Beta Awards 08 - Guidelines & Submissions

Blaster · Post by **Blaster** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:02 am

Are we allowed to darken douga/genga for submissions?

ReiTheJelly · Post by **ReiTheJelly** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:52 am

Although they're quite dissimilar, I was wondering if there will be room for original storyboards in the settei/test cel category?

zerospace · Post by **zerospace** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:54 am

cutiebunny wrote:As for voting, last year every vote was worth one point. The problem with that was that, in some cases, there were multiple winners.

Honestly, I don't mind if we have a tie - if anything, it allows more awards to be handed out. I'd prefer to adopt last year's system, if possible.

This is fine with me ... its the simplest option to implement

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:54 am

I assume you mean our current problem.

ashenfairy · Post by **ashenfairy** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 1:18 pm

I've got some original artwork by a doujin artist. The art in question is not of other people's characters from any mainstream existing anime or manga, they're original to her and her circle. One in particular is a cover of one of her doujinshi. Would that be allowed in the comic/manga art category or is it strictly for paneled pages?

cutiebunny · Post by **cutiebunny** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:38 pm

Ok, I updated the 1st page regarding submission info to reflect pixel width, repro cels, image editing and pretty much anything else that came up during the last few pages.

I am happy with the rules and catagories as they stand now, and I will request that the rules from the first page be made as its own sticky in order to make it easy to find.

So, Blaster, to answer your question, yes, you are allowed to darken the lines, but keep it reasonable. If you darken it too much, there may be some questions regarding the authenticity of your item.

ReiTheJelly wrote:Although they're quite dissimilar, I was wondering if there will be room for original storyboards in the settei/test cel category?

No, simply because the items are too different. I would hope that future awards might make the settei and a storyboard catagory as optionals, and rotate them every other year.

ashenfairy wrote:I've got some original artwork by a doujin artist. The art in question is not of other people's characters from any mainstream existing anime or manga, they're original to her and her circle. One in particular is a cover of one of her doujinshi. Would that be allowed in the comic/manga art category or is it strictly for paneled pages?

Have these items been published, copyrighted and released in the mainstream? If yes, I'll permit it for the comic/manga artwork, however, please submit 'non-hentai' images for it.

However, if the items have not been copyrighted and printed for mass consumption, you will have to submit it in the 'Fan Art' section.

samiamew · Post by **samiamew** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:28 pm

Question:

As in years previous, will our entries need to be 'watermark' and/or 'gallery name' free (no identifying marks) so that they're 'anonymous', so to speak?

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:28 pm

I think there might be a few exception.

cutiebunny · Post by **cutiebunny** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:34 am

samiamew wrote:Question:

As in years previous, will our entries need to be 'watermark' and/or 'gallery name' free (no identifying marks) so that they're 'anonymous', so to speak?

Yes, your items need to be 'tag free'.

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 5:50 am

The image size information is slightly vague. Is 500 pixels wide the maximum or the expectation? Can images smaller than those dimensions be submitted? Also, are you guys creating the thumbnails or do we submit our own thumbnails?

zerospace · Post by **zerospace** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:05 am

wELCOME cONSUMER wrote:The image size information is slightly vague. Is 500 pixels wide the maximum or the expectation? Can images smaller than those dimensions be submitted? Also, are you guys creating the thumbnails or do we submit our own thumbnails?

Oooohh, a question I can answer. It's a maximum -- images smaller than this are permitted. Thumbnails will be auto-generated by the site upon upload (you will see them as you upload your entries).

Here's a general rundown of how the entry process is going to work:

You get your images together (large images only). What you name them is pretty much irrelevant, as they will be renamed when they are uploaded to the server by the server.

You will be asked on the first page of the entry form(s) for your anime-beta username as well as the list of categories you wish to enter. When you submit the first form, this information will be stored in a series of cookies on your computer.

On the next page, you will be presented with the information you have just input and are asked to confirm it (if you need to make a change, you'll just use your back button to go back to the previous form).

Upon confirmation, you will go to the main file upload page. This page lists your username, and all the categories you've chosen with links next to each to upload your image for that category. Each link will take you to a file upload page that prompts you to choose the image you wish to upload. File types allowed: .jpg and .gif (please reserve gif for animated files only, but if you must for your other entries, its ok). The page will upload your file, confirm that it is indeed an image, copy it to the server, rename it (and create a thumbnail) and send you back to the main file upload page which will now display a thumbnail and a "remove" option for the image you've just uploaded. Continue doing this until you have uploaded all the images you wish to enter.

Once you're done, you'll click a button on the file upload page, which will take you to a page where you'll be asked for your email address. Upon entering that, your entries will be finalized and an email will be sent to your email address confirming receipt of your entries.

cutiebunny and I will need to approve entries -- the email you receive will tell you this. Once we approve them, you'll receive another email informing you of this, at which point you are done.

Note: Pan cels are allowed to be 600 pixels wide, and the upload form asks you to check a box if an entry is indeed a pan cel. Please don't abuse this because we can and will resize entries to the 500 pixel width that are not pan cels. I have made it easy for cutiebunny or I to resize any entry BEFORE it is approved--the page for us to view approvals will show us the dimensions of all images along with a method to resize them on the fly.

A note on site testers: In about a week or so, I'll be ready for those testing volunteers to test these forms. If you want a practice run at the entry process, you may sign up to test. If you wish to be a tester, please PM me, but understand that I need quality feedback from testers! I have somewhere around 3-5 testers already, and could use a few more.

pixie_princess · Post by **pixie_princess** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:53 am

Sounds like this'll be a pretty nice setup for the website this year Zerospace. Thanks for putting in the time to write the code.

Blaster · Post by **Blaster** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 6:37 pm

Wow, you've really gone the whole hog Zerospace!

zerospace · Post by **zerospace** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:21 am

Blaster wrote:Wow, you've really gone the whole hog Zerospace!

I'm a computer/web geek. What can I say?

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:21 am

You can do whatever you want.

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Beta Awards 08 - Guidelines & Submissions

Should all viable catagories be divided into a cel and sketch section?