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CK

buried but breathing
AKA
CK, 2D, wanker
yeah our post bit has the same colours as the forum skin here.
 

X-SOLDIER

Harbinger O Great Justice
AKA
X
This isn't graphics related, but it IS banner related - shouldn't clicking the banner redirect back to the frontpage instead of the forums, since there's already a link to that?

X :neo:
 

CK

buried but breathing
AKA
CK, 2D, wanker
I prefer the banner to link back to the forums like every other forum does. D; Maybe a link in the new banner could lead back to home?
 

X-SOLDIER

Harbinger O Great Justice
AKA
X
I just think it's rather useless as there's an obvious link to the forum frontpage right at the top left, and there isn't a link back to the main page currently... (Not to mention that the banner says The Lifestream.net & not TLS.net Forums)


X :neo:
 

Ⓐaron

Factiō Rēpūblicāna dēlenda est.
AKA
The Man, V
Could just do one of those html map things to link both to the site and to the forums, like Tennyo was proposing above iirc.
 

CK

buried but breathing
AKA
CK, 2D, wanker
I just think it's rather useless as there's an obvious link to the forum frontpage right at the top left, and there isn't a link back to the main page currently... (Not to mention that the banner says The Lifestream.net & not TLS.net Forums)


X :neo:


Good point but i'm already used to clicking the banner to go back to the main page. xD
 

Pixel

The Pixie King
I agree, the banner should link to the main site, especially since we're pushing ste main site as a major focus.

I tried adding a bit of a water type texture to the logo, dont know if it looks any better
lifestreambanner1copy-1.jpg
 

Makoeyes987

Listen closely, there is meaning in my words.
AKA
Smooth Criminal
That banner looks so good Pixel. I love your work and thank you so much for working so hard on our graphics. They look phenomenal!
 

ForceStealer

Double Growth
I've always used the text link to the main forums, I had always assumed the banner went back to the main page...shouldn't it?
 

Pixel

The Pixie King
I was bored, so i tried making a mockup of what the forums would look like with the banner and status icons in place. I suppose we could have more customised bits of graphics around, but this is just i start i guess

lsmockup.jpg
 

X-SOLDIER

Harbinger O Great Justice
AKA
X
That looks awesome Pixel! I say that the sooner we can get the site changed over to look like that, the better.

(After this project, it'd be nice if we could 'shop some new buttons for the: Post Reply, Edit, Quote, Multi-quote, & Fast Reply - possibly using the same FF font).


X :neo:
 

Ⓐaron

Factiō Rēpūblicāna dēlenda est.
AKA
The Man, V
I was bored, so i tried making a mockup of what the forums would look like with the banner and status icons in place. I suppose we could have more customised bits of graphics around, but this is just i start i guess

[image]

This is amazing.
 

Pixel

The Pixie King
Does anyone know a way of saving a banner so iy doesnt look like balls?

With the minimal details, i get bits of ugly artifacty bits even when saved as jpg at quality setting 9. And any higher we're looking at a big filesize. And png is way to big.

I think 50kb should be the highest we should go, since it would suck up bandwidth.
 

Channy

Bad Habit
AKA
Ruby Rose, Lucy
I'm gonna get mauled for say this, but tee bee aych, I think the banner looks a tad (JUST A TAD I SWEAR) boring on the right side. You have all this really pretty grafix going on, awesome logo, lil Aeris an everything.. but that line underneath Lifestream, the swirl moves off to the right and gets a tad boring. I think maybe if you had even like, a little bit of light shimmers or reflections or lifestream swirl it'd be good.

But, it's still fantastic as it is, jus sayin. :monster:
 

X-SOLDIER

Harbinger O Great Justice
AKA
X
I think that it's supposed to draw attention towards the name. Too much else would make it look overly busy IMO. Good imagery relies on drawing your attention towards a particular area rather than filling every available gap with something to stare at.

@ Pixel - I think that .png files might be the way to go. They don't degrade the quality of the image as much as .jpeg's do.


X :neo:
 

Pixel

The Pixie King
Yeah, i was trying to make it quite minimal, but i will try to add some nice shimmering lifestreamy stuff if i can figure out how to.

I think it was like 200kb when i tried, but i have a program to reduce filesize a bit, so hopefully it'll cut it down a bit
 

Channy

Bad Habit
AKA
Ruby Rose, Lucy
Fair enough, fair enough. Just my two cents.

Also, 200kb isn't horribly big is it? I mean, I think we could all stand to let it load for something like that.
 
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