July/August 2010 Graphics Challenge

[Krazymoonkat]

graphic by Erendira

It's time!

Everyone is welcome to join in the fun!

Each person playing will have a Bingo card made to follow their progress, posted in the second post of this thread. Let us know you want to play or simply submit your first entry and a card will be made for you.

Click on each individual square to reveal the requirements to earn that square.

Joining the Bingo part of the game is not a requirement if anyone would just like to try out one or two of the squares for the fun of the monthly challenge.


Full details and guidelines are below.

Guidelines and Links:

Spoiler

1. Everyone is welcome!
2. The game will run as a two month graphics challenge, covering both July and August, with the chance of a third month extension if needed.
3. Even though the game will remain on going for this period, there will still be special banner prizes for the first three blackouts, and banners for firsts in; one line, four corners, letter X, letter H, inside square, and outside square.
4. A participant can only claim one of the smaller banner prizes, but can still move on to get a blackout.
5. Each person playing will have their own personalized bingo card, that will be updated every one or two days, by order of the posts made.
6. All prize banners/icons will be awarded at the end of the game.
7. Each square has a different requirement needed to earn that square.
8. Because of the difficultly level of some of the squares, you can combine the requirements of two squares into one entry.
9. The "Catch me if you can" square can go into any entry even if it already has two squares covered. Don't tell us about it. You will get the square once it is found by someone else.
10. The entries must be "New". Nothing that you have posted previously.
11. No auto generating programs that require only choosing a pic and clicking ok. Filters, actions and other helpers do not fall into this category.
12. All entries must be about Orlando unless otherwise stated in the square.
13. Please list the square(s) you used when you post your entry.
14. Some of the squares have png objects that can be saved right out of the instructions and others tell you to look for links that have been supplied below these guidelines.
15. If there is no specific size requirement listed in the instructions, you are free to choose any size.
16. Ask for help if you need it.
17. HAVE FUN!

Puzzled yet? square: Puzzle Tut
He said...square: Orlando quotes
Catch me if you can square: freetubes.com
T.G.I.F square: Tutorial, psd download
Pic in a pic square: wallpaper sample from mini tut.
At the Ballet square: Pap Pic thread
Six Degrees of Separation square: The game
Andy Warhol square: Googled page and a tut.
Along the path square: Lola's tut and a path art.

[Krazymoonkat]

All the bingo cards will be kept here, in this post, and updated every one or two days, in order of the posts made.

[Andnolewen]

I'm not the fastest with these but i'll try to whip something up so count me in ;D

Looks fantastic!

[Nenya]

It´s Bingo time again! Count me in, Kat, although I´m a few weeks on holiday in July I´ll try to come up with something.

[Tabitha's cat]

Wow Kat some of these seem hard! May not really have the time but I would like to try some when I get a chance so yes please...thanks.

[chocolover]

Bingo Time!

Count me in!
Will try to hold myself back and not going to finish within a week.
*rubs hands*

EDIT: Just wanted to add that all my work can be used for Pre-Made if wanted.

[Krazymoonkat]

Tonny, Carola, Tc. and Choco!! Glad you are playing! I look forward to seeing what everyone comes up with.

We have tried to make things workout so that time is less of an issue, but still keep the game aspect and some urgency to play. You can work as fast or as slow as you like Choco.

TC, I did make a few a bit more difficult. I'm hoping that people will be game to trying them even if they don't have a clue as to how. It is just as much fun to learn as it is play with what we do know.

Here is my first entry:

click

it covers the and squares. Both marked

[chocolover]

Wonderful entry, Kat!
I'm not sure about some. Time will tell.
I have a lot of ideas now. Just to decide were to start.
Good thing with this challenge: No votes needed!

[Neldorwen]

I want to play, just for fun, ´cause I know I will never win a line

[chocolover]

Nel, fun is the only thing that counts in Bingo.

I have a question about the puzzle square. I can use any pic I want, right? A wall/banner I made for another GC? Or anything not related to Orlando?
After I can't decide where to start I begin with the upper left corner. Maybe.

[Krazymoonkat]

Nel, it is all about the fun! Glad to hear you are going to try some.

Choco, all entries must be "Orlando" unless it says other wise....like the ladies one. Since the puzzle is a hard one, I don't think using Orlando art already made to create the puzzle will be a problem....as long as the finished puzzed (put together is 500 x 500)

[chocolover]

Thanks, Kat!
*dives back into PS*

[Krazymoonkat]

Just shout if you need help, a pool noodle or the aid of the hunky ps life gaurd

[chocolover]

I'll shout if I need first aid from Doc Bloom a PS guru.
To work on this square in this heat (it's 8:30pm and still over 30°C) makes my brain mush.
For a moment I was thinking if the 'pool noodle' is something to eat. *runs to freezer to grab some ice cream*

[nuit]

oh that calendar is beautiful Kat- is on my desktop already. Loved that photoshoot.
Am going to really enjoy savouring the entries as they come in. Great competition!

[erendira]

Oh so beautiful Kat!That pic is just awsome...unfortunely I can't put it on my desktop.....LOVE IT!

I see that Nel is in too,I'll make her card later-----

[Krazymoonkat]

Thank you Nuit and Lola and I forgot earlier: Thank you Choco.

You better have enough of that icecream to share! We got lucky, a storm came though a couple of days ago and we lost the humidity and mid 30 heat....now it is a comfortable 21 and sunny, but I still want some of that icecream.

Is your sceen res different, Lola?

[erendira]

Originally Posted by Krazymoonkat

Is your sceen res different, Lola?

1280x800....why..?

[chocolover]

*looks in freezer* Hm, I have strawberry-cheesecake, chocolate chips, macadamia nut, egg noog-vanilla-maplewalnut and Baileys ice cream and iced lollies: smoothie mango & blueberry, some with different flavours in one and waterice.

[Tabitha's cat]

Originally Posted by chocolover

To work on this square in this heat (it's 8:30pm and still over 30°C) makes my brain mush.

Well is the opposite here of course Choco...my hands are so cold I can't even think about PS!

Kat that wall is so gorgeous! I haven't seen that photoshoot before

[Nenya]

What a beautiful entry, Kat! I love it.

[Krazymoonkat]

Thank you Tc and Carola

Originally Posted by erendira

1280x800....why..?

It's just that you said "unfortunely I can't put it on my desktop" so I was wondering if it was because of the size.....that can be fixed.



Choco, I'll just take one of each.

[erendira]

Originally Posted by Krazymoonkat

It's just that you said "unfortunely I can't put it on my desktop" so I was wondering if it was because of the size.....that can be fixed.

He he he..no...It has nothing to do with the size...I'l pm you dear...

[chocolover]

*hands ice cream cup and iced lollies over to Kat*
I'm still almost melting away. But I was able to finish my first entry.

Puzzle & Flowers Square
*click*
marked

Happy puzzling! (is that a word?) I'll wait for PM's.

[Krazymoonkat]

Looks awesome, Choco! *tucks under arm and heads for ps.

Did it go fairly easy once you mastered the steps?