New Banner - in progress

[strangetomato]

I'm working on a new banner, which I've title the "headshot banner" in my working images folder. You can see what I have so far at the top of the page. The focus is on the central characters, who are all roughly the same age. They're all pictured in a pose that I imagine they might take if someone was taking a photo of them.

I really need to play around with the page formatting. It looks okay in Firefox, but it's not great. At least you can see the navigation bar, but I'd love to be able to move that around for better placement. I'll force myself to learn this yet.

Anyway... just felt like it needed a change.

Comments

[minotaurus.livejournal.com]

Mmm Fwancez J. I think you can kind of gauge their personalities from those headshots. :)

[music-simbol.livejournal.com]

Nervous looks like he needs a hug. *bear hugs him*

Like simonym said, these shots are pretty good at showing their character, which is kinda cool.

Is it September yet? :P

[hannahspring.livejournal.com]

Love it I love it I love it! These pictures are really adorable! I love their faces, they definitely show what the characters are like. I like it much more than the previous banner. :)

Also, I wanted to ask one thing: the default replacements for eyes are made by you? Any luck you'd share them? I'd like to use them in my game and story, because it's also has this Maxis-kind-of-look...

[treesahquiche.livejournal.com]

I really like the new banner, especially the solid color backgrounds; they match the characters' personalities very well. I just love Ripp's and Frances's headshots. :)

[xel-squirgle-ox.livejournal.com]

Everybody looks amazing! And seeing Nervous and Frances like that makes me want to hug them. Like others said, you've definitely captured their personalities. When Ripp does that goofy smile I just have to smile too.

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

Wow, they all look amazing- I love Frances shot, he looks so... unsure... Idk, I love it. :D

[franwi.livejournal.com]

I squeed at seeing FJW3 up there. Great poses from them all! *stares*

[dothesmustle.livejournal.com]

This is amaziiiiiiiiiiiing. FRANCES AND NERVOUS. Weeeeeeeeeeee.

If Buck was on this I think I would have went insane with fangirly-ness. (By that I mean The Beatles fans-like squeeing (SCREAMING?!) XD

[aledstrange.livejournal.com]

Wow, I love it!! <3
The shots are perfect! :)

[simfinite.livejournal.com]

I finished catching up, and man, am I ever glad I did! You've got such an awesome story going. Like everyone else said, the new banner really captures their personalities well. Work that eyebrow, Johnny!

[zepheera.livejournal.com]

I don't know if it's intentional or not, but the backgrounds seem to suit the person in the picture. The drab olive green for tank, somber brown for Frances, and even Nervous's background seems to suit his personality in your story.

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

Very nice!

[abbycat900.livejournal.com]

I like it! I squeed when I saw Nervous ^^ His pose is just... nervous XD

[x-illegal-x.livejournal.com]

I liked the old banner a lot, but this is really, really nice!

Also, btw, it looks good in Internet Explorer.

[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

The banner works fine on Firefox 3.0. I usually have trouble seeing banners (I couldn't see the one from simstorytellers for a while), but I have no problem with yours.

I like how all of them look in character, like Johnny's raised eyebrow :D. And because these are head shots, we can now see their expressions clearly, though I also liked how you placed them according their relationships in your old one.

:)

[simsbarbie.livejournal.com]

((I'm so happy to see you again)) I love that shot of Tank. His jaw, chin....dayum... LOL

I think the banner itself is an awesome idea.

[muslemura.livejournal.com]

Great idea! Love their facial expressions :)

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

I love it. It really does show their personalities. And it looks really sharp and clean. I love the background colors, and that you didn't make it entirely symmetrical. Awesome job. ^_^