So dont forget to inform us of how that AD CAMPAIGN is doing. Did you find sites to advertise in? Is it working? I wish we would have all discussed this more before throwing a contest.

I like Aztec's entry because its simple and tells the message at a first glance. The only problem I see with it is that it spells "gamemaking" in a word which makes it either look like weird lingo, or like the site is specifically for the software gamemaker. Another problem maybe is that its got lots of STYLE, its more likely it will clash with whatever site its placed in. I like your styles idea though, looks like an indie platformer or something, and all vector-ey.

Holy cow's also good because its like informative, but its a little too long, you got to sit through it to get what the sites' about. Also its "aspiring" game creator I think, not "aspired"... Stylistically I think its the best of the three though, because its sort of simpler and sleeker, it makes it look more professional. Except maybe for the part where it blinks JOIN, that looks a little gay. Makes me think of these LED panels in the subway (which could have been a good idea for a banner concept....) What id add to it is like, a text thats there for the whole animation, like in the bottom, something like "www.gamingw.net - indie games community", in small letters, not obstructing the animation above.

MeIscool's look nice but doesn't say anything about the site at all... Maybe that could work though? Just adding some text about the site would make it way better. The black gradient looks a little awkward but its no big deal. The biggest problem with it is that its even more STYLIZED than Aztec's, it will fit in almost no website layout. Quick thing id change for this would be to add a simple black or white border around it, maybe two pixels thick, and remove the weird black gradient. I dont know I think it would look better somehow....

Id recommend editing the banners a bit before putting them up, its a bunch of little things that could really make them better in my opinion! Also it'd be nice to hear what GW's other artists have to say. Maybe some of my crits there are totally wrong! I SUMMON THEE GRAPHICAL ARTS CREW I SUMMON THEE WILL YOU HEED MY CALL (feel free to DESTRUCT my crits if you don't agree with em, I'm still very DABBLING as far as general design goes.)


(also im still interested in doing some banners if we all figure out what we want and shit. like these banner types that weren't made yet)

To be honest, I really like Holy Cow's submission, I really like it XD
Just...too slow and too long for me I guess <.<;; I didn't notice it was animated at first.
But yeah I agree with Frankie...

I think Holy Cow's would be great, if he/she just removed the JOIN part. I would keep everything else pretty much the same!

So dont forget to inform us of how that AD CAMPAIGN is doing. Did you find sites to advertise in? Is it working? I wish we would have all discussed this more before throwing a contest.

I'm starting the "campaign" on the 15th when everything is set up properly.  I wanted to do a comparison of members joined from the 1st-15th and members joined from the 16-31st and compare it to other months.  These are the summer months so hopefully there's tons of people browsing the internet.

well you will prolly have access to some records of numbers of clicks and stuff? That should already give a good idea.

hey BUMP but uh... apparently you started this a couple of days ago. What site can we find the ads at?