animated banner/marquee

The main way i thought would make my banner more interesting was to animate it. i did this in photoshop by making it an animated gif file and using frames to make the movement. i think that this simple bit of animation makes the banner more interesting but before the end of the project i need to go back and change some of the timings to make it look better.

myspace banner/marquee

one of the main reasons i thought myspace would be an interesting and effective way to communicate with the local bands is the use of banners. myspace banners are displayed at the top of the page and are the first thing on the page that grab your attention. i have seen some very effective examples in my research on other bands websites.

this is my first banner/marquee design, just using simple type in the corporate colours to get the attention of the bands visiting silent sheffield myspace. i think the although the simplicity of this design is effective i am going to look into ways to make it more interesting and eye catching.

my main logo

this is my main silent sheffield logo, it uses the original layout and typeface but using different colours and containing an image in the background to show the musical connections. (ignore the grey box around the edge, this was a screenshot because the real image wouldn't upload to blogger) this logo will be displayed on the silent sheffield album's myspace page and at events organized by silent sheffield such as charity gigs and festivals.

my plain logo/badge design

this is my plain version of the silent sheffield logo, it will also double as a badge for the participating bands to display on their pages and will contain a link to the silent cities page. so this will work as free advertising for silent sheffield because it will be displayed on all the different bands pages for all their audiences to see.

silent cities logo

quotations about silence

extended banner

when researching banners on myspace i found out that it is now possible to make extended banners that fill the page, i came across a good example on lady antebellum's myspace.
The banner goes behind all the information on the page and the lines of colour that fade out go almost to the edge of the page.