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Title: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: Minus on August 21, 2009, 09:42:30 AM
Here I repeat what Cutman said, hoping more people will give it a crack:

"As you’re probably well aware of, the banner sucks. I want to change it. With hardly any arty skill and NO ideas, I’m calling out to you guys for help. If you think you’ve got what it takes to replace that hunk of junk banner up there, see the guidelines below and enter the competition!
Guidelines

    * Has to be the same size as the current banner.
    * Has to go with the theme of the site with all these moody blue colors. So no bright yellows, pinks and whatever.
    * Optionally has to have “Cutstuff” on it somewhere. If it does not I will add it myself to the best of my abilities.
    * I don’t really care what’s ON the banner as long as it looks half decent. If you’re stuck, why not one of the Ghoul Cast or my avatar Cutgoth? I’ll let your imagination decide what is best.

If you manage to knock something up, send me an e-mail or contact me in some other method. I don’t care about filetypes, but if it’s a large filesize please zip it.
Prize

Here’s the thing. I don’t really have a prize ready or whatever other than the obvious “banner made by x”. However I will be most grateful and are willing to do a number of things for those who help me out. Maybe you can decide for yourself? As long as it’s fairly reasonable, and I can actually do it, I’ll give whatever it is you want a go. I might change this at some point when I have a good idea for a prize. Actually there’s a good idea, post ideas for prizes below and win… uh… oh crap."

Here is my example, it sucks, I know it, it is a crap 5 minute job:
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/9888/bannerjwq.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/9888/bannerjwq.jpg).

You can also suggest prizes within reason, as stated by Cutman. (Please, if you do feel like joking around, point it out, some people {most people I know} can't take jokes nowadays).

Have fun :cool:
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: CutmanMike on August 21, 2009, 09:50:28 AM
See, I need something more than a quick cool-text.com paste job. No offence but a banner would be there to stay and I could do with something a bit more high quality. It doesn't have to be too fancy but AT LEAST contain some new images (not sprites or the GVH artwork that's been used OVER AND OVER). Maybe I should just bite the bullet pay Eriance to do me one.
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: White on August 21, 2009, 02:17:57 PM
Quote from: "CutmanMike"
See, I need something more than a quick cool-text.com paste job. No offence but a banner would be there to stay and I could do with something a bit more high quality. It doesn't have to be too fancy but AT LEAST contain some new images (not sprites or the GVH artwork that's been used OVER AND OVER). Maybe I should just bite the bullet pay Eriance to do me one.

While your at it contact him for me  :(

I have a hard time reaching that guy.
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: CutmanMike on August 21, 2009, 02:25:38 PM
I had to bribe him with proto man for megaman 9 in order to get him to do it!
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: White on August 21, 2009, 07:33:20 PM
Quote from: "CutmanMike"
I had to bribe him with proto man for megaman 9 in order to get him to do it!

I was expecting Bass :
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: Minus on August 21, 2009, 08:08:50 PM
Quote from: "CutmanMike"
See, I need something more than a quick cool-text.com paste job. No offence but a banner would be there to stay and I could do with something a bit more high quality.
Good thing I said that was just a 5 minute example.
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: TERRORsphere on August 23, 2009, 05:26:02 PM
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7540/hereyougomike.png
I might of already commented this on your blog page but here it goes.
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: Minus on August 23, 2009, 07:13:08 PM
Woah, that's cool.
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: Knux on September 25, 2009, 12:28:41 AM
Here's mine. I had E-mailed it to Cutman before joining the forums, but I don't know if he noticed it, so here it is again:

(http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5593/gvhfixedbanner.th.png) (http://img5.imageshack.us/i/gvhfixedbanner.png/)

Yes, this is epic late, but I want it to be noticed anyway.  ;)

EDIT: Yes, poor quality, but nice theme IMO. With some greater tools available, it would've been epic, but my resources are kind of... limited. You may use this as a guide to do one if you'd like, because I know for sure that a banner made in MS Paint isn't decent enough.  :cool:
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: Mikk- on September 26, 2009, 10:46:15 AM
Heh,
I made a banner:

(click to show/hide)
I made my own little cutgoth from the original :D
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: Ivory on September 27, 2009, 10:08:47 AM
Wow, that one looks really good there, mikk.
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: CutmanMike on September 27, 2009, 11:04:52 PM
Heh, pretty cool. I made an 8-bit cutgoth, dunno where the graphic has gone though. Maybe if I could make 8-bit ghouls we could have something goin on here  :D
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: Knux on September 30, 2009, 06:53:39 AM
(not sprites or the GVH artwork that's been used OVER AND OVER).

*facepalm* And only now I noticed this. Well, I couldn't have seen it earlier anyway since I made that before joining the forums. It was fun, though. *sigh*
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: TERRORsphere on November 14, 2009, 05:49:21 PM
I started another one.... (http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8743/cutstuff.png)
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: CutmanMike on December 15, 2009, 11:52:36 AM
I only just noticed this last one. Actually that one is kinda cool but a bit bland. Also I don't want to shove it in people's faces that it's the home of GVH.

Still after a banner btw if anyone's game  :p
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: TERRORsphere on December 15, 2009, 04:42:08 PM
Quote from: "CutmanMike"
a bit bland.
So is your theme! Anyway... I guess I could take screenys of GVH maps, ZPortal stuff... Captain Revalcon ect. that act like Skulltag's one. That would stop it being bland.

Edit.
What I mean to say is: I could take screenys of Cutmans work and stuff that appear in the banner.
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: CutmanMike on December 15, 2009, 04:46:30 PM
Yeah one day I'll redesign the whole thing and link everything to the forum like a PRO!
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: dark-slayer-201 on December 15, 2009, 05:05:38 PM
idk if i can do a banner, but i have a cold demise logo though.
I know i was a little late though.
If you want to see it, open this spoiler, else, ignore it
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: TERRORsphere on December 15, 2009, 07:13:04 PM
Quote from: "ds201"
idk if i can do a banner, but i have a cold demise logo though.
I know i was a little late though.
If you want to see it, open this spoiler, else, ignore it
(click to show/hide)
That takes like 2 secs to do in photoshop... Cutman's is better :P
Where did you get that font?
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: dark-slayer-201 on December 16, 2009, 03:32:05 AM
Quote from: "DoomThroughDoom"
Where did you get that font?
From the internet :P
it is unreal font.
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: Mikk- on December 19, 2009, 10:43:53 PM
When is this going to get judged anyway?
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: Blox on January 04, 2010, 08:24:59 PM
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Just something I made up in 30 minutes.

Kthxbai.
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: dark-slayer-201 on January 08, 2010, 11:14:41 AM
dammit, you always impress me...
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: CutmanMike on January 08, 2010, 11:42:59 AM
Pretty cool! But what does that say? Junkyad? Junky-ad? If it's supposed to say Junkyard... well... is that what my site looks to you guys? A junkyard?! :P
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: Blox on January 08, 2010, 02:39:39 PM
Damn, I screwed up. P:

And no, this is no junkyard.. Any ideas for the title? :l
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: CutmanMike on January 08, 2010, 02:52:56 PM
Hmm I dunno. Maybe if it was blank I could stick some kind of image below it or something *shrug*
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: Blox on January 11, 2010, 06:47:34 PM
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I'm late, but I got the cookies!  :p
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: CutmanMike on February 20, 2010, 08:02:24 PM
(http://cutstuff.net/blog/wp-content/themes/Ipress/images/Header.jpg)

This will do for now. So I guess you're the winner! Indeed, help yourself to the official licensed GVH cookies  :)
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: TERRORsphere on February 20, 2010, 08:07:51 PM
I shall make a better one when I can be bothered...  :ugeek:
Title: Re: CutStuff Banner Competition
Post by: Blox on February 21, 2010, 11:43:45 AM
Guess. (:
(click to show/hide)
I can make a better one. But my head refuses to work properly, and when it does. I usually don't make graphical stuff. :l