Graphics makers needed

[independence1776]

We need several graphic makers to create banners for us, both participant banners (and icons) and to create small banners for the individual market stalls. When you create them, please email all banners to b2mem.mod@gmail.com.

Participant banners:

~ must have "Back to Middle-earth Month 2015," "B2MeM 2015," or "B2MeM '15" somewhere on them.

~ Any size banner is acceptable. Icons should be 100 pixels by 100 pixels or smaller.

~ You must have permission to use any artwork or photography that you use on the banner/icon. This means that any artwork or photography used must satisfy at least one of the conditions below:

• The artwork/photography is your own work, or you own the rights to the work.


• The artwork/photography is in the public domain.


• You have written permission from the artist/photographer to use her or his work, including making modifications, such as cropping or adding text.


• The artwork/photography is clearly labeled with permission to use the work for nonprofit uses, including making modifications, such as cropping or adding text.


• Screen captures from the movies are acceptable.

~ Any artwork or photography used must be suitable for all audiences, i.e., it should not include nudity, blood/gore, or anything more than mild sexuality (hugging, kissing, etc.).

~ Files should be saved in .JPG, .PNG, or .GIF file formats. Please use the Save for Web feature (or its equivalent for your software), if available, to keep file sizes manageable.

Marketplace stalls banners

All stalls have banner creators; thank you for volunteering!
These also need to follow the above rules for graphics, save naming and the size. Stall names do not need to include B2MeM 2015 and they will be assigned so we don't have duplicates. Size should be 100 high pixels by 400 pixels wide. Please either leave a comment here or email us at b2mem.mod@gmail.com if you are interested in creating these banners.

Comments

[ysilme]

I'm happy to do some banners and icons!

[mrowe.livejournal.com]

I'd also like to make some banners/icons.

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Count me in. I have plenty of pictures taken at various medieval markets, renfaires and such; maybe they'd be suitable for the market stall banners?

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

Me too!

[independence1776]

Thank you! If you just want to make the participant banners and icons, feel free to start. (We're hoping to post the guidelines and such this weekend.)

If you want to help with the stall banners, I'll send you your names tomorrow afternoon Eastern US time. We need them no later than Monday.

[independence1776]

Thank you! If you just want to make the participant banners and icons, feel free to start. (We're hoping to post the guidelines and such this weekend.)

If you want to help with the stall banners, I'll send you your names tomorrow afternoon Eastern US time. We need them no later than Monday.

[independence1776]

Thank you! If you just want to make the participant banners and icons, feel free to start. (We're hoping to post the guidelines and such this weekend.)

If you want to help with the stall banners, I'll send you your names tomorrow afternoon Eastern US time. We need them no later than Monday.

[independence1776]

Thank you! If you just want to make the participant banners and icons, feel free to start. (We're hoping to post the guidelines and such this weekend.)

If you want to help with the stall banners, I'll send you your names tomorrow afternoon Eastern US time. We need them no later than Monday.


Ooh! Those would be really useful, either as participant banners or for stall banners (though the stalls are Middle-earth location-based, so I'm not sure how well they'd actually work).

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

OK. I will probably do mine Thursday (tomorrow in my world!) and Friday.

[independence1776]

Awesome!

[zhie.livejournal.com]

Smaug and I are both on board, on both counts. We'll start working on some icons and things and wait to hear from you on the stall banners. \o/

[greatandgrey]

I'd love to help! :) I'll be interested in making some marketplace banners.

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

I'd love to help with the stall banners, yes - feel free to send things my way, and I'll get them ready. And I'll just save my photos for the general banners, then. :)

[zhie.livejournal.com]

Quick question - and I would assume this is going to be okay - screencaps from LOTRO - okay to use? There's so much potential there for some icons.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I'm hopeless with graphics but should anyone desire to use any of my photos from my Flickr albums, I'm happy to give permission.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/52734929@N08/sets/

[mrowe.livejournal.com]

I'd also like to make stall banners, yes:-) Already have some ideas, too

[ysilme]

I'm happy to help with both and can make stall banners until Monday, too. I'll drop you a mail about the latter.

[independence1776]

Sad to say, we're being cautious about copyright and not allowing screencaps from the game.

[independence1776]

Ooh, thank you!

[independence1776]

Awesome, thank you!

I'll send your stalls in my response. :)

[independence1776]

Awesome!

For the stall banners, we’re trying to make each stall identifiable at a glance, so the banners should hopefully have something to do with the location or the stall’s name.

Your stalls are:

Eärendur’s Souvenirs from the Downs (Arnor)
Denethor’s Armoury (Gondor)

This comment has a brief explanation of what we're looking for. I'm sorry for not having a better explanation available earlier.

[independence1776]

Awesome! If you want, you can use the general photos. It depends on what you think is best. :)

For the stall banners, we’re trying to make each stall identifiable at a glance, so the banners should hopefully have something to do with the location or the stall’s name.

Your stalls are:

Other Beleriand locations -- The Dark Rider’s Horses and Other Creatures
Other places East and South (Khand, Rhûn, etc.) -- Alatar and Pallandro’s Imports
Other M-e locations not covered elsewhere (Moria, Lothlórien, etc.) -- The Wandering Elves’ Eclectic Music

[independence1776]

For the stall banners, we’re trying to make each stall identifiable at a glance, so the banners should hopefully have something to do with the location or the stall’s name.

Your stalls are:

Aman: Vairë’s Weavings
Noldorin Areas of Beleriand: Mirë’s Noldorin Artifaces

[independence1776]

Thank you both!

For the stall banners, we’re trying to make each stall identifiable at a glance, so the banners should hopefully have something to do with the location or the stall’s name.

Your stalls are:

Mirkwood-- Thranduil’s Fine Wines
Rivendell-- Elrond’s Secondhand Books
Mordor-- Khamûl’s Sulfurous Exfoliants
General prompts (song lyrics, pictures, general prompts, etc.) -- Mungo Mugwort’s Mathoms

This comment has a brief explanation of what we're looking for. I'm sorry for not having a better explanation available earlier.

[independence1776]

Thank you!

For the stall banners, we’re trying to make each stall identifiable at a glance, so the banners should hopefully have something to do with the location or the stall’s name.

Your stalls are:

Erebor/Dale/Laketown-- Lonely Mountain Toy Emporium
Crossovers and non Middle-earth AUs -- Nali’s Puzzles and Devices

This comment has a brief explanation of what we're looking for. I'm sorry for not having a better explanation available earlier.

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

I have a personal photo I took at a street market of weavings here in Brooklyn I can use for the first. I might be able to dig up something from a similar set for the second. Then I do not have to worry about possession.

I think I am interpreting that concept correctly: everything seems complicated to me these days.

Who is Mirë? Source?

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

The only Mirë I can find is a female character in an Albanian soap opera. What/who am I missing here?

[independence1776]

Yes, you are interpreting that correctly: you need to own the copyright for the photo or it needs to be in the public domain. So any pictures you take are usable.

As for Mirë: it's a random Quenya name I pulled out of Darth Fingon's name generator, so you didn't miss anything. Some of the stalls have canonical people "running" them; others don't.

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

Maybe you meant the noun mírë Quenya for "treasure or beautiful (precious) thing, especially (but not solely) a gem, jewel" or the adjective "precious"??

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

I backtracked and found the meaning--so it would work to use a display of jewelry/artifacts from my own collection (ha! I am more of a hippie/ethnic jewelry sort of person--but I should between my stuff and Laura's be able to come up with a selection of shinies.

[independence1776]

Shinies are good! (Though Celebrimbor is selling jewelry for Ost-in-Edhil/Lindon, so I'm not sure how that'll affect your idea.)

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

I give up--what has Celebrimbor to do with my stall?

"Noldorin Areas of Beleriand: Mirë’s Noldorin Artifaces"

I think one needs to see an explanation of the stall and the entire list?

I thought from what I could surmise from the original title and your explanation of it so far that an OFC named Mirë operates a market stall dealing with artifices created in Noldorin areas of Beleriand??

I am actually sincerely trying, but feeling like this is a guessing game.

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Just to clarify - the locations are just a help to make the graphics fitting, and the only text to go on them are the stall names, did I get that right?

Other than that, these are very cool, thank you! I'm looking forward to B2MeM itself even more now! ^^

[independence1776]

This is my fault; I thought the explanation was clear enough, which it obviously wasn't. I'm sorry.

The stall for prompts set in Ost-in-Edhil, Lindon, and related areas is named "Celebrimbor's Jewelry." Your stalls are for prompts respectively set in Aman (Vairë's Weavings) and in the Noldorin areas of Beleriand (Mirë's Noldorin Artifacts).

We named the stalls so they could match the marketplace theme rather than just being labeled "Noldorin areas in Beleriand" and the like. Each stall "sells" something different, hopefully something related to the location the stall is for. So the Shire stall sells produce, the Noldorin stall sells Noldorin artifacts, the Gondor stall sells weapons, etc. (Most of the stalls are listed in comments to this post if you want to see them; a handful were emailed to people.) Each stall will have a written explanation of what prompts should be in the stall; the banners are a visual indicator of which stall is which.

The only thing that needs to be on the banner is the stall name (this case, "Mirë's Noldorin Artifacts") and whatever photo you choose to use. The location information is simply so that you-the-banner-creator knows what location the banner is for and maybe to provide inspiration.

[independence1776]

Yes, that's right. I'm sorry for not being clearer. (This comment has a brief explanation of what we're looking for, that I should have made explicit earlier. >.<)

Thank you! That's wonderful to hear.

[zhie.livejournal.com]

No worries, that's why I thought I'd ask!

[zhie.livejournal.com]

I might just be missing it somewhere, but is there a preferred size for the stall banners? Thank you!

[zhie.livejournal.com]

Mordor is perfect (as are the others, but especially Mordor at the moment) - we're going to a fan film shooting this weekend, and there's going to be a full-costumed wraith I can get some pics of. \o/

[independence1776]

It's 400 wide by 100 long/tall/whatever.

[independence1776]

:D That will be awesome.

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

My understanding is the stall banners are only one of each assigned title--100 pixels high by 400 pixels wide. Please confirm before I send them to you.

[independence1776]

Yes, that is correct.