I want to thank everyone who was kind enough to send me banners to choose from. Several people did and they were all good. As someone who is completely clueless when it comes to the use of photo editing software, I am just amazed at what people can do with them and how quickly they can do it when I don't even know where to begin. The winning entry is from Jeff Hebert, the same one who did the Edhead graphics. I chose this one because of the background. For an enthusiastic advocate of Enlightenment thinking, a picture that clearly invokes the rennaisance is perfect. My thanks to Jeff for indulging my requests for changes in the color and font of the wording. He actually did about 8 different versions for me and I really love this one. Thanks to everyone for their effort, and especially Jeff for giving Dispatches a real identity to distinguish it from the other blogs.
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Very nice. Could you post the other entries somewhere? Not just Jeff's other ones, but I guess there were a few other e-artists, too? Thanks.
I like it. Well done, Jeff.
Ah, Ed, Ed, Ed.... Upon the closest perusal I can manage of the new banner [the detail is pretty small], it seems all, or nearly all, of those portrayed on it are male, and all are Caucasian. Shocking, Ed. Sexism and racism. You're in for it now, paisan.... [grin]
flatlander wrote:
Oh god, you reminded me of the funniest story. Many years ago there was an exhibit of rennaisance art at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and a black female painter started this big protest of the exhibit. Why? Because, as she told the press, "African-Americans are completely absent from rennaisance art." No kidding. All Americans are completely absent from rennaisance art, you bonehead.
Glad I could help, Ed. I would point out though that they don't seem to have given you the full 117 pixels of height for the image to display in. The image itself is right but the space they've allocated to it is still just 70 pixels high. Might want to check with the SB tech guys on that, it's probably a style sheet adjustment or something.
I like the font of the text, but the background is somewhat busy and makes the text not-so-easy to read.
Also, as long as you're talking to them, they should also make the entire image a hyperlink to the main Dispatches page, like the old text up there used to do. Just a nice little touch for the user.
Nice work Jeff.
Speaking of being caucasian male oriented, did anyone else see the Daily Show the other day where they made a joke about their own lack of Black or Latino correspondents?
Don't suppose, Ed, you have a link or a source for that wonderful story about the woman who complained that an exhibit of Renaisance Art did not contain work by "African-American" artists? I'd love to pass it along to several colleagues, with a source attached.
Very nice looking Jeff. Do you use photoshop or something else?
flatlander wrote:
It has been quite some time since I read the story. I believe, but I'm not positive, that I read it in a book or article by Camille Paglia.
Hmmm, I didn't realize you'd be choosing a banner so soon. I actually did some preliminary work on one myself, but haven't had time to work on it any further.
Oh well.... this one looks good.
I like it! Rafael, if I'm not mistaken. The two dudes in the middle, under the arch, are Plato and Aristotle; Plato is pointing up and Aristotle is pointing down (heavy, man).
Oh, and it's "renaissance" (re-naissance = re-birth). Of course that won't help if you don't know French...
Matthew said:
It's all Photoshop. When I do illustrations I sketch and ink in Flash, then export as Illustrator and open to color in Photoshop, but for banners and ads and such Photoshop is plenty.
LOL Ed's story reminds me of something I saw on a newscast. It was a story about race problems somewhere in africa. The newscaster, wanting to refer to black africans, called them "African-American...uh...Africans."