Santa Winky!
Published on November 24, 2008 By Island Dog In WinCustomize News

For Halloween we had a ‘challenge’ for someone to create a version of the WinCustomize mascot, Winky, that is suitable for the holiday.  We saw some great entries, but there wasn’t much time given for this, so I wanted to start earlier for the Christmas and Holiday versions.

The contest is simple.  Create a Christmas and/or Winter Holiday version of Winky that we can use for news postings, articles, etc.  You can simply take the image above and use that as your base, or design an entire new image.  Please note this is not replacing our mascot, it’s just a challenge to “dress him up” a bit for the holidays and have a bit of fun.  Images should be at least 128x128, and posted to the comments in this thread only.

We will accept entries until Thursday, December 4th at 11:59.  This time, we will let our moderators take a turn at determining the winner.

Winner will get their choice of one of the following:

  • 1 year subscription/renewal to WinCustomize.com
  • WindowBlinds 6
  • ObjectDock Plus

Get to it!


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on Dec 03, 2008
yeah good idea. like its not perfect already.
on Dec 03, 2008
OK messiah1 and nike1me here I added some boxes:
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on Dec 03, 2008

OMG...this guy has SERIOUS graphics talents! Don't get me wrong, but down to SD product boxes! WOW!

A N D  he put the beard back on! (thought I'd miss that one Libardo?).

k10w3:

 To you. Period. You're the nicest person! NOBODY can beat this kid! 'Fastest Graphics in the West"

 

But NOBODY else has the Dr. Winky!

 PS===> that was the funniest Seinfeld. The complaining holiday...lol

on Dec 04, 2008

Libardo you go guy

awesome work

on Dec 04, 2008

DrJBHL

 PS===> that was the funniest Seinfeld. The complaining holiday...lol

We celebrated Festivus for the last two Decembers in a row!  (With my son, Levi, in Iraq, it just didn't seem right to be having a "nice" holiday).  We used our Bowflex as a Festivus pole.  The day before Christmas he was sent on a special mission and I was worried out of my head.  The next day he e-mailed me pictures--they had sent him into the Green zone to buy Christmas trees for the D-Fac (dining facility), and man was he bitter about it! (which of course, worked in very well in the "airing of the grievances--"Why did they drag me all over Baghdad for this? Three lousy Christmas sticks.")

Now that he's back in the states, I put up a tree again.  Still...Festivus "fits" us better.  We have a saying that dates way back to when I was still in high school.  "It's not Christmas until somebody cries."

on Dec 04, 2008

 

Man I suck

on Dec 04, 2008
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on Dec 04, 2008

Nice job puppet!

on Dec 04, 2008

puppet, this is a great idea! develop it more...a hat and beard come to mind...oh yes...and color. maybe some presents, but this is a really good start! 

on Dec 04, 2008
Meant to be black and white. Tis a scene from a very famous Christmas movie.
on Dec 04, 2008

amazing work puppet....black and white..often gives so much more depth than colour.....it's really cool....

on Dec 04, 2008

I agree with SS....Puppet, don't change a thing. Its great!

 

SS, you got a bit of holly hanging off you

on Dec 04, 2008

MindlessPuppet
Meant to be black and white. Tis a scene from a very famous Christmas movie.

Whoops! I'm sorry I put my foot in it...I'm not of your faith, so I never really saw any of those movies. Please accept my apology? Ignorance isn't an excuse...I should have realized that with your skill b&w was the intent. I thought (hmmm) you were 'floating' the basic idea and looking for suggestions from genius experts like yours truly.

Doc

on Dec 04, 2008
HOLY HOLLY Puppet! That is fantastic! Great work!
on Dec 04, 2008

MindlessPuppet
Tis a scene from a very famous Christmas movie.

That was one I thought about doing right away, but couldn't for the life of me figure out how to illustrate properly!  YOU DID IT RIGHT! 

"Every time a bell rings..." a Windowblind gets its taskbar.

 

Doc, you HAVE to rent "It's a Wonderful Life" and watch it just once, because it's a classic, not just for Christmas time, but for always.  It's much less about a person's faith of choice, and much more about what's truly important in life for everyone.

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