[saint]

Well Melissa, I wouldnt take it any other way.

Hear me out on my reasoning though. The forum itself is clean and is mainly solids and gradients of shades of blue. The background is a light gray, and the majority is white. Specifically where the banner lays, is light gray. Any other background (ie the one there now) will end up as a large rectangle and not fade in to the site. So I'm going for a cleaner look.

The font is pretty modern, its the font from Grand Theft Auto. Thought that was in good taste, grungy/graffitti styled like many peoples view of the state, and as a bonus is car related.

And thanks, I'm glad you like the sig. It's more artsy and can be made that way because its a stand alone image. But you dont want a header on a nice clean forum to be so muddy and collage like. Atleast thats not the vibe this sites design gives off IMHO.

As for the choice of cars. The first version is a mesh of the 2 original fbodies, and the other 2 are the last of the breed. There is significance to almost every element of the header. And the reason the T/A is gold is because both of those photos were taken in the same place and time, so they have the same lighting and luckily are VERY close in angle. I couldnt find anything as close in a different color.

And I tried the textured bg as well, but it doesnt flow well enough in to the rest of the gray header, I prefer the continuity of the solid rectangles throughout the forum.

I only made this to maybe assist in the facelift of the forum, because the previous "look" was disgusting. And this new design definetely has potential. I'm pretty solid on the design of the header. I'm a bit suprised at the poll compared to the posts. But its all good.