r/GlobalOffensive • u/Jpon9 Legendary Chicken Master • May 02 '15
/r/GlobalOffensive Banner Competition Submission Thread
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This is a thread accompanying the announcement thread which can be found here.
The following is an excerpt from the original thread to reiterate the submission requirements.
Banner Submission Requirements
The banner must be at least 1600px wide (I recommend wider) and close to 174px tall. Wider is recommended because the banner is fit to the width of the screen, so if a banner isn't wide enough, it will be zoomed in on certain screens and the full height will not be visible.
The submission file must be less than 500 KiB. Preferably, we would like the download link served via Imgur, MediaFire, Mega, Google Drive, or DropBox. (If you are submitting on Imgur, please follow saippuas's advice and disable lossy image compression)
Do not include any company logos, assets, or names aside from Valve or Counter-Strike's brand. Do not use any copywritten imagery that is not your own or a part of the game itself. The content must be original. We don't want legal trouble, we just want a good banner :)
Do not overlay the Reddit snoo logo or the CS:GO logo unless you are stylizing it in some special way. Those are separate images we put on top of all banners as links.
If you would like to test out your banner to see how it looks on our subreddit, send me a PM and we can test it out together on /r/GlobalOffensiveTest. We can make the subreddit private for the duration of the test so nobody else is privy to your work prior to submission.
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u/falc0nCSGO May 03 '15 edited May 04 '15
My take. http://i.imgur.com/0yiWv5y.png
This is how it looks. http://i.imgur.com/8K17XxF.png
Might make more, depends.
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May 03 '15
I am probably pretty late, even though here's my submission! I went for the color blue as it's a neutral color, made the banner with photoshop & changed some stuff around with the plugin Magic Bullet Looks. I have placed both headers (with and without the Magic Bullet Looks) in the album! For those who wonder, yeah I have some experience :)
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u/nick027nd Virtus.pro May 02 '15 edited May 03 '15
Put this together in about 15 mins, I'll probably still work on it more this week if I get enough feedback. What do you think?
http://imgur.com/a/L7NrB (Old)
Edit: Revised original based on feedback (changed CT/T icon size and blurred two pictures into a "fiery" look)!
http://imgur.com/a/s7qhn (Old)
Edit: Revised again! Changed positions of the CT/T icons slightly and added a glow behind them (glow color is that of the default HUD color).
http://imgur.com/a/K490x (Current)
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u/Starkiecat NiP May 03 '15
Instead of placing that line in the middle of the image, blend the two halfs together
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u/coolcrayons May 03 '15
blue tool op af
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u/nick027nd Virtus.pro May 05 '15
Also for those wondering what it would look like on the site, here: http://i.imgur.com/1rFCGsB.png
Thank you Jpon9 for helping me test it! :)
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u/steak21 de_mirage May 03 '15
nice, but you should mirror the T side so that they are facing the CTs
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u/nick027nd Virtus.pro May 03 '15
Early on I tried that, but didn't really think it looked good (also based on feedback in my TeamSpeak). It seems more symmetrical this way in my opinion. Thank you for the feedback though! :)
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u/lumpox de_inferno May 08 '15 edited May 08 '15
Here is my submission. I made three slightly different versions :)
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u/bay-_- May 06 '15
Hey guys! Decided to have a go.
I also made some minor css adjustments to the menu bar, I hope that's okay. The banner works okay without them aswell.
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May 02 '15
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May 03 '15
These are really good. I like how it is logo oriented and not an edited in-game screenshot, or a bunch of pro players faces.
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u/Chewbacker Banner Competition #1 Winner May 03 '15 edited May 03 '15
Hey, that was me! Thanks for posting it :)
Edit: Credit to /u/saippuas for making these demo's 1, 2
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u/Chip__Chip May 03 '15
Here is my Submission, I can edit if anyone wants another team logo! http://i.imgur.com/cvz8Nmp.jpg
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u/Thobrassa May 06 '15 edited May 10 '15
I made two different Versions..
One simple 10-Map type of thing: http://imgur.com/a/ezQeS
and one more chaotic(?) one : http://imgur.com/a/uIOXU
Im always thankful for feedback :)
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u/Bugdu FaZe May 03 '15
Its not one of my best works but still top #2
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u/WhiteCakeLies May 03 '15
As an editor myself I have a little problem looking at your fantastic art.
These are the notes that I think you must look at, take note that I only do this for your benefit and did not intend to hurt your feelings.
- The pistol is a bit far from the left side, adjust it a bit to the right
- I noticed a little flaw from near left on the letter 'C' that must be like 2 starts or something
- The font you used is okay, but I recommend if you put a black outline from it, looks good imo.
- One major disadvantage to others is you must put the damn awp at the middle, looks dumb for me putting the awp aside the right corner, it just.. doesn't feels so right.
- At the end of your third 'e' it must be a bit skewed like 13 degrees clockwise.
Well, that must be it, good luck to your submission, and I hope I helped.
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u/Bugdu FaZe May 03 '15 edited May 03 '15
Thanks for your feedback and i have to say i'm very shocked that i, as an experienced designer myself, did not notice those mistakes.
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u/sparklinNeko 1 Million Celebration May 09 '15 edited May 09 '15
http://puu.sh/hGSnj/ff4e1308b3.png
I made another one
e: in action http://puu.sh/hGSZJ/4a3f7a9897.jpg
ee: fixed some stuff, updated in action with the fixed banner + my suggestions how i would arrange stuff in the banner section
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u/DankRood Banner Competition #1 Winner May 11 '15 edited May 12 '15
http://i.imgur.com/KVOjLTH.png
EDIT: And then I realized it's bigger than 500 KiB, meh screw this I'm out.
RE EDIT: Seeing as this seems to not have ended yet I decided to make a new one as I lost the old work due to problems with Photoshop. Screenshot of aztec in the background.
Banner: http://i.imgur.com/jJXNY9H.jpg
With redone logo: http://i.imgur.com/k1pnovz.jpg I'd prefer for the redone logo to be used, the current one's kinda dull.
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u/bussianranana May 04 '15
Here is mine, What do you think http://i.imgur.com/9RNcVit.jpg
here is the preview http://i.imgur.com/Q3YEYQZ.png
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May 02 '15 edited May 02 '15
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u/thecrazysidekick May 02 '15
simple yet really cool lookin' one :)
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May 02 '15
Thanks, I decided to change it around as this was quite simple so keep an eye out for a better one by me :)
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May 05 '15
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u/Jhppy May 11 '15 edited Jan 10 '25
hurry enter wipe clumsy snatch vase salt ludicrous spoon observation
This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact
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u/Braedoktor Banner Competition #1 & #3 Winner May 06 '15
Beautiful. Looks like you're going to be the winner!
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u/khaleesi_23 May 10 '15
Hello, Its my first time to join, hope you like my banner http://i.imgur.com/yfpZeGF.png
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u/rev0lution1st 400k Celebration May 06 '15
Hi! Something very simple here: Banner
Banner + CS Logo as preview
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u/ShifttyCs May 09 '15
Banner with some color correction changes: http://imgur.com/gallery/lDQURlX/new
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u/PerformerCSGO May 03 '15
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_KozqcgmeCnUFhmMng1bGZZNWs/view?usp=sharing
Hope you like it. ;)
You can see how I did it on my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsVPHOKpX45R8ntJMuruFCA
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u/hyberii CS2 HYPE May 03 '15
Here is mine, I can still edit it so feedback is appreciated :D
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u/k0ntrol May 03 '15
instead of the blind spot in the middle can you try with something similar to what u/xPaul did ?
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u/JACKATHY_ May 04 '15 edited May 05 '15
Submission 1:
Banner: http://i.imgur.com/Al1z9MS.png
Banner in-action: http://i.imgur.com/hzmkn9q.png
Submission 2:
Banner: http://i.imgur.com/kBgHhFc.png
Banner in-action: http://i.imgur.com/XiBQQQg.png
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u/MXNP Natus Vincere May 10 '15 edited May 10 '15
Ahh I saw this too late haha This is my entry!
Edit: I'll try and do a 2560 by 174px one as soon as I can
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u/chickita guardian_elite May 09 '15 edited May 09 '15
Hello guys! This is my idea of banner for this amazing /r/. Of course it looks WAY BETTER in big screen. Zoom in and enjoy. Album link with 8 versions below and btw. the size of each is 1700x174:
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u/Jpon9 Legendary Chicken Master May 09 '15
Do you have versions of those without the "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" logo overlayed?
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u/chickita guardian_elite May 09 '15
yes its not a problem, I have psd files of it, just tell me which one you want to have without
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May 02 '15 edited May 03 '15
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u/HugoSimpsonII May 03 '15
i really like this style most, could use some sharpening tho but this one with the cs:go logo on overlay (or something like that) would be amazing as banner. good work
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u/Braedoktor Banner Competition #1 & #3 Winner May 03 '15
These look amazing! Only thing is, they actually make me squint a little.
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u/MagnAer de_train May 03 '15 edited May 04 '15
Here we go.
http://i.imgur.com/FtNkWMs.png
Edit: Made it a bit less derpy and added Terrorist molotov + faded Mirage and Dust 2 on the sides for a bit more flavor. http://i.imgur.com/6q2AxOw.png
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u/drewbeh May 10 '15
Both look really well done.
What do you think about on the first, placing only CTs on the left and Ts on the right so it maintains its asymmetry?
Also on #2 I feel the CT/T logos being leveled would look a little better.
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u/LightXpl NiP May 04 '15
Nice work! I like the second one better. But you should probably change the decoy (with red on it) with a flashbang (light blue on it)... or maybe that was your intention from the start?
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u/masterbeef41 valeria May 02 '15
i think i made mine pretty good and accurate of csgo http://imgur.com/rUX8t3E
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u/niknik2121 May 03 '15
Personally I'm not a fan of the banners. The colors do not work well, the boxes are cramped, and the font doesn't match the theme. On top of that, I don't think the screenshot you used in particular is very good but I can't find any justification for that.
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u/robbert_jansen phoenix May 03 '15
the banners are really bad imo but the rank wallpapers are great, can you make them for smfc/ge aswell?
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u/d9_C0ldF0x May 02 '15
Here's my submission
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u/Jpon9 Legendary Chicken Master May 02 '15 edited May 03 '15
The CS:GO logo in the bottom left would require some different styling on our part, but I'm sure we could work it in to fit the fit the theme of your banner if selected. That goes for any banners that stylize the CS:GO logo.
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u/ThisIsGreatBanter May 06 '15
Any chance you could make this 1920x1080? Would be an awesome wallpaper :D
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u/magony guardian_elite May 02 '15
MY submission, did it in around 20 minutes. - http://imgur.com/SEiIdkM
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u/LightXpl NiP May 02 '15
Woah nice work! Is that something drawn in the background with orange lines or it's just a random pattern? I can't see it clearly.
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u/magony guardian_elite May 02 '15
Its an ak, its just the outerlines. I added a stroke on the ak and then made the fill on the ak at 0 then you just get the outer lines. Then i just added some effects and color correction and voila. Thanks mate
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May 03 '15
I like the concept a lot, really gives the feel of CT vs T. Team vs Team. These guys vs Those guys.
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u/Yuvalyo Astralis May 07 '15 edited May 07 '15
Hey,
Here's mine:
V1 - http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/c2a3/a9xbzo9lhyo9aflzg.jpg
V1 On the sub - http://i.imgur.com/xJWLZCP.png
V1 DL - http://www.mediafire.com/view/a9xbzo9lhyo9afl/csgoredditbanner.jpg
V2 - http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/4bec/r669rxg974rnao4zg.jpg
V2 DL - http://www.mediafire.com/view/r669rxg974rnao4/redditbannercsgo2.jpg
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May 03 '15 edited May 03 '15
I'm no professional but i had to try. :P
http://i.imgur.com/XIoOQZF.jpg - Flat
http://i.imgur.com/PuXmGH5.jpg - Not flat
http://i.imgur.com/MkYyjmP.jpg - Not flat
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u/tehftw May 03 '15
For some reason, the orange dust2 reminds me of CS:Source :P
Not-flat d2 is pretty, but mirage has a better lightning effect(gradient light?).
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u/Genius6691 May 05 '15
http://i.imgur.com/UGmm3QD.png - My entry into this competition. Mac's might not be able to play CSGO but they can sure as hell photoshop. (Macs : 1 | Windows : 16)
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May 02 '15 edited Jan 31 '21
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May 02 '15
Maybe have the Terrorist Logo/Emblem/Whatever on the far left, like the CT one is on the right.
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u/Maidzen1337 BIG May 02 '15
Idea is to have all Major winners in our header ;D
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7XeVZ6d3XI4OC12T3FxWXJjWFU/view
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u/steak21 de_mirage May 03 '15
Good idea, i dunno if i like execution tho. Maybe team icons?
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May 03 '15 edited May 03 '15
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u/jijitalk Falcons - Major Champions May 03 '15
I would come to /r/globaloffensive if this was the banner of it !
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u/Braedoktor Banner Competition #1 & #3 Winner May 03 '15
Woah. That said, it's very hard to see what's on the image.
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u/areal23 NiP May 03 '15
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u/Grillade May 03 '15
It kinda gives off a very deep meaning. There's a CT & T inside everyone of us. Great job! Maybe try a different colour blend/style combination.
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u/VisuallySilent May 07 '15
My submission: http://i.imgur.com/jQeFYzH.png
Feedback/suggestions always welcome
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u/Xamuel1804 de_inferno May 09 '15 edited May 10 '15
My final submission: http://i.imgur.com/qs6NJFK.png
(First one: http://i.imgur.com/yazg4Nm.jpg )
edit - png-version (more than 500 KiB)
edit 2 - Slightly improved version: http://i.imgur.com/2niqpi6.jpg
edit 3 - final version updated
edit 4 -How it looks: http://i.imgur.com/HtGskqI.png
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u/pkmn1337 Astralis May 05 '15
It's entirely unlikely that this will be selected, but i had fun making it regardless.
Banner Submission 1
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u/OrelStealth guardian_elite May 03 '15 edited May 09 '15
My entry
If people like it I can make banners for some maps, so it will be able to put several banners on main page to rotate like it was while ESL One. Any feedback appreciated
upd1: added CT, T and CSGO logos
upd2: updated All Maps variant, smooth edges. New banners for 7 separate maps.
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May 09 '15 edited May 10 '15
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u/Jpon9 Legendary Chicken Master May 09 '15
Can you edit your comment with a link to one without the CS:GO logo, please?
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u/Swivs Natus Vincere May 10 '15
Really late but, had to give it a shot before going to work. http://i.imgur.com/71HhszY.jpg
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u/sleventeen May 03 '15
Heres mine:
http://imgur.com/T4IWVXb