Design A Banner For Astahost

I need help in designing a good banner for this forum. Anyone interested ?

Download the PSD : http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

I downloaded it, whenever i enter it a box appears and it closed and i get the send report thing

I would love to create a banner for Xisto but I think I should leave this to the professionals lol. I'll still mess around with some things and if I make anything good I'll post it here. Are you looking for a logo type thing or just the word Xisto with a cool design?What made you guys deside to make Xisto and Xisto look different? I understand they are different sites but really they are quite the same. I think I like this theme better than trap17s new theme anyway.

I think that the banner design could look like the .psd file Opaque gave just with a different text like "Xisto, free web hosting" or something like that.. (I think thats why he gave a link to it?) It's a pity I'm not to good with graphics

If I get the time I will have to see if I can put together a design or two. Getting ready for my Christmas trip will have to come first though.Allow me to add a couple questions to my post for the sake of the design process. What does the Asta in Asta host mean? Who do you envision the target audience of the board to be? Do you want any wording aside from the the name Xisto on the banner graphic? These are normal considerations for a design endeavor.

Edited December 17, 2008 by Darasen (see edit history)

What made you guys deside to make Xisto and Xisto look different? I understand they are different sites but really they are quite the same. I think I like this theme better than trap17s new theme anyway.

The difference is the community for some reason asta attracts ;-) Its something.

It's a pity I'm not to good with graphics

Same here :-/

What does the Asta in Asta host mean?
Who do you envision the target audience of the board to be?

Do you want any wording aside from the the name Xisto on the banner graphic?

What does the Asta in Asta host mean?
I do not know what asta means.. but for me, it was something more like "light", "knowledge", "discipline" which I looked for when starting this board.

Who do you envision the target audience of the board to be?
Targetted members - People with Wisdom.
members looking only for hosting can join Qupis or Xisto.
The board is open to all for Reading

Ok, i have no skills with photoshop, but here is my attempt.

 

 

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

Not bad, but I could suggest using some better font to look it more attractive though.

Not bad, but I could suggest using some better font to look it more attractive though.

Yeah if you find the font i can change the text in 2 seconds. I do not have a lot of fonts on this machine, as the only one i use is a fixed width one to program with.

I have lots of fonts, I've downloaded some years a go pack of 2000 fonts and burned them on CD, but I don't know how to share, Skype? or I think you also can find lots of true type fonts on the web by searching google?

For example: http://www.grsites.com/archive/fonts/category/1/?offset=0