Tourmaline Exclusive Banner Design Contest

[Tony Pascarella]

We're doing an exclusive with Tourmaline (http://www.myspace.com/tourmaline) to release their new 5-song EP exclusively for free download. My graphic design skills are kind of limited (and so is my time), so this is your opportunity to design a banner for this exclusive and the band will send you some free stuff to show their appreciation (and AP will throw something in, I'm sure). Here's the scoop; if you have any questions, ask away:468 pixels wide by 60 pixels high is ideal, but you can go up to 500x70
Animation would be cool, but is not a necessity; we will probably pick one of each if they're good
Please include Tourmaline, the Tourmaline EP and Absolutepunk.net somewhere in the banner
Make it look as cool as you want; Matt and I will be picking the winners
E-mail your submission to absolutepunkexclusives(at)gmail(dot )com
In the e-mail, include a screen name to reach you (if applicable) and your Absolutepunk username
You may submit more than one banner for consideration; all submissions will be judged equally and independently of one another
Submissions due by Monday, July 3rd at 3:00 AM Eastern Time. NO EXCEPTIONS

[AShannon04]

When does the exclusive download start?

[Tony Pascarella]

When does the exclusive download start?Wednesday, July 5th.

[AShannon04]

cool, sounds good. Thanks!

[leftstranded]

these guys are good. i'm excited

[Criesofthepast7]

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a48/IAMHOLLYWOOD371/tour.jpg

i cant do flash but i did that on photoshop. fairly simple i know.

[Nick Lopez]

Tourmaline is good stuff.

[Nick Lopez]

Is that Matt their tour manager, or another Matt, Tony?

[ThankQ4DVenom]

im not too sure how to save in flash... so i sent it jusr as my flash doc

[mmmuffins]

im not too sure how to save in flash... so i sent it jusr as my flash docI haven't used Flash in awhile, but isn't it Publish?

[fenderbassist]

im on to something really good

[BettyDavisDance]

I just don't dig this band for some reason. I think they're okay, but nothing special

[Tony Pascarella]

im not too sure how to save in flash... so i sent it jusr as my flash docPlease send as a .gif if you can or a .psd. Or let me know what your save options are because I can't get .fla to open.

[Tony Pascarella]

Is that Matt their tour manager, or another Matt, Tony?Matt, their vocalist.

[Tony Pascarella]

Fenderbassist, I can see your deleted post; it's a good design if you make the text you fade in more prominent. Just a thought.

[fenderbassist]

ok thanks i forgot a border before too so ill fix it up

[monstersonmaple]

Please send as a .gif if you can or a .psd. Or let me know what your save options are because I can't get .fla to open.

how about .ai files because the ones im doing are purely in illustrator.

[Tony Pascarella]

how about .ai files because the ones im doing are purely in illustrator.Can I open them in ImageReady and save them as something else?

[monstersonmaple]

Can I open them in ImageReady and save them as something else?

That won't work, ImageReady is picky. I'll save them as high res .psd files so they wont look like shit.

[Tony Pascarella]

That won't work, ImageReady is picky. I'll save them as high res .psd files so they wont look like shit.Thank you; that'll work.

[varsityhero]

im so in this [=

[fedhed7]

I'll try, but it's probably going to be shittty.

[monstersonmaple]

i just did these, let me know what you guys think.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/sandbullet/banner1.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/sandbullet/banner2.jpghttp://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/sandbullet/banner3.jpg
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/sandbullet/banner1.jpg)

[varsityhero]

ok i deleted my last post because it was pointless. the only question i have is.....

can my banner be in .swf format?

[Tony Pascarella]

Just FYI, it's not their debut EP.
New EP, but they had a full-length out on No Milk Records in either '04 or '05 (I'm too lazy to check exactly when).
Call it either "new" or "self-titled" or somethin'.

[GDSP]

Here's what will happen:
Dudes on this site will spend hours designing elaborate banners.
The label will look at them and say, "hmmm, it needs to brand the album art more" or "hmmm, the name needs to be bigger" and they'll pick the most boring one.
I'm so serious.

[fedhed7]

Here's what will happen:
Dudes on this site will spend hours designing elaborate banners.
The label will look at them and say, "hmmm, it needs to brand the album art more" or "hmmm, the name needs to be bigger" and they'll pick the most boring one.
I'm so serious.
The label isn't picking the winner, Tony and a guy in the band are.

[fenderbassist]

Here's what will happen:
Dudes on this site will spend hours designing elaborate banners.
The label will look at them and say, "hmmm, it needs to brand the album art more" or "hmmm, the name needs to be bigger" and they'll pick the most boring one.
I'm so serious.

trust me, the most boring will definately not get picked.

[joeshmoe909]

heres my go

[Comandante]

There new stuff is incredible, think Say Anything meets Motion City Soundtrack. And rumor is there label less....

[dashboard1190]

Here's my attempt.

I'm gonna do a couple more i think though.

[fenderbassist]

heres mine

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/7844/tourmalinee3vi.gif

[dashboard1190]

Comical approach:

[fenderbassist]

^^

classic

[fedhed7]

12693
I'm not going to win, so I'm not sending this in. But this is mine.

[Garett Press]

You guys are fucking awesome

[dashboard1190]

You guys are fucking awesome

I love doing banners and stuff, do you remember the "Banners" thread? It practically made me go from 1k-2k in about a week.

But I love doing banners and stuff, so I love these little contests.

[fenderbassist]

these contests are what i live for haha

[Comandante]

these contests are what i live for haha

Telling all your friends about Tourmaline is what you need to live for!

[fenderbassist]

Telling all your friends about Tourmaline is what you need to live for!

exactly!

[varsityhero]

man, all the banners you guys have posted are amazing. this is gonna be one tough job for tony and the band member to pick a winner. tonight im drawin up my design, and tomorrow im making it yay [=

[fenderbassist]

heres another one by me

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/2930/epp1uu.gif

[dashboard1190]

Maybe i'll do another one, I have a feeling i'll be bored tomorrow.

[varsityhero]

im working on several banners. here is one that i completed earlier today...

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y253/herofromsomeday/tourmaline%20contest/banner1.png

i know its not in the proper format, but dont worry, im gonna email it to you Tony in the right format.

[X__inhope]

Here's what will happen:
Dudes on this site will spend hours designing elaborate banners.
The label will look at them and say, "hmmm, it needs to brand the album art more" or "hmmm, the name needs to be bigger" and they'll pick the most boring one.
I'm so serious. They have no label to turn it down.

[dashboard1190]

When do we find out?

[fenderbassist]

who won ?