Opinions Needed - Subliminal Mall Banner

Submitted by mayarend on Thu, 19/11/2009 - 3:32pm
Hello, it is ME again :D Remember my blue mall banner? Well, it is time I change it... A few things were decided: I'm removing the faerie spots and adding a couple cattegories so it's all covered without the faeries, but I'm adding the faeries to the button of the cattegory... I want to do it Holiday-like.. SO I was using green and red.. But it looks pretty ugly IMO lol Anyone has any xmas-ssy banners I can look at for color idea? I do NOT plan on stealing graphics I want to make my own, but sometimes it's easier to understand a color setup if you see other graphics done... I've looked around premade pages but couldn't find seasonal graphics *shrugs* This is what I have so far and you can see how AWFUL it is. I mean it's just plain ugly -.- The color set I mean... OFC the shapes are not awful.. They're the same as my blue banner but that green... *shivers* So, fire off, any ideas? (banner on second post so I can edit that off, if needed) ------------------------------------- *star*MODERATOR NOTICE | ** MOVED ** from Graphics Requests to Shop/Graphics Advice/Criticism -------------------------------------
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[quote=krazykrabs]The colors look pretty good together but it seems a tad bland to me, especially in the day of super flashy mall banners. Maybe that's what you are going for, simplicity, and if it is you nailed it but otherwise I might spice it up a bit.[/quote] Maybe a little bland but it is a rough draft/idea and it is so much better! (glad I could help :)) Maybe you could go for a few very large snowflakes on the blue background and make the buttons transparent. Very simple backgrounds or blurred background images are best. Even if you altered the shade of the blue background a bit instead of all one shade... Here's an example (attachment) that is another idea without the transparent buttons. I think the major problem is the one tone blue background to be honest. ~ Mimi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~ temps_bons graphics ~ http://www.neopets.com/~Mimi_Miaulement
~ Mimi ~ http://www.neopets.com/~Amyrilli
temps_bons | Sun, 22/11/2009 - 9:06pm |

Ooh, I love the one you did with the snowflakes, Mimi. :D
slaygal_of_sunnydale | Sun, 22/11/2009 - 9:15pm |

~ May ~ Oh Mimi, love the snowflakes! I've been adding the images, now I'll work on the background, in around 20 minutes I should have something to show :P
~ May ~
mayarend | Mon, 23/11/2009 - 2:24pm |

It has a very clean look.. good luck!
deviln3 | Mon, 23/11/2009 - 2:56pm |

~ May ~ [IMG]http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af112/subliminalguild/MALLnew.png[/IMG] I'm pretty proud of myself :O
~ May ~
mayarend | Mon, 23/11/2009 - 4:25pm |

Quite nice. I like it. :) Then again, I'm rather fond of the white/blue theme with snowflakes, as you can tell by the Les Boutiques banners. ^-^ - Kara
- Kara
supre_drake | Mon, 23/11/2009 - 4:31pm |

[quote=supre_drake]Quite nice. I like it. :) Then again, I'm rather fond of the white/blue theme with snowflakes, as you can tell by the Les Boutiques banners. ^-^ - Kara[/quote] ~ May ~ Thanks Kara, I'm rather fond of the white/blue theme too, it WAS my previous theme (well, dark/light blue anyways) so I think it goes well :D
~ May ~
mayarend | Mon, 23/11/2009 - 4:36pm |

[quote=mayarend] Thanks Kara, I'm rather fond of the white/blue theme too, it WAS my previous theme (well, dark/light blue anyways) so I think it goes well :D[/quote] Yeah, red and green works because everyone pairs them together for Christmas - but you normally wouldn't, you know? Blue, white, silver... ahh so elegant and nice. :P - Kara
- Kara
supre_drake | Mon, 23/11/2009 - 4:38pm |

I created a Christmas banner for my shop today, it can be viewed here: http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=zakhayes1
Unfortunately the world does not operate on common sense.
zakhayes1 | Mon, 23/11/2009 - 4:40pm |

~ May ~ Oh, I should get me a holidays banner for my shop too... I donwloaded some xmassy brushes and am excited ^^
~ May ~
mayarend | Mon, 23/11/2009 - 4:46pm |

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