[nirvAnA]

About:
This will be the official SC2SEA Banner Design thread. Several people have mentioned that our current banner at the top isn't exactly professional looking and its hurting eSports. That was never my intention, I loved the avatars our Japanese artist drew for us a year ago so I asked her to make the logo too, so naturally she did it in her same style and I didn't really re-visit that area since then. I recognize that eSports should be taken professionally and so a change should be in order to show that.

Goodbye old friend!

The current logo is 880 x 116. The width maybe adjusted to a smaller value but the height has to remain at 116px.

Prizes:
The winner will receive $50 AUD transfered via paypal as well as the everlasting pride of having your design displayed at the top of SC2SEA!!!

To Submit:
Just post your design in this thread!

To Vote:
To show that you like a design just leave a positive comment in that post!

Rules:

• At the end of 2-3 weeks a poll will be made to help us decide on the winning design.
• The design is completely up to you. Should you want to redesign just the SC2SEA words with and put it alongside our avatars or if u prefer to do a complete overhaul, feel free to do as such.
• Should a banner design really stand out, the site's theme could be tweaked to work around it. i.e don't feel constrained by the site's existing color theme.

Image Resources
Creating your own images would be the best but here are some resources if you're not going to.

+ [sc2sea owned images] +

Feel free to use these for your tee-shirt design. You are not allowed to use them for anything else! Thanks










(summer theme created by derpy)

+ [Races] +

[Cyanide]

UHF will win it, i'm calling it!

[inFeZa]

why is the koala so fat.

Quick Comments

mGGDrGooSe:

beer gut

[NDG.Stitch]

Yayyy new banner!!!! Hope this one can be a bit less cartoonie!

[TCPLemminks]

TBH I don't mind the country characters, especially with the kiwi looking like he's trying to get into the group photo and just wants to belong. But the font, colour and sparkles of the site name as well as the sc2 characters is what makes it cartoony. Perhaps a redesign of the SEAhorse is fitting as well?

Quick Comments

	Dox:	the sea horse is the best part!
	Asrathiel:	It'd be nice to still have a seahorse

[Dox]

Originally Posted by nirvAnA

Several people have mentioned that our current banner at the top isn't exactly professional looking and its hurting eSports.

I think you're really misinterpreting what was said lastnight! No-one suggested that the banner is "hurting eSports", they just said that it doesn't represent eSports.

I recognize that eSports should be taken professionally and so a change should be in order to show that.

SC2SEA has never been an eSports website, it's a community website with occasional eSports content. It's very fitting for a community theme!

[TCPLemminks]

Originally Posted by Dox

I think you're really misinterpreting what was said lastnight! No-one suggested that the banner is "hurting eSports", they just said that it doesn't represent eSports.


SC2SEA has never been an eSports website, it's a community website with occasional eSports content. It's very fitting for a community theme!

Whilst I agree with your points, I think the direction Nirv wants to take with this site is to make it an eSports site. I'm just hoping we can keep the community thing in the process. That being said as along as the chatbox is still on the front page and pretty prominent this really shouldn't be a problem

[ROOTPetraeus]

can we still have a kiwi in the new one?

[x5_dot]

Nooooo I love the site banner! It's so cute :/

[inFeZa]

Originally Posted by dot89

nooooo i love the site banner! It's so cute :/

esports aint cute!

[TADivinity]

Boom:



edit: ty system xo

Quick Comments

	mGGAequitas:	i lol'd
	|Erasmus|:	Winnar!1
	iMSystem:	Have to link directly to the image, not the page with the image on it
	nirvAnA:	LOL
	TAriiChard:	hahhahaha

[Cute]

15 minutes in photoshop has yielded this very cartoony entry, kinda similar to current one I guess. Text is a place holder til I can be assed drawing something nice xD



And an example when control - v'd onto the site. Probably doesn't make sense unless it stretches across the entire top though I guess



Will also make super srs ESPORTS banner entry. Any ideas on a theme at all? And are you open to changing the site colours?

[|Erasmus|]

Originally Posted by SQL.Cute

Any ideas on a theme at all? And are you open to changing the site colours?

Originally Posted by nirvAnA

Should a banner design really stand out, the site's theme could be tweaked to work around it. i.e don't feel constrained by the site's existing color theme.

I think so...

Quick Comments

Cute:

I'm bad

[inFeZa]

Originally Posted by TADivinity

Boom:



edit: ty system xo

Fixed it

Quick Comments

TADivinity:

I like that this was picked up for further design hahaha

[Peleus]

Just wanted to throw out that I don't mind the current banner. Obviously if you want to change go for it, but for better or worse it's sc2sea's style and if someone is going to not look at a site because of a banner then we don't really miss anything by not having them in the community anyway.

Saying that, the site looks a lot sicker lately because of the changes away from the "cartoony" look in some of the text size reductions etc, so I'm excited to see what new stuff might be produced.

[Bloodmyst]

You need to get on to this shizzzz Minotaur!

EDIT: Then give me the $50.00... muahahahahahah

2nd EDIT: If your are going to make a banner mino..... you need to include the Aboriginal Flag as well.

[ETL.ViTaL]

i like the idea of a new banner, something more professional; although the banner does represent a lot about the purpose of the website sc2sea it won't imo lose its community feel with a a more professional looking banner

[nirvAnA]

haha the designs were funny and i do hope for some serious entries soon!

Also, its not just what was said on the show, several people in the past have mentioned the banners as well and I do agree it doesn't look professional. I was usually on the fence about changing it because when discussion came up, there was always mixed response with some people saying they liked the avatars and others disliking it, much like in this thread. I do however, feel that with the recent site design changes, if theres any time to change the banners to be more professional it would be now. It wouldn't hurt to try out some designs and see what the community thinks about them and we can go from there.

And to add on to what Lemminks said, I do not believe sites have to be either community OR eSports. I believe these aren't mutually exclusive terms but instead are strongly positively correlated with each other. I feel sc2sea started out very much as an eSports site covering the SEA scene, and as our community grew around it we added lots of features to support the community like the chatbox, blogs, house clans, SC2SEA regular tournaments and so on in the process becoming community orientated. Which is a good thing! These have come to become essential features on the site and all of this IMO helped grow the community AND the eSports scene in our region. Like until recently with the influx of all the major tournaments, our homegrown tournaments on the site created the majority of the scene's eSports competitions and at the same time they would not have been possible with the support of our community. Maybe we neglected the eSports content area on the site in favor of community stuff lately so I will be looking to improve that aspect.

In my opinion the community aspect is an important part of any website. I also view Team Liquid as not just a "community site" but as an eSports community website and i feel they excel in both areas.

Quick Comments

crAzerk:

remember to make a series of entries guyz

[Cute]

Messing around a bit more, quite like the little seahorse thingy I drew, still not happy with the rest yet!

edit: aLternatively

Quick Comments

	ROOTPetraeus:	u r awesome :D
	NOM:	seahorse is so cute :3
	eCKo`Switch:	:3 love this one
	Fenner:	I love this one!
	Asrathiel:	Ooh shiny
	zenabi:	love how you wrote aLternatively ;) but looks very sexy :D
	AxSGRiM:	looks like the pokemon murkow
	Bash:	+1
	ToRMaverick:	Shiz... just posted on another banner. This def got a pro feel about it!
	MooZfY:	i like
	fray`Alpha:	This one is winning so far
	Satu:	awesome!
	x5_dot:	simple but really stands out :)

[FSPYRo]

Ahhh perfect!! I might get my art working skills out again

[xpaperclip]

Really simple banner (probably too much so actually) that keeps the regional representatives and the seahorse. Also leaves a massive space for ads or promoting major happenings. Doesn't quite fit the existing green-blue section headers colour scheme though so would need a bit of tweaking.

+ Show +

Re to Cyanide: Certainly not Google ads, I was thinking more specialised ones like TGM or the Aftershock one we have, or for major leagues or events like SEACL or ACL.

Quick Comments

	Cyanide:	liking it, i don't like the idea of putting Google Ads on the banner space though
	Maynarde:	I like this alot, maybe a different font though
	nirvAnA:	I will implement this time layout right now!
	ToRMaverick:	Really liking the simplicity, with some tweaking I think this may be my pick so far.
	x5_dot:	oooh really like this one too!
	TCPKerO:	Its so simple and clean I like it alot

[SLCN.CautioN]

Hey guys i have given this thread to my friend and this is what he had made.
*This is not my work but my friends

Hope you like them!

-CautioN

Quick Comments

Fourby:

i like the top one

[Dingobloo]

I hope you like faces because I added a face so you can face while you face.

Quick Comments

	FSPYRo:	Was that faceception??
	ETL.ViTaL:	has my vote as the text is changed to something a bit less plain
	TheGentleman:	I think you should reconsider NZ in this image.
	syfChadMann:	I get it.. cause NZ on the map - makes it look like the SEA horse has a penis.

[FSPYRo]

Okay! This is what I made in the time since my last reply!



And this is what it looks like on the page.

[FSPYRo]

I'm not to sure about the black background though. I might want to change it later.

[NOM]

will post another one soon.

Quick Comments

	inFeZa:	never visiting this website again
	Asrathiel:	HAHAHAHAHA
	Mayo:	There is a better image of me riding a hammer :D
	Dox:	**** i look good in your hat
	ROOT`iaguz:	This is actually brilliant.

[ETL.ViTaL]

cool idea but i don't like the logo style

[FSPYRo]

Lovin' the logo NOM! xD

[Delraich]

Just for fun, this is what I managed to create using power point and random google image searches.

[Chappo]

Sounds like a fun project, will spend a few hours on it tomorrow.

[nirvAnA]

loving the designs so far!!!!!!!!!!!!! if you like a design remember to say something positive in the comments!

[DarKcS]

Just put up the picture of tgun up there.

[mGGAequitas]

Quick Comments

	AssyrianKing:	LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE!
	TCPKerO:	Sick textures

[nirvAnA]

Omg how did u find our old banner haha

Quick Comments

mGGAequitas:

what you talking about? completely original :D

[inFeZa]

I like paperclips, except the font doesn't really suit.

[FSPYRo]

Re-working a picture to change the font isn't hard either, and I also like the simple look of paperclip's banner.

[TheGentleman]

It's always smart to remake something from scratch if it isn't a simple modification.

I'm working on a little something atm

[Insom]

try 2

Quick Comments

	Cyanide:	like this one too, but the "oceanic" bit has to go.
	ToRMaverick:	This isnt too bad... like how you have made protoss the face of sc2sea.
	Fourby:	what cyanide said
	TCPKerO:	race bias

[VoxMSI.Rogue]

^_^

I tried to makes one, just an idea..

+ [my crappy design idea T_T] +

could be reworked to add in people like chad, maynarde etc who do a lot for the community and have the pretty avatars!

Quick Comments

	Maynarde:	Missing some important faces in there m8
	TheGentleman:	Yes... where's my face?

[NDG.Stitch]

Wow I really like Insom's one... I love the idea of it... EXCEPT IM SORRY BUT THIS IS NOT THE OCEANIA COMMUNITY

It's South East Asia... even though there are a gabillion oceanians

Wait what about using the same logo as we used for the sc2sea t-shirts? That one looked pretty serious and cool?

[TheGentleman]

Originally Posted by Insom

try 2

I like this a lot... but I think the SEA-horse needs to be added back in. It's somewhat of a mascot for SC2SEA and it would be a shame to see it go.

Quick Comments

Dragmah:

One thought is to make sure that the wing doesnt get hidden when you hover over "SC2 GUIDE" or "COACHING" buttons

[Insom]

apologies...

Will get to adding in the seahorse after my stint in bed

Quick Comments

	Delraich:	can there be 3 versions? one for each race in silver, blue and black
	ETL.Branno:	take out the protoss unit

[mGGmetaStatic]

Quick Comments

	SPGDoG:	is it saying ruining or running? ;p
	Heady:	We have a winner
	nirvAnA:	Its says ruining which makes this banner perfect if you know the backstory of this thread, haha!!
	fray`Alpha:	lol love it
	Asrathiel:	Needs more ponies

[Delraich]

Originally Posted by Insom

apologies...

Will get to adding in the seahorse after my stint in bed

Further to my comment about 3 options (one for each race):
If you had, for example:
Keep what you have now as the protoss unit with a blue theme.
Add a unit for terran (?maurader ? marine). I think a metal/ silver theme could go well with this.
Add a unit zerg (?zergling). I think a black (or maybe green) theme could go well with this.

[nirvAnA]

Originally Posted by Delraich

Further to my comment about 3 options (one for each race):
If you had, for example:
Keep what you have now as the protoss unit with a blue theme.
Add a unit for terran (?maurader ? marine). I think a metal/ silver theme could go well with this.
Add a unit zerg (?zergling). I think a black (or maybe green) theme could go well with this.

This is a sick idea, three different race themes !!!!!!

[Insom]

Did a quick zerg one. Need to find a decent render for terran, anyone have any suggestions?

Quick Comments

	Cyanide:	time to find a viking or raven =P
	TAminimat:	doesn't look too bad! nice
	ETL.ViTaL:	like it but too much blank space
	xGKingdelete:	this would be so epic if we had 3 and you can choose between them
	ToRMaverick:	I like the idea of choice again, how would 3 options tied in with the current site colour options. So many variations...
	x5_dot:	this would be pretty damn cool to have the 3 options!
	Dragmah:	I like the concept behind the 3 races - 3 banners to choose from. I think it would be good to have some consistancy

[nirvAnA]

Here are the popular ones so far.

Design 1



Design 2



Design 3



Keep the designs coming guys, a poll will be created soon!

[Shieldz]

wow great banners

[Dumbledore]

Why does the seahorse have laser eyes?

Edit--
Here is mine:

Quick Comments

	nirvAnA:	thanks professor!
	x5_dot:	hahahaha

[Dragmah]

Hey everyone,

Here is a quick go I had whilst I had a few seconds. Please be aware that it is unpolished and is mostly the conecpt at present.

Cheers

Quick Comments

TCPKerO:

Original idea with the sea part I like that :D

[ojkelly]

I really like Insom's design, and it fits with the current site nicely.

But I also had this idea, which is far from original but something I wanted to explore anyway.

It's also missing countries, I did this really quickly, so we can add them in if anyone does like this design.





EDIT: For the quick comments, read above guys

There's heaps more countries than aus/nz,I only did those to initally so I could get the design up. It's an incomplete design. I just wanted to see what it would look like, and figured others might too. If we were to use it, it needs a bit of work.

Quick Comments

	FsDronesInJail:	Nice banner, but SEA is not made up of just Australia and New-Zealand lol..
	NDG.Stitch:	no idea where people get the idea that sea = australia + nz lol

[Cute]

Very, very rough site mockup. Just changed colours to suit my proposed background. Though in my ideal world, the chatbox would be a thing of the past ^.^

The background doesn't have to be stars either, can easily make it w/e

I also like the idea of having three different designs for the races. Can be randomized everytime the page is loaded or a user setting or something. Probably less extreme than the other one, I'd just give the seahorse zergling spikes, a marine helmet + rifle and like a zealot blade or something

[AxSGRiM]

I love what Cute has done but I really hope other designs would add stuff other than Oceania in it :P

Quick Comments

NDG.Stitch:

yea fkin true lol!

[AssyrianKing]

Originally Posted by sRAequitas

I like this banner :P

Quick Comments

Welshy:

not going to lie I think it is a really good banner too...

[Dragmah]

Also, Nirvana, is there a jpeg file for the kiwi character. There was not one in your original post.

[nirvAnA]

Nope there isn't Have to ask thegentleman for that

[xpaperclip]

Originally Posted by Dragmah

Also, Nirvana, is there a jpeg file for the kiwi character. There was not one in your original post.

See http://www.sc2sea.com/showpost.php?p=94888&postcount=22.

[Delraich]

Insom, I reckon if you can do a metal one involving a banshee, this would be cool.

[Insom]

Terran one, might add the 3 symbols bottom left so you can select race, thoughts?

[Delraich]

Originally Posted by Insom

Terran one, might add the 3 symbols bottom left so you can select race, thoughts?

looks great and I like the idea of creating the buttons for the 3 options. The other 2 images were slightly larger with the tail/ wing extending to just behind the text saying "coaching". I think the banshee would look great if it also extended out of the middle section in a similar way.

Edit: I think I realise why you didn't extend it. Is it because of the dark colours not showing up nicely?

[Artfulsuer]

i think it still needs work...

Quick Comments

	sR.Kumo:	Me likey
	MezjE:	good stuff
	IronLung:	Really nice and simple! Loving it! :)

[DGWoLF]

Looks cool man atm i is a bit bland but i feel with a few minimalistic effects added it has the potential to be awesome!

[Flamga]

Ive got something done up in my book just have to graphic it up in the webs (also Im drunk and that would mean a bad job D: )