Final FF.com.au Banner Selection. 24hour snap poll!

[WIKIDSTIX]

that really sux lol, yours was the best sean, u know it ;) congrats firefox, blend the right hand side of the flag into the background, would look better

peaze

[Laminge]

Originally Posted by Firefox7

A very nice gesture laminge....but I'd rather take the mininator for a run....by myself for an hour.... :Reverend:

Petrol is 5.65 litre, I see you back in 20 minutes! hehehehe

[sbutler]

Originally Posted by Firefox7

lol...hehe...the only royalty you'll get is the wrong end of my size 11...lol.


Cheers.

I suppose you'll have a autograph stand a the local shoping centre? so you can autograph the FF banners...he he he :

[Laminge]

Originally Posted by RED_EL_XR8

Do we let all this talent loose on the AFF logo now? What are the required paremeters? :dr_Evil:

Im interested

Tell me more, Like a badge design?

[seano14]

Originally Posted by LAMINGE

Both Seano and Firefox will be one of the few to have the first batch of FF merchandise as a little thankyou from the Directors of the forums.

wow thats incredibly generous, i would have been happy with nothing!

Originally Posted by Firefox7

but I'd rather take the minginator for a run....by myself for an hour....

Originally Posted by LAMINGE

Petrol is 5.65 litre, I see you back in 20 minutes! hehehehe

i see him back in 5!

[Firefox7]

Originally Posted by LAMINGE

Petrol is 5.65 litre, I see you back in 20 minutes! hehehehe

Lol...I wouldn't dought it......hehehehe....


Cheers.

[RED_EL_XR8]

Originally Posted by LAMINGE

Im interested

Tell me more, Like a badge design?

Yeah a Snappy and easily reproduced design for badges, merchandise, letterheads, all that stuff.
Its a less is more exercise in style.

I know I agonised trying to get my business one half right, but I dont have the artistic flair these guys do. _

[RED_EL_XR8]

Originally Posted by seano14

wow thats incredibly generous, i would have been happy with nothing!

Careful you wouldn't want that wish to come true! Nothing is the reward from lesser forums! :

[Firefox7]

Originally Posted by RED_EL_XR8

Yeah a Snappy and easily reproduced design for badges, merchandise, letterheads, all that stuff.
Its a less is more exercise in style.

I know I agonised trying to get my business one half right, but I dont have the artistic flair these guys do. _

Anytime you need a business card design for your business...give me a buzz...i'll be happy to help ya out.....


Cheers...

[Firefox7]

Originally Posted by sbutler

I suppose you'll have a autograph stand a the local shoping centre? so you can autograph the FF banners...he he he :

lol......isn't is past yer bedtime.... :



Cheers

[Firefox7]

What do you reakon seano....start drafting idea's for a FF logo.....?


Cheers.

[seano14]

Originally Posted by Firefox7

What do you reakon seano....start drafting idea's for a FF logo.....?


Cheers.

eh.. im not terribly good at designing logos, i may skip that. i believe CSV_LS1 was designing a logo and a banner - he obviously missed out on the comp but he may still have a logo

[tickford2001]

congrats to firefox on the selected design, a huge thumbs up

and to everyone else, it was a seriously top grade competition, so many awesome designs, and that was reflected in the close results - WELL DONE

[Firefox7]

Originally Posted by seano14

eh.. im not terribly good at designing logos, i may skip that. i believe CSV_LS1 was designing a logo and a banner - he obviously missed out on the comp but he may still have a logo

Thats hard to believe mate....them banners you made were 1st class & of excellent knowledge in graphics......and shows that you have the skill to easily create a great logo. Give it a go.....


Cheers.

[seano14]

Originally Posted by Firefox7

Thats hard to believe mate....them banners you made were 1st class & of excellent knowledge in graphics......and shows that you have the skill to easily create a great logo. Give it a go.....


Cheers.

ill think about it. i've done plenty of banners before but not logos ;)

[JG3282]

hey guys don't take this the wrong way but shouldn't you be attempting to create something slightly more original... not a criticism, just an observation

[XW 393]

Looks a little chunky !!! Will look good when the size issue is sorted though.

[BlueRaven]

Yeah, a few things...

1. It looks a little too big.
2. I think it would look better if it blended in with the page a little better. Perhaps a BG colour change?
3. Set the Margin of the page to 0px so that there isnt a white border on it..

Just my opinion.

[Xtreme F6]

SHould have been 1 or 4.....cant believe that one won.....

[seano14]

it only looks chunky at the moment because it's resizing the banner to whatever screen width you're running. webrowsers never stretch or resize images nicely

basically the way i have found is best.. is to create a 1cell table, which is set to 100% screen width... so it adjusts itself.

then inside the cell you add the banner and set it to left alignment.


then in the background of the cell you add a background image to suit the banner, for mine it's like this:



therefor cuz you have the gradient as the background, no matter how far the cell (the page) is stretched there is always the colour running along the top


i would advise a similar thing be done for the winning banner ;)

[Stevo]

Originally Posted by LAMINGE

Both Seano and Firefox will be one of the few to have the first batch of FF merchandise as a little thankyou from the Directors of the forums.

haha, Oh Thanks, make me feel loved...

[12]

Well done FF7 on the win, congrat's.

Now that it is up, I have to say it doesn't look right. As someone said before, looks too "thick", too much blue and doesn't "blend" with the background. Have a look at post #31 on this thread, in particular the #3 banner works well with the background. Not criticising, just an observation now that it's up.. not a whinge either.

In the end though, it's been voted on and has been chosen, so ignore this post.

[EFFalcon]

urs was so close Stevo! :o

[DivHunter]

Erm I didn't follow this but why weren't they just size matched and then randomly rotated? They are all so similar anyway. Also take off the banner stretching it looks awful on my 1600x1200...

[EFFalcon]

they werent rotated like that because a logo had to be chosen for merchandise etc.

[stockstandard]

Bugga, just found this thread after i noticed the banner. Shame because although the banner looks nice i am not a fan of two AU's. I would have personally preferred the BA, 1 AU, and perhaps something from the E or X era (ELGT, ED sprint, or XY GT).

Anyway, doesnt matter. Looks good.

good work all.

[12]

Originally Posted by seano14

it only looks chunky at the moment because it's resizing the banner to whatever screen width you're running. webrowsers never stretch or resize images nicely

basically the way i have found is best.. is to create a 1cell table, which is set to 100% screen width... so it adjusts itself.

then inside the cell you add the banner and set it to left alignment.


then in the background of the cell you add a background image to suit the banner, for mine it's like this:



therefor cuz you have the gradient as the background, no matter how far the cell (the page) is stretched there is always the colour running along the top


i would advise a similar thing be done for the winning banner ;)

Well I'm running 1024X768 and it looks all "Fuzzy". I think your idea of stretching would work well, but only on that banner of yours (which in my opinion is the pick of the bunch BTW), 'cause the winning banner has lightning strikes that are choped off on the far right edge.

Anyway, bad luck seano14, top banner.

[seano14]

Originally Posted by AUGZMK

but only on that banner of yours (which in my opinion is the pick of the bunch BTW), 'cause the winning banner has lightning strikes that are choped off on the far right edge.

it could be done, the banner would just have to be made a bit longer and fade the lightning out

[Xtreme F6]

hahaha so fire fox made that banner.... Hence the Dual AU's in the back ground WD Foxy ;)

[klawsterfobik]

I like the new banner. It deserved to win, i just would have liked to see an older car on there too.. maybe replace the duplicate AU