by Aerial Attack on Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:52 am
If I had to rank them, I'd do it thusly:
1. #10 - just the slickest and most professional looking of the bunch
2. #5 - the sheer originality and comedic sense (from an outside perspective)
3. #9 - if the canon were a bit more clearly a canon, this would probably jump to first. The grainy look with the coffee stain, makes it seem like a road sign/billboard. But, even then the canon would much more clearly be a canon. As it is, one could almost confuse it for a gas pump.
4. #6 - this is a slick professional looking map with a haunting undertone
5. #7 - this is definitely the best purely CC/Risk signature
6. #8 - feels almost as if it was designed specifically for the banner contest. Nice, but a bit too much reading ! I just noticed the die border framing the picture. If you had made it 3 reds and 1 or 2 whites and had different numbers, this would have jumped to third.
7. #4 - Doesn't make enough sense/link to Conquer Club well. True #2 doesn't either, but that's basically so out there and it's not TRYING to tie in (too hard)
8. #3 - I would really like this one if the guy didn't look so much like Emperor Ming from the old Flash Gordon movies. Plus, it's a fantastic quote for the site. The red lines all around seem to take away from the desired effect.
9. #2 - Great Tag line. Too bad the art wasn't better
10. #1 - Interesting twist on Hope Springs Eternal, but it's a bit too crowded and the tag doesn't roll off the tongue like it should
To sum it all up - I'd give mibi a slight 51 to 49 advantage. If I were presenting to the Joint Chiefs of Staff - I'd use #10. Pretty much everywhere else, I'd go with #5. Unless my life depended on it (then #10 again).