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[color=teal]Sorry about the wait, everyone. ^_^ There were many contestants to judge, and has been a big contest. Here before you are the scores that I have given, and fully support. Nate will soon post his own scores, as well as [b]Megumi[/b], [b]Haze_Gundam006[/b], and [b]~Mystical Pan~[/b]. The judging was made as follows:[/color] [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Nate [/i] [B]Size: Within the limits. 10 points or none. Clear: How easy to read it is. 0 points up to 15 points. Picture: The picture is understandable, or at least has something to do with the banner, i.e. no gundams on an inyu yasha banner. 0 points to 15. Design: How nice the banner looks, or if it's real choppy. 0 to 20 points. The text-to-image matching: How well the text suits the image. 0 to 15. Subject: The subject of the banner is clear, and is easy to understand. 0 to 15. Looks: The colors of the banner match good, and the banner just has a nice appeal. 0 to 5. A perfect is 100 points, and the worst is 0. IF multiple people get 100s or tie for second place, or such and such, I will get another person to judge all of those who tie independently.[/B][/QUOTE] [color=teal]There is one thing I should add to this, however. The scores given only add up to 95, so the last category, looks, has been raised from being worth 5, to counting for 10. After all of the judges post their scores, Nate will average them together and give us a final list. The awards are whatever he can come up with; i.e. we have no idea yet. ;) [b]Member[/b]: Braidless Baka: 87 [b]Size[/b]: 10 [b]Clarity[/b]: 13 [b]Picture[/b]: 15 [b]Design[/b]: 17 [b]Matching[/b]: 12 [b]Subject[/b]: 14 [b]Looks[/b]: 6 Dagger IX1: 63 (I've liked your other work a lot more) 10 3 15 10 9 13 3 Evolved_Dragon: 86 10 14 15 17 9 15 6 DeViLOF23: 83 10 12 15 17 9 14 6 haruno_sakura: 87 10 12 15 19 11 12 8 ARTommy: 90 10 15 15 15 15 15 5 Blista: 96 10 13 15 19 15 15 9 stun gun milly: 76 10 8 14 14 11 14 5 eclectic: 83 10 11 14 17 12 12 7 .h4ck: 61 10 9 14 4 10 11 3 Kazuko: 91 10 n/a (15) 15 16 n/a (15) 14 6 Conna_da_fox: 85 10 15 15 14 11 15 5 Kyo no Ryu: 81 10 12 15 16 13 9 6 Katana: 72 10 9 15 15 6 11 6 doukeshi03: 91 10 13 15 18 12 15 8 eino69: 69 10 7 15 12 6 15 4 The Mac Attack: 92 10 15 15 17 13 15 7 Emme88: 75 10 12 14 12 7 14 6 Keiko: 68 10 11 13 11 5 14 4 Kinetic: 93 10 14 15 18 13 15 8 Baron Samedi: 97 10 15 15 18 15 15 9 Nate: 65 10 13 9 10 9 11 3 Shippo: 82 10 11 15 15 12 15 4 That's right, [b]Baron Samedi[/b] wins my vote. Remember, none of these scores was intentional; it's just what they came out to be after rating each category. Top three scores: [b]Baron Samedi[/b]: 97 [b]Blista[/b]: 96 [b]Kinetic[/b]: 93 Congrats to all who participated. :)[/color]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Vash137 [/i] [B]From the posts I've read here, there are many many gays and/or gay supporters here. I am VERY against gay marriage, probably more than anyone who has posted in this thread. Yes, I am still in highschool, I'm one of those kids who makes fun of the gays along with almost every other boy in the school, nobody likes them except the girls. They are not accepted by those their age, (like me), and are looked down upon as a screw up. I don't really give a **** if you think its morally right and crap. It's just plain wrong for two gay guys/girls to marry each other in my book. Oh, and I don't get this strong anti-gay from my parents, they have a couple gay people they know, and don't really mind them. I don't give a **** if there is no reason behind my post, its my ******* opinion. That's what this thread asked for. Not for people to rip apart one anothers posts finding the smallest errors in the way people stated things and bending the truth to an extreme. Majority of the world looks down upon gays because they are minority, and its not a normal act. I believe it is a mix of the way you are brought up, personality, and friends when you are young that determine if you are gay, not something built into your DNA. If Gays are near me I make fun of them, what the hell that's legal so why not. I am aloud to voice my opinion, make fun of others, do whatever I want. That's the beauty of America, so all you gays that posted in here stop ripping the anti-gay posts apart and raping the people who wrote them. [/B][/QUOTE] [color=teal]Judging by the comments made in your post, I don't believe that you have a place here on OtakuBoards. I'm all for sharing your own opinion, but when you decide to support it with ignorance and prejiduce, there will be concequences.[/color] [quote][b]If Gays are near me I make fun of them, what the hell that's legal so why not. I am aloud to voice my opinion, make fun of others, do whatever I want.[/b][/quote] [color=teal]This statement in particular is especially disturbing, and represents just how immature you really have exposed yourself to be. Insulting someone's sexual preferences, when it has no basis whatsoever on the kind of people they are, shows that you have a lot to learn before you can possibly re-join this discussion. Unfortunately, you can kiss that chance good-bye. You have been banned.[/color]

[color=teal]If it wouldn't be too much to ask, please upload the file under a different extension. .BMPs generally require you to go through a lot just to view the picture, lol.[/color]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Kyokokeiji [/i] [B]hey awesome banners! theyre all cool [/B][/QUOTE] [color=teal]Please refer to the [url=http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32738]constructive criticism thread[/url], found at the top of this forum's main page. When commenting on someone's art, it is important to be a thurough as possible, not only to make a a liable post, but to help the artist improve for the future. Thanks.[/color]

[color=teal]Wrong forum. ^_~ The topic has been moved to Art & Design; Request is for requesting banners, heh.[/color]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Kitsune no kami [/i] [B]Ummmm... I was wondering, is there anyone here who can make me a banner and avi? if so, PM Kitsune No Kami. THANX - Drop the Bomb by Scotty D, George W. Bush's theme song [/B][/QUOTE] [color=teal]You can find the request forum right [url=http://www.otakuboards.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=59]here[/url]. Art & Design is generally for displaying your artistic talent, rather than requesting it from others. :)[/color]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Kinetic [/i] [B]Anyway, I'm going to hop on the bandwagon and talk about how I won't be here. When you think about it, James himself probably won't even be here for 10 more years. [/B][/QUOTE] [color=teal]He wasn't actually planning on staying this long. I believe that with v7, Charles may be the one running the boards. You'll have to hear that from James, though, heh.. Ten years from now I'm hoping to be married with a kid(s) and have a job. Or..something. Somewhere between now and then, I most likely would have left in order to focus on other aspects that would have come up in my life. As for OtakuBoards still being here, eh, I doubt it, but only time will tell. It certainly won't be the OB you know and love today, and could be run by entirely different members, have a new message board system, and maybe even a new URL. Can you imagine your kids growing up on OB? O_o;; haha Ah well, it will always remain in the archives.[/color]

[color=teal]While we may all admire the artistic talent on the last picture, we must remember that there are younger members on the forums whose parents might be more than a little upset if they saw them looking at such a picture that they got from [i]this site[/i]. Our intentions here are to make this a fun place for everyone, so I'm afraid that the last picture has to go, even though it doesn't show anything in particular. I'm sorry to do it, but the link has been removed.[/color]

[color=teal]Okay, I lightened up the 'S' in 'Syk3,' and darkened 'snatch,' both for visual purposes so you can see them clearer. I am still deciding whether or not I'm going to keep the white pixel corners, so feedback would be great. :)[/color] [img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=523989[/img]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Moony- [/i] [B][size=1][color=firebrick]Great job! I have a friend who can draw like that on the computer, and it always amazes me as to how she does it. So, great job.[/size][/color] [/B][/QUOTE] [color=teal]Please remember to use constructive criticism when commenting on a peice, or the post will be qualified as spam and the artist will not be able to improve. It's always important to go into detail and outline exactly what you do and don't like about the banner, rather than saying that you like it. :)[/color]

[color=teal]Well, it certainly illustrates your artistic ability in the form of music, heh. So you actually put this entire midi together from scratch, or what? I didn't even know you could [i]make[/i] a midi like that, so it's rather hard for me to comment on it. I think the tune and beat is very catchy and smooth, and it flows together extremely nicely. You keep that solid beat playing in the background as you play over it with lots of clever sounds. The only thing I can find that needs improvement is that the song sort of shuts off at the end, whereas you a need a smooth transition into nothing-ness. Again, this is the first of its kind I've seen posted here, so I'm not really sure what I'm critiquing, but I like it. ^_^[/color]

[color=teal]OH MY GOD. ANOTHER TARGET COMMERCIAL. =p Haha. I really like the whole feel you're going with here. No blendings, so fades, no overly technical peices, just straight smooth colors. I think you've accomplished your task as an artist if you can make an image that is very good while being pleasing to the eye. I absolutely hate symmetry, so naturally I love the way the bubbles are made in no particular order, and have random small images. On some aspects, however, it does seem a bit plain. The top red rectangle with the '07' seems to need something more, and like Shin said, there's a bit of space in the bottom right as well, where as the bubbles have been pushed probably too far in the other direction. Nice job, overall. You get better and better with each peice. ^_^[/color]

[color=teal]Doing a quick search has shown me that you have linked your banners from the site you say that you have now lost. That being said, I couldn't find any of your banners based on what you posted here, and I can't say that I have any saved on my computer. If anyone does happen to find any of Boo's work, please PM or email him and work things out from there. Thanks.[/color]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by MistressRoxie [/i] [B][color=#9933ff]Also, the green space in the middle, if you look at it closely, it looks like Syk used a tool to scratch out someone's head there. He probably didn't intend to, and that's what's c00.[/color] [/B][/QUOTE] [color=teal]Haha, sometimes I wonder what that is too. Actually, it's a mixture of his bangs reflecting the light, and the sweat that's coming off after he got punched in the face. :) Yes, it's a very good movie to show the kiddies. P.S. No, I lied, it's not. Rated R. [/color]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by AzureWolf [/i] [B]Syk, love the background. :)[/B][/QUOTE] Quick fact: I don't make my backgrounds, heh. It's such a big peice to make in the first place, and I know if I did, I'd find all of these flaws with it and have to look at it everytime I started up my computer. So I don't even bother with it and use [url]www.animewallpapers.com[/url].

[color=teal]I had decided a few weeks ago that I was in need of a new banner, but it wasn't until last night that I finally found something to base it off of. While watching one of my favorite movies, Snatch, seeing the final fight again truely inspired my to, once again, break out my Photoshop, heh. So yes, the banner was created around a movie called Snatch, and without venturing too far off topic, it has some really cool unlicensed bare-knuckle boxing matches, which my banner pays tribute to, in particular. I experimented with a lot of different styles and technique during the creation of this banner. Many of you who have followed my art know how rare it is that I make a banner, but even more so that I may make one with real people; that is, I mainly stick to anime and gaming. I actually took my own screen shots that you see in the image from my computer DVD program. I practiced with a grungy feel, as well as using different colors for seperate pictures in the image. I ventured away from my usual 'black and white' border and added a strange 2-pixel black border that seems to fit well with the rest of the banner. I used some noise, some contrast, lines, etc. Something to note is that I intentionally tried to keep the focus of the banner on the actual pictures, so the text isn't meant to stand out or anything. And this is how I enjoy my day off of school. I worked much of the day on it, in which I told myself that I'd actually try hard on it, unlike something such as the FLCL eyebrow one I made for kicks. But while I did try to encorporate a lot of my skill in this, I experimented with a bunch of tenchiques on the same token. Enjoy. Comment and critique are welcome and [i]encouraged[/i].[/color] [img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=523431[/img]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by GuardianStorm [/i] [B]I love that one! It is to cute, Conna!!!! [/B][/QUOTE] GuardianStorm, please provie constructive criticism in your post. Your comment didn't really direct towards the banner itself, and for your post not to be qualified as spam you have to go into further detail than just saying that you like it. Keep that in mind for future reference.

Here's my desktop. It's not much, I changed the background a few days ago because I was tired of Kimari staring back at me. O_o; Then yesterday I just finished up watching the Hellsing series, blah blah blah here it is. And you can even see my buddy list! *girly shreak* Eh..yeah..

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Kyokokeiji [/i] [B]how many pics can u enter? because im having a hard time deciding between 2 pics [/B][/QUOTE] She already said that you can post as many as you'd like. This post is spam. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Kyokokeiji [/i] [B]ok well this si the second one. when i started drawing it i was really depressed. the words in the picture are the lyics to evanesence-whisper. i handed this pic in for a sketchbook assignment at skool and i got 10 out of 10. no she isnt saying the words. the lyrics are there for setting the mood fo the picture.plus i didnt know what else to put in the backround! [/B][/QUOTE] Kyokokeiji, please do not double post, even if you have to upload an attachment. You can easily wait for someone to post first. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Kyokokeiji [/i] [B]ok seriously does it matter how many pics i submit bcuz i cant dcide between these 2 i drew that r really cool! [/B][/QUOTE] Okay, [i]seriously[/i], you need to improve upon your spelling and grammer in your posts. They are considerably less than decent quality, and you actually have to make an attempt when you post in order for it not to be classified as spam. That's the thing that some people simply don't understand: on these forums, not caring about your posts will very possibly lead you to be banned. If you wish to remain on these forums, I suggest you take the necessary amount of time on your posts so that everyone can read and understand them.

Last call to get these final banners in. We also need to get three judges, which Nate has yet to announce. After this happens, I will close the thread, and a new one will be made to declare winners.

This is not a test forum.

This forum is for requesting banners and avatars. Topic moved.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Kyo no Ryu [/i] [B]:wow: holy :wow: that is :wow: the shiznicks :wow: I have never in my life seen a banner that uses such an...... interesting picture with such an awesome quote. Very good. LEGATO! [/B][/QUOTE] You really need to improve your post quality and refer to the sticky thread on constructive criticism at the top of the page. I also feel that we may have been a little leniant on you elsewhere on the boards, but if this continuous..well, just make sure it doesn't. ^_^

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Moony- [/i] [B]Wow... That's kinda [color=teal][dumb][/color]... [/B][/QUOTE] Not only is your statement very offensive with your use of terms to some members here, but you provided absolutely no constructive criticism to defend your claim. There is a thread at the top of this forum that outlines constructive criticism that I suggest you read through before posting your comments to another thread. ~_^

This forum is for banner and avatar requests; I believe you're looking for the Art forum, where you can show off your artwork and get feedback on it and such. Topic moved along with the rest of your threads.