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chaofan said:
Maybe I should have asked this question way before I posted my design in Page 18... But out of curiousity...

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* Judging will be conducted by the Staff.

If someone may be so kind, what exactly are the staff looking for in a design? Of course, it was mentioned somewhere in this thread that you don't need ultra-mega good Photoshop skills to win this competition, but surely it would give an advantage to those who have to use it frequently. Is it the clarity of the background and icons? Is it the flashy, eye-catching designs? What elements would make a winning skin design?

XD well, my entry is in, although if I were able to modify something (say, the colour of the text) would I be able to and reupload it again?

Oh, and to the others, awesome designs folks. We got stiff competition here! >:O
call me crazy but i believe it is just which ones they like the best so that would make it completely random selection to us since we can't decide what they like so to us, it is just random selection. I remember Shaunj saying something about last year's christmas competition that if you entered you had a pretty much same chance as winning as anybody else because they basically choose the winners at random(not literally, they just choose which ones they liked best which makes it random to us) which I am guessing they will do hear.
 

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chaofan said:
@ triclopzx

That's a pretty cool Portal skin you have there. If they do allow for editing skins, however, I'd suggest a colour font which differs from the colour of the background, as it's a little hard to see
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. But then again, I don't have an EDGE so I wouldn't know if the final product works XD. All in all though, good work.



Thank you for your input. Indeed I tried to stay to the color scheme thats way I may have faulted in that one, also I had some big trouble fitting design text in there with the 128px x 192px resolution.

But thanks again
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chaofan said:
Maybe I should have asked this question way before I posted my design in Page 18... But out of curiousity...

Opening Post said:
* Judging will be conducted by the Staff.

If someone may be so kind, what exactly are the staff looking for in a design? Of course, it was mentioned somewhere in this thread that you don't need ultra-mega good Photoshop skills to win this competition, but surely it would give an advantage to those who have to use it frequently. Is it the clarity of the background and icons? Is it the flashy, eye-catching designs? What elements would make a winning skin design?

XD well, my entry is in, although if I were able to modify something (say, the colour of the text) would I be able to and reupload it again?

Oh, and to the others, awesome designs folks. We got stiff competition here! >:O

It's not too hard to look at a theme and be able to tell whether the design elements like icons and backgrounds work well together to produce a good design. Basically we will be looking for good designs that look and work well as a whole. Creativity plays a factor in deciding as well of course.
 

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triclopzx said:
Thank you for your input. Indeed I tried to stay to the color scheme thats way I may have faulted in that one, also I had some big trouble fitting design text in there with the 128px x 192px resolution.

But thanks again
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Ahh, so that's why you chose that colour XD. As I said, it probably works better on the actual EDGE card, so hopefully either one of us will win and be able to try it! :wtf: (was that an early call? XD).

I had the same problem with text: I wanted to use a totally different colour to what I had in the background, but the only colours to really contrast with the background looked ugly. Then there was the problem of dark and light, because games with long names would run into the female character who had a mix of light and dark colours. For most of the design, my text colour works, but it seems a little out of place and gets all funky if a game name is long >_>.

Any care to give constructive criticism to my design? Or is Page 18 (last post) too far away? XD.

QUOTEIt's not too hard to look at a theme and be able to tell whether the design elements like icons and backgrounds work well together to produce a good design. Basically we will be looking for good designs that look and work well as a whole. Creativity plays a factor in deciding as well of course.

Cheers
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why are people so hungry for compliments? It's a competition, not an art gallery
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God, these cheat icons are giving me trouble. This may take a little longer than I initially thought.

My problem is that when I try and make it transparent, Photoshop blends the Pink with another color, thus leaving a pink colored ring around the icon. *Sigh*
 

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So I'm not sure if we're allowed to update our entrys or not... but since I've never made a skin before, I've noticed a mistake or two I wanted to fix. So Here's an updated entry. I drew the backgrounds, the sprites are from the games obviously.





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Hi guys! here is my entry for the contest. This is my first theme but i think it turned out pretty good it's kinda simple but elegant. Please, if you like post your thoughts and comments on it. (I hope i win, that gold edge is calling me in my sleep.....)
http://sharebee.com/b8fef761
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chaofan said:
triclopzx said:
Thank you for your input. Indeed I tried to stay to the color scheme thats way I may have faulted in that one, also I had some big trouble fitting design text in there with the 128px x 192px resolution.

But thanks again
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Ahh, so that's why you chose that colour XD. As I said, it probably works better on the actual EDGE card, so hopefully either one of us will win and be able to try it! :wtf: (was that an early call? XD).

I had the same problem with text: I wanted to use a totally different colour to what I had in the background, but the only colours to really contrast with the background looked ugly. Then there was the problem of dark and light, because games with long names would run into the female character who had a mix of light and dark colours. For most of the design, my text colour works, but it seems a little out of place and gets all funky if a game name is long >_>.

Any care to give constructive criticism to my design? Or is Page 18 (last post) too far away? XD.

QUOTEIt's not too hard to look at a theme and be able to tell whether the design elements like icons and backgrounds work well together to produce a good design. Basically we will be looking for good designs that look and work well as a whole. Creativity plays a factor in deciding as well of course.

Cheers
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Well I saw it and noticed what you were saying the backround seems to have sharpness and overcompensanting everything else. But other than that the skin looks great.


I am going to second the question of bieng able to modify one`s entry? is it possible or once posted no going back?
 

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Hi, here is my skin.



http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y0275527

I worked a while on it, but I think the bottom screen kind of ruined it. Well, it was my first skin, and I just thought it was kind of cool to see the top screen image turn out pretty well. Going for the *chuckles* GOLD!







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Ok. Here is my entry for the contest. This is the first skin I've ever made. It took me the whole day from morning to night in order to finish it with the highest quality as possible. I hope you like it.

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You want it? It's yours, my friend. As long as you have enough rubees!
Just kidding! Any real Youtube Poop fan would recognize this quote. In fact, why don't you emphasize your Youtube Poop fan status by having your own Youtube Poop skin on your EDGE? It contains the same wacky characters you all (Or at least fans) know and love. The theme has remained very simple, without very flashy stuff, in order to remain true to the true meaning of Youtube Poop: Unpolished visuals with serious wackiness! There is no other Youtube Poop skin on the net (Or at least I haven't found one yet), so download yours now: TODAY!!!

Download Link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?wmjojkiyztm

BTW, what's for Dinner?
 

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adrian2040 said:
BTW, what's for Dinner?

Lotsa Spaghetti.
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Great skin though. That looks like a winner.

I can't believe how many people are posting skins when the contest ends on the 14th. I can't imagine how many more there are to come...
 

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Heres my new and improved Shadow EDGE 1.2

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Fixes
--> fixed transparency of cheat icons
-->different highlight color of menu icons

Get yours now
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Wow theres lots of tough competition here.Hope I win
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please leave comments so that I can improve my skin.
 
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