$150 Design Contest

[dreaminginspiration]

Contest Title: $150 Design Contest
Deadline: Monday 20th March 2006
Prize / Delivery Method: $150 via Paypal

I need a new design and logo for my site www.pokercrowd.co.uk, this is a site for people to host and search for poker games. I will need a main front page and a sub page with little/no content as well as a unique logo. The design and logo must be sleek, clean and professional i dont want a "template" look with shiney orbs everywhere. An example of the type of design i like is http://www.bodog.com/poker/ no including the large white content section. Im looking for a dark design with the colours i like found at http://www.bodog.com/poker/ (not the red).

Mainpage: A simple layout with the header at the top, menu at the left and the content to the right. In the content a place for a 250px square ad logo promoting users to signup, A place for users to search for poker games and news items and also Poker Online. In the header i would also like a login form. The links i will need in the menu to begin with are Home, Search, Account, Forum, Poker Online, Poker School, FAQ, Contact

Sub Page: For this the layout is the same with the login form in the same place. In the content there will be need to be some sort of sub links at the top.

Logo: Im looking for a logo to represent the crowd part of the name kind of like the logo www.pokerroom.com has. It must match the design type and if you can do maybe multiple logo choices it will be a plus. I will be using this logo for many things like newsletters, being printed on t-shirts etc etc so it might be best to make it vector?

I will require all image files, fonts and anything else needed in the design. The design must be coded but its perfectly fine to code it after you have been chosen as the winner.

If you need to contact me im available by PM, email, yim, msn, aim. Just pm me for the addresses.

Edit: The quality of this design must be high. Also please reply to the thread if your going to enter.

 

[J4m!3]

You know im in

 

[WillisTi]

I'll be entering too.

 

[guetizo]

Hi dreaminginspiration,

I'll open the hostilities...

Feedback is appreciated.

P.S.: Ah.. colors can be easily changed, because this is 100% vector artwork which mean that you can increase/decrease the design without any loss on quality.

 

[DylanButler]

Hi you'll see an entry from me if I get some time this week.

 

[vivsin]

I am in , Entry on March 19th .

 

[[email protected]]

Hi!
I am in too.
msn messenger contact needed for a few questions.
Thanks

 

[homydesign]

Logo

Hi!
what about this for the logo?

 

[J4m!3]

Are you lot just doing the logo's?

 

[fried-chicken]

 

[dreaminginspiration]

Hey, thanks for the entrys so far

@ guetizo: not really what i was looking for its not really related to poker or the crowd i asked for.

@ homydesign: thats awesome! You dont need to change that (is it vector). Hope you can make a design this good.

@ fried-chicken: to bright, not professional, a complete redo is needed.

Ill pm the people who wanted the contact details now, thanks so far for your efforts.

 

[guetizo]

Hi dreaminspiration,

@ guetizo: not really what i was looking for its not really related to poker or the crowd i asked for.

It's ok.
But by the example that you gave us (pokerroom) on the front page I don't see any design/feature related to poker (hearts, clubs, diamonds, etc.). We know it's poker because we can reader "poker" and see the images, that's all!
The idea behind the design was a poker table and the dots around, is the crowd.
I though you'd wanted a different approach.

 

[dreaminginspiration]

Your right i never saw that :D

Well the green one looks good now i know that :D Ill see how your design comes along :D

edit: the place for users to search needs 3 sections: Type, Game & Location. Im just including this so you know the design type, also a link to the advanced search beneath the submit button.

 

[170designs]

Hey, here's my entry so far. I did the header . Feedback please...

Thanks,
Matt

 

[dreaminginspiration]

Hey Matt thanks for trying but not what i was aiming at. The design i want i suppose you could say is a bit more of a sleek hightech look but very professional. Im planning on this being a pretty huge site and i could really use that design if i want it to be taken seriously.

The following template is in a nice style:

http://www.templatemonster.com/flash-templates/8870.html

And the following template is what i would consider sleek:

http://www.templatemonster.com/website-templates/8696.html

Dont go copying those to the latter though thats just an idea. Use that with the information given and youll come closer, also if you read i didnt want the menu in that location but on the left side.

Here is another template:

http://www.templatemonster.com/website-templates/9569.html

It has a nice flowing layout but i would prefer it to be a sort of mix between that and this template layout http://www.templatemonster.com/flash-templates/8870.html with my layout instructions.

 

[Chris.]

i might have a go, does anyone know whats the best program to turn psds into vector lol

its a shame i havnt learnt vector yet hehe

 

[DylanButler]

i might have a go, does anyone know whats the best program to turn psds into vector lol

its a shame i havnt learnt vector yet hehe

What do you mean turn a .PSD into a vector?
The only vector capabilities of photoshop are smart pixels and vector objects imported from illustrator as far as I know. Also the pen tool creates vector shapes.. but you're generally better off using illustrator for logos and photoshop for web sites..

I'll have my entry within a few days.

 

[Chris.]

Thanks dylan, p.s dylan did you get your prize money off dentalpro yet ?

 

[[email protected]]

main and sub pages

Hi!

what about this kind of layout?

 

[dreaminginspiration]

The header is a bit big, i was wanting the login actually on the header image. No need for any space above the header. I would also like maybe a header thats slightly related to poker but dont go overboard with giant chips and cards.

The menu is also a bit too plain, it needs some sort of good looking menu design, same goes for the content area.