Rate My Banner

I just recently created a sports forum, and decided to save myself some money and create my own banner. I am pretty new at this, so please give me all the constructive criticism possible. Please, I am begging, all suggestions are welcomed.



I know I did not do a whole lot with it, but I really do not know what else to do.

 

Look up some tutorial videos on youtube regarding photoshop. you'd do a much better job.
moreover, athletics is not just baseball

 

Well... seems not so coordinated with your forum.
Check out these tutorials, it should have been better.

http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles4/banner-design-sizes.htm
http://www.akamarketing.com/banner-design-tips.html

 

your image is stretched and you can hardly read letters.
also it is not standard sized banner.

try with some basic photoshop tutorials
like how to resize cut crop image

 

i like everything but the font, it doesn't blend it !

 

can i help you

 

It has a nice image, but the text is hard to read. It might also be good to have a slogan (opinion)

 

not a fan of the greenish tint .. sorry

 

Hey. ok this is a bad pic to strt with. i think you tinted it green, but to show you about the text, you can not read yours

 

i agree. the font is unreadable. just something to keep in mind: try using a white/light-colored font when the graphic is entirely dark for a bit of contrast

 

Okay, it was a pretty rushed project and text was not my biggest concern for now. Thanks for all the tips. Any other suggestions?

 

YUP CHANGE TEH BG EFFECTS AND ADD NEW BRUSHES SO GIVE A TERREFIC STYLE

 

I don't like the green tint on the photo, the photo looks stretched and the text is difficult to read. I like the photo but think that you should include other sports as well and the photos should be more colorful and fun.

 

well
u can always find some inspirations by google image......
just type baseball banner......

 

dont like the green

 

i'm not really liking the colors. the washed-out green and the tan font colors make it seem really faded and old. Unless of course that's the look you're going for...

on the other hand, good job deciding to make it yourself - just put more time into it, read/watch more tutorials, maybe incorporate illustrator and make your own graphics

 

Since your image is a bit streched try to decrease the width. If not, get another image or do what I do, when you cut an image out to paste into a new banner, use the feather tool to smoothly blend the image into the background banner, which will make it perfect if your image is too small for your Banner.

 

You need to start again, better bg images and better text size, colour, and font! Good Luck!

 

Bohappy,

Nice try on the "Rush" Job!
I can't actually tell what you designed.

Just seems to me like an image with an transparent overlay and a bit of text.

I would make it more appealing. Especially if its for a banner! Greens a little too bland. (In my Opinion)
You want the banner to stick out like dogs balls not giving the prospect a chance to even think about clicking on it, they just will.

Put yourself in your viewers shoes. What would you click on?

perhaps maybe the same image with more contrast and exposure perhaps a few highlights.?

 

Its soo old school in my opinion you really need to go over some tutorials and redo the banner.