!!Art Contest!!

[Shinigami Kyra]

So Sam came up with a Great idea, and I think it's something everyone could enjoy. We've had the same skins on this board for quite a while, and there are a lot of talented artists out there. As such, we're putting together a contest to help brighten up the boards with some fresh, new skins.

Code and Table Reference: i14.photobucket.com/albums/a345/gohanstrife/SkinsProboards.jpg
Color Code Reference: www.w3schools.com/html/html_colornames.asp

Awards

1) Top 5 will be made into skins
2) Award for Best Overall Skin
3) Best Member Skin
4) Best Staff Skin

Prizes

Best Overall

1) One Free Upgrade for your character of choice
2) Two free Posting Templates made by Kyra
3) Skin placed on the website for everyone to view/enjoy!

Best Skin by Member

1) One Free Upgrade for your character of choice
2) One free Posting Template made by Kyra
3) Skin placed on the website for everyone to view/enjoy!

Best Skin by Staff

1) One Free Upgrade for your character of choice
2) One free Posting Template made by Kyra
3) Skin placed on website for everyone to view/enjoy!

Top 5 Overall will also be added to the list, and if I'm feeling up to it, I may include some more templates for people to enjoy =D

Deadline August 20, 2012

Rules
1) Bleach Manga, Anime, or Artist-drawn art is acceptable.
2) Commission art is only acceptable upon permission granted by original artist.
3) Personal drawings/work is most certainly acceptable.
4) Keep it PG-13 rated for pictures.
5) Use the template code listed below and fill the right-side of the table.
6) Grand Price Upgrade can only be applied if your character is not currently on hold/just recently received one.
7) Upgrades are used for Rank only; no additional abilities. Cannot upgrade if character is at max tier strength.
8) Judging will be done by members of the site in a different thread mirroring this one. Screen-shots will be taken for people to see how the site will look/appear to help others visualize the skins.

Skin Name:	The name of this skin that people will see when selecting the skin they want to use.
Logo/Banner URL:	Enter the URL to your logo if you would like an image displayed at the top of your forum.
Font:	Choose what font you would like your forum to use.
Background Color:	Enter the color you would like to have as the background for your forum.
Background Image URL:	Enter the full http:// URL to an image if you would like it to be your forum's background.
Text Color:	Enter the color that you would like the text on your forum to be.
Title Background Color:	This color will be used as the background color for titles on your forum.
Title Text Color:	Choose what color the text for titles on your forum should be.
Table Border Color:	This will be the color of the borders for all tables.

[table][tr][td][b]Skin Name[/b]:  [/td][td]The name of this skin that people will see when selecting the skin they want to use.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Logo/Banner URL[/b]:  [/td][td]Enter the URL to your logo if you would like an image displayed at the top of your forum.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Font[/b]:  [/td][td]Choose what font you would like your forum to use.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Background Color[/b]:  [/td][td]Enter the color you would like to have as the background for your forum.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Background Image URL[/b]:  [/td][td]Enter the full http:// URL to an image if you would like it to be your forum's background.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Text Color[/b]:  [/td][td]Enter the color that you would like the text on your forum to be.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Title Background Color[/b]:  [/td][td]This color will be used as the background color for titles on your forum.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Title Text Color[/b]:  [/td][td]Choose what color the text for titles on your forum should be.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Table Border Color[/b]:  [/td][td]This will be the color of the borders for all tables.[/td][/tr]
[/table]

[seraki]

Skin Name:	Retrospect
Logo/Banner URL:	i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n577/SeventhShot/LogoWork.jpg
Font:	Times New Roman.
Background Color:	#000000
Background Image URL:	wlppr.com/wallpapers/2009/07/29/Bleach.1680x1050.jpg
Text Color:	#8B0000
Title Background Color:	#000000
Title Text Color:	#8B0000
Table Border Color:	#FFFFFF

[Muffin]

Skin Name:	Falls Apart
Logo/Banner URL:	i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk29/p-FUJIwara/col.jpg
Font:	Arial / Tahoma / Verdana
Background Color:	#F6F6F6
Background Image URL:	Enter the full http:// URL to an image if you would like it to be your forum's background.
Text Color:	#FFFFFF
Title Background Color:	#000000
Title Text Color:	#FFFFFF
Table Border Color:	#000000

[ogihci]

Skin Name:	Good Times
Logo/Banner URL:	Clicky
Font:	Times New Roman.
Background Color:	#00FFFF
Background Image URL:	Click it... you know you want to...
Text Color:	#FFD700
Title Background Color:	#000080
Title Text Color:	#FFFFFF
Table Border Color:	#000080

[Lilly]

Skin Name:	Lillian Kuchiki
Logo/Banner URL:	i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg578/LillytheAngel/BleachCoL2.jpg
Font:	Verdana/Arial
Background Color:	#000000
Background Image URL:	Enter the full http:// URL to an image if you would like it to be your forum's background.
Text Color:	#FFFFFF
Title Background Color:	#000000
Title Text Color:	#CC0099
Table Border Color:	#FF3366

[Shinigami Kyra]

Five days left! Then the voting starts!

(Yea, I know; I've been away, but I haven't forgotten about the contest ;

[Shinigami Kyra]

Quite late, I know and I apologize HEAVILY!! Poll's up though and so are all the skins!!!

Note: If there's an issue with your skin, let me know and I will adjust it. Voting will close after a respectable amount of time.

Secondary Note: Dun vote for me, I cheatededed

[Shinigami Kyra]

Congratulations to Ogihci and Muffin, who have tied for Best Overall

Congratulations to Seraki, receiving Best Member

Congratulations to Lily as well; since I can't give myself a prize, she will be receiving the 'Staff' prize in my stead.

Upgrade Prizes

Members wishing to receive their character upgrade prizes may do so by applying in the same manner as they normally would for upgrades. Simply use the following template for your character (You may only use one). Each applicant will be allowed to increase One (1) rank of One (1) character (I.e., ML-A to ML-S). If the character is at the max rank for their race, then that character cannot be chosen for this upgrade.

Character Name: Characters name
Current Tier Level: Their current rank
Reason for Upgrade: Art Contest Prize
Link to Application: url link

[b]User Name[/b]:
[b]Character Name[/b]:
[b]Current Tier Level[/b]:
[b]Reason for Upgrade[/b]:  Art Contest Prize
[b]Link to Application[/b]:  

Template Prizes

Members wishing to receive their templates may PM me with the following filled out (copy the code below)

Character Name: Character's name
Profile Link: Link to character's profile
Character Image: Image of your character that you'd like me to use
Other Imagery: Background images, or any other pictures wished to be use should be listed and linked (optional)
Theme/Coloring: What type of theme would you like; i.e., cold theme, various types of blues, or a dark theme, black and grays with faded background picture?
Text: Any text you would like to place? A famous quote, music or spoken, a phrase or anything like that?
Other Notes: Anything else you would like to add/additional notations?

Here is a comparison of the templates I've made thus far; those made will have similar codes (since I'm not really good with coding). Also, as stated above, please copy/paste the code below into a PM and send it to me. I'll try my best to work on them as they come in (first come, first served =P)

[b]Character Name[/b]:  
[b]Profile Link[/b]:  
[b]Character Image[/b]:  
[b]Other Imagery[/b]:  [Optional]
[b]Text:[/b] [Optional]
[b]Theme/Coloring[/b]:  
[b]Other Notes[/b]:  [Optional]

Edit: Just to note; if you choose not to receive the posting template, I could replace it with a signature instead if you wish.