We Need a Banner! – Win a Copy of FontBook!

Contests   July 18, 2008  by

Before we begin Round Three… of the UPrinting.com International Poster Design Competition we wanted to give you all a chance to win a cool prize by designing two banners for round three! In round 3 you will be asked to design a poster using only fonts provided by FontShop.com and textures provided by iStockphoto.com. Round 3 will be coming soon, so in the meantime we would love to see what you can do with the banners we will use for round 3!

For now, here’s the details for the pre-round 3 banner mini contest:

Prize

1 Copy of FontBook from FontShop.com valued at $99!

Banner Specifications

  • Size: 640 x 300 Pixels, 72 DPI and RGB Color Mode

and

  • Size: 398 x 514 Pixels, 72 DPI and RGB Color Mode

Text That MUST be Included

  • UPrinting.com International Poster Design Competition
  • Sponsored by: UPrinting.com, iStockphoto.com, PSDTuts.com and FontShop.com
  • Hosted by YouTheDesigner.com
  • Round 3 – Typography
  • Win a 16GB iPhone & Many Other Prizes
  • Finalists Will Compete for a Full Page Ad in PRINT Magazine!

Rules

  • Both banners MUST match in style such as color, fonts used etc.
  • Only text, colors and textures may be used in the banners
  • No photographs or vector artwork
  • Any fonts can be used as long as copyright permits
  • 1 submission per person
  • Submissions and comments are moderated before accepted!
  • You must be able to email us the PSD file for both banners if you win
  • One winner will be chosen at the end of the competition

How to Submit

1. Create your two banners

2. Upload your two banners to the flickr group and tag them “Round Three Banner”

3. Leave a comment on this post with your name, email and a link to your submissions in the flickr group

Dates

Start Date: Saturday July 19th 2008

End Date: Wednesday July 30th, 2008

 

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24 Responses
  1. megan   -   July 21, 2008 at 12:53 pm

    Hi… could you specify the sizes, ie length and width?

  2. Gino   -   July 21, 2008 at 6:09 pm

    Sizes are listed above for both banners, but here:

    Banner Specifications

    * Size: 640 x 300 Pixels, 72 DPI and RGB Color Mode

    and

    * Size: 398 x 514 Pixels, 72 DPI and RGB Color Mode

  3. Germán   -   July 21, 2008 at 7:16 pm
  4. megan   -   July 22, 2008 at 2:06 pm

    im sorry I should have been more specific, is it 640w X 300H and 398W X 514H

  5. Gino   -   July 22, 2008 at 4:24 pm

    Yes thats correct Megan! I look forward to your entry

  6. david zobel   -   July 22, 2008 at 7:29 pm

    Maybe this is a dumb questions, but where do we get the fonts and textures? It says they are provided, but i don’t see them.

  7. Gino   -   July 22, 2008 at 7:34 pm

    I think I may have confused some people with this banner contest. This is not the actual round three contest but a mini contest to design a banner for the upcoming contest.

    We will be using these banners to promote the main contest so you don’t need any textures or fonts for this all we need is two banners done for the upcoming contest.

    Hope this clears things up!

  8. Fabry   -   July 25, 2008 at 5:42 am
  9. Fabrizio   -   July 25, 2008 at 8:27 am
  10. Ressa   -   July 26, 2008 at 6:32 pm
  11. david zobel   -   July 29, 2008 at 10:54 am
  12. Rob   -   July 29, 2008 at 10:49 pm
  13. liz   -   July 30, 2008 at 12:01 am

    Fun little project. Now if only I had gotten in on the actual contest…

    Oh well, here’s my entries:

    640×300 http://www.flickr.com/photos/foodyssey/2716090798/
    398×514 http://www.flickr.com/photos/foodyssey/2715277035/

    Thanks!

  14. Tyler   -   July 30, 2008 at 4:20 am

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/8173266@N02/2715733901/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/8173266@N02/2715733879/

    Here are my entries for the contest. Kind of a last minute deal for me but hopefully they didn’t turn out too bad.

  15. OpenlyGray   -   July 30, 2008 at 10:38 am

    Just making sure I can still submit today?

  16. liz   -   July 30, 2008 at 11:18 am
  17. dzobel   -   July 30, 2008 at 12:48 pm
  18. OpenlyGray   -   July 30, 2008 at 1:35 pm
  19. Aji Wibowo   -   July 30, 2008 at 1:55 pm

    i hope i’m not late to submit my design at last minute, sorry…
    this is the link

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/21417441@N07/2716677399/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/21417441@N07/2717493352/

  20. putsita   -   July 30, 2008 at 1:55 pm
  21. freddygirl   -   July 30, 2008 at 3:48 pm

    Just posted mine to the flickr group … hope it’s not too late!

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/8035015@N02/2717834150/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/8035015@N02/2717020083/

  22. Heldrik   -   July 30, 2008 at 4:53 pm
  23. Luigi   -   July 30, 2008 at 7:51 pm
  24. emir uckan   -   August 11, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    ohh when i saw “banner” thought it was Flash.. damn sizes are too big web flash banner..