Pixel Crazy

Well, the IconFactory has announced the official rules for this years Pixelpalooza contest! If you are not familiar with Pixelpalooza, it is a annual contest for icon designers run by the some of the best in the business. I created an entry last year, which you can download(Mac, Windows). The biggest change in the rules is a change in the categories. Over the last few years the folks at the IconFactory have changed the categories a couple of times to reflect the change in the Mac OS and how it handles icons. The categories this year are OSX, Classic and Candybar. The first two are pretty self explanitory, but the last one isn't. Iconfactory recently came out with a little piece of software (with help from the folks at Panic) called Candybar. This little piece of software allows you to change all of the system icons in OS X very easily. So basically, the Candybar category is for system replacement icons. This is good, mainly because Pixelpalooza used to have a very popular category called System Replacement, which had to be ended for legal reasons (I believe). More about the history of Pixlepalooza can be found here.

I have been thinking about my entry to this years contest, and I think I have a pretty good idea. That idea will remain secret until I am finished with my entry and it has been submitted. I also think that I might release my entry under the terms of the Creative Commons license.