I have absolutely nothing that would qualify as an image for this competition.
Did Cereal say competition?! Why, yes he did! It's time for a banner competition!
A lot of ponies have asked for this contest, and we're delivering. Or rather, I'm delivering. It's time to put down that pen and pick up your paintbrush. There are, of course, some rules!
- Your banner must be no larger than 900x350. If you're looking at the Octavia banner for reference, hers is a tiny bit larger than that.
- Your banner must have have Equestria X somewhere in it. The X is up to you!
- Your banner must be a transparent .PNG, in order to blend well with the site. If you don't know how to construct these, consult your manual.
- Your banner must not contain any explicit, lewd, or obscene content. We're all adults, here, but no blatant porn in the banner, please.
That's it, really! Now, submission guidelines are as follows:
- The contest will conclude on Tuesday, May 24th, at 11:55PM. You have from until when this is posted until that time to submit your banner.
- I will pick three winners. These winners will have their banner featured on the site for two days each in whatever order I feel like. There is no monetary reward for this contest.
- One entry per person!
If you're looking for all of our previous banners as inspiration, they can be found at this link.
Send all submissions to [email protected]!
Get going! Time's a wastin'!
75 comments:
You didn't go for the close-to-clopfic-competition? :(
ReplyDelete*ahem*. El-Ee-Dubbelyou-Dee. Not El-You-Dee-Ee.
ReplyDeleteThat is all.
cool stuff but yer banner pack seems to be missing one or two. Just didn't include the ones Seth did or is my computer making banners on it's own again? *grins*
ReplyDeleteI notice it was missing some as well.
ReplyDeleteI will do it
ReplyDeleteget ready for the Scootaloo banner!
Hmm...it has to have an X somewhere...
ReplyDeleteDoes "Spike X Rarity" count?
Also, what FONT is that? (the Equestria)
ReplyDeleteShort deadline, but I might give it a shot...
ReplyDelete>Downloads banners
ReplyDelete>Looks at them
>"New banner - goes on top, just like Dash"
Is it wrong that I giggled like an idiot when I read this?
I. AM. IN.
ReplyDeleteUntrue!
ReplyDeleteI am not an adult and I am on here everyday.
@Anon
ReplyDeleteI'm not an adult either, and I'm ADDICTED to this site.
Huzzah, free banner collection.
ReplyDeleteHey look, an excuse for me to reinstall GIMP.
ReplyDeleteYay! A contest I'm good at!
ReplyDeleteNot sure if I want to go with a vector, c4d, or simple approach to this... maybe all 3.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteSame anon...
I meant "something I'm good at!", not "contest".
@Pinkie Pie
ReplyDeleteIt's called 'Celestia'.
It's lewd, not lude. Ludes are slang for the sedative methaqualone, which was a popular recreational drug in the 70s.
ReplyDelete@Rainbow Dosh
ReplyDeleteLate to the show, eh? Gander at the second comment.
Ahhah!
Anyone consider that Cereal meant to say 'No narcotics from the '70's'?
ReplyDeleteDamn. I have like, no artistic skill at all.
ReplyDeleteshit. Might as well give it a shot. For the fun of it =)
Submitted
ReplyDeleteI AM IN! I WILL CREATE!
ReplyDeleteBut how do you want it? as a link in the email to a Deviant? I'll probably do that anyway but you should mention it in the entry so that you get the same type from everyone.
TONIGHT (actually this weekend) I WILL NOT SLEEP!
@Narwhals' Bend
ReplyDeleteThat's awfully fast. o-o'
@Vividkinz
ReplyDeleteI actually finished it 10 minutes before I posted that. It was also my first time ever using photoshop so I had to find out how to get pictures in there.
@Narwhals' Bend
ReplyDelete>submitted
Dude what? the post has been up for barely an hour and your already SUBMITTED?
I really won't sleep this weekend if I'm up against that kind of speed artists.
@Leandrea
ReplyDeleteArtist? You should see my RD drawings. (Hint:they look more like horribly deformed giraffes. Seriously though, I just took some pictures out of my pony folder and put them together.
@Narwhals' Bend
ReplyDeleteO well if thats all, maybe i can sleep then. I'm just imagining someone coming out with freehanded completely original art that will blow away everything.
Also since its Cereal thats hosting this event a Trixie banner is not as likely to win. (hopefully, 9no disrepect to Trixie of course))
Is it okay to have the contest ending on the Wednesday or Thursday?
ReplyDeleteIs there a limit of one submission per user or can we send you more than one? Because I have three ideas at the moment and I'd hate to waste my time to make three if only one is allowed.
ReplyDeleteOh, how I wish I had even the vaguest idea how GIMP worked.
ReplyDeleteMeh. My weekend's looking fairly packed and I'm really trying to crunch out some fic writing, but maybe I'll give it a whirl if I'm bored Sunday night.
http://i52.tinypic.com/2s1860p.jpg
ReplyDeleteMy pro photoshopping.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteDamn, I was going to go for the "So bad, it needs to win" entry...
(I'm serious. If you didn't enter that, LET ME KNOW FOR THE LOVE OF CELESTIA)
BTW... Isn't anypone else worried that we might not be around next week, what with the Rapture and all? :3
@Kill me, I'm a PONY
ReplyDeleteMeh, not worried about it.
I forgot to mention! (I always forget SOMETHING.) One entry per person, please! If you send in more than one I'll just consider your latest entry.
ReplyDelete@Alexstrazsa
ReplyDeleteIt was linked in one of the above comments. It's called 'Celestia Medium'. Google the blog for it.
@Alexstrazsa
ReplyDeleteYou can find a link to download the font right here on Equestria Daily. Use the search tool and type "font". There rest should be easy enough. The name of the font is Celestia.
I win.
ReplyDeleteOk, not really, but mine is pretty damn awesome I think.
http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/ad17/Zack_Jones/EQColgate.png
I have others, but I ain't showing yet. I trust none of you are stupid enough to try and steal this and use it as your own.
I made something really fast inspired by a Celestia I photoshoped some time ago but I doubt it fits the website...
ReplyDeleteAnyway I'll do something else since there is only one entry per person, this thing is a little too risky.
Watch at your own risks, it's a little grimdark.
http://i53.tinypic.com/nnwhab.jpg
@Anon above me:
ReplyDeleteYou're missing the "S" in "Theaters"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdgQIH7fW8Q
ReplyDeleteDash changed her mind
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff361/Alice-Human-sacrifice/Banner.png
ReplyDeletethis is mine and I have submitted it
@Vopogon
ReplyDeleteI do like that one!
@Vopogon
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice. In French we use the singular form so I didn't know I had to put an "S".
http://i.imgur.com/jZQ9N.png
ReplyDeleteJust submitted. :3
Why only three banners? Why not just display all of the good ones. You're not going to get 100+ banners like with the 300 words event.
ReplyDeleteI just emailed it. :D
ReplyDeleteDone in 10 seconds flat.
ReplyDeletejk, I didnt get much sleep tonight :P
http://qsteel.deviantart.com/art/EqD-banner-competition-209677139
I made mine ~ http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/8610/bannerqzg.png
ReplyDelete(also sent via e-mail)
I sent it as PNG. is that fine?
ReplyDeleteAs an attachement, that is ^
ReplyDeleteHmmm... Not sure my eMail worked right, so here's mine, just in case:
ReplyDeletehttp://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l392/Makalu_2008/Melee.png
I find hard to make anything about it now that you've uploaded this moon banner. Epic.
ReplyDeleteBalls to it. I give up.
ReplyDeleteI got 1/3 of the way done with a Rarity X Rainbow Dash Banner (Because that is the most awesome pairing ever [Dont rage on me])
And then my computer crashed.
How do I saved often?
ReplyDeleteI have an idea that I thought of saving for the 10mil mark, but it could work as a banner too. It also might look like I'm trying to suck up to CV, but if Seth was hosting this I would still submit the same thing.
Please Help.
ReplyDeleteMy STUPID paint programs (i'm talking to you paint.net!) Won't let me do 900 x 300. It only lets me do 900 x 311 or something ;_;
@Pinkie Pie
ReplyDeleteThat's not a problem. Use any other program to crop the image. MS paint for example. Or Gimp. Or whatever.
Burt better to have bigger image than smaller, As I.
Anyway I've enlarged it and have sent.
Submitted my entry. This is my first time posting here too. "orz
ReplyDeleteGood luck to everypony else!
Send it alredy. Wish me luck!
ReplyDeletehttp://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h93/kamaradakamikaze/equestriadialybannerbystarty.png
@Pinkie Pie
ReplyDeleteImage > Canvas Size > By absolute size
Make sure Maintain aspect ratio is NOT checked.
This was fun. I sent an email but I want to share it now so heres a link to mine.
ReplyDeletehttp://sirleandrea.deviantart.com/art/Spike-Banner-210021868
E-mailed my banner
ReplyDeletehttp://img828.imageshack.us/img828/9356/bannereh.png
@Sapphire
ReplyDeleteI did a Lyra and BonBon banner too. May the best banner win!
I sent in mine last night. I figured I'd include some class.
ReplyDeletehttp://greyjedi.me/sean/EquestriaDaily_banner1.png
I don't intend to enter to win, as I doubt I'd finish in time, what with a lack of applicable vectors, but a Banner I Shall MAKE! And a bonzer banner it shall be!
ReplyDeleteWait, when did I become Ausquestrian?
Does this mean I win first place?
ReplyDelete...or was this taken out of the competition entries just because Sethisto wanted it?
.-. confus.
I BLAME YOU.
@papersketch
ReplyDeleteI think Sethisto has just been pulling ones he liked.
Well since everyone else put a link to theirs... This is the banner I made 20 minutes after this was posted.
ReplyDeletehttp://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/855/bannershadows.png/
Just submitted mine....
ReplyDeletehttp://img849.imageshack.us/img849/7716/edbannercontest.png
Here's mine.
ReplyDeletecan't wait for the clopfiction competition
right Seth?
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/787/maracasytamales.png
I've submitted mine c:
ReplyDeletehttp://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_rh3CUMta5Fw/TdwVxIFqIVI/AAAAAAAAAQo/rKryWFLJZ-0/s640/a.jpg
Changed mine again...
ReplyDeleteJust submit. Hope it's not too late.
ReplyDeleteI think I'll show mine if it doesn't get picked.
Surpriss surpriss! :P
I hope that Cereal shows us all the submissions, like the ones that don't get picked.
ReplyDeleteARGH the .rar download doesn't work for meeee. why can't it be just a simple .zip for both mac and pc? URGH
ReplyDelete