Blues & Jazz Waffler Design Contest

It's time to get down & wig out to some

Blues & Jazz!

Dig: we will be having an upload week, and we feel that now is as good a time as any to give some attention to some hep genres - Blues and Jazz. But this time around we thought we'd throw in something a bit different on top of it. We're sure the majority of you know that for past themed weeks, we have always had a waffler or two specially designed to grace the announcement. Well, for a change, before the actual upload contest starts, we thought we'd hold a pre-contest - this time around you guys are designing the Wafflers! Here's how it breaks down:

Part 1: The Design.

We always use 2 different Wafflers - one larger one (like the one above) for the homepage announcement, and another as a "Donate!" image, upside-down in the top-right corner of every site page. (For an extensive list of examples, check here.) We're going to need both in 2 different styles - Blues Waffler & Jazz Waffler. That's 4 categories. You've got 1 week to do it.

The Rules

only 1 entry per user per category allowed (1 user can submit 1 waffler in each category, max.)

entries must be posted in this thread

announcement image should be 350px × 350px maximum

donate image should be 172px × 75px maximum

both images must be in .png format with a transparent background

Design: the sky is the limit - just make an honest effort; 10 second MSpaint entries won't qualify.

The Rewards

Each entry receives: 250 points

3rd place: 1000 points

2nd place: 2500 points

1st place: 7000 points + forum award + custom title

STARTS: Sunday Sept. 19, 11:00 AM (6 AM EST)
ENDS: Saturday Sept. 25, 11:00 PM GMT (7 PM EST)