Hi. We need some good-looking status icons and Forum Header Backgrounds (Category Strips) for a horror film site. The vb version is 4.10 so almost all icons should be .png, glossy, and sized at 48x48. Strips should be .png , and normal size for a vb4 board. Here is our banner. http://i56.tinypic.com/2vigkgl.jpg We wanted the tiny horned-demon seen in the banner to be used in some of the icons. One set would see him inside of a decaying circle. (Here's a mock up to give an idea). The circle would have a rotted, faded, and decayed look to it. But the base color would be off white. For NEW POSTS, he's smiling and holding a knife. For OLD POSTS, he has a straight frown (-) and no knife and no smile. And can be kept as is (or made to look like he's staring straight ahead I am flexible on this small portion). FORUM LINK should look exactly like old posts. Except he'd be sporting an upside down frown (Like this symbol here ->( - just with the curved part turned upwards.) Another set would see him framed within a glossy crime-scene-esque polaroid pic. Icons should have a black bacground. All the demons poses would be exactly the same as listed above for each respective icon. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next set of icons would feature a grim reaper. We'd like this one used http://i50.tinypic.com/2s7gx3l.jpg. For NEW POSTS, his face and bloody scythe blade would be shown. His hood would be gothic purple. Behind him? Small bits of tattered magic spell book pages. For OLD POSTS, exact same thing except his face isn't shown and the hood would be black For FORUM LINK, a crystal fortune teller ball with blood splatter on it and cracks in the glass. (example of ball http://www.francesfox.com/wp-content/uploads/crystal-ball-fortune-teller.jpg - can be clear-colored too.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next set would feature the two images attached in this post. MOH 2 for OLD POSTS, just needs gloss. MOH 1 for NEW POSTS just needs gloss and blood splatter. The next set... for NEW POSTS, a silhouette of Jason's mask and Freddy's glove with a slash down the middle or across. Grungy background and blood splatter for effect. for OLD POSTS, a silhoutte of Freddy's glove impaled through Jason's mask. Grungy background and blood splatter for effect. Background can also be black or rusty steel-looking. (Grungy background example http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumblarge_436/1252781639ihALy6.jpg, Freddy glove and Jason mask example http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GM40MGJDL._SL500_AA300_.jpg, rusty steel example http://texturebackgrounds.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/free-stock-images-rusty-metal-texture.jpg) The next set... For NEW POSTS, a 1 second animated gif would be the only animated and gif extension icon of the request, of Ghostface from the "Scream" movies in action wielding his trademark knife. For OLD POSTS, just a zoom-in icon of Ghostface in his mask. (Example of Ghostface http://blogs.loughboroughecho.net/mattjarramsatthemovies/scream-ghostface.jpg) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lastly, the forumhead backgrounds (category strips). One would have HORROR MOVIES AND STUFF written in titled letters (the whole phrase would be slightly tilted) letters smack dab in the middle of the strip. Letters would be colored black and be sloppy-ink-blot'ish - (Ink blot examples http://blog.vindale.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ink-blot.png, http://wickedstageact2.typepad.com/life_on_the_wicked_stage_/WindowsLiveWriter/2007inkblot.jpg). Background color would be a blending of the #660000 and #ff0000 hex code colors. Somewhere in between dark and light but if not workable, would prefer darker red than too light. The second strip would be exactly as described above as far as phrase positioning is concerned. Except the phrase would be bloody runny red - (Example of bloody runny words - http://blog.meetthegimp.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/blood.jpg). Strip background color would be black, and the background would have pilts, holes, and cracks in it like a dilapidated building - (Example of dilapidated wall - http://www.abcbuilding.com.au/wp-content/specific-problems.jpg) That's all. If you have any questions about any specifics feel free to post them here! Contest ends at 8:05 PM EST next Wednesday. Good luck!