Michael,
I hate to bring this up, but in all honesty you as a fellow creative can appreciate the position I'm now in.
I'm guessing you wouldn't appreciate another photographer taking any element of your work, and using it in his own work without permission. That's the situation I'm in now -- someone else is using my design concept in your contest, which is my work.
The 1st ranked design (entry
#46) by the user "Krogulec", his other submission (entry
#47), the 5th ranked design (entry #66) by the user "dars" and all other entries by dars (entries #65, #67, #68) are all using crop marks, which is a concept first introduced by me. If you'll recall, I introduced crop marks in entries #3 and #4.
In a contest, the designer who introduced a concept first "owns" it, and is entitled to be the one who revises it. The Client will need to get revisions for this concept through the Designer who introduced it. Not through just "any old Designer."
Again, I believe you as a fellow creative can understand the position I'm in. If you would like to have me do something different with this concept such as make it look "web 2.0" shiny as the current top-ranked one is, I'll be happy to oblige, as it's my concept to work with as I choose. It's also my obligation to tweak it for you, to your liking.
Please contact me with any questions.
Regards,
Jennifer