Desbreko Posted May 30, 2003 Share Posted May 30, 2003 [color=indigo]I was bored last night so I decided to try and make some Metroid banners. I came up with this and a half finished Metroid Fusion banner, which I'll post in here if I can get it done and looking good. Here's the Metroid Prime banner: [center][img]http://www.angelfire.com/ex/desbreko/MetroidPrime1.jpg[/img][/center] Right, I finally got the Metroid Fusion banner done. If it looks like the colors on the text are a bit washed out, well, it's because they are. Such is the penalty of .jpg compression. . . .[/color] [center][img]http://www.angelfire.com/ex/desbreko/HunterOrHunted.jpg[/img][/center] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarK DeatH Posted May 30, 2003 Share Posted May 30, 2003 Looks nice, but the background is too plain in my opinion... And you should make it bigger, because it seems "busy" and plain at the same time... Elements all too next to each other with plain backgrounds do that sometimes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkadyz Posted May 30, 2003 Share Posted May 30, 2003 [color=red][font=times new roman]I like it des...Clean simple and nice looking...only 2 gripes are its abit small and the background could be spiced up...Other wise I like that pic of samus and the logo :D [/color][/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desbreko Posted May 30, 2003 Author Share Posted May 30, 2003 [color=indigo]Well, I original had the size of the Prime banner bigger, but I could find anything to go in the background without getting in the way of the logo. It looked really empty that way, so I reduced the size. Maybe I should make it a littler wider, though; it does look a bit cramped. Yep, it does look better when it's a little wider. Specifically, 400 instead of 350 (pixels, that is). *updates banner* There, how's that? Oh, and by the way, I added the Metroid Fusion banner which I got done. Take a look back up in my first post.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semjaza Posted May 30, 2003 Share Posted May 30, 2003 I think it looks fine with the black background. However, so far at least people have given better descriptions as to why they think it doesn't work, which is nice. It made me think of this... A trend that has driven me nuts is the idea that a banner or image has to be stuffed to the brim with backgrounds and designs and everything else. Every single section of the image has to be covered in something, otherwise people think it looks wrong somehow. To me, that's just clutter. You don't need to use any more imagery than what gets your point across and still makes a clean design. Sticking some weird background in your first one would kind of ruin its effect. The Samus pic looks like it belongs alone in the darkness. I think it kind of reflects the game... where she's basically all alone against the aliens. As for the second one... I don't really like the logo in the background for some reason. It feels too stuck in just to have something there. The "or hunted..." font is really jaggy to the point that it kind of pushes you away from it too, so maybe you could do something with that. Nice job otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Break Posted May 30, 2003 Share Posted May 30, 2003 [size=1][color=CC0000]The pictures in the second banner are awesome, I love that art. I think the logo in the background is a nice touch, too. I'm not sure about the jagged text though, something like Arial would do fine. 7/10 *also makes Metroid banner* [/size][/color][IMG]http://www.chocobee.netfirms.com/metbanner2.gif[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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