I agree with Dorikka—that banner image is, well, not the best. I did not even notice that the workshop was flooded until I saw you point it out in this post; I thought it merely had a shiny floor and a low workbench (and took no particular notice of either detail).
If I may make a recommendation, I would suggest a mostly-black banner, with a few stars (i.e. a view of space) with, on the far right, a picture of Earth blowing up (something along the lines of this image—though, of course, not exactly that image because of copyright, but along those lines).
Have the text white, in one image, with a transparent background, left-aligned; and the space/Earth image as a different image behind it, right-aligned; then your banner will still look good on any screen resolution.
I think that would make a good, attention-grabbing banner.
Sounds good to me. I’ll keep an eye out for public domain images of the Earth exploding. If the starry background takes up enough of the image, then the overall effect will probably still hit the right balance between alarm and calm.
A really fun graphic would be an asteroid bouncing off a shield and not hitting Earth, but that might be too specific.
I agree with Dorikka—that banner image is, well, not the best. I did not even notice that the workshop was flooded until I saw you point it out in this post; I thought it merely had a shiny floor and a low workbench (and took no particular notice of either detail).
If I may make a recommendation, I would suggest a mostly-black banner, with a few stars (i.e. a view of space) with, on the far right, a picture of Earth blowing up (something along the lines of this image—though, of course, not exactly that image because of copyright, but along those lines).
Have the text white, in one image, with a transparent background, left-aligned; and the space/Earth image as a different image behind it, right-aligned; then your banner will still look good on any screen resolution.
I think that would make a good, attention-grabbing banner.
Sounds good to me. I’ll keep an eye out for public domain images of the Earth exploding. If the starry background takes up enough of the image, then the overall effect will probably still hit the right balance between alarm and calm.
A really fun graphic would be an asteroid bouncing off a shield and not hitting Earth, but that might be too specific.
Yes, that would work as well, as long as it’s clear to the viewer what is going on.