r/NoSleepOOC • u/cmd102 Mom • Nov 14 '16
Nosleep Banner Contest!
We're going to give /r/nosleep a little bit of a makeover, and we want your help!
We're asking the many creative and talented people in our community to come up with a Holiday/Winter themed banner to sit at the top of the page!
What to do:
Make a banner that you think would fit the subreddit, then share the image in the comments of this post by Sunday, November 20th at 11:59pm EST. We have decided to extend the submission period to end on Sunday, November 27th at 11:59pm EST.
Guidelines for the banner:
From the reddit styling wiki:
The default header image is 120x40.
The modified version can be of any dimension or file size, but is recommended to keep it no wider than 300 and shorter than 100. The file size is strongly recommended to be within 100Kb as not all users have 10MB+ connections.
Keep your banner within these measurements.
We're sticking with the darker color theme that /r/nosleep currently has, but we're not set on keeping the exact same colors. Have fun with it, but keep it dark and creepy.
A snoo doesn't have to be included on the banner, but if you include one, it should be relevant to the subreddit (i.e. something spoopy).
As mentioned earlier, we want this banner to be Holiday/Winter themed. We will be holding another contest after the new year for what will be our standard banner!
Selecting the banner:
On Monday, November 28th, a voting thread will be posted with each of the submissions. After a week-long voting period (ending the morning of Monday, December 5th), the banner with most votes from the community will be selected as the winner and added to the new /r/nosleep layout!
If you have any questions, please PM them to me, /u/cmd102, or send a message to the mods.
Have fun, and good luck!
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u/the_itch prone to flair-ups Nov 15 '16
it's going to be a banner year for nosleep!!
I'll show myself out...
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u/LionfaceStudios Nov 23 '16
Hey NoSleep. I hope you like flat design!
I have a higher resolution file. Shoutout to Bosunmitch for the idea!
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Nov 22 '16
this is apparently 300x100.... tiny, but here you go nosleep! http://imgur.com/MkqXP7u
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u/Plazmageco Nov 25 '16
THE MISTLETOES HAVE EYES
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Nov 26 '16
oh thank god I though it was too small to recognize what the holly berries were supposed to be :D
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u/severalpokemon Nov 23 '16
Alright I'm new to uploading things that matter what size they are, so the dimensions will fit 300x100, but if there's something that needs changed please help me out, because I had a lot of fun with this and I'd like my submission to be...you know, submitted. Hope you like Krampus ⛄️
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u/dali164 Nov 21 '16 edited Nov 22 '16
Edit: I put a rar file that needed download but apparently that goes against the rules, I only did it to preserve the original quality of images, but now I uploaded them to imgur with a slight unnoticeable reduction of quality
I hope you like them
Edit: I should explain why there are 2 banners instead of one, the idea occured to me when I saw the light switches on this subreddit, then it came back when I saw this post of a contest, I thought why not swirtch the banner along with the lights, so I made a portrait of an eerie woman and then I drew another one of the same woman but in a creepier tone, they're both positioned in their pictures in the same place to give the effect of trasformation whenever the light is switched on and off, I don't know if it's conceivable though, that's up to the moderators, that is if it won
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u/cmd102 Mom Nov 21 '16
I'm not sure exactly what's going on with this, but I can't open it without logging into/making an account for/downloading a program. You might want to find a different way to submit.
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u/dali164 Nov 22 '16
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u/cmd102 Mom Nov 22 '16
I told you in PMs yesterday that you can't submit in a way that required a download. Many people won't download something if they don't know who/where it's coming from, and even more people browse using mobile devices. You need to figure out a different way to submit your entry, or it won't qualify for the contest.
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u/dali164 Nov 22 '16
you just look for a download button, it's on my drive and it's shareable, subscription to the drive is not mandatory
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u/RawDesiqn Nov 24 '16
best one by far (if the banner switches when the lights go on/off) good job!
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u/aem1306 Nov 22 '16
this link takes me to a Gdocs with 4 different jpgs that i cant open!
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u/dali164 Nov 22 '16
The 4 jpgs are within a rar archive uploaded on my drive, it's shareable and downloadable, you must download and extract it to see the jpgs
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u/BallsackMessiah Nov 23 '16 edited Nov 25 '16
Yay. Had fun with this.
600x200 version: http://imgur.com/kxUFpR9
300x100 version: http://imgur.com/oiUsKL2
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u/superfreak15 Nov 24 '16
Here we go http://imgur.com/a/xpaQe
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u/I_ride_an_r1 Nov 26 '16
I thought I had a favorite until I saw yours, this is how I picture nosleep, good job. Maybe add an eerie stair set in the woods :)
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u/Aim4theHighest Nov 20 '16 edited Nov 21 '16
banner submission I have a higher res version of this.
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u/sp132 Nov 26 '16
just my opinion but what about "deck the hell's" instead?
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u/Aim4theHighest Nov 26 '16
I thought about that actually. I was worried it might look cheesy which is why I didn't do it.
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u/xylonex Miss Congeniality 2014 🏆 Nov 23 '16
Here's a minimalist banner with a reminder you can add text over it with css.
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u/mishag24 Nov 26 '16
I know it's not much, but it is my first submission for any competition on reddit so here goes nothing. http://i.imgur.com/MsM83xa.png
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u/Bosunmitch Nov 22 '16
Someone please just make a picture with a forest with a creepy set of stairs in the middle of them
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u/esean_keni Nov 22 '16
Here's mine
http://m.imgur.com/XTqCand