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We need a banner to use for advertising so that we can attract more players. The size of the banner must be either 468x60px (standard), 160x600 (skyscraper) or 728x90 (leaderboard).
The format needs to be either GIF, JPG, PNG or SWF (flash).

Max size of the banner is 60,000 bytes!

You have until Sunday evening (22:00 CET) to post your banners. You can post as many as you like.
Then we will rate them and the creator of the top ten banners will get 3 bonus turns each! So if you make five banners and get them all into top-10, then you will get 15 bonus turns.

Post your banners in this thread. If you do not know where to upload them, e-mail them to admin@visual-utopia.com (don't forget to include your rulername).

The banners in the competition can be found here:
http://visual-utopia.com/banner/banners.htm

(Edited by VU Admin 1/10/2007 6:20:56 PM)

Edit: With re-sized lettering, obviously.

(Edited by Mr. Helikaon 1/10/2007 1:01:02 AM)

he says to email it to him at admin@visual-utopia.com if you don't know how to post it

A good site for free fonts, go here.

Photoshop and/or Illustrator are the best tools to use when designing.

Nowhere near Venomz but hopefully quite clean and minimalist

Oops...fixed.

it should be here

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/MarkV/VisualUtopiaBanner.swf

There sorry i couldnt post it as a .GIF that was screwed up so just had to use this one.

Firestorm xD

way to stretchy

@eomer, there might be a copyright on these guild wars faces..

spoon that was good. but you need to make the letters darker. or they are too hard to read

Thanks, I was wondering if anyone was ever going to look at it :P

ya know i think what really seperates VU from most online games like it are the fact that there is an actualy interactve map of the world. i think any banners should include that!

@ Crippled

Can you be more specific as to what you would like to see more of?  The idea behind the flashing is that it would attract attention, but I dont want it to be so much that you get seizures from looking at it.  And as far as provoking interst what would catch your attention more?

@ Beggar

How would you suggest that we incorporate an interactive map?  Even if I were to use it it would just end up being a background and stagnant.  I think the 2nd one I made could use a new background, if you can tell me what you want, I may be able to fit it in there.

Oh Mr. Architect, I was commenting on the subject in general. The ones You have made are harmonic to watch. On your last one the only things I could think of to improve is to make the restart a little softer, maybe a fade out - fade in or something. And regarding the message, You have done well too, i think that it would be good if you add a line about the social part of the game. Maybe "Rally your friends" or something.

Is This a little more what you had in mind?

Here.

Krum's banner r00lz.

I've deleted the banners with the wrong size. There are currently 11 banners in the competition and they can be found here:

http://visual-utopia.com/banner/banners.htm


(Edited by VU Admin 1/13/2007 12:46:43 PM)

It needs to show the following concepts (that differentiate altogether VU from the rest):

1- Free

2- Strategy wargame

3- real time

4- and most importantly...2 dimensions (MAP!!!!).

I dont know how to do the banner:)...but I would like my share of free BTs for this.

Another to add  to the mix

Krum has a good one

Krum to win :D

Avendez and krums are the best so far i think (Y)

I'm just curious Alvendez, did you draw that pic or is it from another game? I hope you drew it otherwise you'll have to use another. :(

good job though.

Lol- Last minute banner eh Krum? :)