Banner Templates - Read OP

[sneakerheadshady]

Alright, this post is going in here because:
a) no one goes in graphics
b) its relevant to the changes going on

So I made some templates for possible new banners. im gonna keep making more, but i wanted feedback and ideas from all of you guys. Im doing templates, so its everything but the font, becuase fonts are tough to choose, and thats easy to add in. to start off, here are a few i've made.











with text/ vert:
just some stuff to start out. Feedback and suggestions would be great!!

[HeySamantha]

not sure I like the picture chosen, if I'm being totally honest.

[EmTV]

Not to offend, because I like you, but I don't really like this.

[sneakerheadshady]

not sure I like the picture chosen, if I'm being totally honest.

alright, ill do some other ones too

[HeySamantha]

ihatesayingthatidon'tlikesomethingimsosorryifeelsobad

[sneakerheadshady]

ihatesayingthatidon'tlikesomethingimsosorryifeelsobad

omg its fine

[Jaba]

@Sneakerheadshady
I love the pic you have chosen but here are some problems -
1. Your cropping is terrible, what editor do you use? If not Photoshop try gimp or paint shop pro. I can tell it is cropped and there are so many straight lines (usually not on a normal person).
2. The background's are not very good. Try doing something relevant to the picture or somthing really cool, colors like, red, blue, white, black. I do like the pinstripes!
3. Image is blurry. It is obvious that you enlarged it, try finding a bigger pic of him doing that and then cut out that one, or try putting it in a program like Adobe Illustrator to make it a vector (note since it is pixel and even when you change it to vector, since it is originally pixel you can not enlarge too too much) you could also try using the sharpen tool (don't go overboard with it) to make it less blurry.
4. You have the EM image on the right, I noticed probably in the original it is probably way straight edged on the right side of EM, try having Em on the right border so you can't noticed the weird and awkward just straight line.

Not trying to be mean, I like the whole vibe and idea just do better on crop and non blurry and be a bit more creative!

[sneakerheadshady]

nah man it wasnt mean, just criticsm yo. which crop btw?

EDIT: i know it looks like a striaght line, but thats actually the line his arm makes, which is awkward lol

[cement]

the ones with the red beanie and greybackgrounds with text look pretty cool, dont really like the others though

[Tash8]

I suck at photoshop, someone else probably do a better job, but i was bored so i pulled this out my ass

[Jaba]

nah man it wasnt mean, just criticsm yo. which crop btw?

EDIT: i know it looks like a striaght line, but thats actually the line his arm makes, which is awkward lol

I know about the arm, I said that in number FOUR. And when I said crop I meant cut, like when you cut 'em out.

[sneakerheadshady]

I suck at photoshop, someone else probably do a better job, but i was bored so i pulled this out my ass

lol nice man... a little outdated looking tho