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wiispace · 12-12-2007, 08:47 PM

Hi everyone, we have a new advertiser on the forums, PimpMyWii, and they have graciously offered to sponsor a very cool contest here on wiispace.

The contest is to design an original skin for the Wii.

You can create the artwork yourself, or provide a rough sketch.

Even if you aren't a great artist or handy with Photoshop, if you can come up with a cool concept, you could still win! So everyone has a chance of winning!

The winner of the contest will be voted on by the mods, PimpMyWii and then the forum membership will vote via a poll (see below in the rules).

Rules:

As much as we'd love to use Mario and Zelda on a skin, we would be unable to produce it due to copyright laws
Further to this, winners will only be selected from concepts that do not include copyright images/concepts
Winners will have their skin produced with matching wiimotes and posted to them
The skin will be a one-off exclusively for the winner
If the winner has used his or her own art, then we would require this in at least 300 dpi before making the skin
When posting the skin to the winner, his/her country may charge customs/duty tax. The winner would be responsible for that fee.
5 concepts will be shortlisted and then it's peoples vote to decide the winner

Contest Tips:

Our artists will take care of the design if you think your Photoshop is bad! Concentrate on the concept
Sometimes simple is best
The Wii console has effectively 4 sides useful for skinning. Make use of the shape and the front face
Use the template as a guide to the areas of the design

If you use photoshop. you can download a rough template here for photoshop (PSD) giving everyone the idea of cut lines should they need a canvas to work from.

This contest will most likely be updated with more info in the next few days!

-Wiispace

12-12-2007, 08:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
wiispace Spam Killer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Massachusetts - The land of Redsox and Patriots Posts: 1,687 Wii Number: 6069-8978-7747-9196 Wii Username: Wiispace	Design a Wii Skin contest! Hi everyone, we have a new advertiser on the forums, PimpMyWii, and they have graciously offered to sponsor a very cool contest here on wiispace. The contest is to design an original skin for the Wii. You can create the artwork yourself, or provide a rough sketch. Even if you aren't a great artist or handy with Photoshop, if you can come up with a cool concept, you could still win! So everyone has a chance of winning! The winner of the contest will be voted on by the mods, PimpMyWii and then the forum membership will vote via a poll (see below in the rules). Rules: As much as we'd love to use Mario and Zelda on a skin, we would be unable to produce it due to copyright laws Further to this, winners will only be selected from concepts that do not include copyright images/concepts Winners will have their skin produced with matching wiimotes and posted to them The skin will be a one-off exclusively for the winner If the winner has used his or her own art, then we would require this in at least 300 dpi before making the skin When posting the skin to the winner, his/her country may charge customs/duty tax. The winner would be responsible for that fee. 5 concepts will be shortlisted and then it's peoples vote to decide the winner Contest Tips: Our artists will take care of the design if you think your Photoshop is bad! Concentrate on the concept Sometimes simple is best The Wii console has effectively 4 sides useful for skinning. Make use of the shape and the front face Use the template as a guide to the areas of the design If you use photoshop. you can download a rough template here for photoshop (PSD) giving everyone the idea of cut lines should they need a canvas to work from. This contest will most likely be updated with more info in the next few days! -Wiispace Last edited by wiispace : 12-13-2007 at 05:43 PM.