The 6th Annual E3 Banner Contest - Closed!

@aurahack said:

@alcor741: Those are some graphic-ass banners right there. Really nice looking, man! :D

ALSO HELL YEAH GIFS ALLOWED

NOW IS MY AGE OF RECKONING

(God it's like a Geocities page up in here now. I'm sorry, I'll make some non-GIF ones tomorrow but I really had to get this idea out of the way because it's too dumb I love it.)

He done went and won the contest! These are fantastic nice work!

I'm solid on CREATING gifs, but as far as combining and editing them, enlarging them, drawing over them, changing aspect ratios, etc., I'm hopeless under this short of time. So for Nintendo, if someone good with GIF making wants to, please make my idea come true and reap the rewards:

(Note: Put Wario's hat on the bully, Waluigi's hat and stache on the "NEVER" arms folded ***** in purple, a Trauma Center logo on the ambulance, and replace the "cookies" lady at the end with Reggie Fis Ame handing out GameBoy Micros to the children. Replace the Honda Civic(?) with Luigi death stare.)

Bless your heart.

Here is my entry for Nintendo...

@warchief said:

@aurahack said:

@alcor741: Those are some graphic-ass banners right there. Really nice looking, man! :D

ALSO HELL YEAH GIFS ALLOWED

NOW IS MY AGE OF RECKONING

(God it's like a Geocities page up in here now. I'm sorry, I'll make some non-GIF ones tomorrow but I really had to get this idea out of the way because it's too dumb I love it.)

He done went and won the contest! These are fantastic nice work!

Typo intentional?

@crommi: Unintentional! I'll fix it at some point hopefully-probably.

@theadmin said:

Here is my entry for Nintendo...

This is my favorite thing.

There is some super amazing work on show! Well done everyone! Here's a first go at a "Steve Ballmer buys the Clippers" ticket idea that I had.

Only one entry from me this year. Time is against me. I'd love to be able to animate it to be like the actual wonky achievement style, but that's beyond me so this is what you get.

@aurahack: Aaaaand I think we're done here. Please take all the cakes and gold.

These look so fricking sweet!

@aurahack said:

@alcor741: Those are some graphic-ass banners right there. Really nice looking, man! :D

ALSO HELL YEAH GIFS ALLOWED

NOW IS MY AGE OF RECKONING

(God it's like a Geocities page up in here now. I'm sorry, I'll make some non-GIF ones tomorrow but I really had to get this idea out of the way because it's too dumb I love it.)

I'm not one to vote either, but maaan...those @aurahack ones are too good.

Get it?

@5grand: I really like this ticket idea.

@5grand: Really really like this one

@theadmin: excellent!

I had an idea, I don't know if I pulled it off succesfully, but here you go.

@vincentvendetta: Classy. I also love the reference to it being the 20th E3. My only criticism is that while Hohokum looks super fun, I'm not sure it's the most iconic thing to put there.

I feel similarly, though I'm way into Mirror's Edge being in the EA one because fuck yesssssss.

Also hot tip: when doing pixel text, never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever leave anti-aliasing on. Always put it to "none," because the lines blur out and it's a bummer. Those fonts were meant to have harsh edges. Use 'em!

@dizzyhippos said:

@aurahack said:

@alcor741: Those are some graphic-ass banners right there. Really nice looking, man! :D

ALSO HELL YEAH GIFS ALLOWED

NOW IS MY AGE OF RECKONING

(God it's like a Geocities page up in here now. I'm sorry, I'll make some non-GIF ones tomorrow but I really had to get this idea out of the way because it's too dumb I love it.)

These are too good. They cant win it makes too much sense.

As much as I like what @face15 is doing too, I can't describe how much these rule.

@aurahack: Dude this is crazy great.

@topcat88: @topcat88:

Really digging the inventiveness of these. Solid work.

@marino: Yeah I know, but the thing is all of the new games for their iconic franchises either have already come out or we don't know anything about their development (or too much in the case of Uncharted), so I didn't know what to put.

And then I remembered The Last Guardian. Godammit.

I'm definitely not as talented as some of you crazy gifted motherfuckers but I had this in my head and decided to throw something together.

@theadmin said:

Here is my entry for Nintendo...

This is just my favourite thing in this thread and I really really hope it wins.

@thrawn2112 said:

@dizzyhippos said:

@aurahack said:

@alcor741: Those are some graphic-ass banners right there. Really nice looking, man! :D

ALSO HELL YEAH GIFS ALLOWED

NOW IS MY AGE OF RECKONING

(God it's like a Geocities page up in here now. I'm sorry, I'll make some non-GIF ones tomorrow but I really had to get this idea out of the way because it's too dumb I love it.)

These are too good. They cant win it makes too much sense.

As much as I like what @face15 is doing too, I can't describe how much these rule.

Any time you can use something that used to be super important but no longer matters in a banner your doing something right

I'm loving @theadmin and @vincentvendetta's designs. That Luigi one is a work of genius.

@face15 said:

Here's my first set. Just wanted to be clean and simple but had the idea to incorporate the bomb into it. I'll probably have another pass at these later and maybe tweak them a bit but for now I'm pretty happy.

Kudos for making the EA banner poo-colored

My body is ready

@vincentvendetta said:

I had an idea, I don't know if I pulled it off succesfully, but here you go.

Nice

@face15 said:

Here's my first set. Just wanted to be clean and simple but had the idea to incorporate the bomb into it. I'll probably have another pass at these later and maybe tweak them a bit but for now I'm pretty happy.

This is the sickest. How'd you get those clean outlines?

@vincentvendetta: I like those quite a lot, good work duder.

Here are my entries. All I wanted to do was keep it simple and incorporate the lines of text you see. I think I succeeded my in my goal even with my limited skill set. Let me know what you think!

It's 'only'.

@aurahack: Thank you for the tips! I am a fan of keeping things center and balanced that's why I chose to put the logos behind the text but I totally see where you are coming from. I made this variant of the Sony one and added a small animation to still keep it simple but make a little more interesting. Thanks again for the constructive criticism! Always helps to get input.

@baillie: Wow good catch. I thought I proof read... haha. I'll fix it.

@th3irdeye: I don't know what software you're using but if you're using photoshop for the Ubisoft logo instead of just using the bucket tool if you make a new layer directly above the layer the logo is on then right-click > 'create clipping mask' and then fill the new layer with black you'll avoid the little white jaggies on the edges. Does that even make sense? Other than that I'm liking your banners a lot. The phrases you've chosen are pretty great haha.

@accolade: That kinda answers you're question too. I just found .png images with transparency of the logos online and used a clipping mask if they weren't already white.

Good God Damn. There some talented people here.

Ideally, we'd get a good mix of everything, which is what I'd see happening.

Dag Nab it this community is fantastic. I love all of these. Great work everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!

@face15: Dude, those are amazing. Did it take you a while because I want you to fix my site logo with your wonder twin powers

@aurahack said:

@alcor741: Those are some graphic-ass banners right there. Really nice looking, man! :D

ALSO HELL YEAH GIFS ALLOWED

NOW IS MY AGE OF RECKONING

(God it's like a Geocities page up in here now. I'm sorry, I'll make some non-GIF ones tomorrow but I really had to get this idea out of the way because it's too dumb I love it.)

If one of these doesn't win I might cry. Even the gif haters can't deny the craftsmanship of these. Also I love that EA logo and they should bring it back.

I suck so I just stole @face15 logo and put them @vincentvendetta background. Because I like both best.

While not explicitly against the rules we've laid out, I think this is against the spirit of the contest.

@marino: Yeah I wasn't really considering it as a 'submission'. Just messing around, and seeing what it looks like...

Awww... Darn it! I've been really busy recently and I think I may have missed my chance to do anything.

Some really nice stuff here as ever, which is hardly surprising as there are a LOT of really creative people in the community.

This thread needs more jams. Edited for flare.

I love both of what @face15 and @aurahack have done with this for totally different reasons. I totally dig the simplicity of the former (I actually prefer the non gif versions for this reason) but I think that @aurahack's are just too damn stylish not to win if we're allowing gifs. The GB community once again shows it's ridiculously talented side.

@th3irdeye: Wow! Yours are the best! There are others that are good, but you blow them out of the water. Buenas suertes.

@aurahack said:

@alcor741: Those are some graphic-ass banners right there. Really nice looking, man! :D

ALSO HELL YEAH GIFS ALLOWED

NOW IS MY AGE OF RECKONING

(God it's like a Geocities page up in here now. I'm sorry, I'll make some non-GIF ones tomorrow but I really had to get this idea out of the way because it's too dumb I love it.)

I fucking love these.

@face15: So, I'm using Photoshop. I think I understood most of what you said. However, I actually found the ubisoft logo in black but it had a white background instead of transparent. I cut the white out of the image and placed it into the banner project. I just used the magic wand to do it. Any tips for cleaning it up based on that method?

Full collection of tickets!

Changed the Microsoft one to just the official logo, not too sure which one I prefer but both have been created! Tried to give each one slight differences, think that some work better than others but that's part of the fun of these competitions. I have a couple of other ideas and might have a go at another set if I get a chance.