TLS GFX
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Cthulhu
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- Yop
Filesize itself wouldn't be a big concern at the moment in terms of our site's bandwidth - since our host claims to offer unlimited bandwidth and whatnot. However, it costs a load of time to download, especially for mobile devices (although we should get to work on a good mobile skin after we redo the site skin thingy) and slower connections.
Try various .jpg compressions, dunno if .png can be made to do a small file, and also try .gif for a change - it's quite good for graphics (i.e. line drawn stuff, not photos and stuff).
Also, is it just me or does the banner look on the tall side? I guess you could also reduce the size of the overlay graphics / site title and with that the total height of the image.
The rest, looks great and just,
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Still not sure about the floating corpse though, it kinda looks off or something. Could you try some variations on visibility? I'm assuming you have it as a separate layer - try a few shots with gradually reduced opacity on that layer, see how that looks.
As for the rest of the forums appearance, I think we'd need some more visual aspects that add the glowing accents like in the banner. A logical addition would be category headers (you know, the bits above the forum listings), and maybe a subtle streamy faded swirly thingy behind the section listings - possibly one that crosses over the various sections. Not too obvious though - the site has to remain readable and whatnot.
There's a lot of possibilities, and if I had more time / skillz, I'd do some mockups myself.
Try various .jpg compressions, dunno if .png can be made to do a small file, and also try .gif for a change - it's quite good for graphics (i.e. line drawn stuff, not photos and stuff).
Also, is it just me or does the banner look on the tall side? I guess you could also reduce the size of the overlay graphics / site title and with that the total height of the image.
The rest, looks great and just,
.Still not sure about the floating corpse though, it kinda looks off or something. Could you try some variations on visibility? I'm assuming you have it as a separate layer - try a few shots with gradually reduced opacity on that layer, see how that looks.
As for the rest of the forums appearance, I think we'd need some more visual aspects that add the glowing accents like in the banner. A logical addition would be category headers (you know, the bits above the forum listings), and maybe a subtle streamy faded swirly thingy behind the section listings - possibly one that crosses over the various sections. Not too obvious though - the site has to remain readable and whatnot.
There's a lot of possibilities, and if I had more time / skillz, I'd do some mockups myself.
Pixel
The Pixie King
What do we want to link to from the banner? Obviously HOME and FORUMS, but what else?
Id like to have 4 links, so maybe SHOP (linking to one of those amazon thingys... you'll be able to cash in when ACC is released). And one more, but i cant think what it could be
Also, can we make the mods, admins, etc in the Currently Active Users list different shades of lifestreamy colours? I think that would look pretty nice.
Id like to have 4 links, so maybe SHOP (linking to one of those amazon thingys... you'll be able to cash in when ACC is released). And one more, but i cant think what it could be
Also, can we make the mods, admins, etc in the Currently Active Users list different shades of lifestreamy colours? I think that would look pretty nice.
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Cookie Monster
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Link to Donations, imho.
Cookie Monster
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Looks fine to me.
Pixel
The Pixie King
I was messing around trying to make some of the trimmings for the forum skin. What do you think of this bar thing above the... thing. lol i dont know what you call it. I gave it a slight lifestreamy glow from the bottom. Im still working on the end pieces, and the "go to top" button
Just 1 question though... see the way at the moment the forum heading is surrounded by the table. Will that be around any graphics that we put there, or can it be disabled on that line? It would just look odd if we have rounded edges with a box around it
Just 1 question though... see the way at the moment the forum heading is surrounded by the table. Will that be around any graphics that we put there, or can it be disabled on that line? It would just look odd if we have rounded edges with a box around it
Cookie Monster
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That looks awesome. I approve.
Pixel
The Pixie King
Can someone try these out in a layout? The middle bit is a repeating bit, and the arrow bit at the right. The text should go to the right of the first bit
Something like this
Also, try out the bg. Is it possible to have a backgound looped just vertically, and centred? I made it 2000 wide to cover most screen res's
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/josephiroth/tlsbg-1.png
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Cthulhu
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Yup, although it could do with some continuation of the backlight in the main bit of the forum. Still though, it makes the forum fill up the screen more, which is a Good Thing.
It would be possible to have the image appear through the edges of the main table, even - at least, I've seen it somewhere once. Dunno if that would look good though.
It would be possible to have the image appear through the edges of the main table, even - at least, I've seen it somewhere once. Dunno if that would look good though.