BigBlueBall Link Graphic Competition

[Jeff]

Do you have an penchant for graphics? A knack for deft pixel manipulation? Are you a budding, digital artist? This is your chance to show your stuff, and maybe even win a cool prize!

We're holding the first ever BigBlueBall Link Graphic Contest! Everyone is eligible to participate, and the is no limit to the number of entries. The goal? Create a hot-looking link graphic. These graphics are used on blogs, other websites and can even be used in your forum signature on other sites -- all with the goal of sharing the BigBlueBall goodness -- and bringing your friends to the party!

Entries must be submitted by September 10, 2005 (just reply to this post with your images attached). The BigBlueBall Staff will review all the entries and select finalists, then we'll open it up to the entire community and let you pick the winners!

Here are the guidelines:

• No obscene or inappropriate images/content
• No copyrighted images/photos may be used

And here are the sizes you can create:

• 80 x 15, no animation
• 100 x 15, no animation
• 88 x 31, animation permitted
• 50 x 50 AIM Buddy Icon size, animation permitted
• 96 x 96 MSN/Yahoo/ICQ Display Picture size; no animation
• 120 x 90 animation permitted
• 125 x 125 animation permitted
• 120 x 240 animation permitted

Keep in mind that these images will be used on other websites to promote BigBlueBall, so be creative!

Special thanks to Amy for proposing the competition!

Good luck! I look forward to seeing your designs.

[DrBroccoli]

Would it be possibly for us to get the BBB graphics to work with, like the BBB globe?

[Tigerblade]

Some other useful information that may be of help: The font used in the logo is Trebuchet MS, and the logo's main colors are #0066CC and #66CC33.

[DrBroccoli]

Ahhh, I was wondering the font...

[Spike]

*ahem*

http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/t2...obe-image.html

[DrBroccoli]

Originally Posted by spike

*ahem*

http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/t2...obe-image.html

Thank you.

[Spike]

Well, I suppose someone has to be first. I whipped these up quick, I'll probably think of more in the near future.

[Tigerblade]

What formats would you like these in? GIF, PNG, JPG... PSD? By default I save everything as PNG unless it's animated, in which case of course I have to deal with GIF.... if you're not picky, anything i submit will be in PNG or GIF.

first submissions (there *might* be more, if i get some time on my hands) are attached. i have to admit i was disappointed to see Spike's post, cause i had a few 80x15 buttons like that sitting here waiting to be posted, but they're almost identical so i wont submit those.

[Spike]

Originally Posted by Tigerblade

i have to admit i was disappointed to see Spike's post, cause i had a few 80x15 buttons like that sitting here waiting to be posted, but they're almost identical so i wont submit those.

Ahh, sorry Tiger, I know you have your similar ones, but I swear mine are totally from scratch, I just happen to make them faster. Sorry!

[Someguy03]

I liked how this one turned out ^_^