Posted by Tat on December 22, 2000 at 21:22:37:
In Reply to: Logo Contest! posted by Stellyx(IMM) on December 22, 2000 at 11:01:56:
> > Our current logo has served us well for four years, but it's getting a > > > > Entries will be evaluated on the following criteria: > Items #4 and #5 are somewhat at odds with one another. That which looks > Prize winners will be announced on or before February 7th, 2001. The judges > > (I think that oughta cover it. :-) >
> *********************
> *** LOGO CONTEST! ***
> *********************
> bit long in the tooth and quite frankly, we could use a face-lift. That's
> why we're turning to you (the collective you, as well as the specific you
> that's reading this) for assistance. In order to find a new logo that
> properly represent Carrion Fields, we hereby announce... a Logo Contest!
> Your task, should you choose to accept it, is simple; design some sort of
> graphic that we can use as our new logo. (In case you're wondering what
> our old logo is, it's the words "Carrion Fields" in that particular font
> with that quartered-circle for the O. The fact that you have even have to
> ask shows how much we need a new one.) This new logo can be anything; new
> font, new picture, or combination of both. This logo will be used in any
> upcoming advertising that we do, as well as being featured on planned
> Carrion Fields merchandise. Keep that in mind when you're working; hugely
> ornate pictures may look great on a computer screen, but might become a
> mess when we try and put it on a t-shirt.
> Contest Rules
> -------------
> 1) The contest is open to anyone, player or non-player, mortal or immortal.
> The only people not eligible to enter are the judges.
> 2) There is no limit on the number of entries per person; people are free
> to submit more than one logo.
> 3) All entries should be rendered electronically and submitted in .gif or
> .jpg format.
> 4) Contest submissions should be e-mailed to logo-contest@carrionfields.com.
> Any entries sent to addresses other than this will not be registered.
> 5) Entries should not contain any markings that would reveal the artist's
> identity. E-mail addresses will be stripped before the submissions are
> judged. (This is done to minimize any personal biases, pro OR con.)
> 6) Any submission that is found to have been released to the general public
> prior to the announcement of winners by the judges will automatically
> be disqualified.
> 7) All entries are to be submitted by no later than midnight on Monday
> January 31th, 2001.
> Contest Prizes
> --------------
> Prizes for this contest will be:
> 1st place $20 certificate for winner's favorite on-line store
> 2nd place $15 certificate for winner's favorite on-line store
> 3rd place $10 certificate for winner's favorite on-line store
> These will be given out to the top three entries (assuming that we *get*
> three entries), regardless of whether or not that logo is ever used by CF.
> If one of the submissions *is* chosen to be the new official logo of
> Carrion Fields, that submission will be declared the Grand Prize winner.
> The Grand Prize consists of:
> 1) An additional $30 gift certificate from an on-line store
> 2) The very first T-shirt from the very first print run of CF T-shirts
> to bear the new official logo.
> Judging
> -------
> The judges for the logo contest will be: BoltThrower, Jullias, Nepenthe,
> Poetry, Eryndorial, and Stellyx.
> 1) Creativity and originality
> 2) Aesthetics
> 3) Appropriateness to Carrion Fields MUD
> 4) Potential for use in electronic advertising
> 5) Potential for use on CF merchandise
> 6) Scalability (i.e. does it look as good when shrunk down and enlarged?)
> very good on a web-page (e.g. animation, realistic shading, eye-catching
> detail) may not look very good, or even be possible to reproduce, on a mug,
> t-shirt, or keychain. Choice of colors is a particularly important issue:
> it is financially unrealistic to try and produce low-quantity runs of items
> with more than a few colors. To deal with these conflicting criteria, the
> artist may, should he or she choose, submit multiple copies of their logo
> submisison for viewing at different sizes or with different color schemes.
> THIS IS NOT A REQUIREMENT.
> reserve the right not to award a Grand Prize if no entries are found to be
> suitable for use as an official logo. The decision of the judges is final.
> Disclaimer/Legalese
> -------------------
> By entering the Contest, the submitter grants Carrion Fields the royalty-
> free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sub-licensable right
> and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create
> derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such submissions (in
> whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any
> form, media, or technology now known or later developed.
> In closing... if you're feeling like there's no way you could do anything good
> enough to enter, consider this snippet of information. Our current logo was
> created by Jullias in 1996, and while he's a hugely talented individual, he
> will tell you himself that he's no graphic artist. He took a graphics tool
> and played around with an existing font until he had something he liked, then
> worked another half-hour or so to get the funky-looking "O". Pretty good for
> a guy who can't draw a straight line. If he can do it, so can you!
>