[Entry 1] My banner entry

Xwoa · March 19, 2010, 04:16:46 PM

Here is the banner:

Here's the sidebar:

Here's how it would look on the site:

The reasons I went with this design:
- The banner is shorter than the current banner, cutting about 40px off and decreasing the size, increasing space for site content
- The banner is not explicitly starcraft, but has strong connections with starcraft, which will most likely be a key game from here out (and certainly is now)
- I feel that the color (the greys behind the explosion) matches the site layout well.
- You can directly replace the two current images (banner and sidebar) with these two, making the change effortless.

Thanks!

RaTcHeT302 · March 19, 2010, 04:43:04 PM

Cool, but do we really need to make the sidebar D:?

Xwoa · March 19, 2010, 04:44:30 PM

Quote from: RaTcHeT302 on March 19, 2010, 04:43:04 PM
Cool, but do we really need to make the sidebar D:?

I wouldn't think you would need to, however I felt mine would look much better if the explosion could transition across. Otherwise you're limited to transparent BGs (or you'd have a harsh vertical line going down the right side of your image).

zTaya · March 20, 2010, 02:58:38 PM

wow! definitely the nicest so far, there goes my dreams of making a banner

Xwoa · March 21, 2010, 02:23:35 PM

Thanks

If the motto is going to be changed (to Making B.NET Magic, for example), and mine is picked, I can easily change the motto as well.

CookieMonster · March 22, 2010, 07:16:54 AM

Nice banner, good job on the text

cd_wizard · April 01, 2010, 02:47:39 PM

wow i just wet myself thats just amazing.

MinusTheVolta · April 03, 2010, 03:14:11 AM

yeah so uhh.. this one is bretty badass. I should be postin mine tomorrow. 0_o kinda scared of this one.

Sacroidd · April 03, 2010, 05:56:40 AM

I seriously love this banner! It's simpleness it's so beautiful! Just one little thing, sorry for my missunderstanding but, wich are the differences between you sidebar and the site's one?

Xwoa · April 03, 2010, 02:45:06 PM

Thanks for the posts!

The modified sidebar just replaces the black with my custom explosion-blur bg. The reason I did it in two parts is because that's how it appears to be on the site now, so it would make for an easier transition (just drop them in).

MinusTheVolta · April 04, 2010, 12:25:36 AM

yep, I saw that too. sounds like your a fellow webdesigner. looks like it too.