i agree with you. For the long term, try to follow their style first and then came out with your own original style.

for the banner, i choose not bad

1. compression is obvious
2. wrong font.
2.1 with that background that font is only suitable in the 60's. gonna have a retro theme?
2.2 this meet up is going to be fun right? i see randomness on the wording placement for LYN and meet up. That shows the fun part but still 60's style

for quick suggestion .. here is my NBTDness
notice that i applied the texture filter to hide the compression and the ugly edges. The size is only 7kb bigger


edit: ^ there should be space between meet and up .. sorry, in hurry


This post has been edited by shinnosuke: Mar 25 2006, 06:53 PM