InuyashaLvr Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 O.k... Well I know it's not great... But it's my first one I've ever even tried.. So yeah... Tell me what you think and don't lie! I want to know what I should work on with my future banners! :D Thanks!!! EDIT:: I added one more on there! It's the same thing but with words lol :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest manga-ka x Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 the pic looks good, its just that its stretched out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InuyashaLvr Posted July 14, 2004 Author Share Posted July 14, 2004 I'm trying to fix that, but I'm not quite sure how to... a friend was helping me, but I didn't understand what they meant, so I'm lost...can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haze Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 Are you using MS Paint? I'm not really sure how that one works. You need to try to crop the image rather than just force it to be a certain size. I can help you, but I don't know what program you use. Which do you use? ^__^ Did you create the background yourself? Or did you just use a stock that already had a background? If you did just use a stock, I would advise learning how to crop then creating your own backgrounds. If you really wish to get better, that is the next step. It really isn't that bad for a first banner. All that was really wrong was that it was squished together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InuyashaLvr Posted July 14, 2004 Author Share Posted July 14, 2004 Thank you Haze! Yes, I'm using MS Paint, I really don't have any other one... *sigh*.. oh well.. How exactly do you crop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieko Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 [i][color=navy]Don't worry, Inuyashalvr, I started out with MS Paint, so I can tell you what you need to know and how you can do it ^_^. List of improvements for your banner and how to do them: -Border- you should add a border. Preferably black, but you can choose whatever you'd like. You can make a border in MS Paint by selecting the rectangle tool on the tool bar to the left. Then you can choose what color you want it to be by clicking one of the colors in the color bar. And then you start at the one of the very corners and make the rectangle as big as the banner. You can also make multiple borders by doing these steps over again, only this time making the rectangle inside of the last one. (Like, if you made a black border and you made an orage one, you would make the orange one just inside of the black one.) -Cropping- First, click on the magnifying glass in the tool bar to the left (it's third from the top and in the right column). Look below the tool bar and click on the "8x". Click on the star-shaped selection tool (It's in the very top left corner of the tool bar. It's next to the rectangular selection tool). Then, trace the outside of the person or thing you want to crop. You can even do a little at a time by selecting the areas around the person or thing bit by bit and deleting them. -Scaling- I know in a banner you'll be tempted to make the picture fit perfectly; I was. But in MS Paint you can't change the size at all or it'll get pixelly. If you really want to change the picture size, take note of the original picture dimentions and try to make roughly the same dimentions in banner size. (For instance: if a picture was originally 600X800 Pixels, I could make it 100X300). This won't make it not pixelly, but it will help a little. -Font- I think your font was fine, but I would suggest a different color. That may just be me, but I think pink on pink just doesn't look good. I would suggest black or green or another color in the picture that would go against pink. (Oh, and whatever color your font is, you could make the border the same. That is, if the color will stand out against OB backrounds.) Well, hope that helped ^_^. ~Kieko[/color][/i] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InuyashaLvr Posted July 15, 2004 Author Share Posted July 15, 2004 Thank you so much Kieko! I really appreciate your help! I understand.. hmm.. Well I have to go to work now! :p lol. No but seriously, Thank you for all of your opinions! It really helps to know what I need to improve on!Thanks! ~vanna~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now