CSFV Social Network Profile Pictures Design Contest

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Challenge Summary

Welcome to CSFV Social Network Profile Pictures Design Contest. We need to create marketing items for the CSFV website social network accounts such as background, cover  photos and profile pictures. Join this fun contest and show off your skills!

Round 1

For your R1 deliverables please submit the following features.
1) Facebook Profile Items
1.1) Cover Photo
1.2) Profile Picture

2) Twitter Profile Items
2.1) Profile Page Background

3) Google Plus Profile Items
3.1) Cover Photo

 

Round 2

Final design will contain all the requested features under “Design Requirements” section plus any updates from client feedback.


The primary goal of this contest is to design branding items for social network accounts related to the CSFV project (verigames website). CSFV has accounts at Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus; we aim to create profile pictures for all of them and some backgrounds.

Branding and Guidelines
- Logo (verigames) is provided for you to use.
- CSFVStoryboards.zip is available for reference of the website branding. Follow it for your designs.
- CSFV holds 5 games available for users. Download the game assets (game pictures).
- Fonts are open to suggestions if you plan to add some text to the backgrounds BUT keep Declare your fonts according to the Studio font’s policies.
- Think of web 2.0 when you’re creating your solution. We want to appeal to teens, and the general population.

Design Requirements
1) Facebook Profile Items
1.1) Cover Photo
- Cover photo dimensions 851 x 315 pixels.
- We’d like to see something friendly to the eyes.
- Our draft approach
consists into combining game assets elements, gracefully placed (any order, at your consideration), in a fresh and clean way. Consider these elements need to be engaging and exciting. We’re open to suggestions.
- Another approach is to explore the logo options. Since it has interesting shapes a nice design could be created with that principle as basis.


1.2) Profile Picture
- Design a profile picture which includes the verigames logo at 500 x 500 pixels.
- Nothing too fancy but it needs to contrast nicely with the cover photo.

- This Facebook GUI Kit can help you to fit the design properly in the Facebook Profile sample page.

2) Twitter Profile Items
2.1) Profile Page Background
- Dimensions are 1600×1200 pixels.
- Twitter Background design should be unique, different from header photo; and also, make sense graphically.
- You are encouraged to read these tips about creating backgrounds for twitter.

2.2) Header Photo
- Header photo dimensions 1252 x 626 pixels.

- This header photo concept design should be the same as Facebook’s (See requirement 1.1).

2.3) Profile Picture
- Dimensions are 500 x 500 pixels.
- Same concept design as Facebook’s (See requirement 1.2)

- This Twitter GUI Kit can help you to fit the design properly in the Twitter Profile sample page.

3) Google Plus Profile Items
3.1) Cover Photo

- Cover photo dimensions 940 x 180 pixels.
- This cover photo concept design should be the same as Facebook’s (See requirement 1.1).

3.2) Profile Picture
- Dimensions are 250 x 250 pixels.
- Same concept design as Facebook’s (See requirement 1.2)


- This G+ GUI Kit can help you to fit the design properly in the Google Plus Profile sample page.

Target Audience
Casual gamers, everyone who likes games from children to adult persons.

Judging Criteria
- Capability of integrating game assets effectively into the design.
- Design Quality.
- Originality.

Submission File
All requested contest requirements/screens as JPG or PNG files at 72dpi.

Source Files
All original source files of the submitted design. Files should be created in Adobe Photoshop and saved as layered PSD files.

Preview Image
Create a 1024x1024 JPG or PNG file in RGB color mode and place a screenshot from your submission within it.

Please read the challenge specification carefully and watch the forums for any questions or feedback concerning this challenge. It is important that you monitor any updates provided by the client or Studio Admins in the forums. Please post any questions you might have for the client in the forums.

Stock Photography

Stock photography is not allowed in this challenge. All submitted elements must be designed solely by you. See this page for more details.

How To Submit

  • New to Studio? ‌Learn how to compete here
  • Upload your submission in three parts (Learn more here). Your design should be finalized and should contain only a single design concept (do not include multiple designs in a single submission).
  • If your submission wins, your source files must be correct and “Final Fixes” (if applicable) must be completed before payment can be released.
  • You may submit as many times as you'd like during the submission phase, but only the number of files listed above in the Submission Limit that you rank the highest will be considered. You can change the order of your submissions at any time during the submission phase. If you make revisions to your design, please delete submissions you are replacing.

Winner Selection

Submissions are viewable to the client as they are entered into the challenge. Winners are selected by the client and are chosen solely at the client's discretion.

ELIGIBLE EVENTS:

2014 TopCoder(R) Open

Challenge links

Screening Scorecard

Submission format

Your Design Files:

  1. Look for instructions in this challenge regarding what files to provide.
  2. Place your submission files into a "Submission.zip" file.
  3. Place all of your source files into a "Source.zip" file.
  4. Declare your fonts, stock photos, and icons in a "Declaration.txt" file.
  5. Create a JPG preview file.
  6. Place the 4 files you just created into a single zip file. This will be what you upload.

Trouble formatting your submission or want to learn more? ‌Read the FAQ.

Fonts, Stock Photos, and Icons:

All fonts, stock photos, and icons within your design must be declared when you submit. DO NOT include any 3rd party files in your submission or source files. Read about the policy.

Screening:

All submissions are screened for eligibility before the challenge holder picks winners. Don't let your hard work go to waste. Learn more about how to  pass screening.

Challenge links

Questions? ‌Ask in the Challenge Discussion Forums.

Source files

  • Layered PSD files created in Adobe Photoshop or similar

You must include all source files with your submission.

Submission limit

5 submissions

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