SOTM 2009 - December (Gothic Lolita!) - Entry Thread

[Solace]

!!!Welcome to the SOTM!!!

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~Congratulations to Beruko08 for winning the November Contest!~

The theme chosen for December is - Gothic Lolita!.
What is that? See here for details.

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About the SOTM:

The Signature Of The Month contest is open to all members of the Animesuki Forums. The goal of the contest is to provide a fun and competitive way of showing off and improving the signatures and personal skills of contestants. The winner of each months contest is given the privilege of choosing the theme for the next month.

The contest begins on the first of each month and consists of roughly two weeks of entry creation/submission, one week of voting, and one week off. The entry and voting periods may be extended or shortened slightly as needed.

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About the SOTM Theme:

Each month prospective contestants are given a theme to base their entries on. This theme is decided by the winner of the previous contest. The theme can be anything, as long as it does not break forum rules regarding inappropriate material. At the end of the month, voters choose which entries they liked best out of all submitted entries and a new winner is decided. Themes cannot be used twice in a row.

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The Rules of the SOTM:

1. Contestants are allowed to create, work on, and submit their entry from the start of the contest until two weeks from the start date. This period of time is specified by the organizer every month. Once the entry period expires, all submitted entries are gathered up and sent to the Voting Thread.

2. Contestants must submit original works. This means you cannot simply cut a picture out, slap your name on it, and call it your own. Claiming someone else's work as your own is also not allowed. Anyone caught doing this will have their entries removed from the contest.

To further expand on this rule:

2A. Unless proven otherwise, all entries made by contestants are derivatives of works made by someone else. Thus, no claim of "ownership" shall be made in reference to the image(s) used in the signature entry.

2B. Misrepresenting someone else's signature work for your own is prohibited and will result in an immediate expulsion of the entry and disqualify the contestant from the current month's contest.

2C. In the spirit of originality, "crop" sigs are frowned upon, but not discouraged; however, the contest organizer can call upon all contestants to show the source of their entry(ies) at any time.

2D. Also in the spirit of originality, new signatures are encouraged. However, if you feel one of your older signatures is perfect for the theme and wish to enter it, you may. Just remember that the signature still has to follow the rules stated above.

3. Contestants are allowed to create as many entries as they wish, but are only allowed to enter one. To submit an entry officially, the contestant must mark the post in the Offical Entry Thread containing that entry with the words "Final Entry", or they can submit the signature to the contest organizer using the private message function.

4. Contestants who wish to keep their entries private until after the submission period can private message the contest organizer with their entry. The entry will not be displayed until submissions are closed, unless the contestant displays that entry publicly.

5. Entries must comply with Animesuki rules regarding signature size. This means each entry can be no larger than 500 x 160, and must be less than 50,000 bytes. They must also comply with forum decency rules. If you think your entry will be offensive or reported to the moderators, don't post it, even as a joke.

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About the SOTM Entry Process:

Every month, a new entry thread is created. Each month's entry thread is a central spot meant to give contestants a chance to create and improve their entries as well as their skills, in addition to providing them a place to post their official submissions.

The thread is solely about helping contestants with entries, and as such these things will not be tolerated:

1. Nonconstructive and negative criticism (if you truly dislike something about an entry, be polite and helpful)

2. Comments, questions, or complaints about General SOTM affairs

3. Flaming, trolling, and other uncivil behavior that breaks Forum Rules

Anyone disrupting the thread will be asked to take it privately, to the SOTM Generic Discussion Thread, or if the offense is severe enough - reported to the moderators.

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This Month's Entry Period::

This months entry period officially starts Monday, November 30th, 2009 and lasts until Friday, December 25th, 2009. Entries will be gathered and put up for voting on Sunday, December 27th, 2009. Voting will end on the following Sunday.

The due date ends at 11:59 (midnight basically) UTC/GMT. The polling will be up one day later after 11:59 (again, midnight). I will try to be as lenient as I can with last minute submissions but only slightly.

It is up to you as a contestant to know what your time zone is in relation to UTC/GMT. I cannot do this for you.

Here is a site that can help you figure that out: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx

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Good luck to all contestants, and most importantly, have fun!!!

[Mekdra]

hello for the first time I participate in these competitions with this signature

[capture]

Originally Posted by Mekdra

hello for the first time I participate in these competitions with this signature

adjust your image based on A.suki rules or else that entry wouldnt be allowed in this contest >_<

here's the rule

5. Entries must comply with Animesuki rules regarding signature size. This means each entry can be no larger than 500 x 160, and must be less than 50,000 bytes. They must also comply with forum decency rules. If you think your entry will be offensive or reported to the moderators, don't post it, even as a joke.

[ganbaru]

My firsts attempt for this month, C&C would be welcome.

[Beruko08]

And this is my first attemp.

C&C will be welcome

[Evil Rick]

Originally Posted by Mekdra

hello for the first time I participate in these competitions with this signature

Welcome to the SOTM!

The bg applies very well to the Render and the theme Ghotic, the girl is very cute also and the text feets propery. I don't see anything that needs to be changed. Good work on it!

Originally Posted by ganbaru

My firsts attempt for this month, C&C would be welcome.

The use of colors is nice but the sig overall it's a bit too bright. :/
As a side note, I would get rid of the version withg the girls face at the bg, it just doesn't look good.

Originally Posted by Beruko08

And this is my first attemp.

C&C will be welcome

Good use of colors to match the render, the text is okay, but it doesn't really matchs the "Ghotic" part of the theme. :S

[LKK]

I'm still not sure what qualifies as gothic lolita. (Yes, I did read the link for more info. I'm still not so sure though.) So I thought I'd ask. Does this girl qualify as gothic lolita?

[Solace]

@Evil Rick - The theme isn't Gothic, it's Gothic Lolita. The clothing is what matters in determining if the signature qualifies for the theme.

@LKK - It should work. To get a better idea of the theme, run a Google image search of Gothic Lolita or search one of the booru sites like Danbooru.

[LKK]

Originally Posted by Solace

@LKK - It should work. To get a better idea of the theme, run a Google image search of Gothic Lolita or search one of the booru sites like Danbooru.

Thanks for the feedback & the other sources for info. I'll check them out.

[Evil Rick]

Originally Posted by Solace

@Evil Rick - The theme isn't Gothic, it's Gothic Lolita. The clothing is what matters in determining if the signature qualifies for the theme.

Hey, hey, I'm not saying it doesn't qualifyes, just that the text doesn't match the render which has a Ghotic theme. >_>;

My apologies if I sounded harsh Beruko. >.<!

[Ichigo-Sora]

It's been a while since I've participated ^^"

Originally Posted by ganbaru

My firsts attempt for this month, C&C would be welcome.

I love the colours ^^ The right side looks a bit plain, so maybe add some text/something else there?

My entry for this month:


I hope it qualifies as gothic lolita.

[ganbaru]

Beruko08 I, too, am not very hot about your text; it fit much with this kind of background but less with the girl.
Ichigo-Sora the problem about knowing if those 2 are gothic lolita is than we don't see much of their clothing . I think I saw those two while searching for material, if they are really who I think they are ( Vanilla and Chocolat) it could be either gothic or gothic lolita.

[Beruko08]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

Beruko08 I, too, am not very hot about your text; it fit much with this kind of background but less with the girl.

Now I'm re-working with the text. Me too also realized that the text doesn't seem fits with the theme. Perhaps I paid too much attention to the background and forgot how it fits to the theme <_<

[Chaho-Chi]

C&C appreciated

[Beruko08]

Tried with different fonts

[Evil Rick]

Originally Posted by Ichigo-Sora

My entry for this month:


I hope it qualifies as gothic lolita.

I really like it, the efect of the text flowing from beneath looks really goods.

Originally Posted by ayu-smepai

C&C appreciated

Not bad but feels a bit empty at the sides :/

Originally Posted by Beruko08

Tried with different fonts

I like the text more than in the previous sig, it do feets and compliments the render a lot better.

[Evil Rick]

V1


C&C please.

[ganbaru]

Ayu-smepai, nice , I would shortening a little ( 10 pixels on each sides) insted to add something for fighting against the emptyness
Beruko08 the text is wasy better now
Evil Rick the ''smile'' text isn't very obvious ( I missed it the first time I saw your entry)

My second try, I made something a little less bright;

And experimented with text on the previous ( brighter) version;


( I am still looking for a quote than would fit better than those 2)
C&C would be welcome.

[Beruko08]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

Ayu-smepai, nice , I would shortening a little ( 10 pixels on each sides) insted to add something for fighting against the emptyness
Beruko08 the text is wasy better now
Evil Rick the ''smile'' text isn't very obvious ( I missed it the first time I saw your entry)

My second try, I made something a little less bright;

And experimented with text on the previous ( brighter) version;


( I am still looking for a quote than would fit better than those 2)
C&C would be welcome.

imo, I don't think you should lighten the render too much 'coz it's hard to see her blushing face . I think you should add a bit of "Outer glow" effect (in "Layer style" option) so we can see them more clearly (imo that's a very nice trick to add some nice effects)

[CrowKenobi]

Like what you're doing ganbaru! Would adding smoke (animated or not) coming out of the end of the gunbarrel be too much?

Anyway, a first attempt for me:



C&C appreciated!