Simple yet attractive games banner $30 w/ $5 runner up | 7-days

This is a contest for a banner for my website, TheRandomMango.com. Please do not reference the current website as it's layout may be changed soon.

The prize for the winner is $30, 1 runner up will recieve $5. If the runner up's design is used in the future, they will be sent an additional $25. If no runner up is chosen, the sole winner will recieve $35. All payments will be sent through PayPal - no exceptions. This contest is open for 7 days.

Design Criteria:

I am looking for a banner, 750px by 150px. Final product must be in .PSD format - compatible with Photoshop CS2. Final product must also be sent before payment is sent, sorry.

Colors: Any combination of reds, oranges, yellows, greens, grays, browns, white and black. The background must be white, transparent, or fade into either.

Logo: NO REAL PICTURES! Only "Clip-art" style images may be used. The logo must have one or more of the following: a mango, part of a mango, game controller, laptop, or anything else to do with online flash gaming.

Text: One of the following in SANS-SERIF:
TheRandomMango.com
TheRandomMango

Capital letters in the text are optional, each word preferred in a matching color from the logo in a 1-2-3 or 1-2-1 color format.
Some examples of what I'm looking for (taken from this forum, haha):

http://www.therandommango.com/contest/1.jpg
http://www.therandommango.com/contest/2.png
http://www.therandommango.com/contest/3.jpg

Please remember I need a rectuangular banner, not the a logo like the ones above. I simply linked to show the "simple yet attractive" look I'm looking for.

I reserve the right to not pay anyone if none of the designs are suitable as determined at my discretion.

Sorry for being so picky! Thank you for participating and good luck to all! I will give as much constructive feedback as I can.

 

Wasn't sure how in-dept you wanted it to be

-avalanche

 

Avalanche, not really liking the edged mango, sorry. Also, I think I would prefer a slightly darker green.

 

ok ill look at revising it

 

avalanche, I like the text alot, but the mango still isn't quite right, sorry! I'm not sure how to describe it, maybe lose the "solarized" look?

TDGraphics, I LOVE the idea of combining the mango INTO a controller, but I'd like the controller to be shaped more along the lines of an Xbox 360 one, keeping the "m" instead of the "x" in the middle, if possible. Also, could you incorporporate more green into the text somehow? I don't mean everything green, but a nice mix.

I'm really impressed with the work I've seen so far, keep it up! Also, more new enties are always welcomed!

 

Any possibilility this will end early if you see a entry you really like.

 

If I come across something that is truly perfect and exactly what I need, yes, I may end it early, why?

 

I put more green into it and made it an xbox 360 controller

 

TD, I like the new shape of the controller, however I would like to ask that you revert the colors more like your original one, please, with the exception of the green wire / "stem"

Also, could you take away the first letter color and make "the" and "mango" more orange, and "random" a bit of a darker green? And maybe the slogan could be more scrunched and smaller like in the first one

I liked the white outline w/ shadow on the first entry, but prefer the font of the second.

Lastly, as a quick though, can we try making the last "o" in "mango" to be a mini mango with a green stem in the color scheme of the controller?

So sorry for being so picky, but I honestly love your design and I believe it will be an early winner.

 

i revised mine a bit hope you like the new one

 

Avalanche, So sorry, but I think TD's design is more in line of what I was thinking, I really do appreciate your time and effort though.

TD, Just a few minor tweaks, could I have the M in the same green as the "stem" and could you make the 4 buttons on the right side corespond with the actual letters found on an xbox 360 controller?

Also, could you brighten up the colors in the text just a little bit, and have the stem on the "o mango" coming out from one of the sides, at an angle much like an upside down "Q"

Another small thing, could you ajust the proportions only a little bit so the text is a bit bigger and the controller is a bit smaller?

Also on the controller, since the drop shadow is downward, could you make the small bar at the bottom of the controller darker than the rest instead of lighter than the rest?

Lastly (Wow you're still reading this?, sorry again for being so picky!!) I saw you did a really nice curved reflection effect on the controller, could you maybe apply a similiar effect on the text?

Just to confirm, this will come in a layered .PSD so I can edit the slogan, right?

Thank you so much!!

 

Wow...what can I say, it looks awesome! I promise only 2 more things:

Could you make the green "M" in the controller more yellowish-green? And could you choose a darker color instead of that bright orange strip that lines the bottom of the controller?

 

i do agree his is better on this one

 

Ok, I'm going to break my promise, sorry!!! Could I have the color around the green M to be more orange as opposed to the more reddish color it currently is? I still want to be able to distinguish it from the controller background color, though.