Design the BlenderNation Header

64 Comments Published by Bart on October 7th, 2007 in BlenderNation, Contests

We regularly invite Blender artists to design a header graphic for us so that we can have a new look every month or so. I thought it would be nice to change the rules a little and run a 'BlenderNation Header Contest'.

To participate, prepare a header graphic and post a link to your it in the comments. You can also post votes there. There's no deadline; I'll check this post regularly to see if there's any new material that we like.

If your work is selected I'll try to notify you. If I can't because we don't have your email address then you'll just be in for a nice surprise one day ;-)

Here are the image requirements:

only submit complete, 'ready to use' headers.
use the correct format (700×100 pixels). (size updated)
use the correct background color (#3388cc).
don't use the left-side of the image (as the BlenderNation text and menu will be there).
we like the (reflective) bar that Mathias introduced; you can use that as well, but it's not required.
please add your own name to the far right in a font like Arial or Helvetica.

Here's a sample header file (right-click and save as) to help you get started.

Your prize? Eternal BlenderNation fame! (Well, as long as your image is shown, I guess ;-)

Have fun!

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1 grafixsuz Oct 7th, 2007 at 10:23 am

This sounds interesting. I wonder how many start submitting files today?
2 Cubedude04 Oct 7th, 2007 at 10:26 am

Nice i might try and enter this later if i get some time =D
3 Kadooter Oct 7th, 2007 at 12:33 pm

I really like the current banner but its very emotionally based and should only have been used as a transitory image to something else, to get an emotional 'pop' before moving on.

I'm suggesting forethought in the header banner. Cycling through for an emotional effect. Pre-planned expresiveness, in predetermined sequences, to affect many visitors.
4 mp3 Oct 7th, 2007 at 2:13 pm

Nice idea. A random banner with the best works, as at pouet.net, would be great.
5 blenditall Oct 7th, 2007 at 4:00 pm

Well, here's mine.
http://bp1.blogger.com/_qykD_Bk-Vlg/Rwj0XYiyt2I/AAAAAAAAAD8/iV3H2YF93qY/s1600-h/header_blenditall.png

780X100 doesn't seem to be the right size though…
6 Bart Oct 7th, 2007 at 4:17 pm

@blenditall: cool, the first entry! You're right though, the size should have been 700×100! Here's a direct link to the current header graphic:

http://www.blendernation.com/wp-content/themes/k2/images/blog_logo.jpg

I'll update the article right away.
7 hawk Oct 7th, 2007 at 8:29 pm

that's my creation:

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z83/pds-hawk/Blender-Nation-Header.jpg
8 rodrigocr Oct 7th, 2007 at 8:47 pm

my creation :

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd275/rodrigocr/ojn1.jpg
9 Kukanani Oct 8th, 2007 at 12:05 am

Here is my creation:

http://www.aztecstudios.org/logo.png
10 TK-421 Oct 8th, 2007 at 12:43 am

here is my entry in jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee218/mehb/banner.jpg

here it is again in png if you want that or sometthing. or whatever

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee218/mehb/bannerpng.png
11 BlendRoid Oct 8th, 2007 at 12:55 am

My entry:

[IMG]http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/6076/blendernationlogoentryqb3.png[/IMG]
12 BlendRoid Oct 8th, 2007 at 12:57 am

Oops…

Here it is.

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/6076/blendernationlogoentryqb3.png
13 TK-421 Oct 8th, 2007 at 12:59 am

edit:

redid my entries

in jpeg:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee218/mehb/banner.jpg

and in png:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee218/mehb/bannerpng.png
14 BlendRoid Oct 8th, 2007 at 1:11 am

Double oops. I forgot to put my signature on it. Here is the FINAL VERSION!

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/9696/blendernationlogoentrykf1.png

If I register with the site, will I be able to edit my posts?
15 TK-421 Oct 8th, 2007 at 1:12 am

now this is making me mad *stupid photobucket…*
last attempt
http://img341.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bannerpngdb2.png
16 TK-421 Oct 8th, 2007 at 5:42 am

oh, all the links just updated to the new picture. they were messed up before. super sry for the quad-post….
17 Pierre Oct 8th, 2007 at 7:25 am

Here my creation

http://blender.bdweb.it/blenderfiles/for_blendernation_readytouse.jpg
18 IzE_Design Oct 8th, 2007 at 12:22 pm

this is mine…
http://www.izedesign.it/wip/header_izedesign.png
19 GustavTheMushroom Oct 8th, 2007 at 12:42 pm

Heres my little thing! XD

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/5276/blendernationbarfinalky6.jpg

Enjoy! (Btw, those colours are the blender logo colours. Except maybe the gray… lol)
20 GustavTheMushroom Oct 8th, 2007 at 12:56 pm

Hey again.
I personally think the text ruins the image so I decided to leave it off. Just looks better.
(theres a link to my deviantArt page in the jpg tag just so you know)

And I fixed the bar at the bottom now. Its has one now! lol.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/7845/blendernationbarupdatedpm0.jpg
21 Alexandre Oct 8th, 2007 at 1:34 pm

380 millions years ago, the Eusthenopteron

http://www.astrosurf.com/planeterre/header%20Alex.png
22 blenditall Oct 8th, 2007 at 3:33 pm

Ok, size corrected:
http://bp3.blogger.com/_qykD_Bk-Vlg/Rwo–Yiyt3I/AAAAAAAAAEE/FLZ0EZYwgpo/s1600-h/header_blenditall.png
23 blenditall Oct 8th, 2007 at 3:41 pm

Well that didn't work. Here:
http://bp3.blogger.com/_qykD_Bk-Vlg/Rwo–Yiyt3I/AAAAAAAAAEE/FLZ0EZYwgpo/s1600-h/header_blenditall.png
24 blenditall Oct 8th, 2007 at 3:45 pm

Ah, well, never mind that. If you like mine, I'll send you the version that's the right size ;).
25 Jon Oct 8th, 2007 at 6:48 pm

The image requirement says 700px wide.

The Matthias sample header file is 780px wide.

The actual header on screen is 827px wide.

Why can't we make full use of the available width, which appears to be 827px, as long as the image doesn't clash with the BN headline text or menu? Could you clarify please Bart?

PS: Would you be interested in designs for a proper BlenderNation logotype and strapline? (Pixel perfect, anti aliased to #3388cc and supplied as a transparent PNG or GIF for easy overlay of course.)
26 Aaron Williams Oct 8th, 2007 at 7:12 pm

Here's mine! First one is in .png format and second one is in .jpg format.

Aaron

http://www.amajorproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/blendernation_header.png

http://www.amajorproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/blendernation_header.jpg
27 IzE_Design Oct 8th, 2007 at 8:42 pm

i cant edit my post… i have change link:

http://www.izedesign.it/tmp/header_izedesign.png
28 Bart Oct 8th, 2007 at 9:24 pm

@Jon: hmm, it looks like I've used a few different standards myself ;-) Use 780px or 700px, not more; the header image is right-aligned and the left part just has a blue background color. That way the header sizes nicely with the fluid page layout. Oh, and you can always bug me with fancy designs! My email is bart (at) this site.
29 Edgar Ravenhorst Oct 8th, 2007 at 9:58 pm

I thought let's give it a try so here's my creation

the size i used is the size of the actual header 827×100.
If you really want it to be 700×100 you can just ask ok.

So here it is: http://er3d.myartsonline.com/header.htm

I hope the link works.(first post ever on BlenderNation)
30 superkoop Oct 8th, 2007 at 11:14 pm

I decided to throw one in myself.
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/4711/blendernationheaderne2.jpg
31 fraek Oct 8th, 2007 at 11:32 pm

pretty cool …
32 Otávio "tatasoka" Oct 9th, 2007 at 12:11 am

My header!
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s48/tatasoka/header_tatasoka2.png
33 TK-421 Oct 9th, 2007 at 1:48 am

can't edit my earlier posts. here is my absolute final image. disregard the earlier ones completely.

http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bannerpngwm6.png
34 Rhazieul Oct 9th, 2007 at 3:16 am

http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=headerbruno3ma8.png
35 OneShotAl Oct 9th, 2007 at 7:48 am

tis the season…..

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/oneshotal/banner.png
36 OneShotAl Oct 9th, 2007 at 9:38 am

hmmm, for some reason the pic i download from photobucket does not exactly match the color of the one i uploaded. rats.

so here's another in jpeg, but same problem with the background color #3388cc, it doesn't match after uploading. if the color has to be exact i can e-mail it.

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/oneshotal/banner-1.jpg
37 Philman401 Oct 9th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
38 Philman401 Oct 9th, 2007 at 4:33 pm

oops…
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2572/philsblendernationbannesd4.png
39 Gryphon Oct 9th, 2007 at 6:10 pm

@OneShotAl:
Are you doing post-pro outside Blender? Say, in Photoshop, perhaps? Sometimes colorspace profiles can mess up your image that way; try saving as .png instead of .jpg, see if that helps.
40 Gryphon Oct 9th, 2007 at 6:12 pm

Oh, oops. You did that first. My bad… :-\
41 Paul Oct 9th, 2007 at 8:10 pm

Here:
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee191/dabenapa/BlenderNation_Header.png
42 George Oct 9th, 2007 at 8:22 pm

i vote for rodrigocr's header. im going to have one pf my own soon.
43 Frederick Oct 9th, 2007 at 11:15 pm

Spooky monster theme! Boo! Just a character I had laying around.
44 Frederick Oct 9th, 2007 at 11:23 pm

In case the Photobucket link won't work, which I copied directly from the code text box they supplied, here's the link

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc70/ScooterDooter/header-Boo.jpg
45 Jean-Sébastien Guillemette Oct 10th, 2007 at 6:18 pm

probably doesn't fit the website..but anyway, was fun to make

http://gallery.mudpuddle.co.nz/albums/album34/header_jsguillemette.png
46 Otávio "tatasoka" Oct 10th, 2007 at 8:06 pm

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s48/tatasoka/header_tatasoka7.png
47 Louis Sanchez (LsBlend) Oct 10th, 2007 at 11:36 pm

okay…i think it came out gooooood
check it out:
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/6927/banner3ae0.jpg

um..if u need more blue space i can fix it ^^

:D
48 Mark Oct 11th, 2007 at 12:22 pm

http://www.markfiend.com/blendernationentry.png

Based on something I started for the Blender F1 challenge but didn't finish in time.
49 J.P. Oct 11th, 2007 at 9:01 pm

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v409/underlord/blender-header.png
50 jesusfrk14 Oct 12th, 2007 at 9:32 pm

why wont this load when ever i want to post a banner?
51 mike Oct 14th, 2007 at 7:32 pm

Here is a few old images I worked into the banner. Personally #4 is my favorite:

http://mpan3.homeip.net/f/header1.jpg
http://mpan3.homeip.net/f/header2.jpg
http://mpan3.homeip.net/f/header3.jpg
http://mpan3.homeip.net/f/header4.jpg
52 aws357 Oct 14th, 2007 at 10:42 pm

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7236/blenderheaderma5.png
53 mfoxdogg Oct 15th, 2007 at 2:30 am

here is mine
http://dominomf.com/smcfiles/mfoxdogg_BN_logo.png

I made it using the particle rewrite
54 mfoxdogg Oct 15th, 2007 at 3:46 am

here is the same i just posted but different, more eye friendly colour

http://dominomf.com/smcfiles/mfoxdogg_bn_logo_orange.png
55 Chris (zsouthboy) Oct 15th, 2007 at 4:16 am

http://www.zsouthboy.com/header_bn.png
56 Jon Oct 15th, 2007 at 5:17 pm

Hi Bart

Here's the Blender Nation logotype design I said I would have a go at earlier on this thread…

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb108/jongreenslade/BlenderNationLogotypeBar01a.jpg

And here's a useable GIF version…

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb108/jongreenslade/BlenderNationLogotype01a.gif

It's an original typetypeface design handcrafted in pixels. Hmmm, I may develop it into a full vector font if I can find some time away from Blender :)

If you want to use it but would like any alterations first, then just let me know.
57 TKR101010 Oct 15th, 2007 at 5:39 pm

Got some really cool headers posted here people :)

Maybe a few of them should be kept so that there are some on hand in case Bart want to switch them up every once in a while.
58 Jon Oct 16th, 2007 at 3:31 pm

Hi Bart

I thought you may have found my previous logotype design a bit too 'techy' so here's an alternate that you may prefer…

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb108/jongreenslade/BlenderNationLogotypeBar02a.jpg

It's just set in good old safe and reliable Myriad. Here's the GIF if you want to use it…

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb108/jongreenslade/BlenderNationLogotype02a.gif
59 kkrawal Oct 17th, 2007 at 1:08 pm

Sir these are my entries.
4 Parrots flying. Completely in Blender. UV is colored with Gimp.
There are 5 poses, you can select any one.
http://blenderartists.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=27752&d=1192461275
http://blenderartists.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=27753&d=1192461275
http://blenderartists.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=27754&d=1192462058
http://blenderartists.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=27755&d=1192462058
http://blenderartists.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=27756&d=1192462058

If you want them to see flying, click on the link below
http://www.geocities.com/patriciaumarawal/page7.html
60 lardman Oct 22nd, 2007 at 3:13 am

Here's my entry :

http://johishere.googlepages.com/Header.jpg
61 LiveWire Oct 29th, 2007 at 3:40 am

My entry:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q15/samdman6991/banner.jpg
62 Ben Oct 31st, 2007 at 11:10 am

Here's my entry :

http://www.qual-med.com/images/midway.jpg
63 Jonathan P. Jurilla Dec 1st, 2008 at 10:24 am

better late than never (?)
http://dagwayjack.deviantart.com/art/blender-header-2-105115357
http://dagwayjack.deviantart.com/art/blender-header1-105115068
64 Reaction Mar 5th, 2009 at 5:37 pm

Here's 3 more, hope they're good enough…

http://www.origin309.plus.com/blender.htm

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