Ok, I've seen these little contests before (this on is a good size one) and always thought it would be fun to give it a shot. So last night I started, and here is my entry.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...estbuttons.gif

Here's a try
 

Very very nice as well. :thumbsup

Too bad you BROKE THE RULE about not animating your button.

hey thanks for ringing the bell, i didnt notice that one. :winkwink:

*boing!*

Here are a couple

Some really nice entries so far :)

Here is another set with a few color var.

http://www.visualxcitement.com/buttons/group6.jpg

http://www.visualxcitement.com/buttons/group7.jpg

http://www.visualxcitement.com/buttons/group8.jpg

Here is one more set with a few color var.

http://www.visualxcitement.com/buttons/group3.jpg

http://www.visualxcitement.com/buttons/group4.jpg

http://www.visualxcitement.com/buttons/group5.jpg

I vote for these ones. Good job!

insanely nice entries so far!!!

Some of the responses so far have been quite nice.
Is there a "make cool button" filter in photoshop that I missed or are we witnessing real designers?

fucking awesome bro! :thumbsup

Bumping this baby back to the top!

John is a good guy, great to deal with! Keep the submissions coming

aheheh
 

Had some more time, so here is one more :)

http://www.visualxcitement.com/buttons/group9.jpg

those adultx ones are hot.

also so are the others.

You rock Mr2Raymnd! ;-)

http://www.gogodesignco.com/pbucks2.jpg
cat wasnt dead yet...

Thanks :thumbsup

Some really nice entiries up. I kinda of wish I hadn't put mine up now. But what the hell, I gave it a shot. And considering it was a first for me, don't think I done too bad, not the quailty of the others, but what the hell?

They said they wanted something straight forward and simple, and with different colors. That's what they got from me. But the themes that tie the others together are really good.

Great job guys!

Some nice entries there..talented peoples

here is another one :)

http://www.visualxcitement.com/buttons/group10.jpg

http://www.visualxcitement.com/buttons/group11.jpg

i may have to bring back my club flyer days and come out of retirement.....theres some real competition here...though everything is starting to look the same.

I'll give it a shot if i can come up with something original.

these look good :thumbsup

what you said exactly is "this is a blatant rip off"! I'm a little curious how you expect to play this off with a line like, "I'm not saying it looks bad but it's very unoriginal" .... unless of course you don't really know what the words blatant rip off mean.

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Ripoff/unoriginal/uncreative/copied what other words do you want me to use?

YARGH! Top notch work as always.

Here's mine...

http://stinky.nfshost.com/sheet.jpg

Hi,
the best so far is AdultRMX's work, simple, nice and clean.

BTW here is my approach

http://www.adultish.com/allbw.jpg

This is first try and I'll work on this.
Give me some feedback :)

greeting

Damn nice. Love it when John starts a contest, the real designers come out to play.

Are you suggesting that ripoff/copied and uncreative/unoriginal mean the same thing?

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WOW, nice :pimp

awesome contest

try

:helpme :helpme :helpme

http://mindinfect.com/contest/power/ban.jpg

Damn nice work :thumbsup