Design the RaGEZONE Awards 2015 Userbar competition! [WIN A SUB!]

[Junkers]

It's time again for the RZ Oscars! And again we are running a competition for our buddying graphic designers to come up with a design for a userbar to be used in this year's awards.

There is a prize! A ONE YEAR AZURE SUBSCRIPTION! Now kids, say thank you to @Mucski for getting this sub for us, what a hero. Entry closes in 2 weeks (October 26th). Users can enter as many entries as they wish. I hand pick the three best entries, put it to a public vote for a week and the winner gets the sub upon completion of the actual Awards. You will be duly credited for your work, this is an excellent opportunity to publicly showcase your work.


Design Requirements

There are NO design specifications. What I want to see is something totally new. It doesn't even have to be a userbar! Just something that can fit into user's signatures. Oh, no NSFW material of course.

Okay so there is one slight requirement - whatever your design, it must be able to fit in somewhere the username of the winner, the award and "RaGEZONE Awards 2015". Get creative with how you do that (GIFs are quite commonly used). CREATIVE LICENCE IS ENCOURAGED!


Past Examples

Try to avoid making it look like these.


2014:

2013:

2012:

2011:

2010:

Now, GOGOGOGOGOGGOOOOOO

 

[Rain]

Joining!

 

[Cyndaquil]

Oh my the year has gone so quickly...

 

[Thunda]

Seems people are a bit shy, then I will be the one to post the first attempt, with the huge possibility of embarrassing myself, as this is my 2nd animation done in Photoshop - ever. So don't be mean, please.

 

[ToXiC L33T]

@Thunda
Wow for your second attempt at animations its quite good Good luck

 

[Thunda]

Thank you!
Now waiting for yall to get into this! Someone has to be in need of a Sub right? You better be, because you don't want to meet a mad Mudkip!

 

[ToXiC L33T]

I could do better but here is something I put together in 30min its different as requested :w00t:

Plan

Textured / Coloured

Added an animation also for fun..

Plan Animated

Textured / Coloured Animated

 

[fallenfate]

If we enter and have a sub, does it stack on top of our existing one or...?

 

[ChewBecca]

I cant believe its that time of year again

 

[fallenfate]

Here's my attempt (with the RaGEZONE logo blue, ):

Second flat version with a dark grey (from the forums navigation) end:

Animated! Because everyone seems to love animated:

Alternate animated:

Alternate animated with back-to-start loop:

REMOVED

An alternate, rounded version with a black end:

 

[Thunda]

Here's my attempt (with the RaGEZONE logo blue, ):

An alternate, rounded version with a black end:

Good one you've got there. Had similar idea about the colors, background for mine was inspired by the blue used for the RZ logo, you could also try getting the black to be the one used in the logo? It should be #363636
I like the first one more, flat and simple.

 

[Tweek]

 

[fallenfate]

Good one you've got there. Had similar idea about the colors, background for mine was inspired by the blue used for the RZ logo, you could also try getting the black to be the one used in the logo? It should be #363636
I like the first one more, flat and simple.

Glad you like it! And thanks, I made another flat design and added it to my post with the dark grey from the navigation bar as you suggested. I forgot you're into web design too so you'd like the flat one as well hahaha, I just made the more 'bubble' one because you know... traditionalists who like it, lol.

 

[Skansmer]

Meh

 

[Mucski]

Meh

We need something that fits into a signature, not an avatar :| +1 for the effort though.

 

[Tweek]

 

[religion]

Spoiler

Heh.
Question, why didn't you just crop all the access background?

 

[Tweek]

Are you designer? I find my decision is right

 

[Skansmer]

 

[fallenfate]

Updated my entry with an animated version as well.

https://forum.ragezone.com/f119/design-ragezone-awards-2015-userbar-1081513-post8513923/#post8513923