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Masthead Banner Competition

By aardvarchaeology on January 11, 2007.

Any artists out there? This blog needs a nice masthead banner at the top. I'd like it to feature the following:

  • The word Aardvarchaeology
  • At least one recognisable aardvark
  • Recognisable archaeology stuff, e.g. a square pit, a spoil dump, a sieve, a trowel, a bucket, a folding rule, a metal detector, a surveying instrument on a tripod...
The dimensions of the graphic should be 756 x 93 pixels.

All submissions will be showcased here, and if I get one I decide to use, then its creator will receive a $20 book token and +3 charisma.

Now go play with yer crayons!

5 January. Here's a good one from Rhampton:

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11 January. Can anyone beat that?

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You want us to combine this
With this
and the word 'aardvark' in letters?
...anf fit it in 756px by 93px ?
Have I mentioned lately that you are out of your mind?

You should work on getting Aardvarchaeology listed in the Blog index at the scienceblogs.com top page as well.

By Mustafa Mond, FCD (not verified) on 04 Jan 2007 #permalink

Yeah, I know. Sb's web designer is away on holiday. I hope he'll fix it on Monday. Meanwhile, the hit counter for Aardvarchaeology is nevertheless beating more than half of the other Sb blogs. Mwahaha!

Hey, man/lady/talented person, that's really cool! A strong contender. Looking at the bitmap, I realise that I may have been overly enthusiastic about the banner's width. Would you like to make a 756 x 50 pixel version as well?

Oh boy, did I screw-up -- I purposely built a bleed margin into my Photoshop file and then forgot about it. That's why the first image was over-sized. Well, I corrected the error and remade the image to fit the dimensions you initially provided (aardvarchaeology_756x93.jpg). If you still think you need a 756x50 banner, let me know and I'll get to it.

As for my gender, I'll let Brock Sampson of the hilarious Venture Brothers answer that one;

BROCK SAMPSON: "You could have told me that Sasquatch ... was a dude."
STEVE SUMMERS: "What? You didn't know?"
BROCK: "Not until I .... sh-sh-sh-shaved him."
STEVE: "Don't be shy. Sasquatch doesn't have anything you've never seen before."
BROCK: "Sasquatch IS something I've never seen before!

Wow, thanks! Silly me, I just assumed the first version was 93 pixels. The new one is exactly the right width. Also improved by the removal of the spotlight on the 'vark's head! Now you can see the ears.

John and Henrik, sorry for my late reply! I just learned that comments with links stick in the junk filter.

John, your stuff is great, I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Henrik, as for insanity, you're on my wavelength. I'm sure you can transcend space and time and 756 by 93 pix.