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The Christmas Themed Layout Competition! Win 100k Viz! Congrats to all the winners! ~

 

12-16-15 05:34 PM
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Here's my final entry. Good luck to everyone in the competition!
Here's my final entry. Good luck to everyone in the competition!
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12-17-15 10:14 PM
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HO, HO, NO! The GRINCH is at it again! This time he's out to ruin every Gamer's Perfect Christmas by corrupting other video Games! Help FATHER CHRISTMAS team up with the your favorite Video Game Characters to end the Grinch's evil schemes in this state of the art video game. Now busting with more color in the new 16-bit color system. Have hours of fun with your friends in the Fight Arena features!
HO, HO, NO! The GRINCH is at it again! This time he's out to ruin every Gamer's Perfect Christmas by corrupting other video Games! Help FATHER CHRISTMAS team up with the your favorite Video Game Characters to end the Grinch's evil schemes in this state of the art video game. Now busting with more color in the new 16-bit color system. Have hours of fun with your friends in the Fight Arena features!
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12-18-15 04:44 PM
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I just had time for make a second layout, so, here is my second entry before the competition ends.
I just had time for make a second layout, so, here is my second entry before the competition ends.
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(edited by Dahaka on 12-18-15 04:46 PM)     Post Rating: 1   Liked By: Eniitan,

12-19-15 11:20 AM
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The Creator of Planet Earth Brings you a new Masterpiece!

The year is 0 A.D., the Wise Men unwisely tell Herod I, the king of the land of Judea, that the Christ is Born.-- Now he has ordered a massacre of all the male children of Bethlehem and the surrounding cities!!! Now it is up to Joseph to escape with his wife, Mary, and son, Jesus Christ, and bring them safely to Egypt.

Based on the Best Known book, BIBLE and real life events!

"You will have a lifetime of excitement by accepting the challenge!" - Falo Jaccy

"A very educating experience."  - Heno Owl

"This definitely fills that lack of something in my life!" - Peno Coz T.
The Creator of Planet Earth Brings you a new Masterpiece!

The year is 0 A.D., the Wise Men unwisely tell Herod I, the king of the land of Judea, that the Christ is Born.-- Now he has ordered a massacre of all the male children of Bethlehem and the surrounding cities!!! Now it is up to Joseph to escape with his wife, Mary, and son, Jesus Christ, and bring them safely to Egypt.

Based on the Best Known book, BIBLE and real life events!

"You will have a lifetime of excitement by accepting the challenge!" - Falo Jaccy

"A very educating experience."  - Heno Owl

"This definitely fills that lack of something in my life!" - Peno Coz T.
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12-19-15 11:50 AM
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Well here it is,

It's nothing too special, I didn't wanna go for any video game characters, I just wanted something simple and this works for me.

Merry christmas all and good luck

Well here it is,

It's nothing too special, I didn't wanna go for any video game characters, I just wanted something simple and this works for me.

Merry christmas all and good luck

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12-19-15 05:57 PM
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Getting tired of all the flash and glamour that is going on this Christmas Season?
Want to have a closer Family Experience? Wish things could be "Like the good ol' days"?


Well you are in luck! Here you can have a taste of Hanukkah!
The Holiday that has indigenous people all over the world raving!

You will have 8 full days of deep spirituality as you look back on the days your ancestors
kicked some serious butt and witnessed miracles after miracle.


Not to mention you can successfully "" Christianity and Christmas
since this holiday, and the religion behind it, has been around way before them
(and is technically the older sibling, if your Messianic).


You will enjoy:


  • Enjoy, lighting eight candles on a menorah, saying a solemn prayer.
  • Eating good homemade, and super traditional foods (thousands of years passed down).
  • Playing a simple gambling game with close friends and families.
  • And much more!

|(yes i know it's not Christmas Themed, and yes I know I'm late.
I felt that I needed to acknowledge our culturally different members.
No offense intended at all, if this does upset somebody somehow)|

Getting tired of all the flash and glamour that is going on this Christmas Season?
Want to have a closer Family Experience? Wish things could be "Like the good ol' days"?


Well you are in luck! Here you can have a taste of Hanukkah!
The Holiday that has indigenous people all over the world raving!

You will have 8 full days of deep spirituality as you look back on the days your ancestors
kicked some serious butt and witnessed miracles after miracle.


Not to mention you can successfully "" Christianity and Christmas
since this holiday, and the religion behind it, has been around way before them
(and is technically the older sibling, if your Messianic).


You will enjoy:


  • Enjoy, lighting eight candles on a menorah, saying a solemn prayer.
  • Eating good homemade, and super traditional foods (thousands of years passed down).
  • Playing a simple gambling game with close friends and families.
  • And much more!

|(yes i know it's not Christmas Themed, and yes I know I'm late.
I felt that I needed to acknowledge our culturally different members.
No offense intended at all, if this does upset somebody somehow)|

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(edited by WandererExiled on 12-19-15 06:05 PM)     Post Rating: 1   Liked By: Sword Legion,

12-21-15 08:20 AM
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The competition is over! No more layouts are welcome. The thread now changes into a voting thread.

Everyone is allowed to vote. Yes, even if you participated in this competition. Hosts can vote too.

~How do I vote?~


It’s very simple if you are familiar with David’s voting threads. You give a rating from 1-5 to all the submissions. 1 point means it was terrible, 2 points means it was okay, 3 points means it was good, 4 points means it was great and 5 points means it was one of the best layouts ever made. You should vote based on how nice the layout looks, if the text is easy to read and if the layout fits the Christmas theme well. Be sure to post your ratings in this thread.

~The layouts~


Furret’s layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=0#1223555
Hidden Phantom’s layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=0#1223580
Barathemos’ layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=0#1223765
Yoshirulez!’s layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=0#1223821
Chindogu’s layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=0#1223830
Surgiac’s layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=0#1224588
Barathemos’ layout (2) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=1#1225291
Dahaka’s layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=1#1225301
Barathemos’ layout (3) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=1#1225325
Surgiac’s layout (2) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=1#1226137
TornadoMudkip’s layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=1#1226290
Surgiac’s layout (3) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=2#1226657
WandererExiled’s layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=2#1226973
Dahaka’s layout (2) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=2#1227225
WandererExiled’s layout (2) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=2#1227369
SuperCrash64’s layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=2#1227372
WandererExiled’s layout (3) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=2#1227454

~Some important things to know:~
- You have until December the 24th to vote.
- You get a free 1000 Viz for voting. Yay! ~
- You must vote for every layout made for this competition.
- You must give a reason why you give your vote to a layout.
- The results will be posted on the 25th of December.
- Recommended! Eat Pringles when you are rating layouts.

~Summons~

Furret :
Hidden Phantom :
Barathemos :
yoshirulez! :
Chindogu :
Surgiac :
Dahaka :
WandererExiled:
SuperCrash64 :
..And myself of course..

Just letting you know that your layouts are counted for this competition. You all have the chance to win the big Viz prices!

Jordanv78 : You were interesting in voting so why not a summon for you? I hope you find time to vote!

Host summons! (yes I just need to summon myself).
Vanelan : Let me know if anything needs to be changed.
TornadoMudkip :
and busy David.
The competition is over! No more layouts are welcome. The thread now changes into a voting thread.

Everyone is allowed to vote. Yes, even if you participated in this competition. Hosts can vote too.

~How do I vote?~


It’s very simple if you are familiar with David’s voting threads. You give a rating from 1-5 to all the submissions. 1 point means it was terrible, 2 points means it was okay, 3 points means it was good, 4 points means it was great and 5 points means it was one of the best layouts ever made. You should vote based on how nice the layout looks, if the text is easy to read and if the layout fits the Christmas theme well. Be sure to post your ratings in this thread.

~The layouts~


Furret’s layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=0#1223555
Hidden Phantom’s layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=0#1223580
Barathemos’ layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=0#1223765
Yoshirulez!’s layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=0#1223821
Chindogu’s layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=0#1223830
Surgiac’s layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=0#1224588
Barathemos’ layout (2) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=1#1225291
Dahaka’s layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=1#1225301
Barathemos’ layout (3) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=1#1225325
Surgiac’s layout (2) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=1#1226137
TornadoMudkip’s layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=1#1226290
Surgiac’s layout (3) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=2#1226657
WandererExiled’s layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=2#1226973
Dahaka’s layout (2) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=2#1227225
WandererExiled’s layout (2) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=2#1227369
SuperCrash64’s layout (1) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=2#1227372
WandererExiled’s layout (3) https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=91283&ppp=20&page=2#1227454

~Some important things to know:~
- You have until December the 24th to vote.
- You get a free 1000 Viz for voting. Yay! ~
- You must vote for every layout made for this competition.
- You must give a reason why you give your vote to a layout.
- The results will be posted on the 25th of December.
- Recommended! Eat Pringles when you are rating layouts.

~Summons~

Furret :
Hidden Phantom :
Barathemos :
yoshirulez! :
Chindogu :
Surgiac :
Dahaka :
WandererExiled:
SuperCrash64 :
..And myself of course..

Just letting you know that your layouts are counted for this competition. You all have the chance to win the big Viz prices!

Jordanv78 : You were interesting in voting so why not a summon for you? I hope you find time to vote!

Host summons! (yes I just need to summon myself).
Vanelan : Let me know if anything needs to be changed.
TornadoMudkip :
and busy David.
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(edited by TornadoMudkip on 12-21-15 01:56 PM)    

12-21-15 09:54 AM
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Rules look good...I assume you are paying out the voting awards?
Summon failed
WandererExiled :


Edit:
I forgot to mention, I'll be casting my votes later today.
Rules look good...I assume you are paying out the voting awards?
Summon failed
WandererExiled :


Edit:
I forgot to mention, I'll be casting my votes later today.
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(edited by Vanelan on 12-21-15 10:57 AM)    

12-21-15 09:12 PM
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Vanelan :

XD totally confused as to my summon but ok master Vanelan!
Vanelan :

XD totally confused as to my summon but ok master Vanelan!
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12-21-15 09:23 PM
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WandererExiled : Mudkip was trying to summon you.
I was just summoning you for her since it failed. :3
WandererExiled : Mudkip was trying to summon you.
I was just summoning you for her since it failed. :3
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12-23-15 03:43 AM
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Davideo7 :
Can you make an announcement that the voting is open for this competition?

Furret’s layout (1) - 3
Hidden Phantom’s layout (1) - 5
Barathemos’ layout (1) - 4
Yoshirulez!’s layout (1)  - 5 (poor Noel...she got duct tape...)
Chindogu’s layout (1)  - 5
Surgiac’s layout (1)  -  4
Barathemos’ layout (2) - 4
Dahaka’s layout (1) - 3 I'm a bit sad to give this only a 3 cuz I love the drawing, but the image probably shouldn't have been tiled...
Barathemos’ layout (3) -  5 You best sub. :3 The speech bubble works well I think.
Surgiac’s layout (2) -  4
TornadoMudkip’s layout (1) - 5 Nice, simple, and I can actually read the text. :3
Surgiac’s layout (3) - 5 Your best one, Surgiac. The text placement is perfect. :3
WandererExiled’s layout (1)  - 3 I like that you put a bg on the text so its easily read, but seems a bit disjointed....not too sure what's going on here ^^;
Dahaka’s layout (2) - 5 Much better. Love the drawings again and the tiling at least isn't cutting off the images this time. ^^;
WandererExiled’s layout (2) - 3
SuperCrash64’s layout (1) - 5 Nice and simple, text is easy to read. Great sub. :3
WandererExiled’s layout (3) - 2
Davideo7 :
Can you make an announcement that the voting is open for this competition?

Furret’s layout (1) - 3
Hidden Phantom’s layout (1) - 5
Barathemos’ layout (1) - 4
Yoshirulez!’s layout (1)  - 5 (poor Noel...she got duct tape...)
Chindogu’s layout (1)  - 5
Surgiac’s layout (1)  -  4
Barathemos’ layout (2) - 4
Dahaka’s layout (1) - 3 I'm a bit sad to give this only a 3 cuz I love the drawing, but the image probably shouldn't have been tiled...
Barathemos’ layout (3) -  5 You best sub. :3 The speech bubble works well I think.
Surgiac’s layout (2) -  4
TornadoMudkip’s layout (1) - 5 Nice, simple, and I can actually read the text. :3
Surgiac’s layout (3) - 5 Your best one, Surgiac. The text placement is perfect. :3
WandererExiled’s layout (1)  - 3 I like that you put a bg on the text so its easily read, but seems a bit disjointed....not too sure what's going on here ^^;
Dahaka’s layout (2) - 5 Much better. Love the drawings again and the tiling at least isn't cutting off the images this time. ^^;
WandererExiled’s layout (2) - 3
SuperCrash64’s layout (1) - 5 Nice and simple, text is easy to read. Great sub. :3
WandererExiled’s layout (3) - 2
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12-23-15 06:02 AM
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Vanelan :

awe man I was hoping no one would notice. My posts seem to be glitching a lot lately. I've tried my best to work around it.
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awe man I was hoping no one would notice. My posts seem to be glitching a lot lately. I've tried my best to work around it.
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12-23-15 10:26 AM
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WandererExiled : You still submitted something. I have no idea where to even start with layouts. ^^;

Edit:
And don't forget to vote!
WandererExiled : You still submitted something. I have no idea where to even start with layouts. ^^;

Edit:
And don't forget to vote!
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(edited by Vanelan on 12-23-15 10:27 AM)    

12-23-15 06:33 PM
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Here are my votes:

Furret’s layout (1) - 3 yeah a pretty snowy layout
Hidden Phantom’s layout (1) - 4 it's cute and funny
Barathemos’ layout (1) - 3 it's nice but the dog face looks a  little weird
Yoshirulez!’s layout (1) - 3 it's good but the text box exit the area
Chindogu’s layout (1) - 4 a very artistic layout
Surgiac’s layout (1) - 3 a little simple but efficient
Barathemos’ layout (2) - 5 yeah one of the best
Dahaka’s layout (1) - 4 the drawing didn't end how I wanted
Barathemos’ layout (3) - 4 another cute layout
Surgiac’s layout (2) - 3 a very colorful layout
TornadoMudkip’s layout (1) - 4 a very good layout, that red tone is perfect
Surgiac’s layout (3) - 4 the contrast is great
WandererExiled’s layout (1) - 3 it's very Christmas themed but the gif looks a bit strange
Dahaka’s layout (2) - 5 better than my first entry in general terms
WandererExiled’s layout (2) - 4 better than his first entry, the concept is great
SuperCrash64’s layout (1) - 4 a good one, basic but charming
WandererExiled’s layout (3) - 3 I think this layout fails in the theme, but good in general
Here are my votes:

Furret’s layout (1) - 3 yeah a pretty snowy layout
Hidden Phantom’s layout (1) - 4 it's cute and funny
Barathemos’ layout (1) - 3 it's nice but the dog face looks a  little weird
Yoshirulez!’s layout (1) - 3 it's good but the text box exit the area
Chindogu’s layout (1) - 4 a very artistic layout
Surgiac’s layout (1) - 3 a little simple but efficient
Barathemos’ layout (2) - 5 yeah one of the best
Dahaka’s layout (1) - 4 the drawing didn't end how I wanted
Barathemos’ layout (3) - 4 another cute layout
Surgiac’s layout (2) - 3 a very colorful layout
TornadoMudkip’s layout (1) - 4 a very good layout, that red tone is perfect
Surgiac’s layout (3) - 4 the contrast is great
WandererExiled’s layout (1) - 3 it's very Christmas themed but the gif looks a bit strange
Dahaka’s layout (2) - 5 better than my first entry in general terms
WandererExiled’s layout (2) - 4 better than his first entry, the concept is great
SuperCrash64’s layout (1) - 4 a good one, basic but charming
WandererExiled’s layout (3) - 3 I think this layout fails in the theme, but good in general
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12-23-15 09:11 PM
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Ok, for real, I know it's not explicitly stated as illegal by the official rules, but voting your own layouts '5's kind of defeats the whole purpose.

Furret’s layout (1) - 4 - Bland but appealing, I appreciate the symmetry.
Hidden Phantom’s layout (1) - 4 - I could have done better.
Barathemos’ layout (1) - 4 - Coloring could have been done better.
Yoshirulez!’s layout (1) - 2 - Texture and image quality is inconsistent.
Chindogu’s layout (1) - 3 - I am not a fan of pencil art. Sorry.
Surgiac’s layout (1) - 3 - Nothing exciting, but nothing negative. Very meh.
Barathemos’ layout (2) - 4 - Your text box is not necessary.  Make it transparent.
Dahaka’s layout (1) - 2 - Image repeats, pretty sure you didn't intend to do that.  In addition, see pencil art comment above.
Barathemos’ layout (3) - 4 - I really don't like that text box. Like, at all.
Surgiac’s layout (2) - 4 - It's unique, but would have benefited from a background.
TornadoMudkip’s layout (1) - 4 - Set up very well, a smaller text box would have made the graphic on the left more powerful. Probably one of the best.
Surgiac’s layout (3) - 4 - Excellent use of text box, though it could have been centered better.
WandererExiled’s layout (1) - 1 - Borders on top and bottom inconsistent with pattern, hideous picture quality, and more of those godawful scrolling backgrounds.
Dahaka’s layout (2) - 2 - This pencil art is excusable, at least it's decent quality. Though, it too repeats. In the future, extend the image before uploading it in ms paint or something, which isn't difficult with a solid color background.
WandererExiled’s layout (2) - 2 - Put the animation in the lower border. Not terrible, but certainly no eye candy.
SuperCrash64’s layout (1) - 4 - Don't like the text box covering the moon, but pretty good overall.
WandererExiled’s layout (3) - 1 -Refer to pretty much every post above. Yikes.

Yes, I'm a harsh critic. No, I'm not sorry.
Ok, for real, I know it's not explicitly stated as illegal by the official rules, but voting your own layouts '5's kind of defeats the whole purpose.

Furret’s layout (1) - 4 - Bland but appealing, I appreciate the symmetry.
Hidden Phantom’s layout (1) - 4 - I could have done better.
Barathemos’ layout (1) - 4 - Coloring could have been done better.
Yoshirulez!’s layout (1) - 2 - Texture and image quality is inconsistent.
Chindogu’s layout (1) - 3 - I am not a fan of pencil art. Sorry.
Surgiac’s layout (1) - 3 - Nothing exciting, but nothing negative. Very meh.
Barathemos’ layout (2) - 4 - Your text box is not necessary.  Make it transparent.
Dahaka’s layout (1) - 2 - Image repeats, pretty sure you didn't intend to do that.  In addition, see pencil art comment above.
Barathemos’ layout (3) - 4 - I really don't like that text box. Like, at all.
Surgiac’s layout (2) - 4 - It's unique, but would have benefited from a background.
TornadoMudkip’s layout (1) - 4 - Set up very well, a smaller text box would have made the graphic on the left more powerful. Probably one of the best.
Surgiac’s layout (3) - 4 - Excellent use of text box, though it could have been centered better.
WandererExiled’s layout (1) - 1 - Borders on top and bottom inconsistent with pattern, hideous picture quality, and more of those godawful scrolling backgrounds.
Dahaka’s layout (2) - 2 - This pencil art is excusable, at least it's decent quality. Though, it too repeats. In the future, extend the image before uploading it in ms paint or something, which isn't difficult with a solid color background.
WandererExiled’s layout (2) - 2 - Put the animation in the lower border. Not terrible, but certainly no eye candy.
SuperCrash64’s layout (1) - 4 - Don't like the text box covering the moon, but pretty good overall.
WandererExiled’s layout (3) - 1 -Refer to pretty much every post above. Yikes.

Yes, I'm a harsh critic. No, I'm not sorry.
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(edited by Hidden Phantom on 12-24-15 03:07 PM)     Post Rating: 1   Liked By: SuperCrash64,

12-23-15 09:25 PM
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Disregard-


Also:

TornadoMudkip :

Erasing this, I finally see some more votes below, so never mind disregard what I said. I do feel as if more votes should happen before everything is decided.


Here's my votes and my critque on each layout:

Going by order of post:

Furret: (1) 3/5 I said what I thought of his layout  in a hidden forum so I'm not gonna repeat it here.
It's still good and still readable.

My own layout: Supercrash64 (1)  4/5  I agree with everything else everybody has said with my layout, the main thing messing it up being the text box.

Hidden Phantom: (1):  4 out of 5. Great looking layout, it's very nice too look at and it's overall very festive.
My only complaint is I feel as if the text box should've been a little bit bigger.

Barathemos: (1)  3 out of 5. It's good looking just I don't really like the pixelation of the picture.

YoshiRulez! (1): 3 out of 5. The sig saying "merry whatever" give's me that kind of a bummer feeling.
And I wish he would darken the green on the text, it's a little bit straining on the eyeballs for me.

Chindogu: (1) 4 out of 5. The picture used is hillarious and the overall layout is pretty great looking and readable with a large text box to sweeten the deal.

Barathemos (2): 4 out of 5.  Great looking layout, I just wish 





the text box was a little bit darker or brighter in transparency as the text box almost blends in entirely with the picture.

Surgiac: (1):  3 out of 5. It's good and basic as is. I wish there was more to look at then just the people below.

Dahaka: (1): 3 out of 5.  The image shouldn't have been sit to titled,  and the picture's background could use a little life in it something other than white.

Barathemos (3): 3 out of 5 It just looks good and the text box works really well.   I do like the little details, but to me it looks like the characters are more focused on their mug than anything else.

TornadoMudkip: 1)  4 out of 5 for the red layout . It look pretty good and it's showing great festive elements, It works really well and stands out. No real complaints here.

Surgiac: 2) 4 out of 5. Again it's pretty good.   I love how the 2nd border and the text box border help to appeal with the overall image, and the fact that Link is holding a candy cane over a sword is pretty dang funny imo.

Surgiac: 3)  3 out of 5.  I wish the image wasn't so greyed out, and the text box looks really cramped up in that picture your using.

 A layout should be somewhat balanced between the pic and the text box imo.

WandererExiled: 1): 3/5 It's unique good and creative and readable, which is a good plus on that side.

The only thing is though I feel as if the Grinch and Father Christmas, with their blue and somewhat flashy background ruins it.

Dahaka: 2) 2/5  I know this is harsh. I like the fact  that  the drawing is different, it has festive elements.

Again the main picture is titled, and it ruins the layout appeal a bit.
And unlike your previous layouts: The text used for it is small making it a bit hard to read without zooming in.

WandererExiled:2)  3/5 It looks good and it has readable text, the concept is really cool and unique.
The only thing for me that ruins the layout is the picture does two things to ruin it: It goes into the middle of the text some times, and it also scrolls way too fast.

WandererExiled: 3) 3/5 again.
The picture from top to bottom annoys me a little bit. It looks like it's all torn apart rather being 1 whole. 
You have the top in the left, you have the middle in the center, and the bottom part of the overall picture is leaning towards the entire thing.

It should look like it's all in one piece to me.



Good job folks, good job.

I think bara's got it secured for first place though..
Dahaka :

Disregard-


Also:

TornadoMudkip :

Erasing this, I finally see some more votes below, so never mind disregard what I said. I do feel as if more votes should happen before everything is decided.


Here's my votes and my critque on each layout:

Going by order of post:

Furret: (1) 3/5 I said what I thought of his layout  in a hidden forum so I'm not gonna repeat it here.
It's still good and still readable.

My own layout: Supercrash64 (1)  4/5  I agree with everything else everybody has said with my layout, the main thing messing it up being the text box.

Hidden Phantom: (1):  4 out of 5. Great looking layout, it's very nice too look at and it's overall very festive.
My only complaint is I feel as if the text box should've been a little bit bigger.

Barathemos: (1)  3 out of 5. It's good looking just I don't really like the pixelation of the picture.

YoshiRulez! (1): 3 out of 5. The sig saying "merry whatever" give's me that kind of a bummer feeling.
And I wish he would darken the green on the text, it's a little bit straining on the eyeballs for me.

Chindogu: (1) 4 out of 5. The picture used is hillarious and the overall layout is pretty great looking and readable with a large text box to sweeten the deal.

Barathemos (2): 4 out of 5.  Great looking layout, I just wish 





the text box was a little bit darker or brighter in transparency as the text box almost blends in entirely with the picture.

Surgiac: (1):  3 out of 5. It's good and basic as is. I wish there was more to look at then just the people below.

Dahaka: (1): 3 out of 5.  The image shouldn't have been sit to titled,  and the picture's background could use a little life in it something other than white.

Barathemos (3): 3 out of 5 It just looks good and the text box works really well.   I do like the little details, but to me it looks like the characters are more focused on their mug than anything else.

TornadoMudkip: 1)  4 out of 5 for the red layout . It look pretty good and it's showing great festive elements, It works really well and stands out. No real complaints here.

Surgiac: 2) 4 out of 5. Again it's pretty good.   I love how the 2nd border and the text box border help to appeal with the overall image, and the fact that Link is holding a candy cane over a sword is pretty dang funny imo.

Surgiac: 3)  3 out of 5.  I wish the image wasn't so greyed out, and the text box looks really cramped up in that picture your using.

 A layout should be somewhat balanced between the pic and the text box imo.

WandererExiled: 1): 3/5 It's unique good and creative and readable, which is a good plus on that side.

The only thing is though I feel as if the Grinch and Father Christmas, with their blue and somewhat flashy background ruins it.

Dahaka: 2) 2/5  I know this is harsh. I like the fact  that  the drawing is different, it has festive elements.

Again the main picture is titled, and it ruins the layout appeal a bit.
And unlike your previous layouts: The text used for it is small making it a bit hard to read without zooming in.

WandererExiled:2)  3/5 It looks good and it has readable text, the concept is really cool and unique.
The only thing for me that ruins the layout is the picture does two things to ruin it: It goes into the middle of the text some times, and it also scrolls way too fast.

WandererExiled: 3) 3/5 again.
The picture from top to bottom annoys me a little bit. It looks like it's all torn apart rather being 1 whole. 
You have the top in the left, you have the middle in the center, and the bottom part of the overall picture is leaning towards the entire thing.

It should look like it's all in one piece to me.



Good job folks, good job.

I think bara's got it secured for first place though..
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(edited by SuperCrash64 on 12-24-15 09:13 PM)    

12-23-15 10:19 PM
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Furret’s layout (1) - 3
Hidden Phantom’s layout (1) - 4
Barathemos’ layout (1) - 
Yoshirulez!’s layout (1) - 3
Chindogu’s layout (1) - 2
Surgiac’s layout (1) - 2
Barathemos’ layout (2) -  
Dahaka’s layout (1) - 1
Barathemos’ layout (3) -  
Surgiac’s layout (2) - 4
TornadoMudkip’s layout (1) - 5
Surgiac’s layout (3) - 3
WandererExiled’s layout (1) - 1 
Dahaka’s layout (2) - 2
WandererExiled’s layout (2) - 2
SuperCrash64’s layout (1) - 4 
WandererExiled’s layout (3) - 1 
Furret’s layout (1) - 3
Hidden Phantom’s layout (1) - 4
Barathemos’ layout (1) - 
Yoshirulez!’s layout (1) - 3
Chindogu’s layout (1) - 2
Surgiac’s layout (1) - 2
Barathemos’ layout (2) -  
Dahaka’s layout (1) - 1
Barathemos’ layout (3) -  
Surgiac’s layout (2) - 4
TornadoMudkip’s layout (1) - 5
Surgiac’s layout (3) - 3
WandererExiled’s layout (1) - 1 
Dahaka’s layout (2) - 2
WandererExiled’s layout (2) - 2
SuperCrash64’s layout (1) - 4 
WandererExiled’s layout (3) - 1 
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SuperCrash64 : I just followed the instructions, if this thing is allowed and users don't vote it's not my problem. "Everyone is allowed to vote. Yes, even if you participated in this competition." "You must vote for every layout made for this competition."
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I agree and think that competitors and hosts shouldn't vote but it looks like this isn't that popular so I'll cast my votes to help it out. I hate voting for myself, it seems... anti realistic. Like they say, the creator is the worst critic. Although, I added a commentary to my art at the end of the post for whosoever is interested.







I made my decisions by scoring each topic (Looks good, easy to read, Christmas). Afterwards, I averaged the scores and gave you the RATING. The average is rounded to the nearest whole number.






  1. When voting for "looks good"(LG), I judged using the "pleasing effect". If I can stare at your layout for more than 5 minutes and still feel "at peace", then you get a 5. 



  2. When voting on "Easy to Read"(ER), I used the ADA guidelines and gave some slack (since no one can get a perfect ADA score).



  3. When voting on "Christmas"(C), I looked for stuff that is uniquely Christmas and origin (Christ references). The more Christmasy ratio in of the picture the higher your score.





Furret’s layout (1):



Rating: 3



Commentary:



LG(5) It was very calming and simple. I could look at it for an hour while drinking coco.



ER(4) Its readable but some of the lighter parts may be a little hard to see.



C(1) Christmas is in winter, but there is a lack of anything directly related to Christmas itself.



Hidden Phantom’s layout (1) :



Rating: 3



Commentary:



LG(2) I got tired of this around 2 minutes. It reminds me of Gaiaonline art.



ER(5) You picked excellent. Those colors passed every guideline.



C(3) There was some Christmasy stuff but it wasn't overboard. Kind of really underboard.



Barathemos’ layout (1):



Rating: 4



Commentary:



LG(4) It is simple and not overwhelming. I felt the dog was a bit out of place, though



ER(3) You had 2 color texts so I had to do an average of both. the red text failed (yea I know I thought that was wrong too) but the white pasted with flying colors. 



C(5) it doesn't look it at first but the entire post is an "Christmas Ugly Sweater". Don't think you get any fuller of Christmas than that.



Yoshirulez!’s layout (1) :



Rating: 3



Commentary:



LG(3) really 2.6 but I rounded it. Pretty simple and looks exactly like what I'd expect to be official art of Gaiaonline. Just as concept art.



ER(2) really 1.5 but I rounded it. the red failed but the green passed with 1 mark. The double color actually hurts the eyes I think.



C(4) I would have scored it 3.6. It has a good number of Christmas references but it's drowned out by the characters and other happenings.



Chindogu’s layout (1):



Rating: 4



Commentary:



LG(5) Love the Van Gogh, look and its extremely calming.



ER(5) The text box shade was a good idea. It boosted readability by a good amount. 



C(2) It has some Christmas features but I'm afraid there's not enough to really make it 'feel' like Christmas.



Surgiac’s layout (1) :



Rating: 5



Commentary:



LG(5) It was like looking at a nice simple church display. or at the Background of a theater.



ER(5) Your grey and White passed.



C(5) there's not a lot, but Santa and Jesus are the two reigning Christmas symbols. The way it was set up as Christmas lights set against the black makes the focus on them only. Good job!



Barathemos’ layout (2):



Rating: 4



Commentary:



LG(5) peaceful and professional anime girl kind of like looking at a still frame. 



ER(4) The whiteness of the stars make it hard to see some letters. Yet the majority is of the dark blue/black, so you get an Almost fully pass.



C(2) It's more winter than Christmas. I interpreted her clothes as "Santa theme" and added a point for it. PS, how is she sitting on that pile of snow with a bare bottom?



Dahaka’s layout (1):



Rating: 4



Commentary:



LG(5) I love this picture. I don't know why but I actually spent way more time on this one than I should have.



ER(2) Considering that if it had more text, this picture would have mostly failed. ...Sorry.



C(4) I had a really hard time deciding this one. Overall you did make "Christmas Spirit". The Christmas spirit has always been described as "Love, Peace, and Good Will Towards Man".  The face looks like that of a loving mother (so I added that), the picture shows serenity (so I added that), but there's no representation of good will towards man, at least not easily discernible (so I didn't count that).



Barathemos’ layout (3):



Rating: 4



Commentary:



LG(3) Pretty picture



ER(5) perfect score on readability



C(3) It was about average when it came to Christmasy. Though the party was pretty on point, we can party anytime of the year.
 


Surgiac’s layout (2)



Rating: 4



Commentary:



LG(4) Pretty good picture. Enjoyed looking at it!



ER(4) White and the color of red you had wouldn't have based but the use of a shadow did. Your "Merry Christmas" passed fully



C(5) Simple, and shows the Christmas side of Hyrule.



TornadoMudkip’s layout (1):



Rating: 3



Commentary:



LG(4) I enjoy it but I barely missed sticking with it for 4.5 minutes 



ER(2) Sorry Mud... your text just barely passes



C(4) Ornamental Bobbles are usually just Christmas, so I've added that. The rest... makes it look like its hanging over a yuletide fire. Otherwise, doesn't feel too Christmasy to me.



Surgiac’s layout (3) :



Rating: 5



Commentary:



LG(5) very serene house layout. Reminds me of those things Disney puts out during the holidays with music.



ER(5) It's a pretty low key red and white letters so it has the same effect as black and white, You pass.



C(5) Everything in this picture screams out a tradition living room during Christmas.



Dahaka’s layout (2):



Rating: 4



Commentary:



LG(3) Like this one but got a bit restless.



ER(3) About the same problem you had with  Dahaka’s layout (1).



C(5) It was pretty Christmasy!



SuperCrash64’s layout (1):



Rating: 5



Commentary:



LG(5) Reminds me of Charlie Browns Christmas.



ER(5) Pretty could combo using a light colored shadow box and black letters.



C(4) A good decorated tree in a winter storm. The tree definitely pops out. And who can argue with Charlie Brown Christmas?


The following votes are of a third party. I don't think I could have rated these fairly so I had someone off site criticize my work using my criteria that I used to judge everyone elses'.

WandererExiled’s layout (1):
Rating: 5
LG(4)  "Enjoy the style but hate the blue. I enjoy the nod at the fighting games. I love the video game characters and old school gaming companies in the background. Looks like they are hanging off of an old 8-bit tree."
ER(5) I scored a 4.5 out of the test for readability so I rounded up.
C(5) "Chalk full of Christmas! The blue is distracting, like I said before, but I still think it deserves a 5 for Christmas."
WandererExiled’s layout (2):
Rating: 3
LG(2)  "I love the concept, but it's nothing I'd use."
ER(3)  I scored perfectly but I deducted points based on the area where the animation is. 
C(5) "You did good at subconscious telling them what Christmas means. "Murder of ChristWe wouldn't have Christmas today if Christ didn't survive. "
WandererExiled’s layout (3):
Rating: 2
LG(2) "I like this one a lot. I just can't stand the way it's messed up."
ER(5) I passed my readability test completely
C(0)"Are you sure it's just Christmas?.... Well you get a 0, there's not even 1 item that celebrates Christmas."






My voting stats: (L)=lowest score (H)= highest score (A)= Average
In order of highest ranked


  1. Surgiac: |4(L), 5(H), 5(A)| LG=5(L&H&A); ER=4(L), 5(H), 4(A) C= 5(L&H&A)
  2. SuperCrash64: |5(L&H&A)| LG=5(L&H&A); ER=5(L&H&A); C=4(L&H&A)
  3. Dahaka: |4(L&H&A)| LG=3(L), 5(H), 4(A); ER=2(L), 3(H&A) C= 4(L), 5(H&A)
  4. Barathemos: |4(L&H&A)| LG=3(L), 5(H), 4(A); ER=3(L), 5(H), 4(A) C= 2(L) 5(H) 3(A)
  5. Chindogu: |4(L&H&A)| LG=5(L&H&A); ER=5(L&H&A); C=2(L&H&A)
  6. TornadoMudkip: |3(L&H&A)| LG=4(L&H&A); ER=2(L&H&A); C=4(L&H&A)
  7. Yoshirulez!: |3(L&H&A)| LG=3(L&H&A); ER=2(L&H&A); C=4(L&H&A)
  8. Hidden Phantom: |3(L&H&A)| LG=2(L&H&A); ER=5(L&H&A); C=3(L&H&A)
  9. WandererExiled |2(L), 5(H), 3(A)| LG=3(L), 5(H) 4(A); ER=4(L), 5(H), 4(A) C= 0(L) (5)H 3(A)
  10. Furret: |3(L&H&A)| LG=5(L&H&A); ER=4(L&H&A); C=1(L&H&A)





This isn’t an attempt to sway votes but a little artist commentary to my layouts.



Keep in mind. These were my first layouts. I had no access to coding so I had to work with the limited basic layout builder.  My programs of choice are MS paint and a 2004 Samsung photo editor.




WandererExiled’s layout (1):



THEME: a homage to late 80s, early 90s games.  



Yea, gifs did act weird, but I believe it’s because of the *online* editors I was using. The bars themselves were supposed to be even but somehow… the bottom one messed up. I was pleased with the rest as it turned out pretty much exactly the way I wanted it.






WandererExiled’s layout (2)



THEME: An 8-bit version of the Bible Story.



I’m happy with this one. If I was given a week I’d have gotten this to look way cooler and closer to my vision for it.






WandererExiled’s layout (3)



THEME: Hanukkah but modeled after AOL's  .  



Honestly, this was an attempt to acknowledge other folks. I never intended it to actually be accepted for voting. So thanks, I appreciate it. This, one also got hit the worst with the glitch bug that I got going on. It looked perfectly beautiful in my editor, a little worse on the site (graphics-wise the layout itself was good), and done right ugly when I posted it (The layout was butchered by the post).  I cried over it.







So there you go. Hope you all enjoy.

I agree and think that competitors and hosts shouldn't vote but it looks like this isn't that popular so I'll cast my votes to help it out. I hate voting for myself, it seems... anti realistic. Like they say, the creator is the worst critic. Although, I added a commentary to my art at the end of the post for whosoever is interested.







I made my decisions by scoring each topic (Looks good, easy to read, Christmas). Afterwards, I averaged the scores and gave you the RATING. The average is rounded to the nearest whole number.






  1. When voting for "looks good"(LG), I judged using the "pleasing effect". If I can stare at your layout for more than 5 minutes and still feel "at peace", then you get a 5. 



  2. When voting on "Easy to Read"(ER), I used the ADA guidelines and gave some slack (since no one can get a perfect ADA score).



  3. When voting on "Christmas"(C), I looked for stuff that is uniquely Christmas and origin (Christ references). The more Christmasy ratio in of the picture the higher your score.





Furret’s layout (1):



Rating: 3



Commentary:



LG(5) It was very calming and simple. I could look at it for an hour while drinking coco.



ER(4) Its readable but some of the lighter parts may be a little hard to see.



C(1) Christmas is in winter, but there is a lack of anything directly related to Christmas itself.



Hidden Phantom’s layout (1) :



Rating: 3



Commentary:



LG(2) I got tired of this around 2 minutes. It reminds me of Gaiaonline art.



ER(5) You picked excellent. Those colors passed every guideline.



C(3) There was some Christmasy stuff but it wasn't overboard. Kind of really underboard.



Barathemos’ layout (1):



Rating: 4



Commentary:



LG(4) It is simple and not overwhelming. I felt the dog was a bit out of place, though



ER(3) You had 2 color texts so I had to do an average of both. the red text failed (yea I know I thought that was wrong too) but the white pasted with flying colors. 



C(5) it doesn't look it at first but the entire post is an "Christmas Ugly Sweater". Don't think you get any fuller of Christmas than that.



Yoshirulez!’s layout (1) :



Rating: 3



Commentary:



LG(3) really 2.6 but I rounded it. Pretty simple and looks exactly like what I'd expect to be official art of Gaiaonline. Just as concept art.



ER(2) really 1.5 but I rounded it. the red failed but the green passed with 1 mark. The double color actually hurts the eyes I think.



C(4) I would have scored it 3.6. It has a good number of Christmas references but it's drowned out by the characters and other happenings.



Chindogu’s layout (1):



Rating: 4



Commentary:



LG(5) Love the Van Gogh, look and its extremely calming.



ER(5) The text box shade was a good idea. It boosted readability by a good amount. 



C(2) It has some Christmas features but I'm afraid there's not enough to really make it 'feel' like Christmas.



Surgiac’s layout (1) :



Rating: 5



Commentary:



LG(5) It was like looking at a nice simple church display. or at the Background of a theater.



ER(5) Your grey and White passed.



C(5) there's not a lot, but Santa and Jesus are the two reigning Christmas symbols. The way it was set up as Christmas lights set against the black makes the focus on them only. Good job!



Barathemos’ layout (2):



Rating: 4



Commentary:



LG(5) peaceful and professional anime girl kind of like looking at a still frame. 



ER(4) The whiteness of the stars make it hard to see some letters. Yet the majority is of the dark blue/black, so you get an Almost fully pass.



C(2) It's more winter than Christmas. I interpreted her clothes as "Santa theme" and added a point for it. PS, how is she sitting on that pile of snow with a bare bottom?



Dahaka’s layout (1):



Rating: 4



Commentary:



LG(5) I love this picture. I don't know why but I actually spent way more time on this one than I should have.



ER(2) Considering that if it had more text, this picture would have mostly failed. ...Sorry.



C(4) I had a really hard time deciding this one. Overall you did make "Christmas Spirit". The Christmas spirit has always been described as "Love, Peace, and Good Will Towards Man".  The face looks like that of a loving mother (so I added that), the picture shows serenity (so I added that), but there's no representation of good will towards man, at least not easily discernible (so I didn't count that).



Barathemos’ layout (3):



Rating: 4



Commentary:



LG(3) Pretty picture



ER(5) perfect score on readability



C(3) It was about average when it came to Christmasy. Though the party was pretty on point, we can party anytime of the year.
 


Surgiac’s layout (2)



Rating: 4



Commentary:



LG(4) Pretty good picture. Enjoyed looking at it!



ER(4) White and the color of red you had wouldn't have based but the use of a shadow did. Your "Merry Christmas" passed fully



C(5) Simple, and shows the Christmas side of Hyrule.



TornadoMudkip’s layout (1):



Rating: 3



Commentary:



LG(4) I enjoy it but I barely missed sticking with it for 4.5 minutes 



ER(2) Sorry Mud... your text just barely passes



C(4) Ornamental Bobbles are usually just Christmas, so I've added that. The rest... makes it look like its hanging over a yuletide fire. Otherwise, doesn't feel too Christmasy to me.



Surgiac’s layout (3) :



Rating: 5



Commentary:



LG(5) very serene house layout. Reminds me of those things Disney puts out during the holidays with music.



ER(5) It's a pretty low key red and white letters so it has the same effect as black and white, You pass.



C(5) Everything in this picture screams out a tradition living room during Christmas.



Dahaka’s layout (2):



Rating: 4



Commentary:



LG(3) Like this one but got a bit restless.



ER(3) About the same problem you had with  Dahaka’s layout (1).



C(5) It was pretty Christmasy!



SuperCrash64’s layout (1):



Rating: 5



Commentary:



LG(5) Reminds me of Charlie Browns Christmas.



ER(5) Pretty could combo using a light colored shadow box and black letters.



C(4) A good decorated tree in a winter storm. The tree definitely pops out. And who can argue with Charlie Brown Christmas?


The following votes are of a third party. I don't think I could have rated these fairly so I had someone off site criticize my work using my criteria that I used to judge everyone elses'.

WandererExiled’s layout (1):
Rating: 5
LG(4)  "Enjoy the style but hate the blue. I enjoy the nod at the fighting games. I love the video game characters and old school gaming companies in the background. Looks like they are hanging off of an old 8-bit tree."
ER(5) I scored a 4.5 out of the test for readability so I rounded up.
C(5) "Chalk full of Christmas! The blue is distracting, like I said before, but I still think it deserves a 5 for Christmas."
WandererExiled’s layout (2):
Rating: 3
LG(2)  "I love the concept, but it's nothing I'd use."
ER(3)  I scored perfectly but I deducted points based on the area where the animation is. 
C(5) "You did good at subconscious telling them what Christmas means. "Murder of ChristWe wouldn't have Christmas today if Christ didn't survive. "
WandererExiled’s layout (3):
Rating: 2
LG(2) "I like this one a lot. I just can't stand the way it's messed up."
ER(5) I passed my readability test completely
C(0)"Are you sure it's just Christmas?.... Well you get a 0, there's not even 1 item that celebrates Christmas."






My voting stats: (L)=lowest score (H)= highest score (A)= Average
In order of highest ranked


  1. Surgiac: |4(L), 5(H), 5(A)| LG=5(L&H&A); ER=4(L), 5(H), 4(A) C= 5(L&H&A)
  2. SuperCrash64: |5(L&H&A)| LG=5(L&H&A); ER=5(L&H&A); C=4(L&H&A)
  3. Dahaka: |4(L&H&A)| LG=3(L), 5(H), 4(A); ER=2(L), 3(H&A) C= 4(L), 5(H&A)
  4. Barathemos: |4(L&H&A)| LG=3(L), 5(H), 4(A); ER=3(L), 5(H), 4(A) C= 2(L) 5(H) 3(A)
  5. Chindogu: |4(L&H&A)| LG=5(L&H&A); ER=5(L&H&A); C=2(L&H&A)
  6. TornadoMudkip: |3(L&H&A)| LG=4(L&H&A); ER=2(L&H&A); C=4(L&H&A)
  7. Yoshirulez!: |3(L&H&A)| LG=3(L&H&A); ER=2(L&H&A); C=4(L&H&A)
  8. Hidden Phantom: |3(L&H&A)| LG=2(L&H&A); ER=5(L&H&A); C=3(L&H&A)
  9. WandererExiled |2(L), 5(H), 3(A)| LG=3(L), 5(H) 4(A); ER=4(L), 5(H), 4(A) C= 0(L) (5)H 3(A)
  10. Furret: |3(L&H&A)| LG=5(L&H&A); ER=4(L&H&A); C=1(L&H&A)





This isn’t an attempt to sway votes but a little artist commentary to my layouts.



Keep in mind. These were my first layouts. I had no access to coding so I had to work with the limited basic layout builder.  My programs of choice are MS paint and a 2004 Samsung photo editor.




WandererExiled’s layout (1):



THEME: a homage to late 80s, early 90s games.  



Yea, gifs did act weird, but I believe it’s because of the *online* editors I was using. The bars themselves were supposed to be even but somehow… the bottom one messed up. I was pleased with the rest as it turned out pretty much exactly the way I wanted it.






WandererExiled’s layout (2)



THEME: An 8-bit version of the Bible Story.



I’m happy with this one. If I was given a week I’d have gotten this to look way cooler and closer to my vision for it.






WandererExiled’s layout (3)



THEME: Hanukkah but modeled after AOL's  .  



Honestly, this was an attempt to acknowledge other folks. I never intended it to actually be accepted for voting. So thanks, I appreciate it. This, one also got hit the worst with the glitch bug that I got going on. It looked perfectly beautiful in my editor, a little worse on the site (graphics-wise the layout itself was good), and done right ugly when I posted it (The layout was butchered by the post).  I cried over it.







So there you go. Hope you all enjoy.

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Kinda gutted i missed this honestly.. Oh well I'll try again next year
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