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.