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post Dec 12 2006, 08:43 AM
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This came up because I was banging my head against the wall trying to figure out ways to graphically contribute here (other than my silly icons), so I posted the following Backstage and thought I would bring it up here as well to see what folks here in the Community thought of it:
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I am so ignorant when it comes to creating a layout. I almost feel that as the only HeadStaff that cannot do this, we should have some type of "Dancing with the Stars" type thing where someone takes a person that can't dance, well, in this case, do a layout, pair with them and at the end of the show they can do a killer layout!

After a little encouragement, ranting continued:
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Who knows though, it could be fun to see folks paired up with some of our infamous designers (such as Rachael, Carrie, Kristina (although I know she's very busy right now), Kathleen, Ryan, et al). Could even put up AIM transcriptions of the star designer trying to coach the learner on how to design (if so desired).


Any thoughts? (Oh and sorry for pointing certain super designers out, I know there are more than those, but they are the first to came to mind that morning).
 
 
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PST! That's where the logo round comes in. You obviously have to cut down on the "rookies", so perhaps that round could be used to ... Remove (for lack of a nicer word) those that don't have at least the very, very basics down.

Things like pixelly isn't so good most of the time, and .GIF format isn't for many-coloured things. Just a thought ...
 

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Duchess of Dork   "Designing with the Stars"   Dec 12 2006, 08:43 AM
KissMe2408   This is a great idea actually, One of you hott sho...   Dec 12 2006, 03:45 PM
Gypsy Eyes   Aw this is such a good idea   Dec 12 2006, 04:06 PM
digital.fragrance   This is a really good idea!   Dec 12 2006, 04:16 PM
Sherlock.   Aw man, this is such a cool idea. I so WISH I cou...   Dec 12 2006, 05:33 PM
insomniac   that sounds pretty cool? would the "stars...   Dec 12 2006, 06:12 PM
Duchess of Dork   ^ Oh DEFINITELY not limited to mods. :)   Dec 12 2006, 06:16 PM
hardxcoreL0VER   I love this idea! I have no idea how to make l...   Dec 12 2006, 06:17 PM
mona lisa   No fun in limiting it only to one pair. :) Perhaps...   Dec 12 2006, 06:30 PM
Arjuna Capulong   I really like this idea, since the person who can...   Dec 12 2006, 06:37 PM
digital.fragrance   How would we teach them? It's hard to do that...   Dec 12 2006, 07:18 PM
mona lisa   QUOTE(digital.fragrance @ Dec 12 2006, 7...   Dec 12 2006, 08:17 PM
Arjuna Capulong   QUOTE(digital.fragrance @ Dec 12 2006, 7...   Dec 12 2006, 10:31 PM
Duchess of Dork   This is very much still in the 'thought' s...   Dec 12 2006, 09:16 PM
digital.fragrance   ^ That's what I was thinking. We'd have t...   Dec 12 2006, 10:33 PM
Arjuna Capulong   Right, so you'd have to grab some really activ...   Dec 12 2006, 10:38 PM
jumpropeforheart   count me in and... I CALL MIKE! which i need...   Dec 12 2006, 10:57 PM
salcha4u   Yeah, random partners sound good. I'm up :)   Dec 13 2006, 12:04 AM
fallingstar   AAAH! EEEK! I totally love this idea. I...   Dec 13 2006, 12:14 AM
salcha4u   What about people like me that can only design and...   Dec 13 2006, 12:22 AM
toyo loco   A coding part is going to be added? . That migh...   Dec 13 2006, 12:52 AM
Duchess of Dork   Well coding was actually a big part of the idea. ...   Dec 13 2006, 02:19 PM
insomniac   well... would all our layouts follow general guide...   Dec 13 2006, 03:13 PM
toyo loco   ^ Maybe per round there can be a diff style. Like ...   Dec 13 2006, 06:16 PM
Infinite.   Doesn't sound bad, is this only going to be fo...   Dec 13 2006, 06:35 PM
jumpropeforheart   i dont know if this is what toya was getting at, b...   Dec 13 2006, 06:58 PM
hardxcoreL0VER   Why don't you do a pair for each site? I mean...   Dec 13 2006, 07:00 PM
Gypsy Eyes   That would get boring though   Dec 13 2006, 07:09 PM
Spiritual Winged Aura   Can we have a title ?   Dec 16 2006, 07:22 PM
jumpropeforheart   QUOTE(Spiritual Winged Aura @ Dec 16 2006, 6...   Dec 17 2006, 06:50 PM
Kathleen   Aww.. I'm a 'celebrity' designer? *Fe...   Dec 17 2006, 08:47 PM
mona lisa   I'm thinking we tackle this one aspect at a ti...   Dec 17 2006, 09:19 PM
Duchess of Dork   I like the idea of having multiple sites, however,...   Dec 18 2006, 10:03 AM
rawr SOCK   QUOTE(Duchess of Dork @ Dec 18 2006, 10:0...   Dec 18 2006, 06:19 PM
GREASEbaby   ^Yeah.While reading this thread I thought that ide...   Dec 18 2006, 11:24 AM
anime.essence   ^I would love to participate whenever this whole ...   Dec 18 2006, 06:59 PM
GREASEbaby   Whoo I wanna be your partner Ricky :] do you remem...   Dec 18 2006, 07:10 PM
anime.essence   ^Janette, of course. You hardly ever sign on Aim a...   Dec 18 2006, 08:40 PM
Duchess of Dork   First off, sorry I haven't returned to this th...   Dec 28 2006, 11:10 AM
anime.essence   ^It would be rather difficult, but not extremely i...   Dec 28 2006, 11:48 AM
supimateecup   wow. that would be really cool. i know i'd lov...   Jan 4 2007, 12:29 AM
I Shot JFK   i SO want to be one of the novices!   Jan 5 2007, 10:09 AM
Sherlock.   I think that, if this is going to happen, you shou...   Jan 5 2007, 01:09 PM
mona lisa   QUOTE(Sherlock. @ Jan 5 2007, 1:09 PM) I ...   Jan 7 2007, 11:02 PM
insomniac   ^i like the sound of that in webmastering, we sta...   Jan 5 2007, 05:38 PM
Sherlock.   QUOTE(insomniac @ Jan 5 2007, 4:38 PM) ^i...   Jan 7 2007, 08:08 PM
Jeng   YES OMG. id love this. having a coach. and learnin...   Jan 5 2007, 05:40 PM
Resistance   This would be awesome, Good idea. I would love to ...   Jan 5 2007, 07:01 PM
Quarantine.   I very much like this idea, I'm all for it.   Jan 7 2007, 11:40 PM
fishcake-y   ... I think, mostly like what Kristina said with t...   Jan 7 2007, 11:46 PM
Intercourse   Ah I would love to participate in something like t...   Jan 8 2007, 04:43 PM
ThE LoTuS FlOwEr   hi there .. i'm new here , i hope that doesn...   Jan 11 2007, 02:53 AM
digital.fragrance   ^ Of course not, you can participate . But right ...   Jan 11 2007, 02:37 PM
mona lisa   BUMP! Hmm.. Something to think about--would i...   Jan 14 2007, 12:35 PM
ai + you   Hm ... I still think a preliminary logo round woul...   Jan 14 2007, 12:49 PM
Sherlock.   ^ They always make up their own choreography. The...   Jan 14 2007, 06:32 PM
ai + you   ... Pretend like I'm up with pop culture. XD I...   Jan 14 2007, 06:42 PM
Sherlock.   ^ Yes yes, imagemapping would go in with the creat...   Jan 14 2007, 06:52 PM
insomniac   ^well, with imagemapping, are you talking about it...   Jan 14 2007, 06:56 PM
Sherlock.   I know how to do it w/ Imageready. It is quite e...   Jan 14 2007, 07:38 PM
insomniac   ^that will always be a problem i suppose that the ...   Jan 14 2007, 07:51 PM
Duchess of Dork   As far as compatibility with programs is concerned...   Jan 15 2007, 09:08 AM
Sherlock.   Mwahaha. We need a judging committeeeeee then. Som...   Jan 15 2007, 04:21 PM
ai + you   Whenever we completely figure this stuff out. XD ...   Jan 15 2007, 05:20 PM
Sherlock.   ^ YES! A more LXS thing. That sounds better. ...   Jan 15 2007, 05:35 PM
I Shot JFK   Name: James Role: Learner Programs: Photoshop (l...   Jan 17 2007, 02:38 PM
digital.fragrance   My programs aren't compatible either... I have...   Jan 17 2007, 02:50 PM
Sherlock.   ^ Rachael. Look at what you've been able to do...   Jan 17 2007, 03:22 PM
digital.fragrance   Only thing is that it would be hard to pair me up ...   Jan 17 2007, 05:15 PM
Heath21   I think that is a very very cool idea!   Jan 17 2007, 06:18 PM
ai + you   RACHAEL! C'mon, you an' me can pair up...   Jan 17 2007, 08:33 PM
kayceeisms   QUOTE(ai + you @ Jan 17 2007, 5:33 P...   Jan 18 2007, 12:44 AM
digital.fragrance   That'd be awesome!   Jan 17 2007, 08:49 PM
Sherlock.   Well, I guess we might as well start getting peopl...   Jan 20 2007, 12:45 PM
ai + you   PST! That's where the logo round comes in....   Jan 20 2007, 12:56 PM
Sherlock.   K, what about this: Assemble rookies or those int...   Jan 20 2007, 01:20 PM
insomniac   ^yea, the "stars" should outline "w...   Jan 20 2007, 01:20 PM
Sherlock.   Web-safe? I think I know what you mean.. Like, ...   Jan 20 2007, 01:25 PM
insomniac   si. for example: .jpgs are great for gradients, o...   Jan 20 2007, 01:28 PM
Sherlock.   Well, then, yes. We should tell them this stuff be...   Jan 20 2007, 01:29 PM
insomniac   sure. either you or a staffie.   Jan 20 2007, 01:42 PM
Sherlock.   Meh. I'll do it. I'm so bored right now.   Jan 20 2007, 01:48 PM
insomniac   ^psst maybe you should add whether they're si...   Jan 20 2007, 02:31 PM
Sherlock.   In the topic title it says rookie application?   Jan 20 2007, 03:07 PM
insomniac   ^you know i missed that? *hits head* *hides unde...   Jan 20 2007, 03:11 PM
Sherlock.   lol 'tis okay. I made a "Rookie" thr...   Jan 20 2007, 03:16 PM
digital.fragrance   I'm wondering, should I move those threads you...   Jan 21 2007, 11:35 AM
insomniac   ^i think they're fine here. this is the conte...   Jan 21 2007, 12:04 PM
Sherlock.   yes...but no ones signed up. I say they go off to ...   Jan 21 2007, 07:42 PM
mona lisa   Oh, yes. Great idea. Will do for both topics.   Jan 21 2007, 07:49 PM
Duchess of Dork   Need....stars. I'd love to apply for a r...   Jan 22 2007, 08:35 AM
Uronacid   I'm a rookie xD.... I think this looks interes...   Jan 22 2007, 11:40 PM
Jeng   whens the deadline >.< or is it still undeci...   Jan 25 2007, 01:08 PM
mona lisa   None, as of yet. Though this is going to a lengthy...   Jan 25 2007, 06:46 PM
annonymous.   Great idea. Maybe I'll apply for the rookie. I...   Jan 30 2007, 09:06 PM
mocassinsx29   lol wow every reality show is making its way onto ...   Jan 31 2007, 07:09 PM
mona lisa   FIRST ROUND IS UP! N.B. This is only a prel...   Feb 22 2007, 01:04 AM
Intercourse.   Good luck to all the Rookies!   Feb 22 2007, 06:00 PM
Sherlock.   Oh my gosh. ITS UP! WHOOT! Yay! I...   Feb 23 2007, 12:07 AM
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