Forum: [Patreon] 2019 Summer Patreon Campaign Banner Contest! 3u424h

The voting thread is now up, so this thread will be locked and all conversation can move there instead: https://anidb.telechargertorrent.org/post453088

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[Patreon] 2019 Summer Patreon Campaign Banner Contest! 235813

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Hi everyone,

Summer is coming, and it's time to relax, hit the beach, and watch some anime while sipping margaritas under an umbrella! If the beach is not your thing, take a hike into the mountains and start campfire under the stars!
Thank you again to all of our Patreon ers for keeping us alive. As mentioned during the 2018 Christmas campaign, this summer we will be refilling the AniDB bank with a new fundraising Patreon post.

The Contest 6z172l

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The banner contest last time was a great success, so it's back for round 2! Again, s have the chance to contribute their creativity to the Patron post banner! See the results of our 2018 Christmas contest here: https://anidb.telechargertorrent.org/post446647

For this contest, submit a summer-themed AniDB anime banner! The winning banner will be featured as our 2019 Summer Patreon fundraising post banner. The banner should tie in summer themes with both anime and AniDB.

The Prize 61712u

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1. The winner will have their banner and name (unless you choose to remain anonymous) featured publicly on our next Patreon fundraising post.
2. The winner will also receive a Creative Content badge on their page.

Caption: Winner of the Patreon banner contest: 2019 Summer

The Rules h5ii

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1. Anyone can participate, both Patrons and regular s.
2. The submission period will be open from 2019-Jun-01 Saturday to 2019-Jul-05 Friday.
3. Each may submit, at most, 1 picture per day.
4. To enter your submission, simply reply to this AniDB forum thread with your picture.
   1. your image to one of the whitelisted image hosts: abload.de, tinypic.com, flickr.com, imgsafe.org, imgur.com, ipfs.pics, photobucket.com, picload.org, postimage.org, puu.sh
   2. Embed your image in your reply using the image tags.
   3. If you wish to make an anonymous submission, send an AniDB forum PM to CDB-Man instead.
5. The voting period will be from 2019-Jul-06 Saturday to 2019-Jul-14 Sunday. You may vote on as many images as you like.
6. If we suspect vote stuffing, then the staff will take this into consideration when looking at the results, and discard entries if needed.
7. In the unlikely event of a tie, a runoff vote will be held from 2019-Jul-15 Monday to 2019-Jul-21 Sunday for all images coming first place in the original vote. Each will only get 1 vote in the runoff.
8. In the even-more unlikely event of a tie in the runoff vote, the AniDB staff will decide the winner.

Image Requirements os6k

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1. Submit a summer-themed AniDB anime image that will be used as the banner on our 2019 Summer Patreon fundraising post. The banner should tie in summer themes with both anime and AniDB.
2. You are allowed to use the AniDB logo in your image, and it is encouraged!
3. Original content is preferred, but not mandatory.
4. Since the images will be posted on our public Patreon page, all images must be family-friendly, for all ages.
   1. 18+ / adult images will not be accepted.
   2. For borderline / ecchi images, the staff (mainly CDB-Man) will have sole discretion to accept or reject the submission. Note: we will lean on the more conservative side.
5. You are allowed to sign your image with your name (and optionally, your AniDB ID). Please have the signature in the bottom-right corner.
6. All images should be submitted in PNG format to comply with Patreon's requirements.
7. For a Patreon post, a 16:9 ratio image would fit best.
8. Images should be high resolution, 1080 x 1920 at minimum.
9. We reserve the right to disqualify images that don't meet minimum quality standards.

Good Luck and Have Fun! 4mu5f

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We are looking forward to your participation. Let the artistic creativity of our anime fans run wild!

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

This post on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/27305947/

CDB-Man and the Staff This post was edited by CDB-Man (560966) on 07.07.2019 17:35.

1. What does "summer theme" entail? 5t322k

A summer theme should be something uplifting and cheery. The idea behind summer is that it is a time to go out, enjoy the weather, and have fun!

Some illustrative examples include:
1. Picnics
2. Beach
3. Summer matsuri
4. Walk along a boardwalk
5. Eating ice cream
6. Playing summer sports
7. Playing in the forest
8. Visiting a shrine
Etc. This list is non-exhaustive. This post was edited by CDB-Man (560966) on 18.06.2019 13:11.

This post is also reserved.

This post was edited by CDB-Man (560966) on 30.06.2019 18:32.

That submission looks more like someone coming back from the farm after a day's work in the field, rather than a summer theme. By Summer theme, I'm thinking things such as:
1. Picnics
2. Beach
3. Summer matsuri
4. Walk along a boardwalk
5. Eating ice cream
6. Playing summer sports
7. Playing in the forest
8. Visiting a shrine
Etc.

Something uplifting and cheery is what I'm looking for. This guidance will be added to the contest FAQs.

EDIT: upon further review of Patreon, also considering how they scale images, the image quality guidance is amended as follows:

• For a Patreon post, a 16:9 ratio image would fit best.
• Images should be high resolution, 1080 x 1920 at minimum.

This post was edited by CDB-Man (560966) on 18.06.2019 14:11.

I tried. I feel it came out well.

This post was edited by CDB-Man (560966) on 30.06.2019 18:32.

Right then, Phish. Needless to say, that entry is not going to be accepted.

If this doesn't scream summer, I don't what does.

This post was edited by CDB-Man (560966) on 30.06.2019 18:32.

Much better! However, the topleft (pantsu and not swimwear) and topright (boxer shorts) are borderline NSFW (image requirement rule #3). Those 2 will need to be swapped out.

The mid-top pic is swimwear and not pantsu? You can tell that by their color?

Mid-top was just an oversight; I missed it the first time. It will need to be swapped as well.

Here's a quick edit. Hope it's not too subtle.
pixiv id=13408349
Wish I have the time next week because I have a few more ideas.

A little on the subtle side but still very good! You still have time before submissions close so probably will be able to squeeze it in.

The table gloss is just uncanny, as you are reflecting CGI object on a hand-drawn object. I'd make the table CGI, also it should contain some color so it won't feel out of place.

Thanks for the pointers! I'll try to do something about it.
Here's another kind of quick edit, an attempt at double exposure.

Here's my submission (alternative link in spoiler, in case this one expires like last time or something):

Deth93, you have my vote!

かわいいは正義！

Oh how my Dethie has flown the nest

Last second, hope I still made it, what with timezones and all...



Here's an alternate with an AniDB logo closer to the classic, just in case:


...and one more really last second alternate:



To give credit where credit is due, both beaches are the work of WBD (https://www.deviantart.com/wbd), who posted these and many other awesome beaches on DeviantArt under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) for others to use, among lots of other great art.

The original beaches can be found here:
http://fav.me/daxg3qf
http://fav.me/d4x139f This post was edited by purposelycryptic (393830) on 06.07.2019 00:21.