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===originally posted by Violeta Lost=== Lamia, regarding your question: You can have an avatar and signature, but they have to be the appropriate sizes and uploaded to an image hosting site (it's a better thing), NOT in the HOL forum directly. The best way to have an avatar and a signature is to order them from Sparkleissa Ink (click here). It's HOL's graphic designers, but you have to "pay" with beans! Of course, you can make your own, as we badgers are creative! Nice signature there

===originally posted by Lamia Brickley=== This is my signature for this contest :-) Feel free to customize it with your own name, such a template can be found here and here. I've actually a question concerning signatures.. In the handbook I found as a rule, that only second years are allowed to have avatars, does this apply to sigs as well?

==originally posted by Violeta Lost=== Hello Graphic friends! This is the second activity for September! All you need to do is make a signature showing your Hufflepuff spirit around HOL. The size must be 250x100. The signature can contain pretty much anything you like regarding Hufflepuff. You will upload your graphic in an image hosting site, like photobucket or tinypic, and then you will post it here in this thread. Write down if you don't mind people using it at HOL or not. You will earn 20 citrines and 2 Graphic Points for this one. You have until the end of September. Have fun! P.S. You can check about Graphic Points in the Welcoming thread: HERE!

===originally posted by Violeta Lost=== Yes! Coloring Pages is back and it will run through the year! Below is a picture and all you have to do is paint it! Then upload it in an image hosting site (like photobucket or tinypic, etc.), and send me the link in a PM here in the Sett. You will earn 10 citrines and 1 Graphic Point for your entry in this activity! You have until the end of September to send your submission. Here is the picture: P.S. Don't forget that all of your work will be posted here by me, so everyone can admire them!

===originally posted by Violeta Lost=== Hello badgers and welcome to the Hufflepuff Graphics Club! The Club started its "bussiness" in 2011 and it runs until now. It gave people lots of citrines and graphic prizes! Of course the club stayed alive due to people's energy and imagination, and we thank you for that! The Graphics Club leaders are: myself and Ely Granger. We'll be challenging you through the year to create all those beautiful things you imagine! This school year will be a more competitive one for the Graphic friends. First of all, there will be ranks that people can get in the Club, depending on how active he/she is in the activities. Each month, there will be 2 activities available: 1. The easy one which will give you 10 citrines and 1 Graphic Point. 2. The hard one which will give you 20 citrines and 2 Graphic Points. Everyone will start at the first rank: "New Artist", and he/she can level up their rank by collecting Graphic Points. When someone gets 5 Graphic Points out of their activities then he/she goes to the next rank. With 10 Graphic Points to the next rank, etc. For every next rank someone reaches, there will be a graphic present to show off! I will be updating a special thread with the ranks each month. The ranks go like this: 1st rank: New Artist 2nd rank: Baby Artist (5 Graphic Points) 3rd rank: Junior Artist (10 Graphic Points) 4th rank: Senior Artist (15 Graphic Points) 5th rank: Advanced Artist (20 Graphic Points) 6th rank: Professional Artist (25 Graphic Points) 7th rank: Junior DaVinci (30 Graphic Points) 8th rank: Leonardo DaVinci (35 Graphic Points) The person with the highest rank at the end of the school year (end of August 2014) will earn the title of the "Artist of the Year" and will earn an award we're working on! Also, you can always share your work in the "Show your work off!" thread, and you can find a "Online Photoshop Tutorial" thread with help on how to use Online Photoshop. We'll be available for any help you might want! Have a great time and look out for monthly activities!

===originally posted by Ely Granger=== Welcome to Online Photoshop tutorial – How to make graphics with it! This is the link: http://www.photoshop.com/ The first thing you have to do is to create an account. When you have done this, sign in. You will have this situation: At this point you can choose UPLOAD PHOTOS AND VIDEOS or EDIT AN IMAGE, it's up to you! Now will appear this window: You can do what you want! I resized it, I auto corrected it, I changed the exposure and I added a text. (To resize the picture 100X100 or 250X100 click on 'customize') When you finish, click DONE and save it to your computer. Remember to save the picture in .jpg!

Hello all! Welcome to the Sett, and more specifically, the Fireplace! Here are a set of guidelines for you to follow when you want to post anywhere in the Sett. Please note that all HOL rules apply to these boards so that we all can have a fun enjoyable time here! More details of forum rules are available in the HOL handbook. Link to HOL Handbook - No netspeak allowed please. [E.g. u, mi, wat, bi, r ]. Netspeak is difficult to read and very hard to decipher if English is not your primary language. - No spamming. Spam comes in all shapes and sizes but mostly it's posting useless or pointless posts or even better yet, something that's already been posted and discussed at length. - No house bashing or insulting other members of other houses or even members of your own house. Everybody should respect each other, no matter what house you?re from or how old you are. - Keep your posts G rated. We have people of all ages visiting and posting in the Fireside. - Don't give out personal information about yourself. CONSTANT VIGILANCE! - No advertising of messengers in your posts. Not only can these be easily obtained from your profile [if you choose to put them up]; we are not responsible for the conversation that may happen. - No links in posts unless the links are HOL-links [e.g. The Wizarding Times, Paw Print etc] - Don't abuse the text size feature. THIS is a little okay if you want to make something stand out but THIS is just a bit too much. (okay a lot too much) - Please try and keep your signature to 4 lines of text in your signature [5 or 6 is a little okay, particularly if they're in tiny text, but please do not overdo it] - No images in your post other than your signature and avatar please - Read game/RPG rules before attempting to participate. It makes it easier and more fun to participate! - If a person has misunderstood the game and has posted wrongly, please continue the game with the last correct answer and not the wrong one (unless it's the Wrong Answer Game) - No bumping up of game posts. If somebody is late in replying, bumping up the game isn't going to wake the person up. A PM would be more appropriate. A funny little thing called real life sometimes interferes with a person's ability to respond, so try and be patient - Generally, no more than 3 smilies in a post. It can be a bit annoying seeing an excess of smilies popping up everywhere in a single post. -All post must contain at least five (5) or more words. This sort of goes along with the spam part. Obviously there are some games that don't fit this rule. In other words, don't post on impulse. Please put some thought into your post and check for errors before you reply to a thread. -Do not start any games thread, if you want to see a particular game started, please send a message Prof. Felicia Hartwick to get permission. -All Harry Potter words, whether spells, names, locations, or magical creatures, should be spelled correctly. http://www.hp-lexicon.org/index-2.html This can help! -When playing games or posting here, they need to be Harry Potter related. This means don't bring people like Goldilocks or Actors/Actress into these fun. Leave them to their own world. *g* Guest at the Sett please read!!! Failure to comply to the above rules will result in various warnings and, if warranted, punishment. We really don't want Professor Hartwick to use her Rake of Pain! If you have any questions, queries, or comments, please feel free to post them here and one of the Staff will get to you with some sort of response. Thank you for taking the time to read the new rules! The Huffle Staff