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Points: 2318 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2010 at 10:00
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by Chris S Chris S wrote:

Best do a poll I think ...

As long as there is a clear defined finish date and time to the second!Tongue
LOL
I will do a poll but only voting if you like or not! that's it.!!!LOL
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Originally posted by Viajero Astral Viajero Astral wrote:

Originally posted by JLocke JLocke wrote:

May I make a suggestion?


Why not have a couple of different versions of the banner, then rotate them randomly so as to add some variety to the front page? Plus, it would appease any potential objections to this new look by not having it remain a constant feature.


Sounds like a good idea for a contest to me, like this blog, they had made contest or invite designer to make new headers so every time you enter you will see a diferent one.
 I did several version of banners that Max can use as header as well I think. what you dothink max?
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2010 at 06:32
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:


Yes.....sick = awesome.Wink

Sick is the new awesome? LOL

OK, if I'm going to say something critical, you did represent at least one artist more than once.  The color scheme works really well with the front page though.  I'd like to see another version that includes something from each of the subs.


Edited by Slartibartfast - October 13 2010 at 06:43
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2010 at 05:56
Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Originally posted by Rosebud Rosebud wrote:

I think the banner is sick! The old one was getting a little stale (new on forums, been coming to this site forever)


I must be getting old as this post means the opposite to the words that have been used. Confused
Think I'll need to practice this hip street jive first though...

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Yes.....sick = awesome.Wink
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Points: 11415 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2010 at 05:38
Originally posted by Rosebud Rosebud wrote:

I think the banner is sick! The old one was getting a little stale (new on forums, been coming to this site forever)


I must be getting old as this post means the opposite to the words that have been used. Confused
Think I'll need to practice this hip street jive first though...

I've got it...

You're full of crap pilgrim - Goodbye from everyone on PA Thumbs Up

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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2010 at 05:00
Originally posted by Chris S Chris S wrote:

Best do a poll I think ...

As long as there is a clear defined finish date and time to the second!Tongue
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2010 at 04:58
Seems I'm not so alone in my views.
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Points: 20240 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2010 at 04:49
This'new design" hit me in the eye right away and I wondered why an add had replaced the logo and headlining band.... until I saw that the logo was still there....
 
It actually clashes (a bit)  with the purple and orange colours of the site
 
 
It plays to much on the prog D&D clichés for its own good... Im not sure it's good for the prog cause...
 
I guess I'll get used to it.


Edited by Sean Trane - October 13 2010 at 04:51
let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
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as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2010 at 03:02
Originally posted by progkidjoel progkidjoel wrote:

I actually thought it looked awesome, like all of Abel's work. It's one of those ones that you can take for face value and enjoy with a half a second look or stare into for 10 minutes and still notice new stuff. Really loving it.
I disagree - this one is too predictable and contains too many images and "icons" that he's used too often before. It lacks the wit, thought and imagination of the earlier collages so all you see is all you get, and you get that in a few seconds. It doesn't have any of the clever juxtaposition of images he's used before so there is no relationship from one "icon" to another to create interest and reaction from the viewer - my only reaction from it is "oh, someone's got Photoshop". Sorry Abel, I don't like being negative about a persons work of art (which is why I don't like reviewing), but I don't think there is any creativity in this one.

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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2010 at 02:55
I like it, it brightens things up on the home page. Will it be used for the forum too M@x?
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Points: 24295 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2010 at 02:44
Being a rather conservative person, I'm not too often to be found among the ones who cheer loudly because of a change. But this one is quite an improvement. I like it for its colourfulness. ClapClapClapClapClap

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Points: 19643 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2010 at 01:51
I actually thought it looked awesome, like all of Abel's work. It's one of those ones that you can take for face value and enjoy with a half a second look or stare into for 10 minutes and still notice new stuff. Really loving it.
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Points: 3118 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2010 at 00:42
Originally posted by JLocke JLocke wrote:

May I make a suggestion?


Why not have a couple of different versions of the banner, then rotate them randomly so as to add some variety to the front page? Plus, it would appease any potential objections to this new look by not having it remain a constant feature.


Sounds like a good idea for a contest to me, like this blog, they had made contest or invite designer to make new headers so every time you enter you will see a diferent one.


Edited by Viajero Astral - October 13 2010 at 00:44
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I think the banner is sick! The old one was getting a little stale (new on forums, been coming to this site forever)
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Points: 203 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2010 at 00:13
I think the new header is very cool and adds a touch of class to the site. I love it. Great job Abel! Clap
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Points: 65760 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2010 at 23:55
Originally posted by Stooge Stooge wrote:

I actually like the look of the main page (the header).  I don't find it all that distracting, but my memory is so bad that I'm having a hard time visualizing what it looked like before. LOL

I sometimes have the same problem when someone changes their avatar, for some reason I can't remember the old one at all. LOL
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Points: 7037 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2010 at 23:50
Well, I for one like it. 
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Points: 1003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2010 at 23:45
I actually like the look of the main page (the header).  I don't find it all that distracting, but my memory is so bad that I'm having a hard time visualizing what it looked like before. LOL


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Points: 438 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2010 at 22:45
I have to say...it looks fantastic.

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Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

 
Originally posted by M@X M@X wrote:

^ no no no , I am not upset, I just wonder what you don't like (more precisions, to help improve maybe)

Music should be complex, but visual design should be simple. There's just too much crap on it, so it looks like I'm having a bad acid trip in the '90s next to my album collection. And I've always thought darksideof's collages were pretty ugly, but I didn't say anything in the threads because there was no reason for me to crash their party. But when it's right on the front page I feel compelled to share my negativity.

Well Henry that is fine! Like I said earlier in a comment. I am not hopping  that everyone will like the collages and I am not  expecting it either. that is fine that don't like them or find them pretty ugly. that is fine they are so many pretty popular artist that I find their work pretty ugly as well,  however my voice won't make them change their mind of how to satisfy  my taste  or the type of art work I like. 
Art is free  and words! and complex in my eyes specially when it is made for Prog music in mind. When I listen to Tangerine Dream, Gong,Vdgg, Genesis, Pink FLoyd, DT, PT, Ozric  Tentacles, Opeth,  Yes, Area, Henry Cow, ELP, Frank Zappa, etc. etc, etc,  There aren't much of anything simple in the sound that there bands created it to my ears.
When I create these collage I have that in mind vividly! these complex, psychedelics  sounds and of course the albums covers themselves are a great influence. ( Roger Dean and Storm are all time fav)
it isn't that I don't care what prog fans might think about  my collages,  but what really matter is how satisfy I am with them. If I listen to everyone comments all the time. It won't be my imagination that will create them but only everyone else comments and ideas.
sorry !Embarrassed
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Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging symbolic elements in a way that influences and affects the senses, emotions, and/or intellect. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression.
A collage (From the French: coller, to glue) is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.The material used in a college can be both original and borrowed, and the medium is limited only by the imagination of the artist.


Edited by darksideof - October 12 2010 at 22:49
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