Good news!!! We have extended this contest to September 7!
To give thanks for the creative and talented Webkinz Community, our new Share Center Contest invites you to design the image for our Thanksgiving Home Page!
Create your own vision for our Thanksgiving Home Page and upload it to the Share Center. If your design is selected, you will receive a 1 Year Deluxe Membership to Webkinz. Nine runners up will each receive a 1 Month Deluxe Membership.
Here’s how it works: The contest runs from August 14 after 9 am, to September 7, 2017. We will announce ten finalists on September 8, 2017 when we want to hear what YOU think of the designs. The final decision will be up to the Creative Team at Webkinz but we will take your input into account before we announce the winner on the last day of the Super School Giveaway on September 15, 2017.
A few things to remember… You can enter as many designs as you want! The approximate dimensions of the image are 11×5.5 or 1400×800 pixels BUT image must be saved at a smaller size for uploading to the gallery. The winner will be asked to supply a high quality scan of the original image at a larger size. We have provided a template but you are not required to use our template as long as your artwork fits our dimensions.
Also, please note that some content will be covered by an ad and by the Webkinz logo and ‘Play’ button (see example below). While there must be some content in those areas – don’t leave it blank – keep in mind that it may be covered so try not to put important content there.
Important: In order to reproduce it at a high quality on our site:
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Although the image must be saved at a smaller size for uploading to the Share Center the ORIGINAL image must be created at as close to size as possible (11 x 5.5) or larger
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Winner MUST be able to provide us with a high quality scan of the original full size via email upon notification of winning. We cannot use the smaller sized upload version.
Contestants MUST upload their work to the Thanksgiving Homepage Design Gallery on the GanzWorld Share Center.
Never uploaded to the ShareCenter before? Don’t worry! It’s easy. Just watch this video to see how it’s done! You can use any kind of art supplies that you want. Feel free to use markers, pencil crayons, crayons, or other art materials. Go for it!
While we will not accept images that have computer generated patterns or graphics copied and added to them, participants may use programs like Paint or Photoshop to color and draw freehand.
We can’t accept submissions with company logos or sports team emblems. Please make sure you save your images as a jpg, gif, or png.
Click here for full contest rules.
Wow! I totally want to enter this! Thanks for doing this, Webkinz/Ganz team! I look forward to entering this!
Good luck to everyone who enters! I am already bursting with ideas, but I have lots of things (like homework) to do before I start any entries! Have a nice Monday, everyone!
What is the maximum size the image can be to upload to the Share Center (in pixels because I made my entry on Paint). I need to know as soon as possible because I just started shrinking it, but i don’t know how small to make it. Thanks!
I need a response right away, as I am trying to do it right now, but don’t know the maximum size. Thank you for all you do, Ganz!
Well, the file should be under 250kb or so. Just try saving a few versions until you get one under that file size. If it won’t upload, you’ll have to try smaller.
Thanks, Sally! I can now try uploading my entry!
It is funny and messed up at the same time how big that turkey is smiling for the contest when thanksgiving is the day we eat them. I was planning some kind of thanksgiving dinner drawing but can’t draw a turkey webkinz with one set on the table to eat. Also the other day my owl asked me to brush her teeth and I got to thinking…owls don’t have teeth… Man I have GOT to stop overthinking everything! XD
Lol, you sound a little bit like me, MidnightFireflies17. I keep wondering about how the “prey” pets feel about the predator pets’ PFFs….I also have two frog pets and a caterpillar, so help brushing their teeth is funny to me, as well. ;-)
You’re not overthinking, MidnightFireflies17. In fact, I was thinking the exact same thing about the turkey! XD I drew a (cooked) turkey on the table for mine. I didn’t include a live turkey because he’d probably be horrified. XD
Good luck everyone!
Cool! I am going to enter I love drawing contests! I love thanksgiving and fall too! It is funny because it is still summer but I am getting excited for halloween and now I am thinking about thanksgiving lol. I am going to enter just for fun. I hope they have a pet design contest in the future too those are awesome! How often do they do the pet design contests? Like once a year? I know they have done a few in the past, but I have only ever entered one.
This is going to sound like I didn’t read the rules but can we use paint and add images from online to it? also does the final picture have to be computer colored?
You can use Paint to hand-draw (with a mouse or stylus or your finger, if you’ve got a touch screen). Adding existing images is not permitted. You can color it using the paint bucket tool (you don’t have try to color it in manually), or you can print and color it with crayon, marker, etc.
Ok thanks Sally!
Wow, YAY!! Thanks! good luck everyone! I’m not a good artist but I’ll try my best. :)
You’re good! I am not very good too, just try you’re best!
Awe, thanks! XOXO Have you ever seen any of my designs? I enter all of the contests I can. :)
Can I use Adobe Illustrator for this project?
Yeah, I’m pretty sure you can! =]
Ooh!! A contest!! =D I’d love to enter!!! =^^=