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honey:
my thoughts are, that people are submitting their stories for critique. They want feedback on the story and the writing itself. Banners have absolutely nothing to do with how good a story is or how well it's written. I personally wouldn't judge or critique a banner at all no matter what because it's an entirely different area of expertise. I would have no idea what makes one good or bad. To me it's like a writer judging a painting or a painter judging a story... they just don't mix. I think we should just let the banners be and focus on the writing. Just warn the people if they are too big or something, but don't add or subtract points for it. Just my thoughts... but then, I've never used a banner on any of my stories so...
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on June 30, 2007, 11:58:14 PM ---^ I use them too on my own site but more so people wil have something to click on to get into the story. lol I know it did work for Facelss for me. That graphic of the newspaper article is what drew me in and made me feature it on my site.
and we know how that went for me lol
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I was totally thinking of Faceless. ;) That story, when it actually worked on Jaydee's site, had AWESOME presentation LOL - cool graphics, plus that newspaper thing.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: honey on July 01, 2007, 02:47:08 AM ---To me it's like a writer judging a painting or a painter judging a story... they just don't mix.
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Well, guess I better give up both of my hobbies then... ;)
honey:
haha that's not what I meant :P Maybe you're one of those lucky people that is good at both. I am definitely not. My creativity stops at storytelling. I would have no idea what makes a good banner and what doesn't. That's all I meant.
mare:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on July 01, 2007, 01:09:33 AM ---To be fair, I've actually never made my banners... Since Photoshop and the like are my enenmies, but I am starting to understand GIMP... though it's more a graphics coloring program than a photo manipulation prgram... But I did envision my banners myself... So I guess the original idea is mine, but te finished product is always someone else's... *feels bad*
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Aww don't feel bad about that. Nine out of ten times it's mersey that makes my banners for me because I have the artistic mind of a five year old lol
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