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• Vazgen

  

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  October 20, 2013 8:15 PM EDT

  ^ This ^

• NobodyBeast

  

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  October 20, 2013 9:55 PM EDT

  Something like this Zimbu?

  

• Zimbu

  

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  October 20, 2013 10:01 PM EDT

  Yeah, something like that. Is that my lettering? Looks really close but a bit smoother. Still a bit pixilated though... I think. On my phone right now. Hard to tell.
• NobodyBeast

  

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  October 20, 2013 10:05 PM EDT

  Yeah it's your lettering I took it out smoothed it out a bit and placed it here.

• Nelaf

  

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  October 20, 2013 10:06 PM EDT

  I wanted feedback on my ideas too, but y'know...whatever

• Zimbu

  

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  October 20, 2013 10:07 PM EDT

  I think I need to redo the lettering... Was about to do that when real life intruded. Unless you want to take a stab at it. All I did was make the Typo3 font I posted earlier a bit bolder.
• Zimbu

  

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  October 20, 2013 10:10 PM EDT

  Honestly, I think they need fleshed out a bit more before you'll get good feedback. Are they supposed to be backgrounds? Banners? How do they fit in with the site content?
  
  I like the ideas, especially the warrior guy, but I'm not sure how it fits in yet to comment...
• NobodyBeast

  

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  October 20, 2013 10:11 PM EDT

  I don't really know how to make text myself, don't have photoshop or gimp.

• Zimbu

  

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  October 20, 2013 10:14 PM EDT

  What did you use for what you just posted? And GIMP is free...
• NobodyBeast

  

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  October 20, 2013 10:16 PM EDT

  I use the sprite editor on gamemaker, I've used it for a couple of years so I pretty much mastered it. Don't really like GIMP 

• Zimbu

  

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  October 20, 2013 10:19 PM EDT

  Not a huge fan of GIMP myself either. But it's way cheaper than Photoshop. ;)
• Todd

  

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  October 20, 2013 10:26 PM EDT

  Remember everyone, these changes are only temporary. An official site theme will be put in place after we decide on something 

• NobodyBeast

  

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  October 20, 2013 10:32 PM EDT

  Well I'll submit another banner

  

• Jeffery J

  

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  October 20, 2013 10:43 PM EDT

  I'm torn between parchment and castle wall. On the other hand I really like Skyrim Blog just the way it is.

• Zimbu

  

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  October 20, 2013 11:49 PM EDT

  Ok, I think I have the text cleaned up finally.

  

• Zimbu

  

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  October 21, 2013 12:15 AM EDT

  And here's another banner idea in the parchment theme.  Not sure about the border...

  

  Better without... Maybe needs some tweaking.

  

• Guy Corbett

  

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  October 21, 2013 12:15 AM EDT

  Id go for town tavern theme seeing as its the one stop shop for anything skyrim :)

• Michael Howell

  

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  October 21, 2013 12:23 AM EDT

  I actually think this might be my favorite banner on this thread. I'm not sure why, but it justd feels very Skyrimish, and it doesn't feel so dark. Often, banners are given that are kinda to the dark side of skyrim but I feel like something like this would be more receptive and inviting than skulls and such. Wel done Beast. :)
  Also,I wish we could get rid of that black border thing around the banner. I hate it. :P it ruins the feel in many ways for me and is just an ugly break. Just my 2 cents.
• Zimbu

  

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  October 21, 2013 1:42 AM EDT

  And here's another take on the HUD / Fading Picture concept.  Needs work, but enough to show the concept. The idea is to use elements from the in-game HUD and menu system throughout the site.

  

• Zimbu

  

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  October 21, 2013 2:12 AM EDT

  Last one for the night.  Alduin's Wall.  Again, just a rough idea, but use Alduin's Wall, and etched/engraved stone throughout the site.  Stones don't need to be black/grey if we want to add some colour.

  

• Deleted Member

  
   

  October 21, 2013 4:51 AM EDT

  That's actually quite good, but yeah, could use some more work.

• Mason

  

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  October 21, 2013 5:05 AM EDT

  Rather than adding gradient to the edges, I think the HUD idea works well if you add a very slight blur to the background (wallpaper), it's what happens when you pause the game to pull up the inventory/favs etc...

  

• Deleted Member

  
   

  October 21, 2013 5:13 AM EDT

  Good idea, makes it look like a painting. The banner could be worked so it doesn't look so squary, but rather a scroll or something.

  Later on we'll set up a poll to decide which design fits best, and then we'll work out that one in particular.

• Mason

  

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  October 21, 2013 5:22 AM EDT

  Sure,

  It's going to be difficult actually, lots of good ideas have been spawned...

• Mason

  

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  October 21, 2013 5:36 AM EDT

  Later, I'm going to take a stab at each of the theme ideas listed above...Parchment/Stonework/Tavern...

  Lots of people said they like the idea of a tavern but we haven't actually seen one yet to my knowledge...