$30 Header Contest Easy Winner will be paid immediately through paypal. Header size: 950 * 112 Left hand side of header: WholesaleCrystalsAustralia.com Hand Picked Crystals From Around The World Right hand side of header put this text: Gold Coast Showroom Phone 07 5568 0891 (use image of phone instead of word phone if you like) Open M-F 9-5 | Sat 10-4 Ideas to keep in mind * Clean, neat and simple. Nothing too fancy. Example of simple: crystal universe dot com dot au * Professional looking is a must * Use attractive image(s) or nice web2.0 background if you like. Either is fine. * Header size is small (112 deep) as the header should be simple with nothing fancy. Main Theme: Crystals (not diamonds) Just type crystals into istockphoto or Google image search. The winner will need to supply both PSD and GIF format. If you use a specific font then please include that on completion/payment.
kirtankumar: Great first effort and thanks for being the first person to submit an entry. Generally speaking the people in this industry are used to perhaps white or purple as their main colours. Think 'Good Vibe' type colours. The domain name doesn't work well with reflective text with the font having a lower 'y' but the idea of reflective font is good but I'd look to add a gradient to fade the reflection out instead of showing the whole reflection. Also the text on the right sort of looks like it's just 'sitting there' with no real purpose. It's like it's not in any sort of order and with all the font the same there is no emphasis on certain points. I'd like to see the phone number larger and running the width of the words 'Gold Coast Showroom' Thanks again for submitting a great first effort.
Zinnidoll: Great first effort. Whilst the domain name is quite long I'd like to see the URL a little bit smaller in that banner. I really like how you have seperated the right hand part with the different colour (blue). The green crystal isn't really a crystal but more of a polished gem so the green one is no good. If you find the crystals are too hard to include then don't hesitate to include a kickarse URL and subheading with a nice background. The image of the crystals isn't essential. To everyone: Please replace the 3rd line in the text on right with the following: Open Mon - Sat (instead of Open M-F 9-5 etc) as I've just realised it doesn't really work. I'm definitely looking for a interesting blend to the right hand side like Zinnidoll with the different colours to highlight the important details. Thanks.
Zinnidoll: Didn't notice your 2nd image the first time round. I actually think it's great. I like the simplicity of it and I like the background and the right hand side. 2 main points which I mentioned above though...the green polished gem is not a good fit and the 3rd line in the text on the right needs to change to 'Open Mon - Sat' Thanks.
zainadeel: The image and background are quite good. The URL text is ho-hum as in not exciting but not terrible. Just ok. The right hand side information is pretty standard too and doesn't excite me too much. By and far I like your left hand side design so if you can pick up the text style overall and you'd be looking good. podmatrix: I like the image but overall the writing is too little and hard to read. The background is a little plain too. Your image is looking good though. To everyone: PLease don't underestimate the writing ont he right hand side. A good strong phone number and text that is aligned together is important. Thanks all. Great entries so far.
gothicdead: That's looking quite a bit clustered for my liking. Also it has nothing to do with diamonds so the image on the far left is no good. I'm also thinking the URL text is too 'bubbly' for this. Just nice and simple would be most effective. Also I'd like to see the phone image and phone number a little more prominently on the right hand side. The phone number is important. Keep in mind that it's only 112 pixels deep so keeping things pretty basic is ideal. Thanks.
gothicdead: Not really digging the crystal on the left with the think white border. Also the .com is now above the URL but I'm not sure why that is. Perhaps if you are running out of room you could make it run vertically. That would take up less room and still look good. Also I've asked for the 3rd line of text to read 'Open Mon - Sat' instead of what you have. I was sort of hoping for some nice fonts on the URL that are modern but not 'flashy'. podmatrix: I think it's the blue writing on a dark blue background that's not doing it for me. Still think your image is nice and simple which is great but the rest of the text is not jumping out at me. It's a little ho-hum. Perhaps try a different colour like purple as these crystal sites tend to go for that. Note to everyone: Off to sleep now (after midnight here in Aus) so will be back in 6 hours or so. Look forward to any new designs and will leave feedback ASAP.
amir_daman: I really like the background a lot. Conjures up the right image. I like the sparkle in you .com as I think that looks effective and fits in with the theme of crystals. Is it possible to put a nice strike through on the URL like post #12 above? Keep with the white colours though. As for the right hand side I like the fact the the 1st 2 lines match up in length but then the third line is sort of hanging there in limbo. Also your phone image is pretty small. A lot of people tend to be brushing off the right hand info as secondary but in fact it is a big part of the banner. Phone number is critical (you've done that nicely) and I'd like to see the text aligned on all 3 levels if possible or at least centre the text below. Once again, absolutely love the sparkle in your DOT. Great work.
Zainadeel: Probably your 3rd one in that lot is looking the best in regards to the font style in the URL. The break from main background to the right hand darker image is fairly 'boxey' and I'd like to see a more rounded transition. Also the phone number needs to be more prominent. I believe in your banner the phone number should be the length of the words 'Gold Coast Showroom'. Thanks for aligning the 3 lines. I like the nice tidy look about that. Please keep in mind the phone number is important in this banner.