the Fa'e.

4. In case of the Multimedia section, no entry will win more then one award. In case of the Redesign and Website sections there is only one award to begin with.

5. By submitting an entry to this contest you give me the right to use it for my shop, the Fa’e HQ, as well as post it on my website and allow other people to download it (in case of wallpapers etc.). Basically, each entry will be considered a commission done by you for me and treated as such. You will always be give credit for your work where credit is due.

6. Entries may be submitted via posting/linking them here or sending them to Fae Contest Staff by PM.

7. Please act professional and play nice. Do not whine in this thread that such and such entry is so much better then yours and that you never win. Do not diss the work of other. If you prove to be sufficient of an annoyance, I reserve the right to disqualify your entry and ban you from this thread.

8. I reserve the right to amend these rules as the contest goes on – I am really new at this razz


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Website Contest

Multimedia contest
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<center>FA'E HQ REDESIGN CONTEST SECTION</center>

GOAL: To find a designer for the Fa'e thread. If you happen to win the contest, you will be required to redo all the banners/titles/icons and tags on the Fa'e thread and the diaries to give the entire thing a uniform, polished look. This is probably be the most important section of the contest for me and so I reserve the right to NOT choose any entry in the Redesign sections if none of the entries are up to the standards I have set/I just don’t like them. I seriously doubt that this will be the case, but I would like to reserve this right anyway.

TASK: To redesign the ID Tag of the Fa'e . However, the design of the tag is not just up to your imagination. You have seen the old Fa'e tags. They are all not very large, plain, black and simple. I like the not very large and black bit, but plain and simple is not necessarily a requirement. I like the wrought iron look and I like the organic art nouveau swirls. If you add color to the frame, please make sure it is in a separate layer so that I can change the color of it easily. Most importantly - there needs to be large enough emtpy spaces to put the names of the Guardians, the name of the Fa'e and the Stage of the Fa'e. I do not think any other information is necessary on the tag, since all the rest is listed in the diary. If you would like to substitute words for icons - fine by me, just make sure other people get it, too. If you guys want to design different tags for each of the stages - all power to you.

Below are some samples of possible ID tag designs/ideas. Please make sure that the main fram of the tag is white and generally try to keep the colors down, concentrating more on the textures and shapes. However, please keep in mind that the ID tag is the frame in which I can put the art and hopefully it shouldn't be outshining the art (*big giant sweatdrop*)

Sample, Sample, Sample, Sample, Sample

PRIZE: 500K or a Fa'e of your dreams.
<center>:: cert contest entries ::</center>

odet amo :: 1 // 2 // 3
Raikha :: 1
Rayne Winner :: 1 // 2 (without side image)
Sirenz :: 1
Flyingstar :: quitting Gaia
Kozi :: 1
Aylee :: 1 // 2 (embossed) // 3 (other fae)
Nimaina :: 1 // 2 (evolved example // large without image/color) // 3
Sycorax :: 1 // 2
Remember When aka Nyxa :: 1 // 2
Inle-roo :: 1 // 2
Daimyn :: 1 // 2
Koyami :: 1
springloaded :: 1 // 2
gorachi_chai :: 1
Huni Pi :: 1 // 2 // 3 (sheriff version)
Lucifer Force :: 1 // 2 // 3
SiyannaTwilight :: 1 // 2 // 3
WhiteWallaby :: 1
Orasteele :: 1 (large version)
Kokuei Chaos :: 1 (large versions) // 2 (a compilation) // 3 (blank cert)
TheMadHatter :: 1 // 2 // 3
Sika-Chan :: 1 (without upper label)
Ballentine :: 1 (other fa'e: 1 // 2) // 2 (other fa'e)
Riannon :: 1 (smaller version // sheriff version // blank version)
Jiora :: 1 // 2 // 3
indyana :: 1 // 2
Moorgahaine :: 1 (without image)
Fe :: 1 // (without image)
~ Red ~:: 1 // 2 ( without image)
Lividie :: 1
Tweek :: 1 // 2
Akkhima:: 1 (without iron texture)
AndrAIa :: 1 (sheriff's badge)
Zydeco :: 1 (with shading)
Riannon :: 1 (sherrif cert // smaller cert)
Wasabineko :: 1 (blank cert)
chirigami :: 1 (blank cert)
Peep :: 1 (larger version)
XiaoRen & Ivynian :: 1 // 2 // 3 (closeup version)
Sosiqui :: 1
Iaaaoh :: 1
eviktedRei :: 1 (blank cert)
Aster Crosslie :: 1
Sarielle :: 1 (blank cert)

<center>FA'E WEBSITE CONTEST SECTION</center>

GOAL: To get an awesome website for the Fa'e HQ. If you win this section you will need to help me complete the website, but you will not be required to do all the gallery pictures and what not yourself. I'll take care of that. But you will have to take care of allthe buttons/banner/logos or at least give me a .pdf file of them.

TASK: To create the basic concept/frame of the Fa'e website. The layout and concept are really up to you. Please use the various f'ae art for the design and try not to make it too centered on one particular fa'e. The website needs to have a gallery and a fanart gallery sections, but the rest is up to you. Please make sure it looks good in both IE and Netscape, is not using overly fancy Java/Flash and what not and will be editable in Notepad. You do not need to make the entire website, just the front page and the gallery page/links/about/extra page samples. When you are making the gallery page sample, make sure there is a sample icon and sample picture on there so that I know how you intend the gallery to look like. You can of course have more then one sample picture etc.

PRIZE: 500K or a Fa'e of your dreams.
Multimedia in depth

You have to use fa’e art done by Anya for all the Multimedia entries. You can use the various fa’e fanart, but you HAVE to ask the permission of the artist first, as well as credit the artist in your work.
<center>:: multimedia contest entries ::</center>

odet amo :: 1 // 2 // 3 (smaller)
NovaStrike :: 1
Aylee :: 1 (mac version) // 2
Jiora :: 1 // 2
Rayne Winner :: 1 // 2
Sora Nightengale :: 1 // 2 // 3
Kozi :: 1
Chibi-Baka-chan :: 1
Ballentine :: 1 (to download)
Kolina :: 1
Ummy :: 1 // 2 (download)
Lord Rene :: 1 // 2 // 3
Chinchillie :: 1
Daimyn :: 1
Sariia :: 1
Sika-chan :: 1
Arrien :: 1
Aster Crosslie :: 1
Cerena :: 1 // 2

<center>:: staff ::

KAEKIA, SOSIQUI, BRINA_KNIGHT, LADY EOWYN, YUUMEI TENSHI, NEITH-KIA, GALAZIOS, DIAMOND_GAZE, JADEEYE, DRACONAYZIA ... did I forget anyone?

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<center>:: FAQ ::</center>



Q. What's the deadline for this contest?!
A. December 1st 2004 at midnight GAIA time (that's the midnight from the 1st to the 2nd, ok?)

Q. I need all of the Fa'e images to do my entry! Where are they?
A. See the update. Some of the art is down, but you can find enough to play with HERE

Q. Are we allowed to enter more than one entry?
A. Yes, though 3 is the maximum entries by one person in each catagory.

Q. Can we collaborate on an entry with someone else?
A. You can collaborate but you will still only get one fa'e and you will have to pick who the primary caretaker is.

Q. With Anya! switching accounts and such I need to know what to put as the "by" person.
A. Anya: You guys need to put "by Anya". This is how I sign all of my stuff. I do not put my Gaia avatar names on my art. I put my name.
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Hiya.. I'd like to submit my idea for the signature banner thingy..

Linky

I used Sati as my experiment.. I hope no one minds!

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I'm also submitting one idea (for now) for the web design portion of the contest.. (used Sati in the gallery again! sweatdrop )

Fa'e Headquarters

Thank you,
Raikha
hmmm..* contemplates* I may enter this...gothic/tribal designs are my specialty razz
Eee! I'm entering the website contest! ^^ For my record: 33 hours of work put in so far, and a long way to go... (sigh).
Clicky here!
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This isn't exactly like the example.. >< Still working on it. This is just a.. well, first try.

None of the feilds are on it yet. Just some text to show what it looks like.

Shirtless Shapeshifter

*plots* .... xd This will be fun! I think I'll try my hand at the web design contest. biggrin *bounces off to color*

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