I've had them in the past and even when my banner-making skills were kind of shabby, people laid siege on them. XD
Funny how it all started many years ago when I was on Gamespot's forums and I saw people with signature banners and I thought they were awesome, but only exclusive members could have them. Not being an exclusive member, jealousy kicked in, but I didn't stick with those forums for long before just going over to the original Proboards PE2K forum. I realized people made them with Photoshop, and I was DETERMINED to get better at making them having a bit of familiarity with Photoshop myself.
Some people might say "oh, you're just throwing a bunch of renders together into one." Nah. That's like throwing a bunch of nails and planks of wood in a pile and calling that a house. A lot of it is knowing how to piece things together, blend things into one, having the right tools and knowing how to use them, and be willing to try new things in new environments. And sometimes tools you thought were useless before have other uses you might have never thought of...
...except "Dissolve." Lordy, after many years of working with Photoshop, I have yet to find a good way to use Dissolve for anything. XD All it does it make stuff look like pixelated splat. XD






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