Banner Design Competition

[J.M.K]

Hey I was thinking if we end up using this format for the site for a while, or if we go back to the old format, we could have a competition to design a new banner for the top of the page. Other Subaru sites I'm on have done this in the past with great success. Should we give it a try?

 

[SuperRu]

Great idea!
I did some research and this is what I found.
The forum banner/logo must be smaller than 760 pixels wide. Many people suggested around 500.
The height is variable say in the 50 to 150 range.
Gif or jpeg formats will both work.
Edit:
Now with some more experience I think we should shoot for 640 to 800 x 120 to 150 pixels
The file size should be small otherwise the forum will load slow.

 

[mr turbo]

Sounds like a great idea. I'll have a go & see what I can come up with.

Regards
Mr Turbo

 

[Caddyman]

Here is my 2 minute effort.

All are cars owned by ORS contributors.........

 

[ian059]

Very nice!

 

[mr turbo]

And here is my attempt.


Regards
Mr Turbo

 

[mr turbo]

Here's another one that I just whipped up.


Regards
Mr Turbo

 

[pleiad7]

Very nice banners so far! Is there a way we can make the text stand out a little better? Maybe use white text or some sort of shading/highlighting to separate it from the background images more?

 

[SuperRu]

Also make them a little bigger if you can. Shoot for something like 500 pixels wide x 100 to 150 pixels tall.

 

[mr turbo]

Very nice banners so far! Is there a way we can make the text stand out a little better? Maybe use white text or some sort of shading/highlighting to separate it from the background images more?

Is this better ? I made the text darker & faded the pics a little.



Regards
Mr Turbo

 

[SuperRu]

I like them a lot, but they need to be a bit larger. Here is the old forum logo if anyone wants to play with it.

 

[eden]

how do you do it?

i'd have a crack but i wouldn't know where to start. can you use any photo editing program?

 

[mr turbo]

How about this then. It is a bit larger in size (I hope) & has the original ORS banner logo.

Regards
Mr Turbo

 

[stephendean]

Here is a quick version that I just knocked up

 

[mr turbo]

Well done stephendean, I really like that one.

Regards
Mr Turbo

 

[spinners]

Nice ones Damian.

I'm biased; I like the one with my Forry in it

 

[spinners]

I like them a lot, but they need to be a bit larger. Here is the old forum logo if anyone wants to play with it.

What would be good is to have the site name (see above) font name. That way when we design the logo we can type the name in rather than using it as a graphic. It will also embed better when the image is flattened.

 

[eden]

ok it took me about 2.5hrs but this is my first attempt. hope its works ok

 

[mr turbo]

Yes eden it worked & I like that one aswell. It also brings back some good memories of the great trip that we had that day.

Here is another idea for a banner.

Regards
Mr Turbo

 

[eden]

yeah that was a goob trip!
from memory the banners changed from page to page. i think there were 3 or 4 different ones?