congratulations to emmataylor! this was a great and tough contest. it was between emma and beeosx, but all of the designs submitted were creative and tight, and i want to thank everyone who participated for making this contest worthwhile!

you are all great designers and i hope that you will continue in your careers as well as continue to participate in my future contests!

winner will be declared tonight;)

hey everyone. thanks to all who participated! i will be going over the finalists with some of my team members, and will make a final decision by tomorrow, tuesday at the absolute latest. thanks!

just want to give yawl some updates:

i want the bottom footer to be a nice size where i can put some content into it.
check out the bottom footers on some of these blogsites:
johnchow.com
problogger.com
here.org.uk/

the bottom footers on there are kinda cool, but would like something cooler;)

UPDATE: I just wanted to give a quick note. I want this design to make it look as if Mandy is already a top-selling superstar multi-platinum selling artist.

So feel free to check out top-notch artists in the pop/rock/r&b field to see what type of elements make them pop, but at the same time lets still keep a solid unique image.

Also still keep in mind that this will be a wordpress blog, so posting and content should fit within the design cleanly.

Just a quick not for everyone. the images for the 'get mandybarry ringtones' and wallpapers should be real 'candy-like' and web 2.0ish looking, with glaze. so far emmataylor is doing a great job with those.

This contest is off to a great start, so let's continue to see what more hotness will come;) keep up the great work!

good entries so far. i should be more clear that the site is being completely converted to a wordpress blog, so there should be space where the daily videos and blog content would go. looking forward to seeing more!