Banner Image Competition for v5.3.7

[jeremyruston]

We’re planning to release TiddlyWiki v5.3.7 on Monday 7th July 2025. As usual, we’re holding a competition to design the banner image that is shown on the splash screen and within the opening “Find Out More” tiddler.

We usually suggest that the artwork reflect some of the changes in the new version. That may not be practical for this release, given that it is mostly bug fixes and minor tweaks. Instead, you may want to explore more conceptual ideas. For example, it might be interesting to try to convey the sense of end-of-an-era as we prepare for the major changes in v5.4.0.

https://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/

Entries will be accepted until Friday 4th July 2025 at 8am UK time. We will then hold a vote here to determine the winner.

The other rules/guidelines for the competition are:

• The version number must be clear and readable even when the banner is shown at a reduced size
• The version number must use the correct punctuation including the “v” prefix and clear full stops between the numbers
• The image must be a PNG or JPEG of exactly 560x315 pixels
• Note that the image is displayed at a smaller size on tiddlywiki.com , so check that your artwork is legible at the display size (the scaling is done in order to yield good quality on hi-dpi displays)
• The image need not include the word “TiddlyWiki”. The banner image is only used in contexts where it is clear that it is about TiddlyWiki
• Feel free to enter an updated version of artwork that was a runner-up in a previous competition
• Reply to this message with your entry, or any questions
• Please give lots of feedback here to encourage the artists

Good luck! I’ll be looking forward to seeing the entries.

Best wishes

Jeremy.

[Christian_Byron]

I’m no artist… so I asked Sora for help… this is what we came up with:

Cheers Ceebee

[Springer]

As usual, I invite folks to peruse my gallery of past version-banner entries, and winners, for inspiration and perspective:

https://tw-logo-contest.tiddlyhost.com/#v5.3.7

I’ll also try to keep up with this thread as current entries come in.

[yan]

Nothing to contribute but some thoughts…

As this is likely the last release in the 5.3 series, it might be good to return to referencing of the main features of this series: functions and procedures, which you can see throughout Springer’s gallery.

The sunset/horizon image by Christian is good too as a metaphor, showing distance (from the first release in the series) and hinting at ‘reflecting back’.

For what it’s worth, it didn’t strike me as AI-like at all and I would have assumed it was homemade vector art. Funnily enough, it reminds me of an intro to a short 2000s Flash film. I tried to find it again on Newgrounds without success. It was pirate-themed and had the Monkey Island theme song playing.

[AlfieA]

Well, Christian, I like it. Thanks for sharing it with us. The cat’s really cute in this one.

[Xrizzy]

I love the “confetti explosions” you get during the instruction tour. I just wonder why it is rectangles.

PS: It’s all homemade and available as SVG. No AI.

[Xrizzy]

I like it and I have to say it goes to show, that the output of AI depends on the input.

[duarte.framos]

Maybe a little too literal, but it was a significant end of an era.

560 x 315

Please excuse any anachronisms, all depicted species are purely fictional. Any similarities with real specimens, living or dead, are purely coincidental.

[AlfieA]

All of you have great designs. Here’s my attempt. I really appreciate any feedback.
Alfred A

P.S. Oops! Line was on top of cat’s legs.

[Springer]

Like @Christian_Byron — who got us quickly launched here — I like the “sunset” theme.

But I wanted to do something with an actual feature… and palettes do figure heavily in the improvements list.

So, here’s a design reworking a “tw” mask from a prior version banner idea, but now built entirely on colors from the (updated) Nord palette. Sunset into (nordic) dusk.

Cheers!

Fine print: No automated image-generation engines contributed to the creation of this banner.