Aha /facepalm! I guess I just immediately think it's a normal mapped asset whenever I see a wireframe over something. I was thinking 'how the hell did he get that mesh to look so high res'!
Malcolm, I inevitably clicked your folio link after seeing this thread... Is this some sort of ninja normal bake? That sounds like a joke question but it's not
I think the biggest thing is someone remembering to yell 'Banner! Banner!' in a thread when someone posts work. Lots of banner quality work comes and goes, we just forget to kick up enough fuss about it!
Earn it. That's what the others did. No idea how it's chosen, maybe a blood letting ritual or as I like to imagine Adam writes our names on post-it notes and rolls naked over them, the one closest to his man bits is the winner. I agree with r_fletch_r, no point having a submission thread either, would be more headaches…
One of the things I was wondering is if the criteria states you have to make the entire image yourself or if there were other artists involved would it still eligible? Can it be from a game or does it have to be a personal work. Also can it be a hi res render, or does it have to be game res? I'm surprised there's not more…