-Windrider- Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 (edited) General Art Contest #21: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand LikesForget the old adage; it's outdated. BZPower is currently plowing its way through social media, and we'd like your help in reaching as many new fans as possible. Remember Contest #20? Well, now we'd like an updated banner to use for YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. Why? Well, BIONICLE is coming back, and we would like to move into the future with a banner shining bright with the colors of the 2015 sets.Your task:Create a piece of artwork that could wave triumphantly on BZPower's social media pages. There is a couple of guidelines, however:The recommended dimensions are 2560x1440. Anything less, and the image will likely be stretched if used.We would like your artwork to be BIONICLE 2015-themed. The future is now.The entry period will run from Monday, November 10th until Monday, December 1st, at 11:59 PM Eastern.Your guidelines:1. Static artwork only - no GIFs, Flash files, or anything that is animated.2. One entry per member, please.3. Your banner should be under 2MB in file size. When embedding on BZPower, however, please keep images to 750 kB (otherwise, link to them).4. You must agree to the following: should you win, BZPower reserves the right to use your image for use on social media outlets for the foreseeable future.5. Again, your banner should be 2560x1440 or greater, and BIONICLE 2015-themed.6. No flaming. I don't expect this to be a problem, but I'm jotting it down just so it's out there.7. When entering, please use the following form:Member name:Entry image (linked or embedded):Entry topic (if applicable):8. Finally, all BZPower Rules and Guidelines should be followed.Your judgment:I expect the final poll to run from December 2nd, sometime after 12:00 AM until Thursday, December 4th at 11:59 PM. Should we have an enormous amount of entries, the schedule will be updated with preliminary voting.Your reward:The winner's artwork may be chosen to be used on BZPower social media pages. Furthermore, Black Six is providing a complete set of 8 posters from NYCC for the grand prize. Second place will get 4 assorted posters from Comic Con; third place will get 3.--So, there you have it. Somewhat of an ordinary General Art contest with the promise of social media glory. Go forth? Helpful posts: Reznas - on image dimensions for social media banners.Pomegranate - on resizing images and file size. Edited December 2, 2014 by -Windrider- 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chro Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 This contest is worth a thousand likes 1 save not only their lives but their spirits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reznas Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Just for reference, since YouTube banners function cross-platform, they do not scale in the same way banners do in other Social Media. Instead of taking an image 800x600px and scaling it to 600x400px, it takes the original image and cuts pixels off from both dimensions. This essentially means the banner is being cropped instead of scaled. An important rule when creating a banner for YouTube: keep the bulk of the banner in a height zone of about 423px. Unless you're planning on displaying the banner on a 2560x1440px screen all the time, the banner will only display a height range of 423px (this applies for nearly every smart phone up to most desktop displays). You can read more about this here. If you follow the template Google provides, all will be well. I'd recommend copying the middle section, of about 2560x423px, and creating a separate image for use in other Social Media. This means that you can use the bulk of the image on Facebook and Twitter. If you take an image that is 2560x1440px and use it as a cover photo on Facebook, it will scale significantly, so keep that in mind. -Rez 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
believe victims Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 I could probably give this contest a shot. The real question is if my entry will have all of my heart and soul poured into it, or if I'll make a normal entry free of JPEG artifacts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Smoke Monster Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 (edited) I won't be entering this, since I don't have any skills in art at all. But I will wish good luck to those that do enter! I can't wait to see everyone entries. Edited November 11, 2014 by Toa Smoke Monster 1 Everyone is one choice away from being the bad guy in another person's story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltex Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 I am absolutely entering this! JOIN AETHERGARDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specter Knight Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 May enter this, may not. (I'll do this eventually, I swear...) My BZPRPG Characters Corpus Rahkshi Characters: Kol Arsenal Swarm Amalgamation Skyrise Characters: Zavon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltex Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Once we've entered, will it be possible to edit our entries a little bit? Like fix something if it's off-center? JOIN AETHERGARDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdaptingChaos Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) LOL I'll love to enter this! Ill give this a shot once again. Hopefully my skills have improved since then and good luck to everyone! Once we've entered, will it be possible to edit our entries a little bit? Like fix something if it's off-center?What I recommend is that you try it out for yourself on your own YouTube channel. Thats what I did before to try to get it the right scales and stuff lol Edited November 11, 2014 by AdaptingChaos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Windrider- Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 Once we've entered, will it be possible to edit our entries a little bit? Like fix something if it's off-center? You are allowed edit, even after having entered, up until the end of the entry period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltex Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) Member name: Voltex ObligeEntry image (linked or embedded): HERE YOU GOEntry topic (if applicable): RIGHT HERE E: Replaced entry image with higher quality versionE2: Removed the "2001-2015" bit, since I think it looks better without it. +Better outline Edited November 22, 2014 by Voltex Oblige 1 JOIN AETHERGARDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomegranate Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) Is this meant to directly advertise BZPower, or just be something cool for BZPower to show off to draw attention?Also, general advice to keep your entries under 2 mb, if you somehow manage to make something that can exceed that limit like an enormous image or a lossless compression, Photoshop (and I'm sure other programs, too) have the option to Save for Web, which will save the image more efficiently and give you more advanced saving options so you can figure out how to get it down to the size limit. This is very helpful if you want to embed the image on BZP and thus have it be under 750 kB. If you don't have access to photoshop and your image takes up a lot of space, it can't hurt to ask someone to make it smaller for you so you can skip the link-clicking step in your entry topics or whatever Good luck to all! Edited November 11, 2014 by Pomegranate 2 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Windrider- Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 Is this meant to directly advertise BZPower, or just be something cool for BZPower to show off to draw attention? The latter; it's to draw attention and make the pages stand out. The social media outlets themselves, then, will be advertising BZPower directly.And thanks for the info. I'll add a "helpful posts" section to the topic and include a link to yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBK Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I am so entering this. Time to procrastinate until about 2 hours before the deadline. And I wish I was joking 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeddy Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 This is a pretty simple idea and I'm sure someone else will also come up with this, but I'm going to enter it anyway. Member name: ZeddyEntry image: Link 1 [blog|Message] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crunchyn Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 now the Comic-con posters, are they Bionicle-related? "I could have been a Protector but then I took a stud to the feet." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 This is a pretty simple idea and I'm sure someone else will also come up with this, but I'm going to enter it anyway. Member name: ZeddyEntry image: Link I like how you photo-edited Pohatu, Gali, & Onua into the image. It actually looks pretty good. The artist formerly known as ŜﮞρЄЯ־GЄNіﮞŜ־CЯЄ▲Ŧ۞Я BBC#69 Entry: Roodaka - Master of Manipulation BFTGM entries: Zigben · Ventox · Deflecto “Hail Denmark.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomegranate Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) now the Comic-con posters, are they Bionicle-related?Here's two examples; they all share the same Bionicle 2015 advertisement on the opposite side, and are 11" by 17". It looks like they're just blown up versions of the box art of each set, I think. I'm gonna guess that since there's 8 posters total, the last two show off a Protector and the Lord of Skull Spiders? To address Crunchbitenuva's post below, the topic starting post did not specify so for all I know y'all may indeed win a bunch of random posters that have nothing to do with Bionicle, I wouldn't know Edited November 12, 2014 by Pomegranate . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user-402520536 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Interesting. I'll see, maybe I'll join. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crunchyn Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 now the Comic-con posters, are they Bionicle-related?Here's two examples; they all share the same Bionicle 2015 advertisement on the opposite side, and are 11" by 17". It looks like they're just blown up versions of the box art of each set, I think. I'm gonna guess that since there's 8 posters total, the last two show off a Protector and the Lord of Skull Spiders? Ah, I just saw "posters from NYCC," and I assumed that they wasn't necessarily Bionicle posters. "I could have been a Protector but then I took a stud to the feet." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Chuck Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Figured I'd throw my hat in the ring. Member name: Toa ChuckEntry image: Link The Chirox Codex Chuck's Very Dead Comic Series This is my signature. Exciting, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Six Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 now the Comic-con posters, are they Bionicle-related?Here's two examples; they all share the same Bionicle 2015 advertisement on the opposite side, and are 11" by 17". It looks like they're just blown up versions of the box art of each set, I think. I'm gonna guess that since there's 8 posters total, the last two show off a Protector and the Lord of Skull Spiders? *Images removed for space.* To address Crunchbitenuva's post below, the topic starting post did not specify so for all I know y'all may indeed win a bunch of random posters that have nothing to do with Bionicle, I wouldn't know Those are indeed the posters. The winner will be getting one poster for each of the Toa, one for the Mask of Creation, and a second Mask of Creation poster so you can show off the reverse side of the poster as well. Bio of a BZP Admin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crunchyn Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 (edited) Member Name: CrunchbiteNuvaEntry Image: Here Edited November 16, 2014 by CrunchbiteNuva "I could have been a Protector but then I took a stud to the feet." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specter Knight Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 (edited) Member name: DaronusEntry image: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Daronus/Other-Artwork/bzpower_art_contest_entry.pngEntry topic: [topic=http://www.bzpower.com/board/topic/15860-bzp-general-art-contest-21-entry/][/topic] Edited November 28, 2014 by Daronus (I'll do this eventually, I swear...) My BZPRPG Characters Corpus Rahkshi Characters: Kol Arsenal Swarm Amalgamation Skyrise Characters: Zavon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltex Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Just posting to let you know that I just did another minor edit to my entry, so the link in the entry topic might be outdated. JOIN AETHERGARDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Windrider- Posted November 22, 2014 Author Share Posted November 22, 2014 Just posting to let you know that I just did another minor edit to my entry, so the link in the entry topic might be outdated. Thanks for the heads-up! Anyway, the deadline is approaching quickly! Expect a reminder news story sometime soon, and perhaps a PM or two if you've expressed interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Click Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Now that I'm on break, I'll try and get an entry in. I've got a great idea. Also, I made this for the last contest and figured someone might like it: A vectorized version of the BZP logo (Adobe Illustrator). Sorry it's so late. ~ Corpus Rahkshi: Fang | Hoto | Tube | Tear | Canvas | Garrotte | Reda BZPRPG: Azusai | Mitsuri The Scarabax Library | Flickr | Deviantart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specter Knight Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I've got a more recent version of my entry not uploaded yet (as Brickshelf is down), but it has a very different background than my current entry. Does this go against the rules, or is it fine if I update my Entry? (I'll do this eventually, I swear...) My BZPRPG Characters Corpus Rahkshi Characters: Kol Arsenal Swarm Amalgamation Skyrise Characters: Zavon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltex Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Now that I'm on break, I'll try and get an entry in. I've got a great idea. Also, I made this for the last contest and figured someone might like it: A vectorized version of the BZP logo (Adobe Illustrator). Sorry it's so late. I'm getting an Error 403 message when trying to view it. JOIN AETHERGARDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Click Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Try this link: here. 1 ~ Corpus Rahkshi: Fang | Hoto | Tube | Tear | Canvas | Garrotte | Reda BZPRPG: Azusai | Mitsuri The Scarabax Library | Flickr | Deviantart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Windrider- Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 I've got a more recent version of my entry not uploaded yet (as Brickshelf is down), but it has a very different background than my current entry. Does this go against the rules, or is it fine if I update my Entry? You are allowed to make whatever edits necessary until the end of the entry period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specter Knight Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 I've got a more recent version of my entry not uploaded yet (as Brickshelf is down), but it has a very different background than my current entry. Does this go against the rules, or is it fine if I update my Entry? You are allowed to make whatever edits necessary until the end of the entry period. All Right! Well, better update it. (Note that after this goes up, the topic will have the old version of the poster if the entry gets overwritten) Name: DaronusEntry: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Daronus/Other-Artwork/bzpower_art_contest_entry_mark_2.png (I'll do this eventually, I swear...) My BZPRPG Characters Corpus Rahkshi Characters: Kol Arsenal Swarm Amalgamation Skyrise Characters: Zavon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishers64 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) Member Name: fishers64Entry Image: 2560 x 1440Entry Topic: Reaching Across Time EDIT: Contest host, please note that the image has been changed since the original post. Edited November 30, 2014 by fishers64 Hero Factory RPG | Bionicle Mafia XXIX: Storyline & Theories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Click Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 (edited) Still working on this, but I thought I'd at least get the 2560x423 image out as suggested by Reznas. Member Name: Click Entry Image: 2560 x 1440 Entry Topic: Hapori Tohu, Master of Order Tohu's been 2015-ified. Edited December 2, 2014 by Click 1 ~ Corpus Rahkshi: Fang | Hoto | Tube | Tear | Canvas | Garrotte | Reda BZPRPG: Azusai | Mitsuri The Scarabax Library | Flickr | Deviantart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltex Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Still working on this, but I thought I'd at least get the 2560x423 image out as suggested by Reznas. Member Name: ClickEntry Image: 2560 x 423Entry Topic: Hapori Tohu, Master of Order Tohu's been 2015-ified. Can that new Tohu head at least replace the old one whether this entry wins or not 3 JOIN AETHERGARDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdaptingChaos Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Still working on this, but I thought I'd at least get the 2560x423 image out as suggested by Reznas. Member Name: ClickEntry Image: 2560 x 423Entry Topic: Hapori Tohu, Master of Order Tohu's been 2015-ified. Can that new Tohu head at least replace the old one whether this entry wins or not Agreed! BTW Click I suggest that you make your entry under the recommended sizes, YouTube wont take anything under the recommended. If anything I suggest you just fill the remaining spots with a white fill-in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Click Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 (edited) Yes, I know, I'm still finishing up Tohu, but the rest of the banner is all done. I'll post the full size later tonight. I just wanted to get something out. EDIT: My entry has been updated with the full banner. Check out the topic for more on the Great Hapori Tohu. Edited December 2, 2014 by Click 1 ~ Corpus Rahkshi: Fang | Hoto | Tube | Tear | Canvas | Garrotte | Reda BZPRPG: Azusai | Mitsuri The Scarabax Library | Flickr | Deviantart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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