2021 Spring Patreon Campaign Banner Contest!

Hi everyone,

Spring has arrived! For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it's time to come out of winter hibernation. For those of us in Japan, or those of us fortunate to have them in your country, spring is when we take part in hanami (花見, "flower viewing"), the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers, especially of sakura (cherry blossom) trees! Hanami is a fun spring activity that can be enjoyed safely as we round out 1 full year of COVID-19, and we get to enjoy the weather and the lush pink scenary!

Thank you again to all of our Patreon supporters for keeping us alive. As mentioned during the 2020 Summer campaign, this spring we will be refilling the AniDB bank account with a new fundraising Patreon post.

The Contest

Users have the chance to contribute their creativity to the Patron post banner! See the submissions of our 2020 Summer contest here: https://anidb.net/forum/thread/101814

For this contest, submit a spring-themed AniDB anime banner! The winning banner will be featured as our 2021 Spring Patreon fundraising post banner. The banner should tie in spring themes with both anime and AniDB.

What does a 'spring theme' entail?

A spring theme should be something hopeful, happy, clean, and cheerful. The idea behind spring is for a new start after a long winter, with excitement in the air as we get into a new year!

Some illustrative examples include:
1. Hanami / sakura viewing
2. Blossoming trees and flowers other than sakura
3. Picnics in the park
4. Visiting shrines
5. Walking through the forest with the snow melting
6. Visiting friends after not seeing them over the winter
7. Light clothing such as light jackets, scarves, dresses
8. Visiting hot springs
9. Hiking
Etc. This list is non-exhaustive.

The Prize

1. The winner will have their banner and username (unless you choose to remain anonymous) featured publicly on our upcoming 2021 Spring Patreon fundraising post.
2. The winner will also receive a Creative Content badge on their userpage.

Caption: Winner of the Patreon banner contest: 2021 Spring

The Rules

1. Anyone can participate, both Patrons and regular users.
2. The submission period will be open from 2021-Mar-29 Monday to 2021-Apr-17 Saturday.
3. Each user may submit, at most, 1 picture per day.
4. To enter your submission, simply reply to this AniDB forum thread with your picture.
   1. Upload your image to one of the whitelisted image hosts. imgur.com is preferred. Whitelisted hosts: abload.de, tinypic.com, flickr.com, imgsafe.org, imgur.com, ipfs.pics, photobucket.com, picload.org, postimage.org, puu.sh
   2. Embed your image in your reply using the image tags.
   3. If you wish to make an anonymous submission, send an AniDB forum PM to CDB-Man instead.
5. The voting period will be from 2021-Apr-18 Sunday to 2021-Apr-24 Saturday. You may vote on as many images as you like.
6. If we suspect vote stuffing, then the staff will take this into consideration when looking at the results, and discard entries if needed.
7. In the unlikely event of a tie, a runoff vote will be held from 2021-Apr-25 Sunday to 2021-Apr-29 Thursday for all images coming first place in the original vote. Each user will only get 1 vote in the runoff.
8. In the even-more unlikely event of a tie in the runoff vote, the AniDB staff will decide the winner.

Image Requirements

1. Submit an AniDB anime image that will be used as the banner on our upcoming Patreon fundraising post. The banner should tie in this contest's theme (as described above) with both anime and AniDB.
2. You are allowed to use the AniDB logo in your image, and it is encouraged!
3. Original content is preferred, but not mandatory.
4. Since the images will be posted on our public Patreon page, all images must be family-friendly, for all ages.
   1. 18+ / adult images will not be accepted.
   2. For borderline / ecchi images, the staff (mainly CDB-Man) will have sole discretion to accept or reject the submission. Note: we will lean on the more conservative side.
5. You are allowed to sign your image with your name (and optionally, your AniDB user ID). Please have the signature in the bottom-right corner.
6. All images should be submitted in PNG format to comply with Patreon's requirements.
7. For a Patreon post, a 16:9 ratio image would fit best.
8. Images should be high resolution, 1080 x 1920 at minimum.
9. We reserve the right to disqualify images that don't meet minimum quality standards.

The AniDB logo source files can be found on the original post on our Forum.

I'd also like to ask everyone to name the characters and anime contained in your submission.  It helps a lot to identify who they are!

Good Luck And Have Fun!

We are looking forward to your participation. Let the artistic creativity of our anime fans run wild!

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

This post on AniDB: https://anidb.net/forum/thread/107501

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