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downwithpants
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Post by downwithpants » Thu Aug 12, 2004 9:15 pm

pwolf, i voted for your banner. pwaffles all the way!

angieness, those are good guidelines, but many people don't have photoshop, just mspaint (and you can tell which banners went through mspaint)

but in addition from quality and readability, spelling errors are real killers. there've seen a few banners i would have voted for if not for the spelling mistakes (actually i think a few banners with spelling mistakes got through anyways).
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Post by pen-pen2002 » Thu Aug 12, 2004 9:38 pm

Pwolf wrote:No one liked my banner >.>

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:P

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That expresion fits the words so well it's scary... :D
angieness wrote:Lot's of good advice.
That's a great little technical guide that applies to almost any banner idea, good job. (Although a lot of poor quality banners are not so much blurry as they are downright pixilated :(. )

Some things I would add:

1- don't clutter the frame, negitive space is your friend.

2- don't have sharp lines seperating the logo. If you have a dark banner do not put a white box on the end for the logo, work it into the image.
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Post by OtakuForLife » Thu Aug 12, 2004 9:51 pm

Well, Dose this include sig banners as-well? Cuase your kinda
restraned by the fourm limits..

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Post by badmartialarts » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:29 pm

Ahh, lens flares are a no-no, that's why mine got disqualified....

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Post by badmartialarts » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:30 pm

Darnit, stupid borky [img] kludgy hack rasser-frasser...
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Post by Scintilla » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:40 pm

Sousaphonist wrote:Darnit, stupid borky Image
I think you just gotta include the "http://".

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Post by Castor Troy » Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:21 pm

This thread has inspired me to create the greatest banner EVAR. :shock:
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Post by SnhKnives » Fri Aug 13, 2004 12:13 am

i need to make a banner sooner or later..... :roll:
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Post by Lone Wolf » Fri Aug 13, 2004 12:14 am

By all means, I'd like to see it.
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Post by Flint the Dwarf » Fri Aug 13, 2004 12:14 am

downwithpants wrote:pwolf, i voted for your banner. pwaffles all the way!
x 2

Beautiful banner.

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