Lompoc42

Nice work guys!!! [righton] [righton] I was wondering how you do that text effect mark. It's nice. The Epcot spheres are nice also. How'd you do them? Sorry I'm a pain. I just wanted to know. [bustagut] B7

Smoke420

Ty guys. Mark, I think yours is really cool and I didn't really want to "compete" or anything, even though a bit of competition is a good practice. I decided to give it a try because of a few things I jnoticed in your banner:
>It has a star wars effect, very cool, but in my oppinion its a bit to busy.
>Your text doesnt match the border or background (btw, you have a tutorial for that text?)
>and thats about all!
Its very nice and probably more appealing than mine. But I thought, I would keep his origional colour, its all good. Nice work... competitor [righton] [righton]

Blinky2004

hehe well actually Alistair it's not really a competition persay. Morrison just asked for ideas. And i simply got a bit too over zealous about it.

You points are well taken, but let me explain...

1) Busy... yes it's a bit busy... but i needed to include as many "ideas" in that small space as i could. Plus... in online gaming, 'busy' can be associated with 'excitement'. A sense of motion, aggrevation, movement.

2) The type effect doesn't really have to match the background. That would in fact make the type get "lost" in the background. The name and other type elements are more important than the sum of the whole image, and as such should stand out from the other elements in the image. (banner ad design 101) [excited]

Besides that... "eye candy" has a way of attracting attention. Which is what it was intended to do.

That's all!

Good observations though Alistair. Keep it up. [righton]

wbiss

Apart from your great WOW (Words of Wisdom) Mark, I just have to comment on your new avatar!

[righton] B7 [bustagut] I love it!

Smoke420

So, when exactly is this site going to be up? Estimated date or something?

Ammar Midani

Welcome to the froums nice work Mark..


Ammar

wbiss

Nice work there yourself, Ammar! [righton]

I like the break in colour 'monotony' (monotone) using a simple gradient mix. It' subtle and effective!

I really like that Ammar [righton]

Ammar Midani

Mercie Wendy, Gauss.

It was intersting to do.


Ammar