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[Mimóza]

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Graphic Balloon

Choice of Category: Graphic Choice of Title: Graphic Balloon - Graphic Design School Forum Address: https://graphicballoon.forumotion.com Main Language: English Forum Description: Graphic Balloon is a community designed to provide a meeting point for the creative minds. The concept of the forum is to help and get help in graphic related questions.  Our forum is divided into 3 major parts, Community, Graphics and Premium. Community Under this category you can find all the forum related  announcements, news, events, contests and discussions  ranging from graphic design related discussions to general discussions. Graphic This category gives a place to our Graphic Design School, which contains several  howtos, tutorials, tips, tricks, walkthroughs, timelapses, resources  submitted by our members.  What's more we have a Questions Area, where you can ask  all the questions you bumped into during a design process.  You can also find a Museum Boulevard here including the creations  of our members, a Fan Sector showing off the artists worthy to follow  and a Creative Arena where you can battle with your fellow mates!  Premium  Last but not least, this category is the ground of Graphic Requests where you can request art for free.  Apart from free requests you can find Workshops too, where our members  are having their own shops and sell their talent. We also have an Advertisement section,  where you can show off your site to the community! Join us!

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[TheCrow]

Good work @Mimóza,

Nice theme!

[Mimóza]

Thank you @Luffy!

New logo debut!    Took a more sophisticated, artistic direction. Share your thoughts: http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t468-new-logo-debut

New poll image           High time to make it match the forum's colors.

#newpagenewlook #newlogo #GraphicBalloon #MimózaCollection 

[Mimóza]

May sum up  Based on the community's opinion, Malcolm is a good moderator. http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t460-malcolm-s-monthly-review-may#2535 skouliki won the signature of the month contest http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t477-skouliki-signature-of-the-month#2534 Terran is the person of May http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t476-terran-person-of-the-month#2533 Congratulate them!

Contest time        Hello Summer! Set a summer themed signature and avatar in use and you can win 200 GB Coins! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t478-contest-happy-summer#2538 Create a signature and win the signature of the month title! Theme for june is: ice cream http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t140-contest-signature-of-the-month#2532 Due to low activity, our Seven Sins Banner Contest is extended till the last day of June. http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t396-contest-7-sins-banner#1806

[Mimóza]

Warning System  New Warning System launched. Levels: Good - Neutral - Bad - Banned Your level is displayed on your profile.

[SarkZKalie]

I love this update, Mimi :3

[SLGray]

Please take a look at this topic:  https://help.forumotion.com/t147330-new-sub-forum-forum-services .

[Mimóza]

Thank you, @SarkZKalie! Mimi? That's so cute.  
Thanks @SLGray, I'll think about the change.  

Staff Team News We have 2 new moderators, Reaper and Takuya Kanbara. Hopefully they'll do their job perfectly.    http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t485-congrats-to-reaper-and-takuya-kanbar-new-moderators We are no longer looking for moderators, however the other positions are still OPEN: Graphic Smarty, Graphic Artist, Tagger, Tech Guru, Detective, Promoter. http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t11-forum-team-applications

Insight without membership Not a member of our Graphic School? Check some samples you miss out! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/h6-tutorial-inisght

[Mimóza]

Auction House   Bid for a Colored Username. Starting Bid: 200 GB Coins http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t492-auction-house-bid-for-a-colored-username#2655 GB Coin System reminder: http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t98-gb-coin-system

[Mimóza]

New Appearance  We have a new banner!

[Take Notes]

Looks very complex and modern. You did an amazing job on the banner!

[Chromo]

Very nice forum!

[Mimóza]

Thank you @Genesis & @Chromo!  

CRAZY! Richie Rich!   The first person who reaches 1,000 posts  gets 20,000 GB Coins.   http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t505-crazy-20000-gb-coins-for-1000-posts#2761

Trending - Hot topics   Check the newest Tutorials http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t322-tutorial-index#2745 Drawing Section is getting to be active http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/f20-drawing-gallery

Graphic Balloon Intro - v0.1

[Mimóza]

Team expansion We have 2 new staff members, Rhino.Freak became a Tech Guru    & skouliki is a Graphic Smartie & Artist!      http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t507-new-tech-guru-rhino-freak http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t510-new-graphic-artist-smarty-skouliki Congratulate to them! + The Tech Guru Team constantly fixes bugs  and works on new additions so you can expect  great things coming in the future!

New Affiliates             Affiliate with us! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t244-affiliates-be-our-partner

New online image         New online image added by Terran!

[Mimóza]

New Affiliate  We have a new affiliate!   Affiliate with us!   http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t244-affiliates-be-our-partner

Staff Expansion Malcolm got a second position, and serves as a Detective from now on. http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t526-new-detective-malcolm#3106 Wish him luck in catching bad guys.   If you are interested in becoming a staff member, Apply here: http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t11-forum-team-applications

Sneak Peek  Wonder what these colors mean? A major update is coming soon.

[Mimóza]

Favourite GB Art?      Which one is your favourite design submitted to our Exhibition zone? http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/f6-exhibition Suggest it to be displayed on our  landing page along with the creators name! (You can suggest your own art too )  http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t523-suggest-art-to-the-welcome-page

How?       How to turn an anime screenshot into a manga image? http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t535-manga-render-request#3179

How?    Create long shadow for text with CSS only! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t534-text-long-shadow-with-css

Statistics    More than 500 topics started More than 3000 posts written More than 70 Members subscribed Since Fri 5 Feb 2016

[Mimóza]

June is the month of battles!   Time to give life to our Creative Arena! Take part in challenges, battle with the others! Come and participate!    http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/f14-creative-arena

Auction extended         Bid for a colored username. Current bid 320 GB Coins. http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t492-auction-house-bid-for-a-colored-username Deadline: 21.06.

[Mimóza]

Exhibition Section Update    We're going to have the "most tagged keywords" widget added, so the Exhibition section needed a little update.    All the topics have been updated with hashtags. More: http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t550-exhibition-section-update Also, a poll has been added to each submitted design.    You can "anonimously" rate ones design in a 1 to 5 scale.

Staff Team    Takuya Kanbara leaves the Moderator Team. Like to create designs? Join the Graphic Smarty, Graphic Artist team!      Like to creatively tag? Be a Tagger!    Are you good at making up catchy texts, slogans? Be a Promoter!    http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t11-forum-team-applications

[Mimóza]

Friday tip #18  Typography tricks every designer should know http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t23-tip-of-the-day-fridays#3408

  

Poly art              10spetter10 introduces you the mysteries of poly art!  He introduced you a special software here: http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t529-i-low-poly-art And made a great tutorial about this type of art here: http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t551-low-poly-art Sounds exciting, right? Don't forget, to check them out you have to be a member of our Graphic School! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t13-graphic-school-application#13

Milestone    Graphic Design School vote - to make it public, or not to make it public? http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t532-graphic-school-to-make-it-public-or-not-to-make-it-public-vote#

[Mimóza]

  Special Flash Game    Grand announcement by Scure! Our special flash game, Flying Gibi  is in beta phase! Report bugs, share your score, win GB Coins and a mini monster! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t562-announcement-flying-gibi-game-beta#3445

[Mimóza]

Rate the Staff Team  http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t561-skouliki-s-monthly-review-june http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t560-rhino-freak-s-monthly-review-june http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t558-malcolm-s-monthly-review-june

Person of June - Nominations!  Who deserves the person of the month title this time? Share your thoughts! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t556-person-of-the-month-june-nominations

[Mimóza]

Sale! 29.06.-30.06.  Check our GB Coin Shop and get  some unique items for yourself! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t99-gb-coin-shop-updated

Get GB Coins!  Set a  Summer themed profile and you'll instantly get 200 GB Coins! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t478-contest-happy-summer Play with Flying Gibi, our special Flash Game featuring our mascot and get 150 GB Coins! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t562-announcement-flying-gibi-game-beta 7 Sins banner contest - 2 days left! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t396-contest-7-sins-banner Signature contest - theme ice cream - 2 days left! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t140-contest-signature-of-the-month

Gibi is a...  Boy? Girl? Vote now! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t564-is-gibi-a-he-or-a-she-for-you#3525 :gibrai15: Don't forget, if you take part in polls actively, and voted 50x, you can apply for a special iVoted Award!  http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t101-award-system

[Mimóza]

Logbook - Log in and win!  Log in every day and post! The person with the most logs here gets 200 GB Coins. Each log means 3 GB Coins for you! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t567-activity-logbook-log-in-and-win#3555

Vector art! Some Inkscape Tutorials have been submitted. Check them out!  http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t322-tutorial-index#3564

[Mimóza]

End of June - Summary  Out staff team did great according to the forumer's vote everyone received at least 4 stars out of 5. The current staff team includes: Malcolm, skouliki, Rhino.Freak If you'd like to belong to our team apply here: http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t11-forum-team-applications-list Rhino.Freak got the Person of June title. He did really well the past month and  helped the forum a lot in a technical way. Congratulate him!    http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t572-person-of-the-month-june#3591

Vote now!    Who should win the signature of the month title? http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t573-vote-signature-of-june#3587 Who should win the Seven Sins Banner contest? http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t574-vote-seven-sins-banner#3588

[Mimóza]

Quote of the month  “You can't use up creativity.  The more you use, the more you have.” ― Maya Angelou wrote:   http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t203-quote-of-the-month#3608

Gibi around the world - Contest Be creative, take him to the coolest holiday and win! Don't leave your cameras and Gibi at home. http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t576-contest-gibi-around-the-world#3606

[Mimóza]

New Tutorials added  Inkscape - Tracing an image By Mimóza       Image inside text By skouliki http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t322-tutorial-index#3640

Signature of the month Theme for July is emoticons/ smileys http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t140-contest-signature-of-the-month#316

[Mimóza]

New Tutorials added  Simple Gradient Trick By Mimóza    http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t322-tutorial-index#3670 Friday tip #20 Inkscape Build-in effects

No pig in a poke The Friday tips topics got a tag and been renamed according to their content. You can find all the tips under the #fridaytip tag. http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t586-no-pig-in-a-poke-friday-tips-update#3671

[Mimóza]

Graphic Design School - Update 1 All the submitted tutorials, tips, tricks are updated with hashtags.  a poll has been added to each tutorial.   Now you can rate them: Good - Okay - Poor Rate now! > Tutorial Index http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t590-graphic-design-school-update-1#3717

Staff Team Update The team has been reorganized  and has 3 positions available. Each position has more responsibility now. Apply! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t592-staff-team-list-application-topic-new#3733

Graphic School Create a Bunny in Inkscape. Video Tutorial added. http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t322-tutorial-index#3718

New Awards 3 new awards been added the the Award Center  Social Badge - Has more than 15 Friends on GB  Popular Badge - Had more than 500 Likes  Heart Badge - Given out more than 500 Likes Collect them all! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t101-award-system#159

[Mimóza]

Graphic School - Update 2 Milestone in our community's life! The Graphic School is public! You no longer need to apply as a Student or Designer  in order to see the posted tips, tricks, tutorials.      http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t596-the-graphic-school-is-public#3776  The tutorial labels been updated

Signature of June The signature of the month was created by 10spetter10 Check his brillinat work out and congratulate him! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t594-signature-of-june-10spetter10

[Mimóza]

Something is in progress...   

Stay tuned!  

http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t612-sneak-peek-new-theme

[Mimóza]

All about the fonts... Need some new fonts? Here's a random font finder for you! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t23p15-tip-of-the-day-fridays#3827 Found some fabulous fonts?  Join our Font Conference4 http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t102-font-conference#164

We have a winner... The winner of the Seven Sins Banner Contest is skouliki! Check out her awesome banner and congratulate her! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t574-vote-seven-sins-banner#3810

Looking for staff members! Moderator Graphician Tech Guru http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t592-staff-team-list-application-topic-new#3733