Button Design Contest

**SunshineGirl** · 05-29-2007, 01:39 PM

Looking for a way to earn a great prize? Are you creative and enjoy graphics? Sunshine Rewards is looking for a new button design. If you are the winner, you will claim $50!

Here are the rules:

Button designs must be your original work and may use the Sunshine Rewards logo but do not have to use it.

Designs should not violate any copyrights.

Designs can use any number of colors.

Submissions become the property of Sunshine Rewards and can be used by

Sunshine Rewards for advertising purposes.

Submissions are due by midnight June 15, 2007.

Members will vote on their favorite design from the time that the submissions
are posted on the site through midnight on June 24, 2007.

The first place vote getter will receive $50 in the form of any gift card or certificate listed on Sunshine Rewards or a $50.00 Paypal deposit.

Sunshine Rewards reserves the right to award multiple prizes for any buttons that it decides to use for advertising purposes in addition to the prize for the first place finisher.

Visit http://www.sunshinerewards.com/buttoncontest.php for more information. And feel free to post here with any additional questions or clarifications that you have.

**JillyFish** · 05-29-2007, 03:18 PM

Tricia,
Can you be more specific about a couple things? Like, what is considered "original work"? Can we use clip-art? Also, any info you can share about Disney copyright would be appreciated.

Thanks a bunch!

**SunshineGirl** · 05-29-2007, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by JillyFish

Tricia,
Can you be more specific about a couple things? Like, what is considered "original work"? Can we use clip-art? Also, any info you can share about Disney copyright would be appreciated.

Thanks a bunch!

You can use any clipart that doesn't say that it is copyrighted not to be reused. It kind of depends where you pull it from. Most sites should expressly say it.

Disney is a little bit tricky. I've actually been looking around at a lot of other sites that refer to Disney to see how much and how little they use Disney terms and likenesses. It seems like you can use "magic" anywhere and be safe. And Mickey ears seem to be fine. Using true pictures of characters and making it appear that SR is affiliate with Disney is more problematic. But I think that a lot of the things in your signatures (like "helped me get to Disney" "got my Disney Dollars from SR", etc) are fine.

I am sure that is clear as mud!!

**Lori Mouse** · 05-29-2007, 04:05 PM

This sounds fun! Is there a specific size that you are looking for?

**SunshineGirl** · 05-29-2007, 04:10 PM

Whatever will fit best on a button. I can always size it up and down a little. But I'm thinking most people would want to wear the 2.25'' buttons. You can always test out your designs at cafepress.com.

**JillyFish** · 05-29-2007, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by SunshineGirl

You can use any clipart that doesn't say that it is copyrighted not to be reused. It kind of depends where you pull it from. Most sites should expressly say it.

Disney is a little bit tricky. I've actually been looking around at a lot of other sites that refer to Disney to see how much and how little they use Disney terms and likenesses. It seems like you can use "magic" anywhere and be safe. And Mickey ears seem to be fine. Using true pictures of characters and making it appear that SR is affiliate with Disney is more problematic. But I think that a lot of the things in your signatures (like "helped me get to Disney" "got my Disney Dollars from SR", etc) are fine.

I am sure that is clear as mud!!

Thanks! That helps!

**jnorth1007** · 05-29-2007, 05:07 PM

These would be buttons we could add to our DIS or TourguideMike buttons or in some cases replace them with so that we can recognize each other in the parks. I would think that with this in mind the largest most prominent portion of the button should be something Sunshiny (new word LOL) so that we know that the person is a SR member and we can go say HELLO! Maybe use our rewards Gift Cards to buy each other a Mickey Bar or something. I can't wait until we can walk around the parks and see our buttons with all of the rest of them! YAY! Im so not talented so I won't be creating I just wanted to put my .02 in (now give em back cause I need em for my account balance

) Good Luck guys.