Okay, just as we asked for forum banners, we're now asking for link banners. There's no real restriction here, as it doesn't have to coordinate with something really. Link banners are on the norm, small though, ranging from the size of an avatar, to the size of a sig. Don't make a huge page-sized link banner for example.
Besides that, just...well, make it cool looking! ^_^
And viewers, even if you don't participate, at least pick your favorite link banner, and add it to your sig at other places you chat in, put in your blogs, put it in your websites. Or hell, just put the link there, even without the banner! ^_^
Do make sure that when you link to the forum, you link to the front page though, not directly to the forum. Ie, to http://pishoque.net/soulriders/ and not http://pishoque.net/phpBB2/index.php
So anyway...
SATURATE THE NET WITH THE COOLNESS!
^_^
Coolness! *goes to make some*
*kicks this up* =) Help out folks!~
Dracos
What dimensions should a link banner be?
<Thepanda> Poke stab stab poke-a-lot
<Makoto> o.O
<Thepanda> What size do the banners need to be?
<Makoto> forum banners or link banners?
<Thepanda> Er, both?
<Makoto> Forum banners: 392x100 is default (can be as wide as 425 though. 100 height tops though)
* Thepanda nods
<Makoto> link banners, any size is accepatable really. I wouldn't recommend over 600 pixels wide or 400 pixels high
<Makoto> and usually, link banners are either much smaller (like 200x50)
<Makoto> or very thin and long (500x75)
<Makoto> link banners, really, just browse around webpages and see what sizes they have
Okay, let's try tweaking some of my forum banner designs.
And a couple more.
And the rest.
I like the Vampire Princess ones. Why don't those ever pop up?
Odds are you aren't using chronicles and they are likely set for that since they blend nicely with the wood tone.
Dracos
Hm. My very first banner, ever. Not to mention my first time using photoshop. Opinions welcomed.
I'm tempted to submit one, but i don't think my last ones were too well-conceived. I'll get back to you on it.
Quote from: "Ragnar"I'm tempted to submit one, but i don't think my last ones were too well-received. I'll get back to you on it.
Change your background skin, I believe some of yours are there.
Better fonts (Thanks Merc), better quality picture, a slightly better familiarity with PS, and far fewer effects.
Ed: Minor Typo. Should be "conceived."
EDIT: "I before 'e' except after 'c'"
EDIT: Right. Didn't see that 'c' there.
Quote from: "thepanda"Better fonts (Thanks Merc), better quality picture, a slightly better familiarity with PS, and far fewer effects.
Rez + Onigiri is amusing.
I love the RoD banner.
The third one (FFX?) should use a different color for the font than blue. It blends in with that guy's (Seymour?) hair too much. Possibly a gun-metal gray, or a soft yellow? Not sure. It's a good font though. Can you tell me where I can get a copy? :D
Quote from: "Ragnar"I'm tempted to submit one, but i don't think my last ones were too well-conceived. I'll get back to you on it.
We organized them by 'style' that they went best with. Several of yours were selected for use and are in use =)
Dracos
I think the font is thundergod II itallic. I think. I got it from Merc, so hit Mr. "You have less than 900 fonts? HAHAHAHA!" up if you want it. ^^
Note: I prefer the top version, but people seem to like the lower one. >_>
And Ranma007 requested this. Hope you like it.
Dunno why they would, Panda. You're right, the top one is clearly superior having an understated elegance with the proper use of the black shadow compared to the more blatant blue shadow.</artsycrap>
Dracos
Suggestions for banners...
A Sailor Moon one with Eternal Usagi in the middle, Ami and Minako on the left, and Makoto and Rei on the right.
It has to have some catchy phrase in it, like Soulriders - Home of the Queen, or Soulriders - Got Your Fuku? Something like that.
A Oh My Goddess one with Belldandy in the middle, Urd on the right, and Skuld peeking in on the left.
A Naruto one with Naruto powering up the Rasengan.
No, no. We should get a TDAT banner!
Think about it. We'd have the faces of Drac, Bjorn, Rez, Gin, Huitz, and Shade all lined up. Sure to scare away any who want to come! O_O
I screwed up a far better banner I was working on and didn't have the heart to try it again. I hope this, at least, meets the request requirements. ;_;
I feel good about this one, though I would have prefered using silver instead of purple. I couldn't get the color to come up, though. Just a bunch of ugly greys.
THere are a lot more layers in this one than in the previous banners, and I'm still trying to get the hang of gradients. Enjoy.
Quote from: "Carthrat"No, no. We should get a TDAT banner!
Think about it. We'd have the faces of Drac, Bjorn, Rez, Gin, Huitz, and Shade all lined up. Sure to scare away any who want to come! O_O
I was going to actually suggest this, but you, sir, are still a smart-ass.
It should take this much effort to crop a picture. >_>
I'm comming to realize that I suck at fonts. -_-
Quote from: "thepanda"THere are a lot more layers in this one than in the previous banners, and I'm still trying to get the hang of gradients. Enjoy.
I think it would be better off without the gradients. And the letters for 'Soulriders' seem a bit too tall to me.
Quote from: "thepanda"I'm comming to realize that I suck at fonts. -_-
Actually, the font style is good, but the font size is slightly too large and the letters need to be centered better.
We need less anime on these banners. >_>
There are lots and lots of anime forums and such around, but not as much Gaming. There has been talking about shifting the focus of Soulriders away from Anime and more into Gaming. Not completely taking anime out, of course, just showing the Gaming side more.
And unfortunatly, most of the banners here focus strongly on the Anime aspect of the board and not the Gaming part.
So while the banners here are nice, they have too much anime in them.
Can get we some more D&D-style banners, perhaps?
Or even adjusting some of the existing banners so they say Soulriders: Gaming Relm instead.
I think a Planescape: Torment banner is in order. I'll see if I can find any images, or failing that drag the game out of my cupboard...
I'd like to just say Thanks to everyone who has tossed in a banner so far and particularly to Inuyasha-chan who has taken the work of getting everything all organized for a banners page.
I really appreciate all the help with expanding and growing the site. We'll have to get this place roaring in thanks.
Dracos
Quote from: "Inuyasha-chan"So while the banners here are nice, they have too much anime in them.
Can get we some more D&D-style banners, perhaps?
My impression was that WoT & TSR are less than pleased with people using their art for things like that. Not as bad as Palladium, but not keen on it either.
We obviously don't want to use big companies copyrighted stuff, but surely we can find some fantasy art or adventure art that looks cool.
I dunno.
Dracos
PS:T wouldn't be a good idea after all then.
Here's a thought: Elfwood (http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/). If you see a cool picture there (they have a nice "Random Picture" function) email the artist and ask if they mind it going on a page banner? I've done that once or twice before, and people can be quite nice about it.
Though on a larger site, they might have more objection...