$25 Header Contest for established website

[phjohnso]

the website is

http:// www . tbirdforum . com

the website receives > 400 uniques a day

I am looking for a header banner in the following size...

height: 180px

width: 968px

I am open to all colors and styles, animation is ok too.

DON'T go by the colors on the site now - I will recolor the site to work with the winning design.

The website sells ford thunderbird cars and offers a thunderbird forum too

the site was established in 2000

The winnng design will be picked in 5 days or if I see something that blows me away.

Winner will have the option of getting paid for their work or a link on the website for one year. It will be your decision.

thank you

[thecreepout]

here's my entry

http://www.thecreepout.com/images/tbirdforums.jpg

Let me know what you think:)

Thanks!

[phjohnso]

Thank you for your submission, honestly, it is not of interest to me but still a decent try.

[thecreepout]

You didn't really give much information to work with. I'll try something different if you could give me some direction you would like to go with.

[Arsenal_1]

Here are my two entries... Please post any suggestions or changes you would like me to make... :)

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5227/tbirdforumscopysy1.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/250/tbirdforums2sh6.jpg

[phjohnso]

I don't have any specific ideas, I'm looking for a creative designer to come up with what I can't, Sorry.

[phjohnso]

removed my remark

[phjohnso]

Thanks Arsenal for your participation but just to plain for my tastes

[pheyz]

count me in :D

[yugo]

can you provide some photos for us?

[twinklestar]

Header Proposition
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/6946/showhl1.png

Feedback is appreciated. Thank You!

[jaminkle]

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3846/thuderbirdtypelogorj3.jpg

[phjohnso]

Header Proposition
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/6946/showhl1.png

Feedback is appreciated. Thank You!

So far this is starting to grab my eye and falls in a categoty that I would like to use. Thank you. Nice work.

It;s not perfect but I like it.

[phjohnso]

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3846/thuderbirdtypelogorj3.jpg

This is simple but nice and would fall into a category of might picks.

thank you.

[surenther]

MY TRY

http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/5032/1waj3.jpg

Any changes can be made
Feedback appreciated

[surenther]

new font
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/2514/2wzx9.jpg

[phjohnso]

new font


Both designs fall into a might choose category. I would like a slogan to go along with the header.

The website offers Thunderbird to buy or sell as well as a discussion forum - Some of those aspects would be good to see in the submitted header(s)

[twinklestar]

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9020/showcopy2yn6.png
with the slogan.

[lordadel]

here is my entry

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/4963/thunderbirdeh6.jpg

Another One With The Slogen "it can be changed"

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/5726/thunderbird2bg1.jpg

[phjohnso]

Thanks for your entry, nice job by the way.

I do want to make a point that we do not have a slogan but would welcome a slogan as part of the header design.


Some Possible Slogans could be ...

The Oldest Thunderbird Resource Site On The Net

Buy, Sell, or Drive Your Next Tbird at Tbirdforum.com

Talking About Thunderbirds All Day Long

So a slogan that grabs the purpose of the site would work well.

Basically tbirdforum.com would be a site where you could buy sell or talk about thunderbirds

[anidesign]

Feedback appreciated. If you like headers, I'll buy pictures.
http://www.ani-design.com/folio/tbird2.jpg

http://www.ani-design.com/folio/tbird.jpg

[phjohnso]

Nice work but it doesn't spark anything in me that would want to use it.

thank you.

[Aalto]

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb127/nejeega/tbird.jpg

[phjohnso]

Aalto

Nice work, i love the 1960 tbird can you do more with colors instead of the monotone.

thanks

[phjohnso]

I have received some private entries as well. thanks to all so far.

[twinklestar]

Here's with the slogan, "Your Most Reliable Resource Site. "

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4624/showcopy3mf7.png

another slogan i thought of is "The #1 Resource Site." The slogan is easily changeable :)

[phjohnso]

I really like your design, but there is something about the way the font looks that seems to be to plain.

[lordadel]

here is a revision with another model of car and another slogan

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/6574/thunderbird3um1.jpg

[Aalto]

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb127/nejeega/tbird_greens-1.jpg
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb127/nejeega/tbird_sepia.jpg
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb127/nejeega/tbird_blue.jpg

[twinklestar]

Renewed Header. Added More effects.

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4783/showcopy4yd3.png

I hope you like it.

[pheyz]

here's my entry

http://netbiz.890m.com/myfiles/tbird%20copy.jpg

classical look..

[phjohnso]

here's my entry

http://netbiz.890m.com/myfiles/tbird%20copy.jpg

classical look..

I LIKE very much, thank you. THAT IS JUST THE KIND OF LOOK THAT WOULD WORK FOR ME.

[pheyz]

I LIKE very much, thank you. THAT IS JUST THE KIND OF LOOK THAT WOULD WORK FOR ME.

Thanks for your feedback!
If you like it you can pm me for details :)

[phjohnso]

I would like to see another variation of this.

Please change the big lettering of thunderbird forum to be tbirdforum

then see if you can find another white vintage thunderbird to come in from the left side of the header so both cars will kind of be pointing in each others direction.

do you know what I mean?

if you can't find a white tbird then any color will do.

thank you.

[twinklestar]

Oh. Okay, advance congratulations then to pheyz. :)

[phjohnso]

hold it - im not going to make my final decision until friday

[mygen]

http://img3.pimp-my-profile.com/i61/4/4/10/f_e1571032497d.jpg

[mygen]

http://img4.pimp-my-profile.com/i68/4/4/10/f_3d6229cd6b32.jpg

[phjohnso]

nice look but why would you submit a posche design for a thunderbird website?

[pheyz]

here's my revision

http://netbiz.890m.com/myfiles/tbird2.jpg

more classical..with vintage background

p/s: low resolution to display only

[phjohnso]

here's my entry

http://netbiz.890m.com/myfiles/tbird%20copy.jpg

classical look..

I have declared PHEYZ the contest winner with the design above.

Pheyz the only mod to this design I would like is to leave everything alone and just change the large lettering which now reads thunderbird to be tbird

PM me to let me know weather you would like your payment to be by paypal or a banner placement on the home page for 1 year.

Thanks everyone. This was a hard choice as many quality designs were submited.

[pheyz]

I have declared PHEYZ the contest winner with the design above.

Pheyz the only mod to this design I would like is to leave everything alone and just change the large lettering which now reads thunderbird to be tbird

PM me to let me know weather you would like your payment to be by paypal or a banner placement on the home page for 1 year.

Thanks everyone. This was a hard choice as many quality designs were submited.


Thank you very much sir! :)
Please check your PM..