667 Award Show Banners: A Collection

[Christmas Chief]

Inspired by You Look Lost 's excellent research of Award Shows past, I will be posting a collection of 667 Award Show banners concurrent with this weekend's ceremony.

Some of this collecting will require outside participation, as there are large gaps in years when banners were only PMd and never posted. But many of these senders and recipients are still active, so I have high hopes for recovering at least a few.

Stay tuned!

[Reba]

last year i collected these up to 2013 but then anka never answered my PM asking for the rest

[Christmas Chief]

Did you get any before 2010?

[You Look Lost]

I don't think Anka has any of them. We tried to find some last year (maybe because of your PM) and came up with nothing but the ones i added to the threads I made last year, which wasn't a lot.

[Christmas Chief]

The artists and recipients should also have copies, which I’ll name throughout.

[Reba]

i assumed the banners would have all been sent to anka, but i suppose they were sent directly to the winners.

i have 9 from 2009, though they're not very interesting:

SPOILER: Click to show

[Christmas Chief]

Thanks, bear! Have you posted these before? If so, can you link me?

[Cracky McTeague]

All the ones I made are collected under the "General 667 Banners" section in my arts thread, though I'm guessing you already know about this.

I like this idea! Ambitious, though

[Reba]

Apr 1, 2021 15:00:38 GMT -5 Christmas Chief said:

Thanks, bear! Have you posted these before? If so, can you link me?

i haven't posted them before. if you want i can post the rest of what i have. i didn't record who the banner-makers were though.

[Christmas Chief]

I'll PM you so we can exchange notes.

[Christmas Chief]

While Reba and I are coordinating, I'll start things off with banners from the 2010 Awards.




2010

This year's awards, organized by Emma “Emmz” Squalor , featured artists Elle , Tiago James Squalor , blakegriplingph , MyKindEditor , and Sixteen .

Elle 's banners this year used dynamic text placement, Helquist imagery, and plenty of white space to easily focus the eye on the awards and the winners.







Tiago James Squalor 's banners incorporated his trademark gradient text and unique background images. His spooky font choices for this year's banners feel especially fitting for the Most Unfortunate (now Best Volunteer) and Most Notorious awards.





blakegriplingph makes his banner debut this year just a few months after joining the forum in January. His banner features Liam Aiken and the vintage wallpaper background he would use in later projects, such as Daniel Handler's birthday gift.



MyKindEditor 's banner makes clever use of the TRR cover image and the wallpaper background that would see regular use in banners the following year.



Finally, we have Sixteen 's contributions: you can always spot a Sixteen banner by its gradients. His use of coloring to unify image composites is a theme in his work, and we see it here in his banners for Best New Member and Most Valued Poster.





It is not clear whether banners for Most Improved, Best Pairing, or Most Consistent were ever made. There was a call for artists that went unanswered in the threads, but perhaps work took place behind the scenes in PM form.

[Christmas Chief]

2011

The 2011 Awards, again organized by Emma “Emmz” Squalor , featured artists Christmas Chief , blakegriplingph , BSam , csc (Freddy / F.D. / Pen?), bryan , and Dr.Stein

I made a lot of banners this year - I think Emma might have asked me to fill in gaps at the end. I drew direction from the previous year’s banners, which you can see in the background choices, text fillings, and use of Helquist art.













Bryan’s banner features a unique ray pattern and fitting use of Helquist’s Carmelita illustration from TAA:



There were two Funniest Member banners made this year: the first by blakegriplingph and the other by its winner, BSam. blakegriplingph’s banner uses a bold sans serif font - the only in this award show to do so - and an overlay that puts this banner ahead of its time. BSam’s banner makes use of a lesser-known photo of Handler in action to great effect.





Consistent in csc’s banners this year are a creative variety of borders. We also see combinations of Helquist art (including art from The Complete Wreck), images from 667, and images from the wider world web.











Dr. Stein’s banner uses inversion to create an eerie, spectral effect. Presumably, this was inspired by the worm-creature in TBL, also featured in the bottom center of the banner.

[Reba]

here's one more Sixteen banner from 2010:


and the 2010 Best pairing, which is still in katekor's signature:

[You Look Lost]

As I update the archive awards page I will incorporate these banners into it.

[Cracky McTeague]

Love reading your commentary along with these, Sherry. Crazy to think this was a decade ago. (Even crazier/scarier to think I'll be a decade-long member here next year.)