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I just love the little dragon of the MEFA results page.
I was wondering if it would be possible to have a small dragon graphic that Smaug's Treasure winners could display as well as other banners or add to them if they are good with graphics? Just a thought.
A big thank to everyone who has worked so hard to make the awards a success.
Linda
I was wondering if it would be possible to have a small dragon graphic that Smaug's Treasure winners could display as well as other banners or add to them if they are good with graphics? Just a thought.
A big thank to everyone who has worked so hard to make the awards a success.
Linda
Hi Linda,
Glad you like Little Smaug. ;-)
There will be some Smaug's Treasure banners available on the banner site
soon.
If you would like the dragon graphic from the site, email me (
araneltook@gmail.com) and I can send you a better quality image for working
with. If you want to work from scratch, I created the graphic from a dragon
image in this free font: http://www.dafont.com/mediaeval-bats.font
Aranel
Glad you like Little Smaug. ;-)
There will be some Smaug's Treasure banners available on the banner site
soon.
If you would like the dragon graphic from the site, email me (
araneltook@gmail.com) and I can send you a better quality image for working
with. If you want to work from scratch, I created the graphic from a dragon
image in this free font: http://www.dafont.com/mediaeval-bats.font
Aranel
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Linda <gingerleo@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just love the little dragon of the MEFA results page.
>
> I was wondering if it would be possible to have a small dragon graphic
> that Smaug's Treasure winners could display as well as other banners or add
> to them if they are good with graphics? Just a thought.
>
> A big thank to everyone who has worked so hard to make the awards a
> success.
>
> Linda
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
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So, we can simply add the small dragon to the banners? I thought about it, but wasn't sure.
Ellyn
________________________________
From: Aranel Took <araneltook@gmail.com>
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 3:15 AM
Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Smaug's Treasures
Hi Linda,
Glad you like Little Smaug. ;-)
There will be some Smaug's Treasure banners available on the banner site
soon.
If you would like the dragon graphic from the site, email me (
araneltook@gmail.com) and I can send you a better quality image for working
with. If you want to work from scratch, I created the graphic from a dragon
image in this free font: http://www.dafont.com/mediaeval-bats.font
Aranel
Ellyn
________________________________
From: Aranel Took <araneltook@gmail.com>
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 3:15 AM
Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Smaug's Treasures
Hi Linda,
Glad you like Little Smaug. ;-)
There will be some Smaug's Treasure banners available on the banner site
soon.
If you would like the dragon graphic from the site, email me (
araneltook@gmail.com) and I can send you a better quality image for working
with. If you want to work from scratch, I created the graphic from a dragon
image in this free font: http://www.dafont.com/mediaeval-bats.font
Aranel
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Linda <gingerleo@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just love the little dragon of the MEFA results page.
>
> I was wondering if it would be possible to have a small dragon graphic
> that Smaug's Treasure winners could display as well as other banners or add
> to them if they are good with graphics? Just a thought.
>
> A big thank to everyone who has worked so hard to make the awards a
> success.
>
> Linda
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Hi Ellyn,
Do whatever you like with any of the graphics I put on the site. Just email
me if you want to use something, and I can get you either a larger and/or
higher quality .png, the Photoshop file I work from, or the source
material.
Aranel
Do whatever you like with any of the graphics I put on the site. Just email
me if you want to use something, and I can get you either a larger and/or
higher quality .png, the Photoshop file I work from, or the source
material.
Aranel
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 5:08 AM, Ellin Ithilwen <ellin_revenger@yahoo.com>wrote:
> So, we can simply add the small dragon to the banners? I thought about it,
> but wasn't sure.
>
> Ellyn
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Aranel Took <araneltook@gmail.com>
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 3:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Smaug's Treasures
>
>
>
> Hi Linda,
>
> Glad you like Little Smaug. ;-)
>
> There will be some Smaug's Treasure banners available on the banner site
> soon.
>
> If you would like the dragon graphic from the site, email me (
> araneltook@gmail.com) and I can send you a better quality image for
> working
> with. If you want to work from scratch, I created the graphic from a dragon
> image in this free font: http://www.dafont.com/mediaeval-bats.font
>
> Aranel
>
> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Linda <gingerleo@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I just love the little dragon of the MEFA results page.
> >
> > I was wondering if it would be possible to have a small dragon graphic
> > that Smaug's Treasure winners could display as well as other banners or
> add
> > to them if they are good with graphics? Just a thought.
> >
> > A big thank to everyone who has worked so hard to make the awards a
> > success.
> >
> > Linda
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
It's not the problem for me to work with the graphic, but this whole thing with Smaug's treasure banners is confusing me. *What* is the right thing to be done? I've made the whole set of banners (all 70-and-something categories) with the inscription "Smaug's treasure", but that doesn't seem to be the right thing. What should I (we) do? Add the dragon-icon to "normal" banners (those with inscriptions 1st, 2nd 3rd place and HM)? Or...?
Ellyn
________________________________
From: Aranel Took <araneltook@gmail.com>
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Smaug's Treasures
Hi Ellyn,
Do whatever you like with any of the graphics I put on the site. Just email
me if you want to use something, and I can get you either a larger and/or
higher quality .png, the Photoshop file I work from, or the source
material.
Aranel
Ellyn
________________________________
From: Aranel Took <araneltook@gmail.com>
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Smaug's Treasures
Hi Ellyn,
Do whatever you like with any of the graphics I put on the site. Just email
me if you want to use something, and I can get you either a larger and/or
higher quality .png, the Photoshop file I work from, or the source
material.
Aranel
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 5:08 AM, Ellin Ithilwen <ellin_revenger@yahoo.com>wrote:
> So, we can simply add the small dragon to the banners? I thought about it,
> but wasn't sure.
>
> Ellyn
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Aranel Took <araneltook@gmail.com>
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 3:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Smaug's Treasures
>
>
>
> Hi Linda,
>
> Glad you like Little Smaug. ;-)
>
> There will be some Smaug's Treasure banners available on the banner site
> soon.
>
> If you would like the dragon graphic from the site, email me (
> araneltook@gmail.com) and I can send you a better quality image for
> working
> with. If you want to work from scratch, I created the graphic from a dragon
> image in this free font: http://www.dafont.com/mediaeval-bats.font
>
> Aranel
>
> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Linda <gingerleo@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I just love the little dragon of the MEFA results page.
> >
> > I was wondering if it would be possible to have a small dragon graphic
> > that Smaug's Treasure winners could display as well as other banners or
> add
> > to them if they are good with graphics? Just a thought.
> >
> > A big thank to everyone who has worked so hard to make the awards a
> > success.
> >
> > Linda
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Hi Ellyn,
Smaug's Treasure is a general award, like Commended Reviewer. It's not by
category.
You don't have to use the icon from the site. That's just something I did
to jazz up the place. You can use it if you like, or do whatever kind of
banner you want to do.
If someone wanted, I suppose you could add the dragon icon to their
existing 1st/2nd/3rd/HM banner as part of customization, too. Then they
could have both on one banner. But that would be up to the individual
story. Not every story with a placing necessarily gets a Smaug, and you can
get a Smaug without getting a placing.
Marta can probably clarify this better, so you should probably contact her
about this.
Aranel
Smaug's Treasure is a general award, like Commended Reviewer. It's not by
category.
You don't have to use the icon from the site. That's just something I did
to jazz up the place. You can use it if you like, or do whatever kind of
banner you want to do.
If someone wanted, I suppose you could add the dragon icon to their
existing 1st/2nd/3rd/HM banner as part of customization, too. Then they
could have both on one banner. But that would be up to the individual
story. Not every story with a placing necessarily gets a Smaug, and you can
get a Smaug without getting a placing.
Marta can probably clarify this better, so you should probably contact her
about this.
Aranel
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Ellin Ithilwen <ellin_revenger@yahoo.com>wrote:
> It's not the problem for me to work with the graphic, but this whole thing
> with Smaug's treasure banners is confusing me. *What* is the right thing to
> be done? I've made the whole set of banners (all 70-and-something
> categories) with the inscription "Smaug's treasure", but that doesn't seem
> to be the right thing. What should I (we) do? Add the dragon-icon to
> "normal" banners (those with inscriptions 1st, 2nd 3rd place and HM)?
> Or...?
>
> Ellyn
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Aranel Took <araneltook@gmail.com>
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 3:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Smaug's Treasures
>
>
>
> Hi Ellyn,
>
> Do whatever you like with any of the graphics I put on the site. Just email
> me if you want to use something, and I can get you either a larger and/or
> higher quality .png, the Photoshop file I work from, or the source
> material.
>
> Aranel
>
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 5:08 AM, Ellin Ithilwen <ellin_revenger@yahoo.com
> >wrote:
>
> > So, we can simply add the small dragon to the banners? I thought about
> it,
> > but wasn't sure.
> >
> > Ellyn
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Aranel Took <araneltook@gmail.com>
> > To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 3:15 AM
> > Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Smaug's Treasures
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Linda,
> >
> > Glad you like Little Smaug. ;-)
> >
> > There will be some Smaug's Treasure banners available on the banner site
> > soon.
> >
> > If you would like the dragon graphic from the site, email me (
> > araneltook@gmail.com) and I can send you a better quality image for
> > working
> > with. If you want to work from scratch, I created the graphic from a
> dragon
> > image in this free font: http://www.dafont.com/mediaeval-bats.font
> >
> > Aranel
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Linda <gingerleo@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I just love the little dragon of the MEFA results page.
> > >
> > > I was wondering if it would be possible to have a small dragon graphic
> > > that Smaug's Treasure winners could display as well as other banners or
> > add
> > > to them if they are good with graphics? Just a thought.
> > >
> > > A big thank to everyone who has worked so hard to make the awards a
> > > success.
> > >
> > > Linda
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Hi Ellynn,
I'm sorry for all of the confusion on this; I should really have talked
to you about this last week when I was looking over your banners, but I
didn't want to make more work for you than you'd already done.
Smaug's Treasures are not, strictly speaking, an award of a certain
subcategory. A piece gets a Smaug's Treasure if it ranks in the top
third of all the nominations. This year, that meant it got thirty-six
points or more. The exact amount will change from year to year, but what
WON'T change is that it has nothing to do with how many points the other
stories in its subcategory got. Now, it looks a lot like a subcategory
award because that's how we report the results for everything else. But
it's not strictly accurate to say such-and-such an award got a Smaug's
Treasure award in (say) Hobbits: Bagginses. The Smaug's Treasure award
isn't *in* any category.
I don't have a problem with Smaug's Treasure banners listing the
subcategory. All stories have a subcategory after all, and some people
might prefer that kind of banner. But it's certainly not required.
Marta
I'm sorry for all of the confusion on this; I should really have talked
to you about this last week when I was looking over your banners, but I
didn't want to make more work for you than you'd already done.
Smaug's Treasures are not, strictly speaking, an award of a certain
subcategory. A piece gets a Smaug's Treasure if it ranks in the top
third of all the nominations. This year, that meant it got thirty-six
points or more. The exact amount will change from year to year, but what
WON'T change is that it has nothing to do with how many points the other
stories in its subcategory got. Now, it looks a lot like a subcategory
award because that's how we report the results for everything else. But
it's not strictly accurate to say such-and-such an award got a Smaug's
Treasure award in (say) Hobbits: Bagginses. The Smaug's Treasure award
isn't *in* any category.
I don't have a problem with Smaug's Treasure banners listing the
subcategory. All stories have a subcategory after all, and some people
might prefer that kind of banner. But it's certainly not required.
Marta
On 1/4/2012 9:18 AM, Ellin Ithilwen wrote:
>
> It's not the problem for me to work with the graphic, but this whole
> thing with Smaug's treasure banners is confusing me. *What* is the
> right thing to be done? I've made the whole set of banners (all
> 70-and-something categories) with the inscription "Smaug's treasure",
> but that doesn't seem to be the right thing. What should I (we) do?
> Add the dragon-icon to "normal" banners (those with inscriptions 1st,
> 2nd 3rd place and HM)? Or...?
>
> Ellyn
>
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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