And if anyone is interested in around season let us know. We'd be very willing to mod another season.

This week's theme was: All Original.

This means everything in the layouts must be made by the user. Photos they've taken, stuff they've drawn, etc.

Poll #1310597 LLS Season 9 Round Six: All Original - Voting
This poll is closed.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

You know the drill, vote for who you think did best!

This week's theme was: S2 Nebula.

Nebula is an S2 Theme that is highly underrated and we felt it needed love. To see what Nebula looks like without all the fancy css, look here.

Poll #1306226 LLS Season 9 Round Five: S2 Nebula - Voting
This poll is closed.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None

You know the drill, vote for who you think did best!

For the rest of the contest you can only vote for ONE. That being said feel free to leave a comment letting any of the contestants know what you think. Feedback is what makes them better layout makers!

Style: S2 Flexible Squares
Account Type: Free, Sponsored and Paid
Best view: Any
Browser(s) Compatible: Firefox, Safari and IE
About: This layout has the sidebar as an imagemap. :)
Credit: Either msblackeyeliner or jadedpaper

Preview:

[Live Preview] [Download]

This week's theme was: One Image.

For those of you not familiar with this theme: The Judges provide an image, which can be found here. The contestants can only use that image (the only exception is having a background image). So it's your job to vote for who represented the image best!

Poll #1302335 LLS Season 9 Round Three: One Image - Voting
This poll is closed.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None

You know the drill, vote for who you think did best!

For the rest of the contest you can only vote for ONE. That being said feel free to leave a comment letting any of the contestants know what you think. Feedback is what makes them better layout makers!

Also, one of our judges decided the image was to good to pass up and made her own layout just for fun. You can see it here. This layout is not in the running. :)

Style: S2 Flexible Squares
Account Type: Free, Sponsored and Paid
Best view: Any
Browser(s) Compatible: Firefox, Safari and IE
About: This layout has a completely customized sidebar, so you don't have to use the default one. :)
Credit: Either msblackeyeliner or jadedpaper

Preview:

[Larger Screenshot] [Live Preview] [Download]

This week's theme was: Go Green!

For those of you that don't know what it means, simply do a Google Search. But for the most part it means helping the environment. Using reusable bags, walking/biking instead of driving, doing stuff to save energy, etc. Read a few things about it and you will get it. :) Now on to the poll!

Poll #1297906 LLS Season 9 Round Three: Go Green! - Voting
This poll is closed.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None

You know the drill, vote for your favorites!

Remember you can vote for as many as you like, however, just keep in mind if you vote for all of them it defeats the purpose of voting. That being said feel free to leave a comment letting any of the contestants know what you think. Feedback is what makes them better layout makers!

Style: Component
Account Type: Sponsored and Paid
Custom Colors: Yes
Best view: Any
Browser(s) Compatible: Firefox, IE and Safari
About: Choose your own header! Ideal size is 736x400. However, I left instructions on how to change the size in the zipfile. If you need help let me know!
Credit: Either msblackeyeliner or jadedpaper

Preview:

[Larger Screenshot] [Live Preview]

(Click here to download)

This week's theme was: The Food Pyramid

Each contestant choose one of the steps of The Food Pyramid and made a layout based on it. The list was:
wingweaver22: Fruit Group
stimulus: Grain Group
unoriginal: Fish/Meat Group
squid_stick: Fat, Oils and Sweets Group
scotchsour: Vegetable Group
ernestsewell: Milk, Yogurt and Cheese Group

Poll #1289288 LLS Season 9 Round Two: Food Pyramid - Voting
This poll is closed.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None

You know the drill, vote for your favorites!

Remember you can vote for as many as you like, however, just keep in mind if you vote for all of them it defeats the purpose of voting. That being said feel free to leave a comment letting any of the contestants know what you think. Feedback is what makes them better layout makers!

We are extending the deadline for auditions once again.
You have one more week again. The new deadline is October 25th. We look forward to more entries.

We're extending the audition deadline a week. You now have until October 18th. Still no need to wait just drop on over at lls_auditions and make a post with your layout! Its a really fun and interesting contest and a great way to earn a years paid account if you win :)

This is the the last reminder to turn in your submissions for lls_auditions. If we get at least one submission by Friday we will extend the submission intake a week or two. If not we will cancel the contest and the people who donated will receive a refund.

This contest is really fun. I swear. You learn so much and you don't even have to have years of experience. The judges help you learn new things and we even help you with coding issues. Don't be afraid to try out! You will seriously surprise yourself with how far you get. I know I always did. It doesn't matter if it's your first attempt at layouts or you have experience, you will learn something. Just join lls_auditions and submit a layout. You won't regret it.

So again this is the last chance to revive this awesome contest and get a chance to win a free year's paid account on LJ.

Once more, it's time for us to beg you guys for money. For those of you that don't know, LLS season nine is coming up. You may participate by joining lls_auditions. Entries are due by October 11, 2008. For more information check out the following communities:

lls_auditions
lls_

We need to raise the $25.00 needed for the prize for the winner. If you guys can spare anything I would really appreciate it! I would be willing to give you a "thank you" gift for doing this, just let me know!

Amount left to raise: $0.00 THANKS EVERYONE!!

Layout Style: Bloggish
Best view: Tested in Firefox and IE, but should work in all
Browser(s) Compatible: Firefox and IE, but should work in all
Work with Nav bar?: Yes
Work with Ads? Yes.
Credit: ausmac

Note #1: this layout works best on 1024/768 resolution. High resolutions may make it look strange.
Note #2: Use only one journal title, not a subtitle.

Preview:



Live preview currently available here:

http://community.livejournal.com/newlayouts2/'

Codes and Instructions: ( Read more... )

Here are the contestants for the Idea Tree Studio guest designer contest. Take a look at the work that they do, and then vote for your favorite designer. Voting ends Sunday.

EDIT AGAIN Ok, you guys. I totally FAIL at this contest. I accidentaly missed a bunch of contestants. I am going to repost this whole thing in a new entry.

Hey guys! We've had a BUNCH more entries for the Idea Tree Studio guest designer contest. Thank you to everyone for contributing! We plan on starting the vote on Wednesday and running it through Saturday, so if there are any last minute layouts you would like to submit, now is the time to do it!

In regards to the Idea Tree Studio guest designer contest - are there any more entries? So far we only have a couple of people interested. If that is the case, I may just put them up as guest designers without voting :( That makes me sad because voting is always fun!

So, if you want to enter but the deadline was too short just let me know when you can have something in. Remember, you guys CAN use old layouts that you've made, too!

I mentioned it before and now the time is here! Our first ever layout contest for Idea Tree Studio (the collaborative site for freelayouts and premade_ljs).


To make things fun, we decided to make a contest where all the members of both communities get to pick the winners. Idea Tree Studio is a joint collaboration between myself and tasha of premade_ljs, so to keep things from being redundant, we will have the contest held here at freelayouts (since we have so many talented creators) and hold the voting at her community on a public vote. (She will also encourage people to be entering from her community so watch out, there may be some more compeitition!)



The rules break down like this:

1. You have one week to submit up to FIVE layouts. (You CAN use old layouts of yours if you would like to.) We would like the people voting to see a few different sides to your talent. If you can only submit one though that's fine. Just submit the link(s) in a comment to this post, or as an entry in the community. (Make sure we know it's for the contest if you post in the community!)


2. You can enter myspace layouts or website templates, too, if LiveJournal isn't your area of expertise.


3. All designs must be live, working previews.


4. At the end of the week, Tasha will post a public post with a poll of all the contestants and their entries.


5. Voting will be open for everyone!


6. At the end of the voting, the top 5 will create zip files for downloads of the layouts they entered, (images, instructions, codes) and a preview. We will upload them to the website on the downloads page.


7. You will be featured in our newsletter along with the other winners. You can include a short bio or just a website or community of yours.


8. You will ALSO be featured in our sidebar as a guest designer. Again, you can have a short bio or link to your site. (We get plenty of traffic so you should see an increase in yours as well!)


9. All Designers may submit more layouts after winning the contest if they should like to do so. Otherwise, however many you entered in the contest is enough.






So - get going! What are you waiting for?!

Layout Style: S1 Generator
Best view: 800x600+, FF
Browser(s) Compatible: Tested in FF and IE.
Work with Nav bar?: Yes.
Work with Ads?: No.
Credit: loadedbubblegun or smoke_baby

Live Preview: Here.
Preview:



( Codes and instructions. )

I'm way behind on my style reviews, sorry! Here is the review for the Bloggish style that we used in the style contest two weeks ago...

Those of you that have worked with "Bloggish", please provide your feedback for the style! Thank you!

Layout in question:
Portfolio II

Easy to work with:


Customization options:


Work with again: Absolutely

( My review for Bloggish )