Contest $50 contest.. Need four banners for two online stores

HI!

So I need two banners for each of the stores listed below.

http://www.zibbet.com/HugswithSmiles
http://www.zibbet.com/wookieheadgifts

Banner sizes are 125x125 and 468x60
I only need to see the smaller sample here.

The banner doesn't need to be animated. It can have pictures of what my stores carry if you want to add them. However make them look good! It must have the company name. ( Wookie Head Gifts or Hugs With Smiles) And the slogan that is on my header banner in both the stores.

I want something completely different! Don't just copy what I had already made. However keep the colors the same if you use any other than just white. Remember my target market is WOMAN.. so it should be at least somewhat girly..
I plan on using all four banners on Project Wonderful. They really need to be WOW so that people want to click them.
Please post all entries here..
I will pay with paypal. Contest ends on Monday unless I find something I like before.
Winner may get other banner jobs from me!
Any questions feel free to post here..

Hugs !

 

125 x 125

 

nice try but not what I am looking for.
I myself know what card the background is but no one else will. And I doubt anyone would click it.
Thanks for trying.

 

working on it

 

60px seems a little small for the height. Is it possible to make it any bigger (like the size of the big banners on the actual websites)?

Also, is it possible to be paid via Monekybookers (that is, if you like my designs)?

Edit (Adding 125x125 icons. Will add the bigger banners once above question is clarified ):

 

From Mayfair

 

Here is my entry as promised. You can have all 9 of them for your specified price





ps. I do Art myself and I must say your stuff is very cool

 

Xceleste: Those are cute but they look nothing like my style of work. You got the girly part right but that's it. The colors are nothing like the colors in my stores.

Mayfair: Way too simple. Plus I'm black and a mom so if I am going to use a picture of any child it would be my black-Mexican son. Not a random picture from the internet.

Hollow: These are nice. however, Way too much blue, way too much red. I do love how you used my art in the background. Remember I said I need them to match the colors in both stores already if not match then be more white than any other color.
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Very nice tries but nothing is calling out to me to click really..

 

I also took the liberty of doing a flash banner for Hugs & Smilies (you can have this free of charge)

http://www.swfcabin.com/open/1269146422

edit: do you want me to revise the 125x125 ads or should I just not bother?

 

Will you answer my two questions (look in post above)? Thanks.

Also: Instead of saying that you like/dislike something, would it be possible for you to pinpoint exactly what you dislike/like about the works? Everyone's ideas of 'good' and 'bad' are different, so it's hard to decipher precisely what 'your' style is, or what isn't. Would you like a specific colour, or design? Are there any designs on your websites that you especially like? The points you've described in your original post is really throwing a ball in a park--we may or may not hit what you want us to hit, unless you guide us.

EDIT: I also think that the point of 'hiring' someone else to create banner/logo/etc. is to receive a new style of artwork, not something that looks exactly like your own (because all our works are unique, I don't think we can imitate one another easily). ^^

Hope you get back to us!

<3, Mari

 

Adding another question:

What exactly are the theme colours to your two websites? The only shade I see that is a main 'colour' is White. Other than that, I see no particular colour scheme.

Thanks,

Mari

 

Yes, what xceleste is saying is true... your site's palette is basically made up from your art cards, which are quite vibrant, contrasty and colorful. To be honest I went strong colors because that is the usual case where people click an ad (you mentioned clicks hence...)
Let me know if you want the zip anyways cuz I'll just trash it.

 

Feedback Please

 

I'm sorry.. I just don't want to hurt anyone feelings so I am trying to be polite.
I can try to pay in moneybrookers.. but I have never done it. I would prefer to just stick with paypal. I need the banners to fit into some ad sites. The long banner will be used on some paid to click sites and the size they require is 468*60.

Hugs with smiles Palette is Yellow, green,gold and some orange. The main color is white AND a very pale yellow,
Wookiehead Gift Palette is blue, pink and brown. The main color is white AND a very pale blue.

Here are some sample of banners that many other handmade sellers use.. http://www.craftcult.com/heartomatic.php?userid=hugswithsmiles This might help you all. Ignore the size though.

What I don't like
Xceleste- I don't like style. The colors don't match too much in my store. The bottom one is close but the other is too much pink.
Hollow- I don't like how dark the banners are. But I do like the red one with my love bird invite. Maybe if it was lighter I'd like them more.

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Arunefx- I like the general style. The colors seem nice also. However the font is very manly. Choose a simple font.

 

here are my designs.

feedback please.



vineet

 

another design.

feedback please



vineet

 

Vineet.. I LOVE those! I'd like all three.. and please make the yellow one in the long banner size for me also. Did you make anything for wookie head gifts?

 

thanks for liking them.

here is 468x60



feedback please.

i m working on wookie head gifts

vineet

 

super.. I love the long banner too!
Its look clickable!
Looking forward to seeing wookie head gifts..

 

here is the design for wookie

feedback please



vineet