So we all see the Banner contest going on.
You can upload finished /diy/ banners right now, we will be in the next voting block.
Anyone make a banner yet?
>>1017728
I didn't make it but it should be this
>>1017777
Love the containers
>>1017777
Im excited to see what people really think of this board.
Though im not sure how meta people are gonna be able to get with how small the banners actually are.
>>1017777
Hahahahaaha the fucking shipping containers. Well done, to whoever made it. Well done.
>>1017728
It would be nice if someone with design skills made a really eye-catching one. We could use a bit more traffic, not many people know we even exist as a board.
>>1017728
please everyone list everything you can think of that is iconic:
containers
bunkers
dildo robot
the dresser
eggcrates
matthias
what else
>>1017824
>blinking red lights
>don't be without a bunker during the happening
>/diy/ bunker
>>1017827
welding
arduino
>>1017861
Styrofoam Cooler A/C
Flowerpot Heater
/diy/ Dentistry/Ortho
3D Printing
>>1017862
Snap-On
Multitools
Harbor Freight
>>1017827
palletes that are soakd with ultra lethal chemicals that could instantly kill you within fraction of a second
pallete furnitures and how shitty they always look
>>1017864
Good one!
Also:
Tiny Homes
Infographics
Flight/Gyrocopters
"Gift for g/f"
"Help with science project/homework"
Imitation crab meat
>>1017830
pic related is the bunker
>>1017777
Epic quads, there needs to be a hole punched in some wall so some anon can create a thread about how to fix it. Also a dildo at the end of the robotic arm.
I made this banner.
>>1017908
that's a really nice one!
kekowice
just submitted pic related
>>1018021
>>1018021
Any bigger and they don't fit in the slots...
Lots of shipping crates and crap, but lets not forget that table
First draft
oh my fug the winning banners are fucking great
dont change 4chan
another winner
>>1017824
>We could use a bit more traffic, not many people know we even exist as a board.
When Clover or whatever the mobile app is added /diy/ as a default a few months back, we got an influx of terrible posters.
The whole quality of the board literally went down overnight.
Its sad
>>1018222
>I want to build a house to live off the grid
>I have no experience, skills, or tools
>it has to be cheap
>tell me exactly how to do it
>>1018096
the complicated background and the font choice isn't the best for sub-second glances, i find it hard to read all three of them, maybe just keep it simple, picture of the left, text on the right, and one thing at a time
>>1017777
all that's left is that fucking table, then it'd be 11/10 perfect
liek this?
>>1018400
>"Buy a new one"
>>1018400
i don't get it, who the fuck is jim
what do those memes about crab meat and robotic dildo mean?
>>1017827
balls warmer
>>1018400
or this?....
>>1018465
cant see the "diy" text
also, no crab meat
What's the deal about imitation crab meat?
I only started browsing /diy/ fairly recently.
>>1018447
A guy came on here and asked how to procure 1/3rd ton of Krab. Wouldn't explain why.
Also, a guy got a robot, like the car building type, and was trying to mount a dildo or fleshlight on it. He is presumed dead by snu snu.
>>1018489
You also have to explain that, it was during a time on this board when it was ten times slower than it was now. So the thread lasted like 2 months and was on the front page a bunch.
It allowed people who saw it 25 times to finally respond to it, making it infamous.
Would never happen today
>>1018489
>mount a dildo on it
6-axis sex robot guy was going for much higher standards than just a simple fucking machine.
>>1018490
Yeah, I keep forgetting how much faster this board is now.
>>1018432
possible underage detected
>>1018072
Top kek, it needs to be this
>>1018469
>cant see the "diy" text
can see just fine on a desktop or laptop screen...
nothing except plain text would work for a phone screen
>also, no crab meat
the crab meat was funny but it's not a reoccurring thing
I wonder how many /diy/ regulars are 4chan pass holders?
People who have never been here are gonna vote on the banners, so if you make it ultra meta (which would obviously be the funniest to us) its gonna lose.
I would say the final or best design should be this:
a simple photoshop mixture of rocket, container, crab meat, the dresser, box fan filter, egg crates, and arduinos, with no text or just /diy/ since the picture will be self explainatory
this will be the most elegant and most fitting representation of this board
(i believe someone did create a similar picture a long time ago, could probably just use that one)
>>1018517
Im trying to do something similar, but its extremely hard to get the point across with how small the banners are.
>>1018522
can someone post the dresser please
>>1018529
Good luck getting it into a banner where its recognizable
https://imgur.com/a/0KyuZ
Did anyone screen cap the threads of the guy with the three phase "fug" power supply.
http://www.fug-elektronik.de/en/
>>1018532
thanks
here is my submission
>>1018517
>crab meat
did he ever follow up? i haven't seen anything since the original thread
>>1018541
Ive seen a few posts pretending to be him, or asking about him.
But there was never a payoff
I need to resize it. Do you think I should enter it?
>>1018556
do it
>>1018556
Nice
Get it into banner size and see how it looks.
>>1018540
noice
>>1018556
>>1018563
I fucked up
>>1018566
Is it for the top banner, or the folder banner?
>>1018567
This is too big.
Rules for gifs, it has to be under 150kb in size.
>>1018567
>>1018576
Last one and I'm out. Fucking making the image was harder than making the god damned thinger.
>>1018578
I hear ya. I keep scrapping my banners because its just too hard.
This is my prototype. Is everything visible (it's under 150 kb and is 1404x180)
>>1018583
Yep. Looks good.
>>1018583
White start will be insta fail I'd think. Loose the fade.
Like this? (This isnt' resized, so imagine it 2x shittier)
>>1018592
ALso got this one, but it went over the file size and was crap after optimization
>>1018593
>>1018578
you need to be cropping that, not resizing - rough example, can probably get to under 150kb if you can get the 4 more on a line, if poss (easier to crop)
>>1018597
just move the 4 up, then reduce to 4-5 frames
>>1018597
Solid mount the camera too.
>>1018602
It could literally be 2 frames which would easily drop the file size under the limit.
Flipping from chan to diy is the only thing that matters. No need for redundant frames, and you could stop the slight shaking.
Photoshop allows you to choose the timing for each frame, so you just add a couple seconds to each frame and youll be golden
>>1018540
I actually like this one a lot
>>1018595
I made this using paint and an online thing called pixlr. Then I resized and used a gif maker and then an optimizer to finish.
fiddy billion pixlrs later
>>1018540
not awful
>>1018489
thanks
That's the way you resize it. Now to think of something witty to write there.
>nobody read the instructions
It has to have the full board name on it.
>>1018783
fuck me
fixed
>>1018796
rules says it has to have the full name, hence the text
>>1018799
it is before three posts written, i am retarded. but with that it could also be good.
>>1018813
/diy/ (and maybe biz, toy, lgbt.. ;) one of the few obviously named boards, dont think anyones gonna flip if thats not spelled out. And if they retard enough not to guess what /diy/ maybe is? hell, no loss.
>>1018816
I looked again and I was wrong, hoped to delete the post to hide my shame but you seemed to have seen it
Eh, something like that.
>>1018871
Someone should turn the DIY bingo into a logo. I don't have a computer right now so I can't make it.
Also Issac Azimov should up randomly Ina bunch of threads for some reason. Never got that meme.
>>1018877
http://multivax.com/last_question.html
>>1018877
post the bingo pls
>>1018882
>bingo, gringo.
>>1018903
I edited some text
>>1018922
add bingo at the end of the diy - do it yourself in red or something
>>1018925
i havnt submitted
>>1018796
I just looked at a few of the contest entrants, and even one winner doesn't have the full name of the board.
>>1018954
Post banner plz
>>1018934
Looks good
>>1018783
shhhhh
if people cannot be bothered to actually read and follow the rules, they don't deserve a chance to win
>>1018492
i remember that guy, did he ever finish the robot?
>>1018968
I'm not gonna even put email or name in with my submission
>>1018968
dont care
didnt put name and email
>>1019001
I want that jew pass mang
>>1019001
Meh, don't really care about the 4chan pass. I rarely contribute anything since I have been posting on these boards. Mostly because I'm shit at photo software.
>>1018847
>>1019003
>not having seven proxies, and a Chinaman to solve your shitposting captchas.
>>1018847
Now that's a pretty good solution, looks good
Alright, now I made an actually decent one.
sorry anon but i was also using this shipping container since before you posted your banner
>>1019277
s btle - job well done, Sir.
>I Cant Vote But.
>>1019759
perff
>>1019759
Sure you were, anon.
Sure you were.
>>1019759
>Transitions too fast
>>1017827
liquid aluminium on ant hill
seem to have ended submissions on this already - just a heads up for anyone just about to start their banner, as I was, Oh well.
Prob. a bunch of r9k faggots voting anyway - dunno who else has a Gold VIP Access-All-Areas Yurs For Only $20 Membership.
Remeber and vote tho - with adBlock, its the first & last time anyone will see em.
>>1017777
nice quads
fyi, submissions are up and voting is open for those who can
Only one vote? shit
omg i love this banner
i will buy a pass just to vote for this one
>tap and die
>dubbyadee 40
Banners are mostly shit but there are a few good ones also.
>>1021869
Oh man, but /an/ /c/ and /w/ banners are really crap!
suprisingly amount of /diy/ banners compared to the other boards in the contest
best /trv/ won
>>1018793
This is still the best banner of them all, too bad its too meta and probably wont get the vote.
Too many people from other boards not recognizing how great it is
>>1022103
its too noisey for how small it is