So... I was thinking... I need an avatar and a banner for use on Etsy, for my new store. But... I'm just kind of failing at ideas, and art in general, that isn't sewing related.

To solve this problem, I'm going to hold a contest, to challenge you to make me a banner & avatar for use on Etsy for my storefront [link] , and possibly in any printed materials I'll send out to customers (like shipping labels and thank you notes).

Contest Details & Rules

Goal: Create a banner or an avatar for `taeliac to use on her Etsy store
-- Avatar: 75px by 75px
-- Banner: 760px wide by 100px high

Requirements: Any types of art are acceptable, but I would really love hand-drawn/painted works, or photo manipulations of any pictures I've submitted of wings. As a side note, I hate pictures of myself, so... yeah.

-- Please be aware that these are the only photomanips I'm authorizing of these pictures - any others will be reported!

-- If you are using any other stock photography in your manip, it can only be stock authorized for commercial use! I will check sources, and report you if they are not used correctly (because I'm a jerk like that)

Deadline: I would like all entries in by July 25th, but I'll extend the deadline if necessary.

Winners & Prizes

As this contest is for either a banner, or an avatar, there will be winners in both categories. You can enter both, but please do not enter more than two (2) entries per category. I'm sorry the prizes aren't bigger, but I'm a little stuck in bills at the moment~

1st place - Banner
-- 1 pair of Pink Punk Pixie wings [link]

These wings were my original trial pair, so they're a little different from the current way of doing them - they have shiny black caulking around the edges, not the flat paints that I currently use, but otherwise, they're identical.
Please check this journal entry to see when I get pictures up --> [link]

1st place - Avatar
-- 2x hats [link]

These can be any type of hats I've made before, kanji kitty, or the character one's, or something like that.
Or, if you would prefer, you can get 1x of the Zombie Kitty hats -> [link] or the Biting Kamineko hat -> [link]

Runner(s) up
-- 1 custom kanji kitty hat

These can say anything you'd like, and you can pick the colors, too! Examples are [link] and [link]
I am not sure how many runners up there are going to be in each category, I guess it depends on how many entries there are, so keep checking back!

Judges: & - all of my business compatriots. The winners are subject to our opinions~

How To Enter

I'm sure by now you're wondering about this, huh?

Entering: Anyone can enter this contest. You can submit up to two (2) entries for each category.

Please send a note to `taeliac with the subject of "CONTEST ENTRY - BANNER" or "CONTEST ENTRY - AVATAR" (or something similar) _{I get around 30 new notes a week, so this is to keep everything organized, thank you!}

Deadline: July 25, 2008

Deviations must include "This was created for `taeliac's contest "Fairy Wings" + a link back to this news article, or the journal here - [link]