http://imgur.com/5JsTQ.png
Here is my extremely late entry D:
It features an original character as well as an official mascot!
What's the mascot doing in the background? 8D
OMG IT'S A PEDOBEAR *SHOT*

This is my Header: http://imgur.com/rwQTp.png
Its a witch with her black cat. :D I figured since its October, I should put a little Halloween into it. Hope you enjoy it.

I am Sooo late with this.
well, here it is. just a mascot I made for the site
here it is

OMG THE BANNER CHANGED ALREADY....
UnknownRumors won?
Congrats! (unless its just a internet bug, but its still awesome looking.)

re-submitting mine 'cause l think l did it wrong
my entry

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OMG.
your banners are too awesome!
Thats win.

xD I guess I have to re-submit mine due to that one thing.

Header 1
Colored ver

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Hee hee! I love yours! <3 So pretty!
I bet yours will definitely get featured!

My, my, I did the mistake XDD
So, here is my try for the header with the gradient blue on the good side^^

~there~

Thanks for allowing late entries~! <3

My header

About my header: I like to keep things simple. I also like the idea of someone looking at you~! Tee hee hee~! :D

Oh wow so many beautiful entries! Congrats to MissGoldenAngel for being the first to get featured up =)

Am I too late? I hope not. Anyways here is mine! I based it off the current banner! I hope you like it!
http://imgur.com/aWVuJ.png

HERE!
Argh, finally...The comments were being stupid again yesterday and I wasn't sure if it'd still count if I did it today, and now I feel like a attention whore idiot 'cause I sent Adam a PM with the link, and now I can actually do it properly ughh. >_<

Anyway, king-sama is totally gonna rock this competition, but I can still say I tried :D

I love doing impossibly long hair...I wish the cherry blossoms had worked out better, but whaddever.
There are a ton of amazing entries, so I feel the need to say
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!! :D

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I AGREE WITH THE OTHERS
You better win. >:C Cause those banners are friggin' LOVE <3

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If you do not get featured, I will RAGE so hard.

Waaah... it doesn't look good enough for me! D: Too bad I knew about this contest just now. ^^; Lots of good entries, I can see~

BANNER

It's my OC, Mizuna.

Adam, this may be one of your best ideas yet. These submissions are fantastic.

Header one for now

:> Spikey done in my style. Tried to do something more than just a guy smiling. I wanted to make something that was aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Also, I wanted something to catch the eye too.
Header numba two.

Contains a chibi portrait of myself. This site is definitely known for artist so why not draw the artist herself? xD

<a href="http://imgur.com/T0qz6.jpg" title="Hosted by imgur.com">http://imgur.com/T0qz6.jpg</a>

second one~
it's Miku again, kinda barely finished this. it's crap.
oh well...it's still Miku XD

<a href="http://imgur.com/rYzOx.jpg" title="Hosted by imgur.com">http://imgur.com/rYzOx.jpg</a>

took me a while, just when i think of the color blue, i think of Miku <3.
also, everyone loves Miku, so she should be on a banner :D
i got the image from this website sorry, nolinkforyou D:

Here is mine! (I think it's soo plain though! >,<)

http://www.theotaku.com/worlds/stardiary/view/195148/mascot_slam!_%5E_%5E/

I'm so excited to see who will win! :D
(Sorry it isn't a DIRECT link you can click on! -_- )

http://www.theotaku.com/worlds/creamystrawberry/view/195133/mascot_slam/
l was in a rush 'cause l had hw to do. x3 this is my oc, susume. l tried to make it prettier with textures and stuff, x3

Since you say "first ever" I assume there will be more? Because there better be because some of us have been overseas and haven't found out until just no and therefore have no hope of getting an entry done in time and some of us think this is an awesome sauce contest I would have loved to enter and if there isn't another one then some of us may have to kill some people.

o3o Shoot i thought i had more time!
Ah well, here's a banner!
Link

Perhaps if i have free time tomorrow i'll make another? lD

My entry!

This contest is a lot of fun! I had a great time making my header.
I chose a samurai to incorporate the awesomeness of Japan and how the country pretty much inspires everything otaku. I used snow because 1. it's very snowy in parts of Japan, and 2. winter is just around the corner!

Good luck to everyone! I'm excited to see the winners of the contest! :D

Ok, I buckled down and made one just now because it sounded like so much fuuun ^____^ I hope you all like it!!

http://imgur.com/4WwVv.png

it can also be found on my world, Punk GOTH Drunk !! <3 Check it out :D

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I did it too.
Ahehe. >_>
It's of an OC of mine. His name is Dare. :D The japanese in the speech bubble reads as "otaku".

Here's my final one. It's not as good as the other two, but I decided that I should atleast do one without actually putting theOtaku in the header. It's supposed to be Spikey... but I fail...

Final one!

My Entry X3
(Edit: Forgot the description)
This is not an oc or a fan character I just thought of making a character from thinking of spiky version, female for a change ;3

The paper represents the works of TheOtaku members giving love to the community <3

Good luck to all the entries ^^

(I didn't put my username since I dedicated this to TheOtaku)

This is my second entry, a mermaid saying hello to the surfers of the internet who discover the lost island of The Otaku XD
http://www.theotaku.com/worlds/wallpaperotaku/view/195024/

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ITS ALL FLATTERY *sobs*

I don't want to post these after seeing everone elses but here it goes anyway!

Eins! This is my oc Alex. I got lucky with the colors here. He really is those colors exept this skin color!
Zwei! This is me. My hands are making the O in Otaku... I hope it's noticable!

I might make a third one...if I do I'll comment again!

Here are my entries, I hope you like them, Adam~

Attempt Numero Uno.

Attempt Numero Dos.

Maybe I'll make a third entry...

EDIT:

Here's them with my username.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2ntzm9&s=7

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=28lvsle&s=7

http://www.theotaku.com/worlds/wallpaperotaku/view/194817/fairy_mascot_header_slam/

That's my entry! It's a fairy on cloud nine! And she is happy, inspirational and uplifting!

This sounds like a lot of fun! Hee hee! I might wanna try! ^_^

@JingleStansChibi:

WHAW~~!! Yours are so good! I like!! ^_^

I hope this is acceptable ^^;
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Theres a tiny bit of yellow, I hope that is fine, if not, i could change it>.<

I got mine finished <3

I hope you all enjoy it <3

This is so awesome! i can't wait to see all the cool entries that will get featured!

I hope you accept Photobucket uploads too=3 If not, I'll upload them somewhere else...
Here are my entries: with stars and without stars.
Description: Music is my big passion. So here's my new OC Shyla with headphones on!^^ I thought the stars added a nice effect to the overall image, but it's cool without, too.

~SaxGirl~

It's supposed to be Spikey, but it looks more like a girl. Anyway, I know most people are going to draw him, but I've never done it before and I've always wanted to try. x3

Yes, I know it's really crappy. I'm going to do another one later when my fingers have gotten over that scarring encounter with the knife.

Decided to give it a couple of shots o:

Spikey
and my OC lol
I may enter with more... it's kind of fun working with limited color palettes and fitting them into the small space xD
as for descriptions- Spikey's was pretty fun to mess with...the intense manga look... though i didnt know what he typically weaps so he gets a plaid shirt @_@
For Angel...he's just my blue themed character, and his main colors are blue, black and white so it just kinda fit lol

Good luck to everyone O:<~

ok.. so, i'm trying to make one right now, and i'm having sizing troubles...
are we supposed to download the blue gradient banner shown above, and add whatever? are we allowed to change the dimensions?

the link to imgur is not working for me. ;.;

I'm going to do it! KRONOS SHALL BETOP THE HEAD OF THEO

Ok, I gave it a small try with one of my OC and put my name on it like you said >.<
~here~
My OC favorite color is blue like TheO^^
I didn't felt like add more to that so... It's really simple^^;
Oh, yeah, one last thing ! The OC is hand-drawn...^^

Hmmm, maybe instead of/in addition to having your name on the banner, what if the portion with your design linked to your portfolio? Just a thought.

i have a question. you mentioned that the piece has to be completely original. does that mean we cant draw fanart?

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that made me LOL and yes you would be correct xD

Great..! Can we use scans or it has to be our own drawings?

Gosh this sounds really sweet. Too bad I don't have time >.<

Sounds interesting... I should try till I have time^^

total... awesomeness ._.

Attempt one, using an interpretation of Spikey-kun and invoking YE OLDE DAYS with the swooshy bars and such. May or may not change over the course of the week.

Wow, too awesome.....

Triple T K A.

Time To Totally Kick Ass.

Must... enter... 8D

I cant wait to see what everyone comes up with.

This is an awesome idea!

Stupid question time. Would we be able to use vectors, textures, and the like? I'm assuming no.

But, I'll see what I can do!

Do want *____*
I hope there are lots of entries! I'll see what I can come up with too.

Thought I had two questions, really only have one - Can we have more than one entry?

Sounds cool. I look forward to seeing the winner! (Can't draw, but love to see the work of my fellow otakus)