Originally posted by Tsen
Well, I'm still a little worried about the banner looking too mystic or dark. We don't want to scare people, or give them the idea that we're promoting some kind of black magic or what-not. Instead, why don't we use an image that shows a sky or landscape with a shift between day and night? Something like this:
looks good tsen. and i agree about the banner's darkness.

Don't like the blue much, but it is just a concept like you said. What sort of background are you looking for? You thinking another colour? Or something completely different. [/b]
i was hoping the new lighter blue was a little closer. anyway, i'm not sure what would work best there, i just know the light grey one we had before was too bright and made the theme too monochromatic. i'd suggest that it either be blue or grey, because those are the site's colours, and also i'm pretty much set on the horizontal-lined idea.

Yay! Muh banner! It's pretty distorted, but I suppose it can't be perfect in a whole other frameset. I could probably make a longer one if you were so inclined. [/b]
hehe...don't get too excited just yet! it is unfortunately too dark for our use; the black birds and the shadowy figure (who comes off as more of a warlock-like-figure rather than an explorer) connote a little more evil than i'd like (lucid dreaming already has a stigma rather firmly attached in regards to that, and i'd rather us not aid and abet that perception). if people actually understood lucid dreaming then i wouldn't be so concerned about this.

anyway, i'm at a loss in regards to whether we need to decide on the final banner and then come up with a background that will work, or do the background first and then design a matching banner. i think the background first would work best though, which allows us to make the smaller decisions first, in effect perhaps easing the latter. maybe.

Well, absolutely LOVIN' the layout, bars, buttons and all. Perfection in that department![/b]
thanks. it's getting there.