General Guidelines
* No rallying whatsoever is allowed either internally at igfxers.darkbb.com or externally. Any evidence proving this will result in disqualification.
* Any complaints/questions should be forwarded via Private Message to the igfxers.darkbb.com Administrators.
* If a tutorial wins, the tutorial is not eligible to enter the Tutorial of the Month contest for another 12 months.
* All nominated tutorials must use our tutorial layout HERE.
* The igfxers staff shall be the sole arbitrator of what does and what does not violate TOTM Rules and Guidelines. If you have any complaints please refer to our second bullet.
Nomination Guidelines
* An author may receive up to TWO nominations. If there is more than 2, those will be void.
* Do not nominate a tutorial that the poster did not make.
* Primary Nominations can only be made once. Each member is entitled to one primary nomination but not one that has already been posted.
* Nominations must be seconded by at least another member.
* Every member may second up to a maximum of 3 nominated tutorials. All 3 seconds should be made in a single post. NOTE: Only the first post with a second nomination will count.
* In the nomination thread, one may only nominate or second an already nominated tutorial. Any other posts involving anything else will be deleted.
* Nominations will be voided if it is not seconded.
* When nominating please post:
o The result of the tutorial:
o The URL to the tutorial:
o A short description of what makes the tutorial stand out compared to the rest:
o and a reason for nomination that will motivate others to second the nomination.
* If the nominated tutorial is not available at the time of creation of the poll the next nominee in line will be selected to take its place.
* Tutorials that are in an active voting thread may NOT be nominated in the new Nomination thread.
Poll Voting Guidelines
* The 5 tutorials that have the most seconded nominations will be placed in the poll in alphabetical order.
* The thread containing the poll will be closed to any replies to prevent influence.
* Voting is up to the voters; no one can force or rally a vote, please visit all nominated and vote for the best tutorial, not the tutorial that you are most familiar with the creator. Please check our second bullet of the Global Rules section above.
Tutorial Posting Guidelines
* Be sure to pick a good title, good title's can really help you get more views to your tutorial.
* Be sure to fill in the tags field. Use good keywords that would help people find your tutorial. Good keywords could be the techniques you used (pen tool, filters, etc), maybe the render name you used (Halo, c4d, Ludacris, etc), and put what its for (signature, c4d, web design, etc). Please refrain from using words like "good", "best", "awesome", etc.
* Description (2-5 sentence description of the tutorials in italics. This will help users find your tutorial again if it gets buried.)
* Result:
(Showing your end result of what you are doing. People don't want to scroll to the bottom of your tutorial just to see the result.)
* Requirements: (List all requirements that need to be downloaded here; such as brushes, patterns, stocks, renders, etc.)
* Tutorial - Be sure to describe each step as best as possible, in chronological order:
Step 1:
Step 2:
etc.
* Please use images/screen shots to reference what you are trying to get across to the person reading the tutorial.
