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Estel
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Posted: Tue 13 Jun , 2006 8:57 pm
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Alright - I know I said in the banner thread that there was no point in me doing this since I don't know any code, but I'm gonna try.

What I'll do is spend about a week trying to figure out a design idea, asking for comments and suggestions here, plus waiting to see if I can get artist permission. Then I'll probably spend the rest of my life trying to get that design idea into code :blackeye:


Wish me luck :D


I'll use the next post in here to show little things that I've already done, and I'll new ideas in the next two days.


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Ok, some stuff I've already done




Banners

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#2 - [ img ]


#3 - [ img ]


#4 - [ img ]

#5 - [ img ]



Various Page Ideas - different colours, banners, etc etc


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#2 -
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#3 -
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#4 -
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#5 -
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#6 -
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More to come as I get a better handle on this :)

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Those are all based on Aeolus, right? Thats doable. We'd just be altering existing images rather than designing from scratch. I like 2 and 3, but 2 is a little close to HoF.

#3 looks great. prim used to have a Gorgeous "Rivendell at Night" concept art that would be perfect with that!


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page ideas number 1 and number 5 are my favorites. I dont know how you do it Estel, I am lucky if I can resize a picture with photoshop! :Q

Ah well that's why we have artists like you and Eru that can handle the photoshop magic ;)

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Alatar - If I attempt to do the one with a background pic, I'll probably end up using DAJ-Glass style or the Classic style, but I'm going to see if I can learn how to design a basic skin before I try anything like that.

I do prefer basing a design off of the Classic style no matter what I do, as it's got the banner in the middle, and has large easily read icons. It basically looks the same as Aeolus, except for the color, which I'm going to mess with anyway, and the.... well, why don't I just show you :P easier than explaining.


Here is the classic style (from my family board). I haven't messed with it at all.

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If you think it would be more difficult using this style, as opposed to Aeolus, however, then I'll just stick with that.


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Here's what I am thinking of - this is a quick job, so it obviously needs some major tweeking, but it gets the gist of my idea across.


Since you like the first one Jae, you might like this one even better :) :hug:


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The colour adjustment would be easy, but using a background image for the fora is practically impossible, plus it would be very difficult to read. The only place a background image is practical is in the area that contains the beige colour.


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Like I did for the joke one I made for *E* ?


Cause I gotta admit, that looks a whole heck of a lot better than what I've done so far :blackeye:


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I miss my wife? Anyone seen her lately? She's supposed to be cooking dinner.

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No. Haven't seen her. Go nuke a can of Spaghetti-O’s.


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got a chocolate bar around? start waving that and i bet you find her......

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The one you did for *E* is nice enough, but I like the ones on this page better...of course, this may be because I have a fondness for green backgrounds...easy on the eyes, for some reason. :D

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*wants to comment on other things easy on the eyes...*

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Then why don't you instead of just implying that you think Meg is hot?

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Oh would you two stop bickering?
Its like you live together or something. :roll:


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Well if you were around more online Holby I wouldn't have to bicker with hal :P

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ok, I used the m77t pic that Ro drew for me, and I loooove this better than any of the ones I've done before.

If we did end up doing something like this, I know we would probably have to have a new pic, so no one feels left out.... though, we couldn't fit everyone on anyway.

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Maybe this isn't such a good idea after all :(

Well, here's my favorite of the ones I've made...


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I know.
Then you would be bickering with me.

You'll have to deal with my absence.

Take up knitting or something.


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Stella, I think that one is lovely. :)

Maybe we could nudge Ro into doing a different drawing for a banner? ;) Though I don't know what of...so maybe that isn't such a brilliant idea...:P









Hal, that's what PMs are for! ;)

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I love it Stellie :love: It's simple but unique :clap:

Kenny I've been crocheting recently and I love it!

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