Designing With the Stars: Rookie Applications, Apply NOW! Options

[technicolour]

For all of those who had shown interest in the "Designing with the Stars!" Contest, here is your chance to sign up right now!

What we're going to need from you is:

CODE

[b]Name:[/b] Username/Real Name
[b]Programs you have:[/b] Photoshop, PSP, Gimp..etc etc etc
[b]Experience[/b] How experienced do you feel? Have you messed around with your program  before? Or are you just a brand spankin' new person to this wonderful world of designing?

Let us see where this will go!

[marzipan]

Name: Krista
Programs you have: GIMPshop
Experience Ehh...I'm not a rookie but I'm definitely not experienced. I've made a bunch of avatars. I think I make okay icons. Aaand...a few banners. I've started many vectors.

I'm pretty sure I'm able to do this, but there needs to be more details about the whole contest and deadlines and such... Basically, I've dabbled in a few things, but I'm not experienced at all.

Applicant can't participate any longer.

This post has been edited by mona lisa: Feb 22 2007, 06:39 PM

[*I Shot JFK*]

^ for more information on that side of things, check here http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=160089

Name: James

Programs: Photoshop (lemme get back to you on version, but i've not missed anything while following tutorials here, so it should be fine), MS Paint

Experience: Playing around making graphics in Photoshop. I just kind of mess about with it, but I'd love to get some real feedback. And I like to compete.

[turbulent]

Someone has gotta want to help me out =)

Name: Maryland
Programs you have: Photoshop 7, ImageReady, Illustrator
Experience I know photoshop front and back. Imageready and illustrator are new to me though. I'd be interested in how to code a website layout using FTP & wp and stuff. I have a site, but I let Monet (http://exalte.org/ shes so talented) do all the hard stuff for me =P

I really really want to learn how to make a portfoilo site!

[HakunaMatata]

Name: kayceeisms/Kaycee
Programs you have: Photoshop 7, MS Paint, Dreamweaver
Experience: I've read and done several tutorials, particularly on colorizing and creating vectors, but right now, most of my experience only extends to avatars. The pen tool has always eluded me, and hopefully this competition will see the end of that. I've done well with CSS and was once on a DIV layout making rampage, so I know I'm at least capable in that area.

Consider my application revoked indefinitely.

This post has been edited by kayceeisms: Feb 8 2007, 08:43 PM

[*Uronacid*]

Name: Uronacid/Josh
Programs you have: Photoshop, HTML.. :p
Experience I have messed around before... I have a fairly creative mind too *wink*, just click on the sig...

P.S. I'll try my very best. I would really like to win. :D

[*Duchess of Dork*]

Name: Duchess of Dork/Rebecca
Programs you have: Photoshop CS, Flash, MS Paint, Dreamweaver
Experience: I'm pretty good with Photoshop, although I haven't done anything graphically for a while. I think once I sit down with PS again, it'll feel right as rain. I've got a good eye for colors and I don't mind creating a slew of layers for the good of a finished design/graphic/blend/etc. I also tend to like things that are simple, but eye catching yet has a bit of class to it, so when I'm designing something, I try to keep that in mind. ;-) I'm a definite novice with both Flash MXand Dreamweaver MX, but I do have both programs and have dabbled a bit with Flash MX. What I haven't done is coding. I've looked through code. I could probably bastardize someone's code (hey, I said I could, didn't say I would!) but would like to learn it first hand.

(PS, if there aren't enough "Stars", I'll back out... even though it was my idea. :-p (JK JK JK))

Application withdrawn for the time being.

This post has been edited by Duchess of Dork: Jan 29 2007, 10:08 AM

[Jeng]

Name: Jeng/ Melissa
Programs you have: Photoshop cs2
Experience Erm I've created things, BUT THEY ARE SO UGLY ITS NOT FUNNY. I can't make anything for beans, Well I can, but they come out totally wrong. I can't choose color themes at all for graphics and CSS codes. I want to be better at CSS and coding websites. Also how to create great graphics.

[iDecay]

Name: tic tac. / Tina
Programs you have: Photoshop, Imageready, Notepad..
Experience I've been doing this for a bit more than 2 years. I know I've done this a while, but I don't feel as if I've met my potential yet. I'm pretty okay with coding and designing, I know basically everything (tool wise) in Photoshop. But, my creativity is lacking A LOT.

Can no longer participate.

This post has been edited by mona lisa: Mar 19 2007, 08:50 PM

[Simba]

Name: Arjuna Capulong/Arjuna Capulong

Programs you have: Adobe CS2 Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady, InDesign, etc.)

Experience: The first time I really indulged in graphic and web designing was around April of 2006. I am able to get around Photoshop as far as photography goes. However, when it comes to actual graphic design, perhaps not so much.

I have experimented with the features of Photoshop, though I probably haven't even touched Illustrator, ImageReady, and I'm relatively weak with InDesign. I'd say I know the basics of creating layouts (designing and coding), however, I wouldn't say I have designed anything extraordinary or innovative, which I would love to be able to do.

My experience in photography may be able to help me when it comes to creativity. Advancement in graphic and web design (and animation via Flash, if offered) has always been one of my ambitions in order to further expand my horizons in digital art.

Where samples of my work can be found:
Xanga
Myspace

[ecargnmyst]

Name: Grace
Programs you have: Photoshop CS2, ImageReady, Illustrator, Cinema 4D, Dreamweaver
Experience: I think i know photoshop well enough already. I just need help with the proper way to code and use ftp and wp..b/c i had a website before but my coding was a mess :( heheh..

[*incoherent*]

Name: incoherent/Spencer
Programs you have: Photoshop and PSP (i think i still have psp?)
Experience: i wouldnt consider myself as "overly qualified" but i have somewhat of an idea of what i'm doing. i'm more on the design side rather than the coding aspect.

My site

[dalenaadsiqnz]

Name: Dalena
Programs you have: Photoshop 7 & cs3 ; Image ready 7 ; Animation shop 3
Experience: I wouldn't say I'm pro or nooby but I've owned quite a few graphic sites &I like to play around with photoshop (: I especially love making myspace DIVS but I wouldn't consider it "professional". Some of my best layouts can be view here . i still wanna learn to code more layouts thouqh.. ;x

[michellerrific]

Name: catastrophic / Michelle
Programs you have: Photoshop 7.0, Imageready, MS Paint
Experience: I've made some graphics on photoshop and basically know most of the tools. (i have also had a bit of experience with cs2, if that helps.) I'm also pretty good with html/css that kind of stuff which i have used to make layouts and a few simple websites, nothing fancy. All i've done on Imageready was to image map before.

Applicant will not be able to participate.

This post has been edited by mona lisa: Feb 22 2007, 10:37 PM

[clarity]

Name: a beautiful nothing/anastasia
Programs you have: Photoshop CS2, ImageReady CS2
Experience: Very expierienced, if you ask me. Although, I'm not too confident with my work. I'm very good with the program, all though my artwork never looks good.

Point is I know the insides and outs of photoshop.

[-lana]

Name: -lana/lana
Programs you have: Photoshop/ImageReady, PSP, Madesafe Photoshop
Experience I'd say very experienced? I'm not satisfied all the time with my stuff, but i can do stuff like blends/collages/colourizations/vectors/etc. And I know where everything is. :P For coding? I'm okay, I've done some Xanga and Myspace. I can't really code a layout from scratch, but i can take a default layout and edit it to my liking?

Applicant says she's too busy to participate. --mona lisa

This post has been edited by mona lisa: Feb 22 2007, 04:19 PM

[*annonymous.*]

I guess I'll try out.

Name: annonymous./Ann
Programs you have: Adobe Photoshop/Imageready CS2, Notepad, MS Paint.
Experience I'm pretty experienced and I know my Photoshop very well, but when I fool around and try to make something look nice, it never seem to work out the way I want it to look. I'd definitely need more experience. I'm good at coding, but I can't code from scratch on my life. I'd really like to learn more about the programs I have, and HOPEFULLY learn something new.

[xtrancie]

Name: x.d.o.0.f.u.s/Trancie
Programs you have: Photoshop, PSP
Experience im good enough get some of my layouts to get over 100,000 hits on CB in less than 3-4 days x]. im good enough to own lil noobies x], im good enough to make my own brushes and pen draw my characters. I owned a website which ran pretty fast until i closed it x]

Is going to be a star instead! :)

This post has been edited by mona lisa: Mar 8 2007, 07:49 PM

[WHOREible]

Name: WHOREish/Melina
Programs you have: Photoshop CS2
Experience: Uhm. Ive made layouts before. Not for myspace really. Ive used photoshop CS2, im not sure about knowing EVERYthing about though. I would love to learn more. My Main problem.. or i guess Something i wish i could work on and learn from the best is the coding. Ive coded before.. but not like this. Any help would be gladly appreciated. :]

[Lanochka]

sounds fun =]

Name: Lanochka/Lana
Programs you have: PSP8
Experience I have about 2-2 1/2 years of experience with PSP. I know it pretty well and I get by. But I don't know everything about it. So that's why I want to learn =] I've been designing and making websites on and off for 4-5 years roughly.

[*Azarel*]

Alrighty, since we have so many more rookie applicants than stars, this thread is now closed until we get this off the ground.

Edited: All applicants, please head over to the preliminary round!