A couple of days ago I told a blogger that goes by the name ‘Pink Jellybaby‘  that I’d like to re-do her avatar (which features a pink jellybaby under an cocktail umbrella, on a beach). It sounded like a lot of fun, tearing open a bag of jelly babies, and leaving only the pink ones undevoured. Tearing limb from limb, rending head from boy — a true jelly baby genocide.

But then I got thinking… why should I re-do her avatar? Why shouldn’t it be some other blogger’s? Maybe another blogger has an even greater name with even more interesting possibilities for an avatar or logo.

So I’m going to hold a competition, to see which blogger gets their name (or blog’s theme) interpreted by me, the photographer. If you blog about emo relationship problems, I’ll create some kind of morbid montage — but if your blog is about shiny, happy things (what are the chances?) I’ll try my best to embody that in a photo of… happy things!

I don’t quite know what form the competition will take, but I’ll try to get it finalised for later today.

Oh, I’m also working on some cool bar of photos that will scroll across the top of my blog… I’m sure you’ll notice it when I get it working. Happy Friday!

Finally I’ve got around to banging out the details of the competition. Sorry about the delay! You can see the fruit of my labour across the top of every page though! Please let me know if it doesn’t work, and if so, which browser you’re using. If you’re reading this in Google Reader or something, do me a favour and click through to my blog — it’s quite pretty, really!

Anyway, the competition — to start with, here’s the prize:

I, Sebastian, will ingeniously craft some kind of avatar (or logo), for your use online. The interpretation of your name and/or blog used to create said avatar (or logo) is left to my sole discretion. In all honesty, it might be completely awful but there’s an outside chance that it might be really awesome**.

This competition is open to anyone but I am the only person that will be choosing the winner. Upon choosing the winner, I will do my best to dig around your blog/online presence and create a photo (or some kind of digital amalgam) that I think embodies the soul and spirit of you.

The prize will be awarded to you in the form of a high-quality image that you can use freely, as long as the attribution to me is preserved. Always wanted a funky new header image for your blog? Or a BODACIOUS avatar to use on forums or when commenting on other blogs?! This is your chance! Perhaps your only chance! (Unless it goes really well, then I might do it again)

So what’s the competition? How do I win?

(You can tell I haven’t really thought this through…)

You must, in 100 words or less, tell me what you feel most passionately about.

It can be something you love, or perhaps something you hate, fear or abhor. You can leave it in a comment, or you can send it privately.

I’m not really going to penalise you if you use more than 100 words (but I do love being arbitrary; it’ll force you to use long words like a German!), but try to be short and punchy — everyone likes short and punchy. The contest will end when I feel like it; probably in a week or two, depending on how many entrants there are. You have plenty of time to choose those 100 perfect words that best describe your most passionate feeling!

Good luck to all that enter! And good luck to me…

** There’s a real chance that I’m going to totally fail, but I will try my very best to make something you’d be happy to use publically.