Red Fraction banner designing contest! 300K credit prize pot!

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Alrightey. So many of you, might've known that RF (Red Fraction) has been up for a few weeks now, but those of you haven't the site's located here.

What we're wanting you to design are banners to use on our header each time the site refreshes. For example, when you refresh the site, the banner does as well (in case you didn't get that.)

Banners MUST be 800x124, nothing bigger, nothing smaller. To be qualified for this, you must submit a total of at least 2 or more banners.
These will go through a judging phase between a group of 4 judges and the contest will end when we find 8 satisfactory banners. So give it your all!

tl;dr version: Can be any colors you want, stay within the size limit, we're looking for a total of 8 banners, will be judged by 4 people and huge credit pot at stake.

Show us what you got!

Judges: Rebirth0, Gundam-Dude, Shikari and myself.

Prize will be split between the top 4 people as follows.
1st: 150,000
2nd: 75,000
3rd: 50,000
4th: 30,000

Credit jackpot: 305,000

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Judging:

Spenner:



This is really awesome. Diggin' the colors/BG. Definitely a yes, from me.


I like how you went outside the boundaries of just using red and/or typical colors. Definitely like this, and the logo is really clever. I like it.
So again, yes from me.


Hmm, I like the concept with the logo on this one, but the font kinda bothers me a bit, either from it being too small, or just the entire font in general. But the other 2 definitely appeal to me. Sorry to say, but no from me on this one.


Justin_Ator:


The font is a good choice for this seeming as it's pretty simple and minimalistic. Although, I'm not too fond of what's going on behind the font in the bg either due to lack of effects, or just minimal texture. I'd like to see your second banner for sure though. But for now, no from me on this one.


YOSHl:



This one was a bit too simplistic for me. Although, I love what you did with the letter O in Fraction, it couldve used some more abstract/effects.
I gotta say no on this one.



I must admit, this one is very nice. Love the design on it, but the font could be better. Toning down on the glow wouldn't hurt either, despite this, my vote's yes for this one.


Silvuh:



Out of all 4 you posted, I was definitely feeling this one the most. Loving the font, good choice btw, the minimalism in it is pretty nice. I love what's going on and it brings a nice bold feeling to it while having a nice flare. Yes to this.



Wasn't feeling this at all. Pretty plain and nothing exciting. Sorry but, no.

NeoMasterPie:



This is really awesome. Loving the colors you used and the balance between the fonts. Nothing much else to say, yes.



lol

ProfRaine:



Ehh, wasn't feeling the abstract/interpretation feel to it. Maybe if you had shadowed the font a bit, or at least give it some colouring, it wouldve been slightly better. No from me.


Slightly better than your last submission and I must say, props on using something other than red in the BG. Font style was meh, it's been used in another banner, aka played out, the pond like effect is neat, I do love that. Overall, this is pretty decent. Wouldn't say yes, wouldn't say no, but it's a maybe

Cold Kitten:



Definitely like the font, but the background with all the arrows seems a bit played out to me. I won't say no to this one, but I'll give it a maybe.



Definitely wasn't feeling the grunge-ish vibe this gives off, and Birth of a Hero is such a bad font to go with in most cases, so a no from me.

Supermousie:



Ehh, wasn't feeling the outer glow color over the "RED." Nor the yellow for that matter all over the background. Font choice was decent, but wasn't feeling the difference between each font colors. No from me on this one.


I must admit, everyone's been kind of hating on the grunge banners, but I think this one looks pretty decent. Loving the font choice for this one and although it may be a bit simplistic, i'm diggin' that splatter paint-ish stuff over the grainy bg. Yes on this one.


Nothing exciting here, IMO. Don't like the flare around the planet in the bg, and the glow over the RF text is not my cup of tea.
Also wasn't liking the shatter text. No


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This HAS to be your best submission. I absolutely love the colors, and the font choice was exceptional. As others have said, this is most definitely
your best submission and I gotta say, it works really well. So a yes from me.



Wolfxhunter:



I SO dug this one. Really love the font, and the strikethrough on the text. I personally think it suits the site well. So a Yes from me.


Kraezy:


I'm liking the blue here, it's about time someone came up with a banner using other than red. I do love the detailing in the background which provides something else to look at besides the usual text. Overall, it was nice. Although, the font choice could've been better. Nevertheless, yes from me.



The breaking/shattering text concept was kind of corny, to be honest. It looks poorly constructed from what I can tell, and the font usage was a bit played out in terms of style. Gotta say no on this one.

Spitfire:



wasn't really liking the text color on this, the cross hair-like effect was pretty cool around the border. only thing that turned me off
was the color behind the font. so i'ma have to say no.



This ONE, on the other hand, is really awesome. Loving the font color, and none of that orange-ish/gold-ish stuff behind it. Yes



This one was alright. As with the other "shatter" effects on the text people have made, this one isn't that shabby. Liking what's going
on in the middle as well. Yes


Pretty abstract and something unique, although, shoving the font into a corner on its own wasn't too appealing, I'd say it's okay where it's at so viewers
can see what's going on. Nothing something I'd like, but it's passable



Wasn't liking the inner-border on the image, although the reds clashing with the white makes for a decent appearing visual behind the text, it wasn't enough to
sway me over. Wasn't liking the font choice either. No

Evnoir:


I really like this. I love the cloud-like texture and the font difference between each word. What you did with the O is pretty neat
and the reflection of the text really appeals to me. Overall, the image is, in my opinion well crafted. Yes



Eh, nothing really appealing to me here. The curved font really irks me, and the entire background/texture in the font doesn't really mix.
So you're right, lolthissucks/no

Xenorosth:

No for all 4.