I've spoken to Mark and I have his blessing to announce a contest for creating our new .NET header graphic. The graphic (the main one at the very top left that is seen on every page of .NET in the same location) is a transparent .png file. What this means is that the graphic can be overwritten and used within the framework of the existing site's aesthetic without any major coding work for Anguish. I think we all agree that Anguish already gives so much of his volunteer time to keep the inner workings of this site in tip-top shape and we would all love to see an updated graphic to reflect our Super Bowl Championship status, so this would be a way to get that done very soon without a complete site redesign.
The Contest
Anyone with any design talent can enter, and could just be the winning graphic that could be the new .NET masthead! The size requirements are 755 pixels wide by 150 pixels tall. The image must be saved as a transparent .png named "sitelogo_small.png" without a solid background color so it can be used on the existing color palette. You can submit as many entries as you like. Send your designs to: "mark" "at" seahawks.net. He will review them and the winning entry will be the new masthead. I am not going to enter the contest because my designs have graced these walls long enough and it's time for a new design style to take over.
Keep in mind a few things. Be careful when using the Seahawks logo. The Seahawks have been kind enough to let us use elements of their officially trademarked logo (the eye) through the years but I don't believe we can use the full logo. Mark can confirm this. Mark and Anguish may also chip in to offer any additional information for design/graphic requirements. The tagline should mention something about the 12's or 12th Man, etc... While not a requirement, I wouldn't mind if the "Established 1998" remained (or "Est. 1998").
Good luck and I'm excited to see the entries!
The Contest
Anyone with any design talent can enter, and could just be the winning graphic that could be the new .NET masthead! The size requirements are 755 pixels wide by 150 pixels tall. The image must be saved as a transparent .png named "sitelogo_small.png" without a solid background color so it can be used on the existing color palette. You can submit as many entries as you like. Send your designs to: "mark" "at" seahawks.net. He will review them and the winning entry will be the new masthead. I am not going to enter the contest because my designs have graced these walls long enough and it's time for a new design style to take over.
Keep in mind a few things. Be careful when using the Seahawks logo. The Seahawks have been kind enough to let us use elements of their officially trademarked logo (the eye) through the years but I don't believe we can use the full logo. Mark can confirm this. Mark and Anguish may also chip in to offer any additional information for design/graphic requirements. The tagline should mention something about the 12's or 12th Man, etc... While not a requirement, I wouldn't mind if the "Established 1998" remained (or "Est. 1998").
Good luck and I'm excited to see the entries!