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August 16, 2005 at 6:12 am #19426
Jeff Hester
KeymasterDo you have an penchant for graphics? A knack for deft pixel manipulation? Are you a budding, digital artist? This is your chance to show your stuff, and maybe even win a cool prize!
We’re holding the first ever BigBlueBall Link Graphic Contest! Everyone is eligible to participate, and the is no limit to the number of entries. The goal? Create a hot-looking link graphic. These graphics are used on blogs, other websites and can even be used in your forum signature on other sites — all with the goal of sharing the BigBlueBall goodness — and bringing your friends to the party!
Entries must be submitted by September 10, 2005 (just reply to this post with your images attached). The BigBlueBall Staff will review all the entries and select finalists, then we’ll open it up to the entire community and let you pick the winners!
Here are the guidelines:
- No obscene or inappropriate images/content
- No copyrighted images/photos may be used
And here are the sizes you can create:
- 80 x 15, no animation
- 100 x 15, no animation
- 88 x 31, animation permitted
- 50 x 50 AIM Buddy Icon size, animation permitted
- 96 x 96 MSN/Yahoo/ICQ Display Picture size; no animation
- 120 x 90 animation permitted
- 125 x 125 animation permitted
- 120 x 240 animation permitted
Keep in mind that these images will be used on other websites to promote BigBlueBall, so be creative!
Special thanks to Amy for proposing the competition!
Good luck! I look forward to seeing your designs.August 16, 2005 at 12:42 pm #127667DrBroccoli
ParticipantWould it be possibly for us to get the BBB graphics to work with, like the BBB globe?
August 16, 2005 at 12:44 pm #127607Tigerblade
ParticipantSome other useful information that may be of help: The font used in the logo is Trebuchet MS, and the logo’s main colors are #0066CC and #66CC33.
August 16, 2005 at 1:20 pm #127668DrBroccoli
ParticipantAhhh, I was wondering the font…
August 17, 2005 at 1:00 am #127649August 17, 2005 at 1:03 am #127669DrBroccoli
Participantspike wrote:*ahem*https://bigblueball.com/forums/t27580-bigblueball-globe-image.html
Thank you.
August 17, 2005 at 1:16 am #127650Spike
MemberWell, I suppose someone has to be first. I whipped these up quick, I’ll probably think of more in the near future.
August 17, 2005 at 3:59 am #127608Tigerblade
ParticipantWhat formats would you like these in? GIF, PNG, JPG… PSD? By default I save everything as PNG unless it’s animated, in which case of course I have to deal with GIF…. if you’re not picky, anything i submit will be in PNG or GIF.
first submissions (there *might* be more, if i get some time on my hands) are attached. i have to admit i was disappointed to see Spike’s post, cause i had a few 80×15 buttons like that sitting here waiting to be posted, but they’re almost identical so i wont submit those.

August 17, 2005 at 5:47 am #127651Spike
MemberTigerblade wrote:i have to admit i was disappointed to see Spike’s post, cause i had a few 80×15 buttons like that sitting here waiting to be posted, but they’re almost identical so i wont submit those.
Ahh, sorry Tiger, I know you have your similar ones, but I swear mine are totally from scratch, I just happen to make them faster. Sorry! 😮August 17, 2005 at 6:55 am #127605Someguy03
MemberAugust 17, 2005 at 2:04 pm #127670DrBroccoli
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Lol, going to make more solid ones.August 18, 2005 at 2:19 am #127609Tigerblade
Participanthere’s the next batch, making 6 in total thus far:


the next batch might have some animation (some of the ones i was working on for this batch had animation until i remembered which sizes can and cannot have animation in them… grr.)question: i’m wondering if instead of each person posting their buttons in separate posts, should we just combine all our submissions in one post and keep editing that post?
August 18, 2005 at 2:27 am #127671DrBroccoli
ParticipantTP wrote:question: i’m wondering if instead of each person posting their buttons in separate posts, should we just combine all our submissions in one post and keep editing that post?That is what I have done… I just edit my own post everytime I add one.
August 18, 2005 at 5:20 am #127599Jeff Hester
KeymasterI would prefer if you just post another reply when you add images. If you just edit your post, I might overlook it.
Of course, we’ll collect them all when it comes time to pick the finalists, but until then, just add another reply instead of editing old posts, please.
August 18, 2005 at 10:46 am #127634RabidKitten
Participant*laughs* Oh my gosh, Kyle… All Your IM Problems Are Belong to Us…. *cackles* …Wow, that’s some old school there.
And *pet pet Tom* It’s okay, I still love you for all your creativity and wonderfulness. Though…I do believe, Spike, just to be fair, that Tom’s had them made for some time now, just because he’s an untapped resource like that and fiddles with things constantly *wink* You just submitted them quicker.
*has some of her own coming soon*
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