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ChickenLeg
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Banner contest
Since my school's banners that hang on the light posts on the main street on the block it's on are getting old, they made a contest for a redesign.
I decided to enter. But not because I love the school. I despise it with every fiber of my being. Rather, I'm using the opportunity so, if I happen to win and my design be in banner form for a few years, I can use this to my advantage later. Sounds cold, but seeing as I don't plan on college, I will need something to prove myself should I try to get an artistic job. And since we're limited to only two or three colors, I don't have to worry about shading or anything, mostly. Since it's line art.
Anyway, I'm stuck between what color scheme I should go with, and after that what improvements can be made to the head.
Since it's a banner, it will need words, and this is only the graphic design for it. I'm still stuck on its size relative to the rest of the banner. I'm pretty settled on what I should put down as words.
Anyway, the prospective schemes:
![[Image: contest(2).PNG]](http://home.comcast.net/~ingrid591/contest(2).PNG)
![[Image: contestinverse(2).PNG]](http://home.comcast.net/~ingrid591/contestinverse(2).PNG)
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I like the green with white pig
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bottom
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(if that made any sense, lawl. I like the top one more)
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Alucard483 Wrote:I like the green with white pig
Horse.
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I also like the top one more. Is the whole thing going to be a huge head though?
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SoulRiser Wrote:I also like the top one more. Is the whole thing going to be a huge head though?
No. Like I said, it will only be the graphic for the banner. I'm expecting it to take about a fourth to a half of the total size with enough room for the words.
To be honest, guys, at least there's SOME use of that education we get. Art/visual crap.
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Everything anyone ever learns has some use.
I highly suggest Mobb Deep's albums The Infamous and Hell on Earth, if you have not listened to it yet.
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I actually like both of them. But if I had to choose, I'd go with the white horse on the green background. Well, at least your mascot isnt that difficult, ours is a cobbler leaning on some kind of box that has the letters R and C on them.
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While I am trying to adjust the nose area, it just isn't going so well, in my opinion.
Anyway, I got the banner ready for the graphic, only to realize that I had a ton of space left over, requiring not only large text and a copy of current graphic, but another mustang for middle filler. It actually turned out good, except someone said it looked like a cow when I made the sketch. After getting the graphic in and shrinking it to 90% its original size (Protip: MSPaint is good for that) I saved as a new 16-color bitmap, did some color replacement work, then saved in PNG. I will revert to its normal colors when I'm done, but here's what I have:
![[Image: banneralfin.PNG]](http://home.comcast.net/~ingrid591/banneralfin.PNG)
The irony is that we happen to be good at everything except football, which is what many people might first think of when they see said horse.
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Oh, and good job.
I highly suggest Mobb Deep's albums The Infamous and Hell on Earth, if you have not listened to it yet.
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You should draw a picture of a Ford Mustang, I'd vote for it.
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WildFire Wrote:I actually like both of them. But if I had to choose, I'd go with the white horse on the green background. Well, at least your mascot isnt that difficult, ours is a cobbler leaning on some kind of box that has the letters R and C on them.
My mascot is racist against me.
They in the sea being burnt, they in the burnt ship drowned.
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Looks like one third pig one third cow and one third horse.
Had to move on. Account is dead.
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