I made this for a site im working at and I did it in a way to make the banner blend in with the background in a smooth way also I didn't need to make a border for it since hte border is already done for me. to get a better look at it in a dark background go here.

http://gfx.rackfirmfree.com/muforum/index.php?act=idx

This post has been edited by saint-michael: Apr 27 2006, 06:20 AM

It looks a lot better when put against the intended background - i.e. the second link you gave. Good job.

The colors blend pretty well from the Web site's background to your logo.

But maybe there's a little too much white, especially around the left side of the neck? It just seems a little blinding to me.

I like the banner, and i joined the forum xD.
The White doesn't really bother me much, it makes the banner look more icey. What i don't really like though and i find it the hardest to do, is making the banner "blend" into the website. At the moment, no offence, but it looks like just another pic stuck onto a webpage. I always have problems with this and i can never really help it.

I think a really good example of being able to fit and "blend" the banner into the page would be that of http://mugglenet.com
Although it isn't perfect and there probably are better ones out there (I thought this off the top of my head), i think the way they made it curly at the bottom gives it the "all important 1px black border around a sig" look. Why don't you try doing that? Maybe it'll look better.

I agree with sarah. The blue against it makes it look more natural. Otherwise it'd need some sort of border to fit. Apart from that, find. The cloud/sephiroth thing is popular around this time thanks to advent children.

that cloud/sephiroth image you saw wasn't the right one I had to reload it after findinf out my partner im crime did a override of it.

also I edit so you can see the logo on its background color.

havn't gotten that fancy with logos havn't used that tool properly.

Very nice banner! I like the color scheme (well, actually I like everything that has a bit of "blue" in it ) Anyway are you interested in some link exchange, or affiliate program? I run similar site, with elite photoshop tutorials, take a look in my signature

Dang it, my stupid browser won't let me view IPB images...

I hate you, IE!

Yeah, but I'm sure it's great. Haha, can't see it worth crap and I'm still handing out kudos.