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Your Emoticon in Nimbuzz! Join the EmotiContest (ends July 27th)!
In the “Nimbuzz EmotiContest” you get to design up to 5 emoticons for Nimbuzz: Design the emoticon(s), send it to us and we will pick a winner whose emoticon(s) will be available on all Nimbuzz clients!
Everyone is invited to participate, so if you are a freelancer, passionate graphic designer, playing all day with Adobe Photoshop or have a friend (or 3 year old sibling) that can create the BEST new emoticon – please share this post!
Checkout all the details about the contest guidelines, dates, and details – below. This is also a chance to add a design creation to your artistic portfolio, in a live product! With well over 900,000 new people joining Nimbuzz each month, this is your claim to fame to be part of a mobile success story!
If you have any questions please let us know in the comment section.
Help us spread the word around and tell your friends!
When instant messaging, the emoticon (or smiley) is very important since it’s difficult to fully express how you feel in the virtual world. We’ve received many requests for more Nimbuzz emoticons from you and it would be brilliant if you could add your personal touch to Nimbuzz by designing an emoticon yourself.
Timeline: The contest starts on June 30, 2009 and it will end on July 27, 2009, 08:00 AM CET
Guidelines:
NOTE: We are looking for new emoticons, not variations of the existent ones.
What do I need to send?
The emoticon needs to fit the style of the existing Nimbuzz emoticons, so there are a few limitations (i.e. please do not submit animated-style emoticons).
Each entry must include these three files:
- 16×16px png
- 32×32px png
- Your workfile/-s (AI, PSD or whatever fileformat/program was used).
Optional you can include:
- propose the ASCII version of the emoticon (i.e. >:), <3 or d(^_^)b )
- send a “fake screenshot” with your emoticon in any of the Nimbuzz clients
How do I send the .zip file to you? Please email your .zip file to contest@nimbuzz.com with “EmotiContest” in title. Submissions received after the above mentioned deadline will not be considered.
Why should I do it? What do I get from this?
- Personal Touch: You know which emoticon/image Nimbuzz needs to add to it’s chat service
- Recognition: You can get your work viewed by millions of Nimbuzz users from every country of the world, we will identify your name in the Nimbuzz Blog.
- Acknowledgment: We will give a Nimbuzz Recognition Certificate, that certifies that you are the designer of the emoticon. The certificate will be signed by the Nimbuzz Head of Design, Gijs de Ridder.
To give you a hint on what we are looking for please download this .zip file, it contains:
- The emoticon body in 16×16 and 32×32
- The workfile (AI) for our emoticon.
- Two charts with the current/upcoming emoticons:16×16 and 32×32
Disclaimer:
By entering this Contest you agree that:
- You will comply with these rules and the decisions of Nimbuzz, which are final and binding;
- Entries are your original work, have not already have been published or submitted to other competitions and do not infringe the rights of any other person;
- You grant Nimbuzz a non-exclusive, transferable and sub-licensable, royalty-free, world-wide, perpetual license to display, distribute, reproduce, modify, translate and/or create derivative works from the entries or any parts of them, in any media and for any purpose, including but not limited to advertising and promotion of the Nimbuzz and its websites, products and services;
- Any entry material reproduced by Nimbuzz will NOT include a credit to you and you waive any rights that you might otherwise have in relation to Nimbuzz’s use of your entries;
- Nimbuzz can use any personal data provided in connection with your entry in accordance with our Privacy Policies including in Nimbuzz marketing and on the internet
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