Well i dont know if any of you guys have heard about the latest contest for Gamesppt about Valentines Day.

But anyway you have to creat a E-Card and all participants get a new emblemn so if you wanna participate as well along with everyone else then just go to the below link:

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=27160606&msg_id=319552987#319552987

Read the rules first though

Here is my submission:

Lol quite funny

Well I decided to make a wallpaper using GIMP, and it came out quite well actually. Here is what I made:

If the image goes off the page just click the link below:

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/6688/thewallpaper.png

Also I got a new emblem from Gamespot for participating in the 2009 Readers' Choice Awards!

Participant in 2009 Readers' Choice Awards.

"Sure, that game is good... FOR BABIES!" "That game sucks! It doesn't even have online capture the flag!" "Barbie Horse Adventure: Riding Camp just lost so much of the magic that made Barbie Horse Adventure great." And so on. These intrepid readers braved the chaos of the Readers' Choice process and let their opinions be heard above the cacophony of argumentative commenters. Congratulations, voters!

Here are more:

Nintendo Characters:
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/2039/thewallpaper2.jpg

Final Fantasy VII:
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/5300/thewallpaper3.jpg

Burger King and Quaker Oats vs Peasent
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2748/thewallpaper4.png

I guess you could say I was a little bored today so I made my new profile design. I have only had Altair's design for like a week or two, but they were my first GIMP creations, and I think I have become better....a lot better....I have learned a bucn of new things.

Anyway before I talk about my designs, I wish to share with you, my requested pre read summary of The God of the Moon, the book that I wrote, enjoy the pre read summary below:

"Starting as ordinary people in an ordinary world, a young woman, Valerie, 17, and a man that she has been admiring named Jimmy, 20, have been setup for a challenge of a life time. Their ordinary lives have now turned into a battle between life and death, as they are now part of a special group called the Chosen Ones, who have special abilities to each's own.
Jimmy and Valerie now are up against a challenge with their new friends Yalaski, and Benter. These four will have to endure a rough journey to defeat an eveil so powerful that the entire world is being harmed, the God of the Sun.
Luckily, the four friends meet many new friends that agree to help them and accompany them on their journey, including a kender, dwarf, and many more. Can the chosen ones defeat the evil that is tormenting the world? Can they work together and forget about their conflicts and emotions and defeat this powerful threat? Or will evil be too powerful that it will conquer the world and eternal peace will never come?
Find out as you read this sci-fi, fantasy book, that will take you on a journey to several places and make you feel what the characters are truly feeling in the story. Find out if the dreams of the chosen ones will ever completely come ture, and see if love between two people can break the friendships of others in this comical and intense story with an amazing variety of characters and personalities."

I hope you liked the pre read summary I wrote.

Now on to the designs, I used GIMP, thats the only thing i have other than Paint lol. Anyway all of these took me about 4 hours or three.

The theme of this prfoile design is my character Didi Bulanis in the MMORPG Everquest II. Yes, the wizard in the blue robe is me, I took a screenshot in game and then used the GIMP tools, to place him in images. My wizard is level 50 if you wanted to know what level he is. Anyway the theme is Everquest II, my wizard Didi Bulanis, and again that is my character in the blue robe.....I am serious lol Also the character is not how I look in real life lol, I look way older than my wizard character and i dont have glasses lol

Avatar:

Thats my charaacter with a flaming fire background.

Banner:

Alright here we have Queen Antonica, and the Lord (i forgot his name), and me in the middle.

Signature:

Alright here is my character again, and I placed him in the Heros of War guild hall.

Blog Header:

This one here, I just cloned the words Desert of Flames that used to be on the little scroll and wrote Maniamsmart's Blog.

So what does everyone think, are they good, can I improve, have i imporved, any suggestions, ideas, improvements?

Also I still dont know how to use fonts from www.dafont.com I downloaded them but I cant seem to use them on GIMP how do I use them after I download them?

Thanks for reading please leave a comment!

Monthly Design History
Month 1 Nascar
Month 2 Final Fantasy X
Month 3 Transformers
Month 4 Star Wars
Month 5 Super Mario
Month 6 Final Fantasy VII
Month 7 Wrestling
Month 8 Marvel Heroes
Month 9 The Dark Knight
Month 10 Florida Gators
Month 11 Auron
Month 12 Gandalf
Month 13 Kingdom Hearts (King Mickey, and Kairi and Sora in love)
Month 14 Yoda Master Jedi
Month 15 Altair from Assassin's Creed
Month 16 Everquest II My Wizard (Didi Bulanis)

Note: I did not just join gamespot 16 months ago i have actually been on GS for 3 years!