Signature Banner - $30.00

[xtremeoff-road]

Contest Title: Signature Banner - $30.00
Prize / Delivery Method: $30 via Paypal
Website: http://www.bignutsracing.com
Duration Of Contest: 2 Days (22 June 2006)
Banner Size: No larger than 400 x 125

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Good day everyone, I am sure this will be an easy competition for our creative and skilled graphic designers. What I need is a signature banner. The theme of the banner should match the theme of our site www.bignutsracing.com. Being that the banner will be used on that site, keep the color pallet in mind. I would like the banner to be very clean yet stylish.

I need the file as a psd done in layers. The reason for this is I will need to be able to edit the text to the appropriate staff members name. With that said, I will also required any fonts be sent with the file.

The banner should have the website url ( www.bignutsracing.com ) should indicate "Staff Member", a place for their name (use compindustries for now) and you are also free to use the logo in the design.

I look forward to seeing some submissions, best of luck all!

 

[xtremeoff-road]

Thanks for feedback, here is a version with one background.

-Sammy

Looks good...I think I did like it with the two colors, just wanted more of a transition area. But I like that one as well

My try.... :p

Hmmm I like this idea as well...the reflections are pretty cool!

Now sure about that font though...have any others that may work better?

 

[RS]

Sure thing. I think i can come up with some different fonts for you.

 

[ZeniusIVanisher]

transparent .png

give it a test on your site

 

[xtremeoff-road]

transparent .png

give it a test on your site

Ahhh man, now that looks pretty cool too!
The staff member portion is a tad hard to read, but overall it looks pretty cool.

I am impressed everyone...for taking on a project with not a lot of information to go off of, you have done an amazing job!!

 

[ZeniusIVanisher]

updated

 

[xtremeoff-road]

updated

That looks good...

This is going to be a hard decision!!

 

[RS]

^Lol, nice transparent png, i did that, but didnt think he wanted it oh well.

My update.

I also have the transparent version too...

^the edges would be rounded.

 

[xtremeoff-road]

^Lol, nice transparent png, i did that, but didnt think he wanted it oh well.

My update.

I also have the transparent version too...

^the edges would be rounded.

I would not mind seeing a transparent

I like your design very much as well!

 

[ZeniusIVanisher]

sharpened 2 corners, and added a pattern to the second one

 

[xtremeoff-road]

sharpened 2 corners, and added a pattern to the second one

They look nice...they look the same to me though, am I blind?

 

[ZeniusIVanisher]

They look nice...they look the same to me though, am I blind?

haha
look closer at the background of the second one. i added a tiny checker background

the opacity of that layer is really low, but i wanted it like that. subtleties are alway fun :D

 

[xtremeoff-road]

haha
look closer at the background of the second one. i added a tiny checker background

the opacity of that layer is really low, but i wanted it like that. subtleties are alway fun :D

LOL ok I will trust that it is there

 

[RS]

^Nice design Z.

 

[ZeniusIVanisher]

^Nice design Z.

Thanks Antonio, I appreciate that :D

edit:

here's an example of it on your forums.

 

[xtremeoff-road]

Hmmm well it appears that those transparent banners do not work properly on all browsers. On my newest version of IE Beta it is fine, however, on my IE6 you get something that looks like this.

 

[ZeniusIVanisher]

Hmm, maybe it's the way i exported the PNG.

try this, it's a high quality transparent gif
(i'm almost positive this won't give you any problems)

 

[xtremeoff-road]

Hmmm little better...wonder why it does that?

It does work in IE 7 Beta 2 though??

 

[RS]

Hmmm little better...wonder why it does that?

It does work in IE 7 Beta 2 though??

The reason why it does that is because a png especially going with gif overlay, the PNG-24 is mainly for sharp and crisp image thus making the gray part not being transparent.

You have to make it gif or the same color as the forum.

Edit:

 

[ZeniusIVanisher]

now i'm stumped

jpeg's should still give the effect of transparency, because alternating post's on your forum do not change background color's

 

[RS]

I've updated my post.