AnimeSuki Banner Contest 2009 - Entry Thread

[Ota-kun]

Originally Posted by soulassassin547

Take 2 on Entry #3. Font changed to Brady and added a loaded ramen bowl. Reason? Inasmuch as the same way ramen is eaten as a daily family meal, perusing this forum is now also a habit for me, not to mention the fact that on a daily basis, titles come out like bowls of ramen ready to be sampled by a waiting audience.

C&Cs are fine.

I would say alot better than the 1st one? (woot page 21!)

[Haru~]

Inspired by Clannad After Story:


Let's make it better. Please comment.

[Larthak]

Made a third banner, yay! Any help concerning the font on this one? Or anything else? But the font worries me the most.

Spoiler for space:

Hmm, I think I'll go with the last one...

[Delitesco]

rave_master16 - You have to consider the gradient colors and how the transition on the edges. At the moment, your banner....

Originally Posted by rave_master16

Inspired by Clannad After Story:


Let's make it better. Please comment.

...will end up like this banner:

Originally Posted by Asmodeus

I also do a banner.I made it,and here is the result from different effects ,but the banner is the same^^¡¡

Originally Posted by Deathkillz

Theme asides, I would fix the sides if I were you since now the banner looks like this if you put it on the top...

[sa547]

Originally Posted by rave_master16

Inspired by Clannad After Story:


Let's make it better. Please comment.

Just a friendly reminder for just about anyone new here -- read the contest rules and regs on how to do it:
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=77082

Use the provided gradient pic on the first post as your graphic base (save it first then open it in Photoshop). When using brushes, don't let the brushes go beyond both ends of the base graphic.

[Marina]

Originally Posted by Larthak

Made a third banner, yay! Any help concerning the font on this one? Or anything else? But the font worries me the most.

Spoiler for space:

Hmm, I think I'll go with the last one...

Mmm, I noticed when you posted the first version last night. I think you've made the right choice to go w/ the text of the last version. I do think it's still a little too dark though, is it possible to see it a slightly lighter shade, perhaps a little transparency to it?
Oh, and of course, I really like the render Minami sisters!

[Acrophobiac]

Hmm~ I got bored and decided to edit mine again this will be my final product.

It's not the best, but it's made so I may as well try.
Oh and the three characters are Honda Tohru, Uotani Arisa, and Hanajima Saki from Fruits Basket.

[Kusa-San]

Originally Posted by Larthak

Made a third banner, yay! Any help concerning the font on this one? Or anything else? But the font worries me the most.

Spoiler for space:

Hmm, I think I'll go with the last one...

Wow your banner are really great. My fav is the second one but the font is maybe not visible enough. So because of that, i think the last one is the right one



Acrophobiac :

Well the only problem that i have with your banner it's that's the character seems to be apart from your BG :/

[Larthak]

Originally Posted by Marina

Mmm, I noticed when you posted the first version last night. I think you've made the right choice to go w/ the text of the last version. I do think it's still a little too dark though, is it possible to see it a slightly lighter shade, perhaps a little transparency to it?
Oh, and of course, I really like the render Minami sisters!

Ok, here we have a little comparison:





Better/worse?

Originally Posted by Acrophobiac

Hmm~ I got bored and decided to edit mine again this will be my final product.

It's not the best, but it's made so I may as well try.
Oh and the three characters are Honda Tohru, Uotani Arisa, and Hanajima Saki from Fruits Basket.

Oh, I'm glad to see some people make Fruits Basket themed banners. Kinda surprised. One of the first anime I've seen too...nice banner.

The only things bugging me are the brushes at the edges. I mean the brushes greyed out due to usage of plastic wrap filter, to be exact. But that may be just my personal taste. Do what you think is best.

[Marina]

@Larthak - Yeah, I prefer the 2nd version, with the more subtle text color ^^

[Kiyu]

So here is what i've done so far. comments and constructive criticism are appreciated.

[Guernsey]

I wish I could be of more help here but I am not familiar the anime those banners are based off of.

[Kayin]

Interesting, so many banners seem to be striving for a monochromatic look. We can use all kinds of colors as long as the blue gradient remains. For me, I'm going for a complementary look between blues and oranges. I also worked on the text in Illustrator to give it a logo look, and for the sake of taking more care in the type treatment.





Let me know what you think. These are probably 2 of my 3 finals.

[Maikeru-]

Originally Posted by Larthak

Made a third banner, yay! Any help concerning the font on this one? Or anything else? But the font worries me the most.

Spoiler for space:

Hmm, I think I'll go with the last one...

Beautifull!!!! i love these ones but you seem to have trouble with the fnot but i like the last one

[Mnemosyne]

Here's banner number two from me...



Comments and constructive criticism are welcome!

[KholdStare]

Originally Posted by Kayin

I like this one. It shows the theme nicely through the banner which is what counts. Good job.

Originally Posted by Kiyu

That's just pretty.

Originally Posted by Mnemosyne

That's just so cute.

Sorry I'm not in the criticizing mood since there are so many good banners~! +1 to all.

[Evil Rick]

I'd like to read some opinions of these 3 attempts for the contest

1.


2.


3.


I'll be thankfull

[Frailty]

FINAL ENTRY#1

well, this is my only entry and still thinking of if I'm gonna do one more

[Kayin]

Originally Posted by Evil Rick

I'd like to read some opinions of these 3 attempts for the contest

1.


2.


3.


I'll be thankfull

The first banner is romantic love more then friendship. And since the theme is friendship, well it probably won't make the cut (romance banners would be way to easy anyway).

Lastly, all three have beveling or something going on with the text. Really, you DON'T want to do much more then an Outer Glow or Drop Shadow for effects on text. Gradients and strokes can work, sometimes, but you need to be careful. Beveling on text almost always looks bad, and screams out "amateur". Please don't take offense to that, because someone telling me that was how I stopped doing it myself.

The other general rule with typography as a whole is to avoid decorative or fancy fonts altogether, but hey, this is anime we're talking about. But for serious design, stay way from the fonts you see in a lot of these banners (including mine).

[Terrestrial Dream]

Originally Posted by Evil Rick

I'd like to read some opinions of these 3 attempts for the contest
3.


I'll be thankfull

Its going to get cut off.