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For 30 Days of Sonic, we have daily activities that you can participate in, to celebrate the blue blur's birthday month with your fellow Sonic fans. But, we wanted to add a little extra activity alongside all of this - it's time for a... We have been meaning to bring this challenge back for quite some time... and many of you have asked whether we would do another one over the years as well. So, with 30 Days of Sonic in full swing, a new-look Sonic Stadium (since last year) and an incoming Achievements system to lean on, we thought now would be the perfect opportunity to launch... Stadium Banner Bonanza This activity tasks you with developing a custom header banner for The Sonic Stadium, which will go on rotation on SSMB's "Stadium" default theme. Your banner could be there! 'What's the incentive for doing this,' I hear you ask. Well, besides being freaking COOL, your TSS Account will be blessed with the following exclusive, limited edition badge when we roll out our new Achievements system (soon): There are some ground rules to consider: Your banner must be (your own) fan art - no arranged clippings of official art or other people's artwork allowed The banner must be your own original (fan art) work You must adhere to the Sonic Stadium Banner Specifications (see below) Your banner must account for the Sonic Stadium logo and motto text in the centre, as well as the User Bar in the top right corner. Consider the placements of characters and objects in your artwork so they don't obscure (or aren't obscured by) these elements Probably goes without saying, but absolutely no NSFW imagery or themes Stadium Banner Specifications The entire document dimensions should be 2400 pixels wide x 600 pixels high. These dimensions allow for your banner to be seen across mobile and desktop versions of the website. However, the website dynamically resizes your banner based on the device and the screen resolution you're browsing on. With that in mind, to ensure your banner is seen correctly across all platforms, there are bleed areas at the top and bottom of the banner area that must be considered when developing your art piece. Simply make sure that the key elements of your banner art appear in the centre of the banner template (inside the bleed areas) if you want them to be seen by all visitors of The Sonic Stadium, regardless of device. An opacity of 60% will be applied to your banner when in rotation, so please consider this as well. Your banner will appear in rotation on the Stadium (default) theme, so you may wish to consider the header background/checkered colour scheme and the above opacity application. PSD Template (31MB) | PXM Template (13.6MB) Example Banner without Bleed Areas Example of Banner applied to Stadium (default) theme on Desktop. Example of Banner applied to Stadium (default) theme on Tablet screen sizes. Example of Banner applies to Stadium (default) theme on Mobile devices. ------------------------ Looking forward to seeing what you have cooked up! As mentioned, this is a month-long challenge, so spend as long as you need to on it!