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Some of my Banners
- Thread starter Mani
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Azure Wolf
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^Better than the others, now you just need depth i.e. try using some lighting effects and shadows.
EDIT: Look at my Naruto one, shadows and light.
EDIT: Look at my Naruto one, shadows and light.
Azure Wolf
Well-Known Member
^Well, I got back, and yeah Mani, don't use a red border on a green banner.
Another suggestion, why not blend other colours in your banner and use the right amount of brushes? I usually do that and it should be light and stuff.
Bright banners are eww to me. >_>; Dark colours and light colours are always good for each other and the neon and bright colours are NOT your best friend. D:
Lemme see, if you need a border the main colours to use is black or white. I'd say in your green one white looks so much better.
Bright banners are eww to me. >_>; Dark colours and light colours are always good for each other and the neon and bright colours are NOT your best friend. D:
Lemme see, if you need a border the main colours to use is black or white. I'd say in your green one white looks so much better.
Seems like you're taking crit. That's good. I'll help you then. Those stuck up, arrogant brats that don't take crit tire me- There are so many of them.
First of all, don't go 3D. It's not a good look on a 2D forum. You should try a 1-2 pixel border that's 2D. Now, look at my banner... Try using patterns over images. They work effectively in calming bright colours down.
In banners, you want contrast, sometimes you don't. You should spend time planning out what you want for your banner... What light effects, what colors.
You see, I used Sugimori images. Now, normally they're dark and plain, not that bouncy looking because of his colouring. That can be fixed. You simply play around with the Brightness and Contrast, and try to get something acceptable.
You want things to match. Take a look at IronSceptileX'x banner. Everything matches. The red/purple is in contrast with the white, but it's all blended nicely. It looks perfect and all. Now, for the most important part... You need better brushes.
I reccomend... Celestial-Star.Net, Aethereality.Net and Animeshare.Org. They have wonderful brushes. They have good tutorials on Photoshop as well.
Also, stop abusing filters. Filters make me sad. They normally can't make professional effects you can make in the style of graphics that is... "Fashionable".
Don't make your fonts all icky. Just leave them the way they are, amd mak them smooth. Give them a glow, a stroke... But don't make them pop-out of the banner. Also, stop making the text blend with the backgroud. I can't read it. Also, try... Hmmm... For one of those "emo" banners, put in small text that is still readable. The text should be a poem. Then change the opacity to 50%. Gives a sad, yet refined effect.
If you want to learn more about the best designs and such, try going to Lust and IronSceptileX's banner shops. You can sprout great ideas from those places. If you want, you can go to mine. People seem to like my designs, but I'm not too sure about myself
First of all, don't go 3D. It's not a good look on a 2D forum. You should try a 1-2 pixel border that's 2D. Now, look at my banner... Try using patterns over images. They work effectively in calming bright colours down.
In banners, you want contrast, sometimes you don't. You should spend time planning out what you want for your banner... What light effects, what colors.
You see, I used Sugimori images. Now, normally they're dark and plain, not that bouncy looking because of his colouring. That can be fixed. You simply play around with the Brightness and Contrast, and try to get something acceptable.
You want things to match. Take a look at IronSceptileX'x banner. Everything matches. The red/purple is in contrast with the white, but it's all blended nicely. It looks perfect and all. Now, for the most important part... You need better brushes.
I reccomend... Celestial-Star.Net, Aethereality.Net and Animeshare.Org. They have wonderful brushes. They have good tutorials on Photoshop as well.
Also, stop abusing filters. Filters make me sad. They normally can't make professional effects you can make in the style of graphics that is... "Fashionable".
Don't make your fonts all icky. Just leave them the way they are, amd mak them smooth. Give them a glow, a stroke... But don't make them pop-out of the banner. Also, stop making the text blend with the backgroud. I can't read it. Also, try... Hmmm... For one of those "emo" banners, put in small text that is still readable. The text should be a poem. Then change the opacity to 50%. Gives a sad, yet refined effect.
If you want to learn more about the best designs and such, try going to Lust and IronSceptileX's banner shops. You can sprout great ideas from those places. If you want, you can go to mine. People seem to like my designs, but I'm not too sure about myself
Oh, no wonder... The sixth version... Brushes for it are not that common. Perhaps google brushes for Adobe Photoshop 6? Try...
Adobe Photoshop 6 Brushes
Photoshop 6 Brushes
Adobe 6 Brushes
In the google tool bar. You'll probably find something. I'll check if the main sites I go to have any for the older versions.
EDIT: Do you know how to load the JPG stamps into brushes? I don't, I've never used the 6th version... But if you do know, here are some links with JPG stamps.
http://aethereality.net/brushes.php
http://animeshare.org/?page=as_pcrelated/brushes
The brushes here are very nice. I love these brushes. I use these ones, mostly. Also, if you're in need of fonts...
http://animeshare.org/?page=as_pcrelated/fonts
Hope it helps!
Adobe Photoshop 6 Brushes
Photoshop 6 Brushes
Adobe 6 Brushes
In the google tool bar. You'll probably find something. I'll check if the main sites I go to have any for the older versions.
EDIT: Do you know how to load the JPG stamps into brushes? I don't, I've never used the 6th version... But if you do know, here are some links with JPG stamps.
http://aethereality.net/brushes.php
http://animeshare.org/?page=as_pcrelated/brushes
The brushes here are very nice. I love these brushes. I use these ones, mostly. Also, if you're in need of fonts...
http://animeshare.org/?page=as_pcrelated/fonts
Hope it helps!
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^ No, I don't D: I forgot something. If you don't know how to do the JPG stamp thing, google it! Look around the forum for ideas. Porno Hippo is a great graphic artist I just discovered... So take a look at his banner. And as you see, my NEW banner, that is when you don't want the colours in the background to contrast too much. It's when the image already contrasts it... You don't make more contrast, unless you have a plan you can pull off in your head...
Use that brain. Work it to the point where you have an idea that's AWESOME.
Use that brain. Work it to the point where you have an idea that's AWESOME.