Everbody has one on this site: an avatar. You can also submit avatars as deviations, and this is getting the focus today. This is the start of the Avatar Gallery Icon Contest, where your task is to come up with a new icon to represent Avatars all over deviantART. It's that simple and there are prizes to be won for the best three entries.

You need to think how to best communicate the idea of an 'avatar' in a small 16 x 16 pixel space. What does an avatar mean to you? How are you going to get people to understand this? You need an Icon which people can look at and think "avatar".

If you don't know what an avatar is or want some inspiration, try consulting the Wikipedia definition for a good idea.

• The Deadline: 20th December 2005
  
• Size: 16 x 16 pixels
  
• Format: .gif
  
• Other guidlines: No animation please, and obviously it all has to be your own work

First prize, other than your design being used, is a whole year's subscription to deviantart. Second prize is three months subscription and third prize is one month. Prizes for honorable mentions may also be given.

Submit by:

Uploading your entry to dA as a normal deviation in Contests > Avatar Gallery Icon, you can also look at the entries already made by other people in this section.

Entries will be judged on: design, looks and communication.



There is no limit on the number of entries you can submit, but prizes are limited to one per person. Judges' decision is final. Winners will be announced in a News article like this after they have been chosen. Entries not submitted into the correct section cannot be judged, please make sure your icon is in the right place.