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GFX Competition Results!

Posted on 24.05.2008 at 03:04 in Site news by RLSLOG

Choosing a winner to this competition was EXTREMELY difficult (which is the reason for the delay), and I’m not just saying that. I got almost 400 entries to this competition, and I narrowed that down to the absolute best and most fitting (find link to where you can see these below).

Click HERE to see a bigger version of the above image

In the end, I went with the above banner for the following reasons: It was simple, yet effective and stood out among the other entries as well as in the forum environment. When viewed in action, it makes the forums look like no other. I want to congratulate Manuel on winning one year of Premium Rapidshare. To the rest of you, Thank you so much for entering this competition, it was a lot of fun. Some of the other entries were so great that I’m very likely to put them on the forums at some point perhaps as “weekly banners”.

Click HERE to see a bigger version of the above image

Click HERE to go to the forum thread where all the TOP entries are posted. Please let me make it clear that there were lots of other designs that were great, but simply wouldn’t have fit with the Dark skin. The ones in the thread did however. Look forward to more competitions in the future.

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  1. MiLeS
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:06

    I aint a member of the forum and Im not really thinking of becomeing one either but I must say that that logo so purely just “that” so to speak, very nice indeed!

  2. John
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:08

    ewwwww

  3. Jojo
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:10

    Wow, that is awful. That doesn’t go with the color scheme at all. Too many bright colors if you ask me.

  4. MacMuff
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:10

    A teletubbies logo, how.. eh colourful..

  5. bulleh
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:11

    Sorry to say but i really do not like that.

  6. kemble
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:12

    Nice banner, but aren’t our site called “RLSLOG”, not “RLSLOY” :)

  7. s0beit
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:12

    bad bad choice Reeged.. next time let the public decide.

  8. Spikex
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:13

    omg really really bad choice … its too bright and there were much better logos for the forums !! it doesnt fit in at all (btw: no i didnt submit a logo)

  9. Jared
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:18

    Heh, interesting to see how many people don’t like it.

    I like it. I will say that if you want that banner to work a bit better, adjust the bluish greens on the forum.

    And as well, guys. It was a banner contest. All this means is the forum may have to be adjusted here and there to fit with the banner. That’s how it works, sometimes.

  10. n00b with attitude
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:18

    i’m pretty sure you wouldn’t me to explain the rainbow color refering to ahem….

  11. bulleh
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:18

    is it just me or does that L jump out at you? lol

  12. n00b with attitude
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:18

    damn typo

    i’m pretty sure you wouldn’t want me to explain how the rainbow color refering to ahem…

  13. blur
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:18

    1980 power ! rainbow style : ( can’t beleive they choose this one. There’s a lot of good ones in the top ten, this is not the best one for sure lets vote for fun. BAD CHOICE !!!

  14. yetisquatch
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:20

    normally i would keep my negative comments to myself…. but out of all the really great logos that were posted you chose this one? this isnt a joke?

  15. omg
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:21

    rls some new movie for god sakes!!!

  16. Guy
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:22

    you guys are just pissed off because you didnt win
    kudos to the guy who did :D

  17. mwisher
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:22

    Sorry, but that logo really isn’t a good choice. You can’t just read what it says you have to look closely which is a bad sign. Actually I don’t mind the rainbow effect but the text just doesn’t work.

  18. Anthony Kinson
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:23

    excellent choice, nice to see somrthing different with a bit of imagination gone into it, rather than the same old “photoshop tutorial” type designs.

    as mentioned above, the logo doesnt really match the colour scheme of the forum, but that only makes it stand out more.. which is the purpose of a banner. Unique, Stands Out, Simple and Easy On The Eyes. Congratulations Manuel, excellent work.

  19. nutek
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:24

    so… someone finally came out of the closet?

  20. maxx
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:27

    its ok. but old one was much better.

  21. mingu
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:27

    Hmmmm, the comments are full of of so many cheery responses thesedays. The staff must float around basking in all the gratitude they receive for their efforts.

    Bum liking aside, the choosen logo works best if you have a dark theme set on Firefox. I don’t, most other people probably don’t but hey at least it looks nice on ReeGed’s browser.

    PS. Should democracy randomly infect rlslog my vote’s for this one… http://picozilla.com/files/173105lbenjaminbutgusaim.jpeg

  22. chrismg84
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:28

    props on the design work, but it just doesn’t match the layout of the message board.

  23. mingu
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:30

    Err, I meant bum licking. Bit of a bad typo that :-)

  24. DeerDance
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:31

    I like this colorful logo, its fine…
    not just like every other of tousands site where its pure black….

    but I must say that [url=old logo]http://picozilla.com/en/173377/black_logo.gif.html[/url] I like the best from all

  25. mingu
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:37

    Having just perused some of the comp entries I noticed that the forums have a much nicer and more modern looking favicon than here. Any chance of duping it over to the main site ???

  26. shinigamiboi
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:39

    LOL .. i like it ..

    as kemble said … ” RSLOY ” lols ^^

    very color, very basic too with the gradients :D

  27. shinigamiboi
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:40

    Oh and i noticed you have adblock plus too .. YAYYY ^^

  28. Chaoskingz
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:40

    gratz manuel, yours was my fav. also, nice work

  29. Tumu
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:42

    That is ugly as hell, you have shown us much better ones when you have been posting about this competition… Please, PLEASE dont let that loose in the net…

  30. Roasted Cashew
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:47

    I don’t like it, It’s way too busy looking and annoys me. If I saw that logo somewhere else I wouldn’t want to look at it more than once and I would probably leave the site.

  31. vypez
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:49

    well deserverd who ever made this 1 uniqe style, to the people who dont lyk it id like to see u do better :)

  32. nardva
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:49

    I think you should do a public vote to see what us the visitors like. You can keep the winner you picked, but it would be interesting to see what the public would have picked.

  33. Tumu
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:52

    Vypez, if uyou dont like about some movie do you go and do your own and better 1?!

  34. Weyland
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:55

    That one was the best, very good choice!!

  35. leroytwohawks
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:57

    Great Logo!!!

  36. BlackAle
    May 24th, 2008 | 03:59

    logo looks ok but nothing special, though it just doesn’t fit on the forums, looks very amateurish, just plonked there.

  37. Grim`
    May 24th, 2008 | 04:01

    That is pretty bad

  38. this logo sucks
    May 24th, 2008 | 04:05

    I’ve never really posted anything but I feel this is an exception. This logo hella sucks.

  39. Flawz
    May 24th, 2008 | 04:11

    I don’t see why it matters so much to people who never visit the forum anyways?

  40. []D [] []v[] []D
    May 24th, 2008 | 04:25

    lol ghey

  41. daimos
    May 24th, 2008 | 04:33

    It is an AWFUL choice indeed. I can see why ReeGeed chose this one, though. He’s trying to duplicate the feedback Rlslog got from the results of their previous contest, when they chose to go with the “most simple, yet effective” entry. The winning entry from the birthday contest was, hands down, “simple, but the best.” This one? It SUCKS! The quality of the graphic isn’t even as smooth as it’s supposed to be (come on, it’s a logo for a forum. How many forum logos/banners do you see that are pixelated?). Just look at the box of the letter “O.” The quality is baaad.

    Having a unique forum “look” is great…but TRYING to have a unique forum banner is just sad. Never try. Just pick the best out of all the entries, and be proud of yourself.

  42. Tez
    May 24th, 2008 | 04:38

    I agree with the majority on this one. I never visit the forums, but if I did, that logo would be one hell of an eyesore.

  43. mp3dude
    May 24th, 2008 | 04:42

    man they should get something to match the forum colors but that logo its just too different i dont know but i dont like it

  44. Noir
    May 24th, 2008 | 04:50

    The letters being all off center is annoying, it looks like a jumbled mess.

  45. Jafo
    May 24th, 2008 | 04:57

    By a wide margin the most lame, so it’s no wonder it’s the one chosen. In a word, hideous.

  46. Shazam
    May 24th, 2008 | 04:57

    LOL, i think everyone is going to choose the white Forum board, i know i did!

  47. Shazam
    May 24th, 2008 | 04:59

    No offense, but i agree with th majority, out of so many great ones, you chose this one??

    MEH is all i got to say. I would have went with the second one out of the four.

  48. Burzukk
    May 24th, 2008 | 05:25

    I cant understand what is so unique about this banner, except it’s the worst you shown this far… Neither can I understand how you can call other banners “photoshop tutorial” types; this is ridiculous. Many other banners are imaginative and unique and fits a hell of a lot more the dark theme of the forums.
    Well I have one positive mention: very good choice for display color calibration!!!

  49. Steven
    May 24th, 2008 | 05:31

    I think its awesome, contrast is a good thing. Might have to touch up the G to make it more G like though.

  50. QuadrupelQ
    May 24th, 2008 | 05:32

    Ugly…

    There is no other way to describe this banner. Other banners looked great (with the black color scheme), but this one is too colorfull and chaotic. It has a certain retro aspect to it, but this is a site about technology for christ sake!

    RLSLOG, back to the ’70s…

  51. Boyer
    May 24th, 2008 | 05:32

    its good i think idk im high…. it looks funny but entertaining.

  52. riggs
    May 24th, 2008 | 05:37

    ima graphic designer, so i have to say youre pretty stupid for picking such a horrible “graphic” seeing as how its just a font (one of the most unpopular ones) with different colors.

  53. Gene
    May 24th, 2008 | 05:42

    Typography is not that good.

  54. crypto
    May 24th, 2008 | 05:46

    That is one of the ugliest things I have ever seen. Surely there were better entries?

  55. Charlie Bartlett
    May 24th, 2008 | 05:46

    Charlie Bartlett [2008]

    http://rapidshare.com/files/90530774/Charlie_Bartlett__2008_.part1.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/90533937/Charlie_Bartlett__2008_.part2.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/90537019/Charlie_Bartlett__2008_.part3.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/90540073/Charlie_Bartlett__2008_.part4.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/90543249/Charlie_Bartlett__2008_.part5.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/90546123/Charlie_Bartlett__2008_.part6.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/90548910/Charlie_Bartlett__2008_.part7.rar

  56. anon
    May 24th, 2008 | 05:47

    next poll for RLSLOY (lol)

    who thinks the new banner is not that great (was going to say something else but didnt want this post to get deleted)

    i know what i will be voting, what a big letdown after seeing some of the other potentials

  57. anon
    May 24th, 2008 | 05:49

    if ur seriously considering replacing THIS

    http://forums.rlslog.net/images/dark_vb_v2/misc/black_logo.gif

    with that new mess, all i can say is that this place is slipping, BAD! (what a shame)

  58. crypto
    May 24th, 2008 | 05:49

    There were some really good logos there. Shame you picked one of the worst ones submitted.

  59. Fatbeer
    May 24th, 2008 | 06:02

    Well chosen.

  60. unknown
    May 24th, 2008 | 06:05

    i think the logo in itself is nice…but doesnt fit the dark scheme of the forum…

  61. SadGamer
    May 24th, 2008 | 06:11

    I think the best choice would be Vibe27’s GFX it also fits in Dark Theme

  62. s0beit
    May 24th, 2008 | 06:17

    I agree with #59

  63. Mike staff member
    May 24th, 2008 | 06:19

    great logo made by the Winner!! well done

    i like it

  64. The one
    May 24th, 2008 | 06:33

    It doesn’t really suite the site colors, maybe you should of done a poll

  65. APRIL IN JUNE
    May 24th, 2008 | 06:38

    The old one was better. I agree, there should have been a vote.

  66. Bassline
    May 24th, 2008 | 06:48

    think the first 25 seconds of this song sums up this competition. (Reeged singing)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tFuUHoup_c

  67. Vibe27
    May 24th, 2008 | 06:53

    Thanks for the support for my banner (exept from rlslog staff, joke). Im a graphic designer too and im a really sad right now from the result, only 5% of the people who likes your website likes your final choice. I have nothing personnal against Manuel, idk is graphic background…but you should at least have choose another that suit more your theme, you had some great banners. Youshould choose with more objectivity and less personnals opinions next time. I think it’s my last participation on your competitions, it’s not taken seriously enough. But i will be on your site for a long time, great job on the releases :)

  68. You're kidding... right?
    May 24th, 2008 | 06:55

    A few things come to mind when I see this logo/banner:

    ** 1980’s ** Rainbow Brite ** Care Bears ** Teletubbies ** Ghey Pride ** LSD ** A psychedelic drug trip on magic mushrooms **

    And I have to agree with #53 – I’m no Photoshop pro, but I reckon I could knock this one up in under a day! It’s lame, low quality, looks unprofessional and doesn’t suit the dark forum theme. What on earth were you thinking?

    “Most fitting” you say? Do you need glasses or perhaps just a clue on what colors go together. I can only imagine the other entries if you think this was the best one as “choosing a winner to this competition was EXTREMELY difficult”

    TOTAL… UTTER… GARBAGE…

  69. Father Time
    May 24th, 2008 | 07:00

    Nice logo looks great… by its self. Need to change up the forum colors a bit or pick a new one though.

  70. NSCC-TPC
    May 24th, 2008 | 07:09

    i like this instead. lol. :-)

    http://picozilla.com/files/173401lreleaselogbanner.png

  71. Bassline
    May 24th, 2008 | 07:13

    that “winning” banner reminds me of this

    http://picozilla.com/en/173402/untitled.jpeg.html

  72. anyways
    May 24th, 2008 | 07:15

    man old banner was way better, no? anws

  73. ★★★RLSLogKing★★★
    May 24th, 2008 | 07:27

    99% of you guys never go to the damn boring lame azz forum anyways. Besides, the only descent forum is forumw.org because they specialize in posting rs links. rlslog + forumW excellent combination.

  74. GiGi.
    May 24th, 2008 | 07:28

    I have to admit that it looks quit nice on the forums. The only thing i absolutely dislike about it is the childish text beneath it “hot releaselog talk” pff comeon!

  75. sb40
    May 24th, 2008 | 07:30

    woohoo atleast mine made it into the top entrys http://picozilla.com/files/173122lgetcarta1.bmp http://picozilla.com/files/173123lgetcarta2.bmp congrats to the winner .. cant wait for the next comp .. its been great fun thanks rlslog

  76. bff
    May 24th, 2008 | 07:36

    let the users decide!

    ok fine that guy wins. now let us users decide which one we like the most!

    have a poll!

  77. moobrien
    May 24th, 2008 | 07:41

    I’m sad I didn’t win with my submission
    http://i32.tinypic.com/hs47qa.jpg

    But that’s how the cookie crumbles. So guys posted some real nice ones also. I just don’t know why that one was picked the winner.

  78. Nikola staff member
    May 24th, 2008 | 07:45

    Logo is nice. Very good pick. I hope that there will be more of those competition. Keep up the nice work on RLSLOG FORUM.

  79. ryan
    May 24th, 2008 | 07:47

    Not good enough… considering it just fairly choice…

  80. Nikola staff member
    May 24th, 2008 | 07:49

    but now i have watched other works. And I think that this one is not the best…even one guy wrote that this banner remained him on this:
    http://picozilla.com/en/173402/untitled.jpeg.html
    Funny, very funny :-)

  81. joe@mama.com
    May 24th, 2008 | 08:06

    this is the logo i voted for on the previous thread…… however, as i stated before, ‘hot releaselog talk!’ (keyg@ywords being hot talk(exclamationpoint), needs to be rephrased in the most major way………

    not sure how that translates in english as a 2nd european language, but it’s g@y as shee1t here……

    here being the g@y area (SF BAY – OAKLAND – CA)

    anyone?

  82. BrutalBlake
    May 24th, 2008 | 08:09

    I laughed hysterically when you said you liked alot of the others but “they didn’t fit the colour scheme”, LMFAO!

    Kind of joke considering the colour range in your winner.

    Anyway, it’s just a competition i do think you should do a public vote on the top 20 though for all times sake.

    Peace out.

  83. Axl Foley
    May 24th, 2008 | 08:25

    Hai guise. The 80s called – they want their banner back. I believe you guys were blackmailed by the 80s to select this as the winner.

  84. 08/15
    May 24th, 2008 | 08:32

    very bad typo. might get eye cancer if you look at it for too long :-)
    No honestly, i don’t mind the colours but the uneven distribution of the letters is totally unacceptable for this logo.

  85. DLW
    May 24th, 2008 | 08:40

    The logo isn’t bad IMHO!

  86. DJWill_I_AM
    May 24th, 2008 | 08:41

    Wow!!!

    This is a change, I do not mind change, and keep things fresh, but I feel this is not the greatest.

    Its not going to stop me from coming here, by any means… But would of like to see something a tad more modern.

  87. ibbi
    May 24th, 2008 | 08:42

    that colours don’t really match the forum’s theme… especially
    the dark one.
    next time let us vote….
    and no i like the old one.. it’s better

  88. DJWill_I_AM
    May 24th, 2008 | 08:43

    I dont know anything about this… But I do know many sites now have their own “Skins” to choose from.

    Why not put 5 differnt skins to choose from, and let people decide for themselves??????

    I think it would be great for the site, and a step forward?

    Discuss…

  89. Neven'92
    May 24th, 2008 | 08:51

    Ah, guys, don’t say it’s a bad banner, it’s OK, everyone has different ‘taste’. Don’t be jealous.

    Anyway, I liked this competition and I’m happy that I’m in ‘Top choices’ – http://picozilla.com/files/173153lneven19922.png

    Rlslog thanks for this, it was a fun.

  90. Beco
    May 24th, 2008 | 08:59

    Crap Staff taste…=..crap banner

    well done RLSLOY…

  91. ibbi
    May 24th, 2008 | 09:01

    btw you guys need a new outfit for this site….

  92. Qred
    May 24th, 2008 | 09:04

    Actually you should change main colour of the forum, that logo is best thing in that site anyway :D

    uuuuuu we have dark forum, we so bad and emo! phear us!

  93. Balzak
    May 24th, 2008 | 09:08

    DOESN’T LOOK GOOD AT ALL & QUITE HOW ANYONE CAN SAY IT FITS THE COLOR SCHEME IS A MYSTERY & AS MENTIONED ELSEWHERE IT’S NOT EVEN A SHARP CLEAN IMAGE AS IT’S PIXELLATED AND THE COLOR GRADIANT IS VERY BADLE BLENDED

  94. D Mang
    May 24th, 2008 | 09:13

    eh, its too fruity… it completely contrasts the background in a bad way

  95. Toni
    May 24th, 2008 | 09:15

    This is coming from an artist. There were some real works of art in the competition, but you sure picked the most ‘Swedish’ one. The “winner” would be a fitting choice IF the site layout was a bit more colorful otherwise. Now it only seems out of place. In some cases, a dark monochromic site layout and then a few colorful bits help in contrast and bring the layout alive, but that doesn’t work with a simple banner.

    PS. 4-0.

  96. Sp4rkR4t
    May 24th, 2008 | 09:17

    It has to be said that the new logo is an order of magnitude worse that the old one.

  97. FiTO
    May 24th, 2008 | 09:17

    No No It’s So Bad

    And My Design was ignored ???

    http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd184/elfitiany/RLSLOG.png

    ???

    also the last banner of the dark theme was better

  98. tedobama
    May 24th, 2008 | 09:19

    No hard feelings but I feel there were much better logos than this.If so to speak,any 3D logo would have been a first consideration let alone the color scheme.In future let the public decide.

  99. Burak
    May 24th, 2008 | 09:19

    @99

    your banner is bad too!

  100. Another Idea
    May 24th, 2008 | 09:20

    Way to open it up to the people that look at it all day over and over again by initiating a vote.

    Oh wait you didn’t, you just chose the ugliest one yourselves.

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