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#1 tricksie

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Posted 26 June 2013 - 05:00 PM

Announcing a Banner Contest!!

 

Update: The Contest has been extended for a final time, so Friday August 30 is the new deadline for entries!

 

So…in honor of Smiter's spectacular redesign, we are holding a banner contest for artwork to run across the top of the site. Our hope is that we'll have several winners so that we can have plenty of banners to choose from and keep things looking fresh.

 

So get those creative juices flowing and design some great NS artwork!

 

The Rules:

 

• All submissions must fit in the allotted size — 1920 x 400, using the H&E header template provided below.

 

• All submissions must show both Naruto and Sakura.

 

• Multiple submissions are allowed.

 

• No submissions with mature content (ie. explicit sexual and/or violent nature)

 

• Submissions MUST be your own work. Colorings are okay, as long as you credit who drew the lines. Manga lines may be used for coloring. Lines from the anime and promotional materials may also be used, as long as they are part of a larger original composition and the coloring is your own. Simply cutting-and-pasting scenes from the anime or promo material is not allowed.

 

• Submissions can be PNG or JPG.

 

• Art submitted to the contest thread can include the H&E header template over top of the image. But winning entries will need to have a separate file with just your NS image. (Make sense? Just be sure to save two copies. One with the H&E header template, and one without.) 

 

• Submit entries to the H&E Banner Contest in the Gallery.

 

The Winners:

 

The top five winners will be added to the themes, with the number one winner becoming H&E's default theme.

 

The contest will run from Wednesday, June 25, through Friday, August 30. Voting will run through the following Friday, Sep. 6.

 

Examples for inspiration:

 

A centered banner. Artwork by ladygt.

banner_ladygt.jpg

 

A left-edge banner, with art in the category bar. Artwork by chunkymacaroni.

banner_chunkymacaroni.jpg

 

A left-edge banner. Artwork by trixieg.

banner2_trixieg.jpg

 

A right-edge banner. Artwork by manzr.

banner_manzr.jpg

 

A centered banner, with art in the category bar. Artwork by trixieg.

banner_trixieg.jpg

 

H&E banner templates:

 

Complete banner template (transparent PNG):

template_HE_banner.png

 

Separate header template:

template_header_art.jpg

 

Separate category template:

template_category.jpg

 

Get cracking on your NS banner art!

 

Big Thanks!!  

To these DeviantArt groups for helping spread the word about our contest!

NarutoXSakura-FC

Pro-NaruSaku

Orange-And-Pink

Naruto-Kun-Club

NarutoFanClub

NaruSakuFansForLife



#2 Sakura Blossoms

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Posted 26 June 2013 - 07:28 PM

We should also make an announcement in the Heaven and Earth thread over at NF. The more the merrier for awesome NaruSaku art-age entries! =D



#3 tricksie

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Posted 26 June 2013 - 09:17 PM

Minor snafu with the templates, should be fixed in a few hours, But if you're having problems downloading them, here's another set from photobucket:

 

H&E site template (http://i856.photobuc...e_HE_banner.png):

template_HE_banner.png

 

 

template_header_art (http://i856.photobuc..._header_art.jpg):

template_header_art.jpg

 

template_category (http://i856.photobuc...te_category.jpg):

template_category.jpg



#4 StriderC

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Posted 26 June 2013 - 09:50 PM

I shall enter this darn contest! Win or lose! It shall be fun. :D Can black and white works be submitted? I'm not much of a photoshop color expert.  :sweatdrop:



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Posted 26 June 2013 - 10:54 PM

So our own art? But I am not a good draftsmen... :( Shush, I wanted to participate tbh...


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#6 MangaReader

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Posted 26 June 2013 - 11:07 PM

I have yet to find my own unique style that I like....but this could be something interesting to try and find it. Count me in


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Posted 27 June 2013 - 12:40 AM

Yay! Definitely enter, no matter what your skill level! Strider, black and white is fine. 



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Posted 27 June 2013 - 01:17 AM

Yay! Definitely enter, no matter what your skill level! Strider, black and white is fine. 

Sweet. I think I have an idea of what I wanna do. :D 



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Posted 27 June 2013 - 06:00 AM

I am incredibly excited!



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Posted 27 June 2013 - 07:32 AM

Oh well, goodluck to you all!


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Posted 27 June 2013 - 08:48 AM

So our own art? But I am not a good draftsmen... :( Shush, I wanted to participate tbh...

 

You can submit your own manga colourings as well.  :smile:

 

Good luck to everyone!  I can't wait to see what you all come up with.  :D



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Posted 27 June 2013 - 10:43 AM

Good luck to everyone who participates in this contest!!! Can't wait to see your designs.  :boogie:



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Posted 27 June 2013 - 11:33 AM

 

You can submit your own manga colourings as well.  :smile:

 

Good luck to everyone!  I can't wait to see what you all come up with.  :D

I suck at that too... Meh, maybe I;ll give it a try in the end.


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Posted 28 June 2013 - 10:55 PM

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE PARTICIPATING!  :eager:  :eager:  :eager:

 

If I figure out my tablet or get a new one before it ends, I'm totally gonna submit!



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Posted 29 June 2013 - 02:27 AM

@Pocky, you definitely should!

 

@Konan, colored manga lines are fine. And there's lots of good scenes to choose from! Sakura and Naruto when they were young. Sakura and Naruto fighting together, looking totally bad@ss. Even a progression of scenes showing them from young to current. When I started looking through the manga for examples, I had to stop because there were so many cool scenes! Lol!  :D So color away! I can't wait to see what you come up with!



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Posted 29 June 2013 - 03:33 AM

To anyone coloring in manga lines, this thread will save you the trouble of searching for your panels:

 

http://www.narusaku....showtopic=12836

 

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Posted 29 June 2013 - 07:24 PM

@Slex - LOL Shameless self-advertising, I like it!  :lol:

 

Good luck to everyone taking part, I'm sure they'll ALL be good.  :thumb:


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Posted 04 July 2013 - 06:48 PM

Are anime screencaps/ edits/ promotional art allowed to be used?


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Posted 04 July 2013 - 08:09 PM

I think it's okay, as long as you are using it in an original composition. But just cutting and pasting an anime screencap behind the banner is not okay.

 

However if you are using an anime screencap as part of a larger digital manip, or using an image from a promotional item (like Naruto's face from a poster or something) it would be okay because you would be using a portion of the original to create your own composition.

 

We just want to make sure the artwork has the individual's own creative stamp on it. Not a mindless cut-and-paste job. 

 

edit: changed the rules to reflect this. 

 

edit again:

 

Clarified the rules a little more - lines from the anime and promotional materials are okay, as long as they are part of an original composition and the coloring is yours



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Posted 08 July 2013 - 07:48 PM

And we have our first two entries for the contest, courtesy of Fox and Flower:D

 

Quotes: gallery_1907_37_42773.jpg

 

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