Spirit_Guardian
Soulsand
- Joined
- Sep 29, 2011
- Location
- -n/a-
This thread is meant to keep the community updated with the project, as well as to get some input, and as the coordination thread for this effort.
This is a community effort, and as such any who help will not be paid; but you can put the work into your portfolio and use this effort in your resume/CV as graphic design experience, if your ad is used that is.
The banner ads will be funded by me, no donations are allowed; give your money to HC.
For those that are wondering, I will be starting off with 5 whole dollars! Yep just $5, well technically $5.03; but this will increase as time goes on and I get more money to play with.
On average, with $5, I have been able to get 5 clicks a day out of 15 views per page on 25 webpages; though not much, it is quite a lot for just $5.
(Click rates vary day to day, and so they may not be as frequent as my average; but the more money I put in the more webpages I can get, so don't worry)
@DefaultTexture, @Xanipher, and I will be making banner/skyscraper ads; which will be posted here, all the ads will be used for this effort (dimensions below).
Please send the raw, un-flattened, images to: [email protected]
*Do -NOT- save as a JPG! EVER! I will not accept anything saved as a JPG, not good for ads.
If you want an ad to be or have animated elements but cannot do it yourself, I can; when you send the image to me write a description of what elements you want animated, the speed of the animations, and what the elements will be doing.
Please note: animating takes a long time--- especially when you no longer have a wacom tablet.
This animation, that I made while in game art and design school, took me a little over a week to do; I was using Toon Boom animate ( I no longer have access to that so I have to do it the hard way now, which takes longer).
Note: I never finished the animation.
https://app.box.com/s/vftrugvue5khhbbvrbnq
We need 3 banner ads and 3 skyscraper ads, each unique; there needs to be some variety, shows we mean business and there is a higher chance of getting clicks and such.
When all the ads have been made, I will take the ads and mix 'n' match layers of them to make other ones as a "combined effort"; this will help puff up how many ads I have to publish without getting them get dull.
AD dimensions:
Banner: 468x60
Skyscraper: 160x600
To even the work load I would suggest each of us only make 1 of each ad type, more are welcome if you have the time for it.
To make the banner ads as effective as possible there will need to be a lack of certain elements and certain elements must be included, as listed below; I know how to advertise, trust me!
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This campaign has ended.
Funds Remaining: -0.03 cents
Clicks: 159
Views: 249,477
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New Campaign - Pending start up, lost original files and creating new banners.
Funds Remaining: Pending
Clicks: N/A
Views: N/A
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WARNING: If, after I publish the ads, you see an ad for HC; DO NOT CLICK IT!
Why not? Because each click costs money, and you already know about HC, so you are wasting my money!
There is NO deadline, so take your time with making those ads.
Make them look epic, don't worry about how large the file is; I can fix it if it is too large.
This is a community effort, and as such any who help will not be paid; but you can put the work into your portfolio and use this effort in your resume/CV as graphic design experience, if your ad is used that is.
The banner ads will be funded by me, no donations are allowed; give your money to HC.
For those that are wondering, I will be starting off with 5 whole dollars! Yep just $5, well technically $5.03; but this will increase as time goes on and I get more money to play with.
On average, with $5, I have been able to get 5 clicks a day out of 15 views per page on 25 webpages; though not much, it is quite a lot for just $5.
(Click rates vary day to day, and so they may not be as frequent as my average; but the more money I put in the more webpages I can get, so don't worry)
@DefaultTexture, @Xanipher, and I will be making banner/skyscraper ads; which will be posted here, all the ads will be used for this effort (dimensions below).
Please send the raw, un-flattened, images to: [email protected]
*Do -NOT- save as a JPG! EVER! I will not accept anything saved as a JPG, not good for ads.
If you want an ad to be or have animated elements but cannot do it yourself, I can; when you send the image to me write a description of what elements you want animated, the speed of the animations, and what the elements will be doing.
Please note: animating takes a long time--- especially when you no longer have a wacom tablet.
This animation, that I made while in game art and design school, took me a little over a week to do; I was using Toon Boom animate ( I no longer have access to that so I have to do it the hard way now, which takes longer).
Note: I never finished the animation.
https://app.box.com/s/vftrugvue5khhbbvrbnq
We need 3 banner ads and 3 skyscraper ads, each unique; there needs to be some variety, shows we mean business and there is a higher chance of getting clicks and such.
When all the ads have been made, I will take the ads and mix 'n' match layers of them to make other ones as a "combined effort"; this will help puff up how many ads I have to publish without getting them get dull.
AD dimensions:
Banner: 468x60
Skyscraper: 160x600
To even the work load I would suggest each of us only make 1 of each ad type, more are welcome if you have the time for it.
To make the banner ads as effective as possible there will need to be a lack of certain elements and certain elements must be included, as listed below; I know how to advertise, trust me!
-Anything that has been done before by companies; you see all those ads on your favourite webpage? Oh wait so, you don't even notice them? That is because they are all following the same act, spice things up! Do something different than the norm.
-Do not include the server IP; while including it may be more cost effective (no click no pay), it is best if we keep them guessing and intrigued and so, make them want to click the ad.
-Lies; I am sure you already know this.
-Too much motion; even though motion draws the eye you need to have a balance of motion/non motion, other wise it is just annoying.
-Do not save as a JPG! EVER!
-Anything too revealing about the server; you can say it is whitelist only but be vague for other information, just enough to make you wonder, not enough to give anything away (like a book description).
-Irrelevant/too vague content; don't make them guess too hard!
-NEVER EVER PUT "Click here" on the ad(s); We all know that clicking ads take us to places far away, I can put into the floating description a suggestion for the user to click the ad (they will already have their mouse over the ad when it appears).
-Don't be too pushy! Coax them into clicking it without being too--- Overlord.
-Don't be a wet noodle! There is also the opposite side, people like noodles when they are cooked just right not too soft not too hard.
-Ads are annoying; most of us can agree to this, so do your best to make these ads as un-annoying as possible.
-Do not include the server IP; while including it may be more cost effective (no click no pay), it is best if we keep them guessing and intrigued and so, make them want to click the ad.
-Lies; I am sure you already know this.
-Too much motion; even though motion draws the eye you need to have a balance of motion/non motion, other wise it is just annoying.
-Do not save as a JPG! EVER!
-Anything too revealing about the server; you can say it is whitelist only but be vague for other information, just enough to make you wonder, not enough to give anything away (like a book description).
-Irrelevant/too vague content; don't make them guess too hard!
-NEVER EVER PUT "Click here" on the ad(s); We all know that clicking ads take us to places far away, I can put into the floating description a suggestion for the user to click the ad (they will already have their mouse over the ad when it appears).
-Don't be too pushy! Coax them into clicking it without being too--- Overlord.
-Don't be a wet noodle! There is also the opposite side, people like noodles when they are cooked just right not too soft not too hard.
-Ads are annoying; most of us can agree to this, so do your best to make these ads as un-annoying as possible.
-Something to draw the eye; not too flashy not too dull.
-Unique content; toss aside all the ads you have seen, they are bad examples.
-Layers; please please please layer your images, and keep them in the uncompressed version when giving them to me; that way I can make small changes as needed by the ad hosts.
-Ever see the website for the Technic pack or the Hexxit pack? they are pretty awesome yea? Try to make awesome ads that reflect what HC is all about in a small space with as little words as possible.
-Words; there need to be words--- not too many though.
-Your own style; make the ads how you want and use the above as guidelines, only "HeroCraft" and "Disposable Heroes" are required in the ads.
-Unique content; toss aside all the ads you have seen, they are bad examples.
-Layers; please please please layer your images, and keep them in the uncompressed version when giving them to me; that way I can make small changes as needed by the ad hosts.
-Ever see the website for the Technic pack or the Hexxit pack? they are pretty awesome yea? Try to make awesome ads that reflect what HC is all about in a small space with as little words as possible.
-Words; there need to be words--- not too many though.
-Your own style; make the ads how you want and use the above as guidelines, only "HeroCraft" and "Disposable Heroes" are required in the ads.
_____________________________________________________________________
This campaign has ended.
Funds Remaining: -0.03 cents
Clicks: 159
Views: 249,477
----------------------------------------
New Campaign - Pending start up, lost original files and creating new banners.
Funds Remaining: Pending
Clicks: N/A
Views: N/A
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
WARNING: If, after I publish the ads, you see an ad for HC; DO NOT CLICK IT!
Why not? Because each click costs money, and you already know about HC, so you are wasting my money!
There is NO deadline, so take your time with making those ads.
Make them look epic, don't worry about how large the file is; I can fix it if it is too large.
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