[Island Dog]

Hi everyone!

I'm sure many in the skinning community are familiar with the GUI Championships where skinners from across the world compete for thousands of dollars in prizes for their designs in various skinning categories.  With that being said, I'm happy to say we have announced some details about the GUI Champs 2008.

You can read the full announcement at the link below, but I will post some details here as well.

GUIC 2008 - Lets Talk Details

In 2006, there were three main categories; WindowBlinds skins, Icon Packages, and Wallpapers. This year, we have dropped the Wallpaper event and will instead be replaced by Animated Wallpapers (Dreams).

Here is the official event list for the 2008 GUIC:

WindowBlinds Skins

IconPackager Sets

Animated Wallpapers (.Dreams)

The 2008 GUI Champs will officially kick off on October 8th.  Starting on that date, we will launch the new contest site and begin accepting submissions. The contest will run up to the end of December.  This gives everyone a 3 month lead before we even start accepting skins, to just over 5 months total before the competition closes.

We’re still in talks with potential sponsors, but we’ve lined up at least one hardware vendor and have several software makers interested in being a part of the event.  We are currently working toward the goal of having at least $10,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs.

[RickSOLET]

New competition means new skins!

[timbertide]

I'll be looking forward to it.