Round #001; Challenge #13; Submissions
Challenge13;
We're finally at the last challenge of the round, congratulations to both the finalists on having made it this far. Having gotten here, you're both winners already, so good luck with this last fight and have fun!
Scenario;
In Johnny's Entertainment, all senior established groups have their own shows, which range from game shows, to talk shows, and variety shows. Examples would be SMAP's "SMAPxSMAP", TOKIO's "Mentore G", V6's "Gakkou e Ikou MAX", Kinki Kid's "Domoto Kyoudai" and Arashi's "VS Arashi". A common thread running through all these JE programmes (actually, for most Japanese shows anyway), is how each show is aired regularly, with guests coming onto the programme each week, and the show being divided into individual segments.
Speaking of shows, you've just received an envelope from Johnny Kitagawa yesterday, with the words "FINAL ASSIGNMENT" printed in large black bold letters. You have absolutely no idea why this is "FINAL", but you know enough to understand that "ASSIGNMENT" is the loose equivalent of a "You, Do It"-command from Johnny. Opening the envelope, you find three shiny photographs with an attached note. The note reads: "YOU, come up with three game segments for a show which'll be airing from next week onwards. Design the segments with these three photographs in mind and send it to my email by next Monday. (Remember, Games are FUN! :D)"
You stared at the note, reading the commanding characters repeatedly, trying to make some sort of sense of words, but gave up. Picking up the photographs you find yourself sinking into a Huge Black Hole often referred to as Despair. Aaaa, I wish Johnny would at least include some details, instead of just three vague photographs. Like who this show will be for, what the show will be called, what the show is supposed to be about?! That'll probably be helpful. Oh well, but if this is "FINAL" like it says on the envelope, it means that this should probably be the last of those vague tasks that Johnny has been sending you to do. Just do it! :D
Briefing;
For this challenge, you will have three separate themes and sub-challenges, which means that you'll have to make three icons, and voters will the vote for their favourite icons of each sub category (this will be further explained in the voting post).
Romeo & Juliet: Romance dramas
›› Inspir' by this photograph, courtesy of Johnny Kitagawa Stella.
›› For this theme, you will have to make an icon which features a JE boy in a japanese drama of the Romance genre. The drama featured must have the words "Romance" under the "Genre" heading in its wiki d-addicts page (e.g. Tatta Hitotsu no Koi).
›› Your icon must be from either a screencap of the drama, or a scan from a magazine promoting the drama. The image must include the JE idol in the drama (i.e. not the female leads or the house pets) in character (i.e. wearing clothes in-character, not shiny concert costumes or his home clothes).
Dance: Live Performances
›› Inspir' by this photograph, courtesy of Johnny Kitagawa Stella.
›› For this theme, you will have to make an icon which features Hey!Say!JUMP's Your Seed Music Station Performance on 2008.07.11. You will have to make use of one of these HQ screencaps: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07
›› (Pardon the different sizes of the screenies, since they were taken by various methods and I had to choose the most icon-able ones out of those.)
Cloudy rainbows: Desaturated
›› Inspir' by this photograph, courtesy of Johnny Kitagawa Stella.
›› For this theme, you will have to make a desaturated icon of your idol (the JE boy which has represented you for this round), with your idol's name on it.
›› Your icon has to be desaturated and may only have the colours black, white and grey.
›› BONUS: Out of the two finalists, the icon for this theme which wins the most favourites, will be design of the Idol icons (i.e. the ones xenylamine has been using for all the result tally posts) for the next round.
Deadline;
The deadline for this challenge is Monday, 19th of January, at 8.00PM EST [-5:00 GMT].
Please use a timezone convertor to ensure that you've got the right date/time.
You cannot use a bye [skip] for this challenge. If you do not submit your icon on time, you will be disqualified.
Submission;
Please submit with your friendly neighbourhood copy-paste box!
Idol name:
DRAMA THEME
Icon URL: URLHERE
Original ImageDrama featured:
Link to wiki d-addicts page: URLHERE
Character/group in icon:
LIVE PERFORMANCE THEME
Icon URL: URLHERE
DESATURATED THEME
Icon URL: URLHERE
Character/group in icon:
Please feel more than free to interpret the theme how you would like! We encourage wide interpretation. Be sure, however, that your icon fits the theme. If you feel that your icon may need explanation, please explain; it will help us determine the suitability of your submission. If you have questions about the theme or the validity of your interpretation, please feel free to contact us. If your icon does not fit the theme, we will inform you. You will have until the submission deadline to correct it.
Please ensure that all fields are filled up with the appropriate information, or you may be asked to resubmit your icon.
Please note;
• You may only submit 3 icons for this challenge if you survived Challenge #12.
• You may only submit three icons for this challenge.
• Your icon must fit all of the themes provided.
• Your icon must conform to LiveJournal standards; 100x100 and 40 kb or less.
• Do not promote your icon, and do not post, display, or otherwise use your icon anywhere on the Internet until after this Round is over and the results have been posted, or you will be disqualified from the round. This includes telling your friends about your icon. You may not reveal your character at any point until the Round is over.
• We strongly recommend that you read comments for additional clarification of the theme, guidelines and interpretation. Very often, we will answer questions posed by other contestants and our replies will be left unscreened should you have similar concerns or questions.