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Signature of the Month is a simple competition open for all members. While it is focused on graphics design, it's often not the only criterion that's taken into account: there's also the issue of how well your entry represents the theme, how well all the elements you use in your piece blend together, whether it's pleasant to look at, and other such factors (as well as personal biases of the voters). Therefore, you're invited to join in and help liven up the party even if you're not very much into graphics design. This is just for fun!
Winning isn't everything, buuuuut it gives you a trophy to decorate your collections with. Or not. It's not physical, after all. But you can still brag to your friends―wait, do you have any?―and getting one gives a warm and fuzzy feel inside. Whoo, would you look at that. Pure gold! Or maybe bronze? Copper? Brass?
Nah, not any one of those materials. Just #FFE14D.
Winning isn't everything, buuuuut it gives you a trophy to decorate your collections with. Or not. It's not physical, after all. But you can still brag to your friends―wait, do you have any?―and getting one gives a warm and fuzzy feel inside. Whoo, would you look at that. Pure gold! Or maybe bronze? Copper? Brass?
Nah, not any one of those materials. Just #FFE14D.
I suppose it's more appropriate to call these "criteria", but referring to them as "rules" may help ensure that people pay attention to them. At least, I hope so. Anyway, the rules for SOTM are pretty simple:
- Your entry must be 500x300 or smaller. This means that you can submit an entry that's 500x300, 400x200, 300x100, or any size within the limit. I changed the old SOTM rule mandating that entries be of exactly 500x300 in size. If you can achieve the kind of goal you have in mind with a smaller size, why not?
. - Your entry must contain the words "SOTM" and either "Anime-Sharing", "AS", or "ASF". It is not necessary to append the ".com" to "Anime-Sharing". Capitalisation does NOT matter. You CAN have your username in your signature. This is another rule that I changed, because if your creativity lies with typography, why not show it by signing your authorship on your work?
. - Your entry must be in either JPG/JPEG, PNG, or GIF. Yeah, I know BMP is big and sexy, and TIFF has this charm yung'uns just won't understand, but no.
. - No nudity, profanity, or other such material that may be considered offensive. This isn't as vague as it may sound. Just don't flash uncovered private parts (some skin is fine, but don't go overboard either), stay away from slurs or profanity, and you'll be fine.
. - Your entry must be your own design. Well, duh! No, you don't have to create all elements in your entry from scratch, as art isn't so much about creating something from scratch (that's inventing) as it is making use of assets available to you. Just don't ask someone else to make a signature for you and enter it in the competition.
. - Your entry must never have won any SOTM before. You can submit an entry that has never won any SOTM before AT MOST TWICE. Let's say you entered SOTM #30 and didn't win. You can submit your old entry again here in SOTM #32, but regardless of whether you win this one or not, you may not submit that entry ever again in the future. Submitting the same entries over and over can bore our observers. Let's try to avoid that!
The theme for this month's SOTM shall be...
VACATION!!
Think games with microtransactions or lots of small commercial DLCs are bad? Think games where your character doesn't regenerate at all if wounded are hardcore? Think some games are too grindy and require you to spend too many hours to get a good item? Think some developers rush their games for release and neglect fixing bugs? Well, Reality® is worse:
Meet the worst developer ever: Life™. It has only developed one game, Reality®, and it's guaranteed to be the worst game you'll experience. Thankfully, there are third-party modifications you can add to Reality® to ease yourself of some of the trials you'll face. These mods involve playing the game not as Life™ intends, but doing it at your own pace and spicing up your playthrough with fun activities.
Some mods are free of charge; they usually involve simpler activities such as taking a walk or relaxing in your room. Some mods require you to pay every time you make use of them; they usually involve more thorough activities such as staying at a luxury hotel, cruising, playing at an amusement park, and so on. The brimming existence of these mods has inspired the creation of a wide-ranging community and marketplace commonly referred to as "recreation".
Anyway, to clarify:
Recreational activities can greatly differ from person to person, from simply doing nothing to savour what free time you have to doing physically intensive activities such as sports. Someone in a desk work position whose daily routines force her to sit still in her chair for half a day may desire to spread her wings and sweat a lot during holidays. On the other hand, a public relations person who has to go to various places, talk to various industry executives and fake various expressions may prefer relaxing and enjoying quality time with her family during her free time.
The lateness of this month's SOTM is entirely due to negligence on my part. It's only fair that I extend deadline accordingly. Please submit your entry before the deadline. If you're unsure about aspects of your draft entry, feel free to ask around in the discussion thread. You can have only ONE post in the entry submission thread, but you're not restricted from discussing the SOTM as much as you want in the discussion thread. The deadline may be extended on our discretion if circumstances necessitate it, but it won't be shortened for no reason, so rest assured and don't rush. Take your time to make a masterpiece!
VACATION!!
Think games with microtransactions or lots of small commercial DLCs are bad? Think games where your character doesn't regenerate at all if wounded are hardcore? Think some games are too grindy and require you to spend too many hours to get a good item? Think some developers rush their games for release and neglect fixing bugs? Well, Reality® is worse:
- Want to have BGM that plays as you go to various places and do various things? You need to buy the iPod DLC or Smartphone DLC first.
- Got a knife wound? Don't worry, you'll regenerate... in a few days.
- You're diseased and need a bottle of potion right away? Easy, it's yours... for only a year's worth of salary!
Meet the worst developer ever: Life™. It has only developed one game, Reality®, and it's guaranteed to be the worst game you'll experience. Thankfully, there are third-party modifications you can add to Reality® to ease yourself of some of the trials you'll face. These mods involve playing the game not as Life™ intends, but doing it at your own pace and spicing up your playthrough with fun activities.
Some mods are free of charge; they usually involve simpler activities such as taking a walk or relaxing in your room. Some mods require you to pay every time you make use of them; they usually involve more thorough activities such as staying at a luxury hotel, cruising, playing at an amusement park, and so on. The brimming existence of these mods has inspired the creation of a wide-ranging community and marketplace commonly referred to as "recreation".
Anyway, to clarify:
The theme for SOTM #32 is RECREATION.
You can depict anything commonly considered a fun activity to get out of the tedium of daily routines.
You can depict anything commonly considered a fun activity to get out of the tedium of daily routines.
Recreational activities can greatly differ from person to person, from simply doing nothing to savour what free time you have to doing physically intensive activities such as sports. Someone in a desk work position whose daily routines force her to sit still in her chair for half a day may desire to spread her wings and sweat a lot during holidays. On the other hand, a public relations person who has to go to various places, talk to various industry executives and fake various expressions may prefer relaxing and enjoying quality time with her family during her free time.
The deadline is on 28 JULY 2015.
You MAY edit your entry submission post as many times as you please before the deadline.
You MAY edit your entry submission post as many times as you please before the deadline.
The lateness of this month's SOTM is entirely due to negligence on my part. It's only fair that I extend deadline accordingly. Please submit your entry before the deadline. If you're unsure about aspects of your draft entry, feel free to ask around in the discussion thread. You can have only ONE post in the entry submission thread, but you're not restricted from discussing the SOTM as much as you want in the discussion thread. The deadline may be extended on our discretion if circumstances necessitate it, but it won't be shortened for no reason, so rest assured and don't rush. Take your time to make a masterpiece!
This thread is only for ENTRIES!
For discussions, questions and comments, please go to this thread instead.
For discussions, questions and comments, please go to this thread instead.
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