JapanesePod101.com iTunes Podcast Artwork Contest!

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

Update 10/21/06: Thank you for everyone who participated in the iTunes Podcast Artwork Contest! We were absolutely blown away by the number of entries and by the creative talents of our community. I would like to congratulate the winner, Rioo-san from South Korea, whose submission can be seen below. Click here to see all the entries.

We’re looking for you, our community members, to put your creative and artistic skills to work in designing a new, original artwork for our podcast. The winning design will become the new official artwork for our podcast page on iTunes, seen by thousands of users every day.
Your artwork entry must…

  • be an attractive and original image that represents JapanesePod101.com
  • fit nicely with our website and brand identity
  • include the text “JapanesePod101.com”
  • be your own original artwork that does not contain any copyrighted material without written approval from the owner
  • either be JPEG or PNG formats (original PSD or EPS required as well)
  • be square and 300 x 300 pixels
  • look good on iTunes pages where is is much smaller in size (e.g. search results and feature placement pages)

General contest rules…

  • The contest is open to ALL members of the JapanesePod101.com community
  • You are welcome to submit more than one entry if you wish
  • The winning design will become the property of JapanesePod101.com, but your authorship recognition will be retained
  • You must give your full permission for JapanesePod101.com to use your logo design
  • The contest deadline for entries is midnight (GMT/UTC) on Thursday, October 19th, 2006
  • The winner will be announced on News podcast on Saturday, October 21, 2006 as well as our on our website

Prizes…

  • Winner will receive a 3-Month Premium Subscription to JapanesePod101.com, recognition on our podcast, and the opportunity to work with JapanesePod101.com on future design projects
  • Runner-up will receive a 1-Month Premium Subscription to JapanesePod101.com

Where to send your entries…

Please email all entries along with your name, contact information, and a short blurb about yourself to:

contactus@japanesepod101.com

You can also direct any further contest questions to this email address.

Thanks for your participation and good luck!

The JapanesePod101.com Team

10 Responses to “JapanesePod101.com iTunes Podcast Artwork Contest!”

  1. avatar JockZon Says:

    I have a question… What do you mean by logo? Like a cover for the iTunes or as the JP that’s on the top of the site? I think the defenition is a bit unclear.

  2. avatar JockZon Says:

    OR maybe I just was to fast reading it through… sorry guys… :cool:

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  4. avatar Vicky Says:

    On no, I see the pressure is coming….
    I’m GD!!! :mrgreen:

  5. avatar Daniel Beck Says:

    Go go go Our Vickyちゃん!™

    /:wink:™

  6. avatar John C. Briggs Says:

    Vickyちゃん、
    がんばって!
    ジョン

  7. avatar Alan Says:

    がんばってヴィキチャン。
    私の書きは悪いですけどして見ますよ。

  8. avatar Sindy-san Says:

    :shock: ohh so there is another comments section for this beside trick or treat ok I see! it sound interesting I already have an idea and design in mind all I need are the tools you guys should give more time like until October 25 10 days is too little time! S_R_ :mrgreen:

  9. avatar Hugo Says:

    I will try to do my best :razz:
    Go Vicky-san, go :mrgreen: You have all my support to :lol:

  10. avatar Oris Says:

    I think the one you have right now is awesome. I just love it, but if you HAVE to change it, make it look as calm and serene as the current one.

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