**Announcement** Design Contest for A Sopranos Blog
 

I'm announcing a contest to design a layout for a Sopranos Blog. The design must incorporate the feel of the show and have a nice flow to it. The name of the blog will be "The Sopranos". You do not need to code a the site, I am just looking for a layout. The design will be adapted into a wordpress template later, so that must also be taken into consideration. The contest will run until February 4th. The prize for the contest will be $150 and a link to your mainstream site(if you have one) for a 3 month period. If you are knowledgable in wordpress coding and code the site too, I'll add an extra $100 to the pot to make it a potential $250 for the winner. Have fun with the contest and enjoy a link on a mainstream site that is soon to have a tremendous traffic boost come March.

hrmn ave you contacted xlabor?
anyways good luck with your contest sounds very nice

I have contacted them. I like the contest idea.

Bump for luck.

u should try www.AdultDesignContest.com

Wow, that is super awesome RRRED!

I can replace that default blue wordpress title background with a closeup of james gandolfini if you like, but I need more than $150.

Bump ....added you to ICQ

I know I suck:
http://www.adslpromo.be/sopranos.jpg

I didn't know PMDave could design!

Too many contest starters who don't pick a winner on this board latley. Not saying you are one, but what a waste of time if you are.

:1orglaugh

I'm definitely not one of those, and plenty of people can vouch for me.

sounds cool... but you should hire us instead :)
I'm off today, but please hit me up tomorrow and we can talk about it. If you're interested in having a kick ass design, that is.

I'll vouch for uno. Someone kick in a design, I'm interested to see who is good. I might need another new one myself.

http://www.amsterdamn.org/sopranos/

:)

I like it nice work

Nice and simple, you need some work? I have a couple designs I need done.. Hit me up on icq 359-382-105, show me some more samples :]:thumbsup

Good stuff! Heading in the right direction! Red really is a theme of the show.

Added you to icq :thumbsup

Not too bad, the header is kind of ginormous.

contests used to be huge some time ago? what happened?

It's just a contest. I have no idea what you mean sexxxydsign.com

Here's a tip.
When having a "contest" for a design, first prize should be ALOT more than what you would normally pay for a design.

Why would somebody design something that you may or may not pay for....and their only reward will be their normal price "IF" you pick them?

For instance a professional logo should cost you around $250. If you have a logo contest first prize should be around $1000. Otherwise there's really no incentive for the designers to design something on the chance that they might get paid for it.

:2 cents:

It's just a shell to be chopped up into a template, not too unlike a pic gallery.

It's a fair amount for just an uncoded template. These contests go for less on the mainstream forums like Sitepoint, Namepros, and the quality is pretty good compared to these so far. While GFY does have some talented designers, I think he'd get better results on the mainstream sites that do this regularly, and with less bitching because the ones who want to participate do, and the ones who don't want to just don't.

I'm not a designer but I know I watch the contest threads to find a designer for projects I have. I look to see who the better designers are, and I contact them to see if they're interested in more paid work. I think a contest is a nice break for some from the routine, and could bring a lot of extra business to the designers who aren't already too busy.

is adultdesigncontest.com still going?

Yah, but its a mainstream design. :upsidedow I just thought I'd bring it here first for my fellow gfyers.

So who won?

Another bump :)

another bump from here :)

bump for uno

I'm really curious who won.....or is this another contest without a winner?

If you need your design coded to work with WP (and in valid xhtml, no shitty tables!), let me know :)

A bit funny, isn't it?

I'll announce a winner in the next day or two. Believe it or not, i'm actually a busy guy. The winner will be paid even if I don't use the design due to poor turnout.

2 days passed....who won? :)

I have to say I'm a bit disappointed in the turnout, but I will announce a winner, whether i use it or not.