MIMIC

The Skins & Themes Constest of the Year!
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Hello skinners and themers!

I'm proud to introduce you the Biggest Skins & Themes contest ever made. A magnificent chance for all of you to participate and win a lot of prizes!

MIMIC is gonna be the biggest contest ever made under the Skins & Themes gallery.

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The purpose of this contest is to create from scratch a functional Skin or a Packed Theme for certain type of applications (listed below) while trying to make them look as close as possible to the proposed object/ambient/concept. In other words, you have to mimic the look of the provided references.

Do you need examples? Here are a few:

Nintendo Wii - A WindowBlinds Skin


iPhone - A MirandaIM Skin


Wood - A packed theme for Windows


Chocolate - A packed guikit for OS X


As you can see, these works mimics the look of those products/textures and at the same time, these skins preserves the funcionallity of the application they were meant to be applied to.

So let's get started!

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C a t e g o r i e s :(1st, 2nd and 3rd places for each one!)

Best Cellphone Theme (any brand)
Best IM app skin (any IM app)
Best Visual Style (XP/Vista)
Best WindowBlinds theme (XP/Vista)
Best OS X Guikit (Installable packs are not allowed)

_{Important: Media Players are not included in this contest, because there is an upcoming contest related to Media Players ONLY. Thanks for your understanding, and trust me, having an exclusive media-players contest allows us to get you some cool prizes! Stay tuned right after this contest, and prepare your tools!}

R u l e s :

Your submissions will have to be uploaded in the "Mimic" category, under:

Contests & Projects -> contests -> 2007 -> mimic

On the submission, you will have to link to the reference picture you selected
Each deviant can submit more than 1 deviation
All the works developed for this contest have to be made from scratch
The skin/theme will have to be functional and downloadable for using, testing and judging purposes, not just a screenshot
Royalty Free Stock Pictures can be used as part of the final theme
A single deviant can win prizes in more than one category

P r i z e s :

For Best Cellphone Theme
1st place: 1 year SUB + 1 tshirt + Daily Deviation Feature + Sponsored prize of your choice
2nd place: 3 month SUB + 1 tshirt
3rd place: 1 month SUB + 1 tshirt

Best IM app skin
1st place: 1 year SUB + 1 tshirt + Daily Deviation Feature + Sponsored prize of your choice
2nd place: 3 month SUB + 1 tshirt
3rd place: 1 month SUB + 1 tshirt

Best Visual Style
1st place: 1 year SUB + 1 tshirt + Daily Deviation Feature +
Sponsored prize of your choice
2nd place: 3 month SUB + 1 tshirt
3rd place: 1 month SUB + 1 tshirt

Best WindowBlinds theme
1st place: 1 year SUB + 1 tshirt + Daily Deviation Feature + Sponsored prize of your choice
2nd place: 3 month SUB + 1 tshirt
3rd place: 1 month SUB + 1 tshirt

Best OS X Guikit
1st place: 1 year SUB + 1 tshirt + Daily Deviation Feature +
Sponsored prize of your choice
2nd place: 3 month SUB + 1 tshirt
3rd place: 1 month SUB + 1 tshirt

Sponsored prizes!

The winners can choose one of the following sponsored prizes. These prizes were donated by osx-é.com - The Mac Emulation forums and Deskmodr.com - Desktop Customizing Community.

Thanks a lot to Samsul Zamzuri for the prizes donation!

The available sponsored prizes are:

- A full licenced WindowBlinds 6

- A fully licenced Shapeshifter 2.5

- A complete version of SkinStudio

- The amazing Trillian PRO 3.1.7.0

<sub>Notes:
* Any of the deviantWEAR tshirts has to be in your "Wishlist" and, in case you win, you will have to note me the size (S/M/L/etc) of the desired one.

On the sponsored prizes, if you win, you will have to note me and tell me which prize you want for you, so I can contact the sponsorship and go ahead.</sub>

R e f e r e n c e s :

Here are some stock images I uploaded for you. It's not compulsory to use these stocks! You can use different ones, but on the same context. If you use your own resources it will be a value-add when we judge your entry.

Check them out and read the description, you might get some ideas for your upcoming submissions on this contest!

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D e a d l i n e :

The contest ends in December 14, all the submissions after this deadline won't qualify on the final judging. You can pick any of these

J u d g i n g :

Judging won't be based on Favourites or Comments. Many popular skinners & themers have a lot of fans and it wouldn't be fair for new artists on the deskmod scene. The selection of the 3 winners for each one of the 5 categories will be made by a pre-selected group of deviants, including members, suscribers, seniors and staff. The judging staff will be anounced in the next weeks.

Winners announcement:

After 10 days of judging, the 15 winners will be announced on December 24.

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Do you have any doubts or questions? Feel free to ask or send me a note.

Let's pimp our desktops!
See ya in the contest!



Mauricio Alexis Estrella aka mauricioestrella
_{Skins & Themes Gallery Director}