Comments on: New Banner Idea

By: B Smith

B Smith — Sat, 24 May 2008 17:14:33 +0000

Hmm. You need a devil with a gun (”What Would Satan Shoot?” ugh.) I always liked the grinning image of ol’ Scratch on the Red Devil lighter fluid cans. just a thought.

By: Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:42:50 +0000

I like Laughing Dog’s idea!

By: Laughingdog

Laughingdog — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:37:40 +0000

Why don’t you just add Jimbo or Ned holding a gun somewhere on your current graphic?

By: BadIdeaGuy

BadIdeaGuy — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:09:32 +0000

I agree with the symmetry comments that you already responded to.

In terms of the content of the header, I kind of think of your blog framed a little differently, that the Second Amendment is beginning* (we’ll always have a fight, but we’re winning.. well, till Barack gets elected..) to become more/re- accepted in the view that we share.

So when our society was where gungrabbers thought it was in the 90’s, becoming more and more pc/anti (and in some sectors still is), I think there’s been something of an awakening toward reason. So if the Brady Bunch told you it’d be a cold day in hell before the AW ban was allowed to expire, guess what, I think I see snowflakes in hell!

By: Oracle of Delaware

Oracle of Delaware — Sat, 24 May 2008 08:15:08 +0000

What about the hoofed guy with the boxing gloves and the skull shorts? Have you thought about what happens to his family when you give him the “HOOF?”

By: Roger

Roger — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:24:30 +0000

In it’s present form only one kind of rifle is represented. Perhaps work in some other firearms.

By: David, Chandler, AZ

David, Chandler, AZ — Sat, 24 May 2008 02:42:17 +0000

I’d use just one rifle in the bottom left hand corner pointing up toward the middle.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:05:08 +0000

I agree with you guys on the symmetry thing. Once you pointed it out, that’s one thing that bothers me. I’m looking into changing it.

By: CalebC

CalebC — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:00:44 +0000

It feels a little odd to be discussing graphic design here of all places, but my comment was that it seemed too symmetrical. Maybe thats me intuiting what Tony explained above. He sounds like he knows what he’s talking about, and I have no clue.

By: momster

momster — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:42:10 +0000

I like it. The snow flakes are pretty.

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:05:48 +0000

It’s too busy.

The rough-draft you came up with has a central flow to the middle of the graphic. This doesn’t mesh with the layout of your page where the whitespace and general flow of your blog draws the eye to the left.

In other words, take a look at your current banner. It goes from top-left to bottom-right. On the top of your layout, this works. Your new banner should follow the same or similar style of object flow.

Now it was me I would go photo. Replace Satan on the right-hand corner with some hot woman in a cold-weather outfit with wings and understated horns. On the top left…. well never mind with the model you could stop there and call it done. :-)

By: kaveman308

kaveman308 — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:47:06 +0000

Might be kinda cool to have a mountain in the background with a snow ball rolling down getting bigger.

The whole snowballing=gaining momentum metaphor.