[ANN]Banner Competition for the New SFA Website

Hello everybody. I've taken up the challange to develop the New Starfleet Adventures Website. It'll have the same great information you've come to love, but the site will be redesigned and reorganized (yay! PHP!). The only thing I need is a new site-wide Banner to go across the top of the page. I could fumble around with Photoshop trying to make something, but I've decided I'd rather give those with actual graphic design skills an opportunity to do so. So I bring you:

THE NEW SFA WEBSITE DESIGN COMPETITION!

Design Guidelines:

  1. Should somehow mention Starfleet Adventures in it - since its suppose to identify the site.
  2. Should be Star Trek / Space related (like some ships or something) - unless you have another super-awesome idea. But they shouldn't take focus away from the Starfleet Adventures words, just to compliment them.
  3. Preferably on a blackish background (or spaceish - like starscape or nebula or something) - unless, once again, you have another super-awesome idea. I'd really like it if you could make the left and right edges end completely black (#000000) so that it will blend in with the background.
  4. Image should be from 600 pixels to 800 pixels wide. Exceptions for particularly super-awesome designs, but I'd really rather it not be larger than 800 pixels. It actually should be smaller. Major parts of the image should be viewable when in 640x480 screen resolution (i.e. the words Starfleet Adventures). I'd also prefer it to not be too tall. Its suppose to span the top of each page. Maybe, 200 pixles high max, preferably shorter.
  5. May include some reference to EV Nova or AmbrosiaSW. Doesn't have to though.
  6. You may include a signature of some sort in your Banner, but it should be small and not stand out.

Submitting your entry:

  1. Please save your entry in jpeg, gif, or png format (preferably .jpg). Save the image with your board name as the filename. Please make your images web-friendly (i.e. not extremely large size - I think Photoshop has options for web).
  2. Attach the archive to an email with "SFA Banner Competition Entry" as the title (or something to that effect). Send the email to pougan@woh.rr.com. Or post it in this thread.
  3. One person may make multiple entries. If you choose to submit multiple designs, make them seperate images with a number appended to the end of your board name. Also, different entries should be of a different design. Don't submit two banners which are the same except for a changed font or something. If they're too similar I'll either pick one myself or have you pick one.

*The top 3 finalists will all be mentioned in the website credits, and the winner's design(s) will be used. If I'm having trouble picking (hopefully I will) I may have a public poll to decide whose design wins and will be used. Keep in mind if you do win, I may ask for you to alter something on the Banner.

The cutoff date is whenever I feel I have enough entries. I'll post when I'm thinking I may have enough entries. If you are working on one at that time, send me an email to inform me and I'll consider extending the cutoff date.

Okay. I believe that is all there is to say. If you can think of anything else to say, please do. Post if you have any questions. Good luck...

1...2...3...GO!

*subject to change without notice ;).
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(This message has been edited by Pougan (edited 01-07-2004).)

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Mmm, omoshiroi... (taps fingers together, eyes shifting around the room)

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Originally posted by Kame:
**Mmm, omoshiroi... (taps fingers together, eyes shifting around the room)

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o.O? Okay, I'll take that as "Great Idea! I'll submit my entry shortly!"

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Just so you all know, this is official as far as I'm concerned. I'll be providing more substantial content for this site than I did for denki's.

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I tried to send an e-mail to that e-mail address. And I got e-mail refused.

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Originally posted by cdrcoyote:
**I tried to send an e-mail to that e-mail address. And I got e-mail refused.

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O.O!!!! Really? That's odd...um...try (url="http://"mailto:pougan@woh.rr.com")mailto:pougan@woh.rr.com(/url)pougan@woh.rr.com

Here's my submission. If you'd like, I can email it to you.

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(url="http://"http://server5.uploadit.org/files2/100104-sfa_banner.jpg")Link(/url)

Created in Photoshop using the Constitution -class info pic from the SFA Teaser, and the symbol came from some website. I hardly know anything about Star Trek, so tell me if I've used the wrong symbol or something.

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Originally posted by Emperor Cary:
**Here's my submission. If you'd like, I can email it to you.

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Created in Photoshop using the Constitution -class info pic from the SFA Teaser, and the symbol came from some website. I hardly know anything about Star Trek, so tell me if I've used the wrong symbol or something.

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YAY! SUBMISSIONS! You don't need to email it. Thanks :).

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I know the font's not extraordinarily Trek-ish, but it's the best I could do with my computer's limited selection. I can change it if you want. Anyway:

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(url="http://"http://server5.uploadit.org/files2/110104-SFABanner-orca.jpg")Linkage(/url)

The font on the previous submission was WAY better, but once again, I don't have a very big selection. If anyone can link me to somewhere that has a lot of Mac fonts, I would appreciate it.

The ship on the left is a Ranger class, the middle one a Miranda class, and the right one a Constitution class refit.

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Originally posted by orcaloverbri9:
**I know the font's not extraordinarily Trek-ish, but it's the best I could do with my computer's limited selection. I can change it if you want. Anyway:

Linkage

The font on the previous submission was WAY better, but once again, I don't have a very big selection. If anyone can link me to somewhere that has a lot of Mac fonts, I would appreciate it.

The ship on the left is a Ranger class, the middle one a Miranda class, and the right one a Constitution class refit.

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Don't be discouraged by other's work. All submissions are accepted with glee dances. That's 4 contestants...

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Originally posted by Pougan:
Don't be discouraged by other's work.

I'm not. I'm merely pointing out that he had a better font. 🙂

Emperor Cary (right?): Did that font come stock with your computer?

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In all honesty, Emperor Cary's submission inspired me for mine. I then zombula'd a quick nebula in the back and added some stars. If they look unusually bright to you too, then tell me. They look fine on the original file, but they got a lot brighter in the browser window for some reason.

Matrix

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I have done three revisions at this point. They are all viewable (url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/orcaloverbri9/SFABanner-orca.html")here.(/url)

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Matrix & orcalover - I've got your entries.

Orcalover - I was just saying don't be discouraged to all in general just in case there were some people who decided not to enter cause they didn't think that they could do better ;).

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Originally posted by Pougan:
Matrix & orcalover - I've got your entries.

Cool. Don't you think my last one is the best? 🙂

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Orcalover - I was just saying don't be discouraged to all in general just in case there were some people who decided not to enter cause they didn't think that they could do better;).

Hey, I didn't think I could do any better, but look, I resubmitted three times! 😄

By the way, you can just call me "orca" (capital or lowercase o, I don't particularly care). Why type nine letters when you could just type four? 🙂

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Originally posted by orcaloverbri9:
**Hey, I didn't think I could do any better, but look, I resubmitted three times!:D

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Which is fine. Its not like I'm gettings so many submitions that its a bother :).

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**By the way, you can just call me "orca" (capital or lowercase o, I don't particularly care). Why type nine letters when you could just type four?:)

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Yea, it took me a while to figure out what your name actually was (orcal-over-bri9? orcal-o-verb-ri9?), then I figured out the orca-lover part and became excited that I figured it out ;).

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Originally posted by Pougan:
Yea, it took me a while to figure out what your name actually was (orcal-over-bri9? orcal-o-verb-ri9?), then I figured out the orca-lover part and became excited that I figured it out;).

Hehe. It's orca lover bri 9. It's an old username that I've used a lot. I started using it when I was nine, hence the 9 at the end. 🙂

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Originally posted by orcaloverbri9:
**Hehe. It's orca lover bri 9. It's an old username that I've used a lot. I started using it when I was nine, hence the 9 at the end.:)

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What's the "bri" stand for?

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Is that it? I always thought it meant "orca lover brig".

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Originally posted by Wyrm:
Is that it? I always thought it meant "orca lover brig".

Brig? What would "orca lover brig" suggest though? It doesn't really make much more sense than "bri".

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