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balrogthane
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 11:27 am

TORC Heraldry-- guild for bannermakers and their works Perhaps it's self-indulgence, but I really like making banners. But, of course, I've been rudely posting them in the Emporium, where they slow down the thread for everyone, because I'm insensitive like that. So I thought, why not make a thread specifically for banners? Come and look at other people's handiwork, put up some of your own, get and give tips for making them... all right here in the TORC Banner Guild. For a start... Quote: This quote box is here for the sole purpose of stretching the screen so the banner displays clearly. Not much of a purpose... Members-- AlexSnitzel balrogthane - Dorkus Maximus ElanorTheHobbit Elfkin elf-maiden Elrohiril new entmaiden_laurelin new Tethairwen -(----

There's no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
But you can't take the sky from me...

I make banners. Come make your own!

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AlexSnitzel
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 11:39 am

I'll join! Nothing fancy here though. So is that enough to be let in?

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balrogthane
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 11:42 am

Of course! This isn't some sort of restrictive "you have to be Rembrandt's Second Coming just to be considered" club. (good thing too, or it'd stand at 0 membership ) You don't even have to join if you don't want to, just come and see the banners/post some of your own. Nice face. -(----

AlexSnitzel
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 11:43 am

Thanks, well... I try.

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Tethairwen
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 11:56 am

w00t!!! joins I don't have one made just now, but I'll have one up before long. Teth

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ElanorTheHobbit
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:15 pm

I have never made a banner. But I can try. An artistic interpretation of the number of thread members under more restrictive joining requirements (regarding Rembrant and such): Wow, that took me waaaay too long

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Spirit_of_the_Willow
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 2:18 pm

I think that to start out, BT should share his cheatery ways of doing it. Not that they're really cheating, he's just more innovative than most people.

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balrogthane
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Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:24 am

Easter Banner! And welcome, Willow and Elanor. Quote: This quote box is here for the sole purpose of stretching the screen so the 50 banner displays clearly. Not much of a purpose... -(----

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elf-maiden
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Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:09 am

Hi! I would like to join and grace you all with hand made banners by yours truly.

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luthienelflover
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Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:54 am

Okay... gorgeous Easter banner BT. (I clicked the link and then left the computer alone for five minutes and it loaded okay. Yay. )

And if she asks you why, you can tell her that I told you
That I’m tired of castles in the air
I’ve got a dream I want the world to share
And castle walls just lead me to despair

balrogthane
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:54 am

Well, I use Word's Find & Replace function, the font face Courier New, and a depressingly small dose of inventiveness. If you use an ASCII font-- that is, a font where every letter takes up the same amount of horizontal space, regardless of which letter it is-- you can design a banner with just letters. For instance, when I designed the Easter banner above, I wrote this in Word: code: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zxxxxxx----------------xxxxxxz zxxxxxx----vvvvvvvv----xxxxxxz zxxxxxxx---vqqqqqqvv--xxxxxxxz zxxxxxxx---vqqqqqqvv--xxxxxxxz z-xxxxxxx--vqqqqqqvv-xxxxxxx-z z---xxxxx--vqqqqqqvv-xxxxx---z z-----xxxx-vqqqqqqvvxxxx-----z z-------xx-vqqqqqqvvxx-------z z---------xvqqqqqqvv---------z z--vvvvvvvvvqqqqqqvvvvvvvvv--z z--vqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqvv-z z--vqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqvv-z z--vqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqvv-z z--vqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqvv-z z--vqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqvv-z z--vqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqvv-z z--vvvvvvvvvqqqqqqvvvvvvvvvv-z z---vvvvvvvvqqqqqqvvvvvvvvvv-z z---------xvqqqqqqvv---------z z-------xx-vqqqqqqvvxx-------z z-----xxxx-vqqqqqqvvxxxx-----z z---xxxxx--vqqqqqqvv-xxxxx---z z-xxxxxxx--vqqqqqqvv-xxxxxxx-z zxxxxxxx---vqqqqqqvv--xxxxxxxz zxxxxxxx---vqqqqqqvv--xxxxxxxz zxxxxxx----vqqqqqqvv---xxxxxxz zxxxxxx----vqqqqqqvv---xxxxxxz zxxxxx-----vqqqqqqvv----xxxxxz zxxxxx-----vqqqqqqvv----xxxxxz zxxxx------vqqqqqqvv-----xxxxz zxxxx------vqqqqqqvv-----xxxxz zxxx-------vqqqqqqvv------xxxz zxxx-------vqqqqqqvv------xxxz zxx--------vqqqqqqvv-------xxz zxx--------vqqqqqqvv-------xxz zx---------vqqqqqqvv--------xz zx---------vvvvvvvvv--------xz z-----------vvvvvvvv---------z z----------------------------z z----------------------------z z----o-o-ooo------ooo--oo----z z----o-o-o---------o--o------z z----ooo-oo--------o---o-----z z----o-o-o---------o----o----z z----o-o-ooo------ooo-oo-----z z----------------------------z z--oo--ooo--oo-ooo-o--o-o-o--z z--o-o--o--o---o---oo-o-o-o--z z--oo---o---o--oo--o-oo-o-o--z z--o-o--o----o-o---o--o------z z--o-o-ooo-oo--ooo-o--o-o-o--z z----------------------------z zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Then I went into Find & Replace and performed these Find & Replaces: code: 'x' -> ':)' 'v' -> ':x' 'q' -> ':(' 'z' -> ':Q' 'o' -> ':)' '-' -> ':D' Once the end result was copied into the TORC post box, I got the banner above. -(----

Tethairwen
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 1:38 pm

So, I still don't exactly have time to do a banner, but... I do mine in an Excel spreadsheet, very similar to BT... one letter per cell, and then copy and paste them into Word, do the find-and-replace, and copy that into the reply box. burrows down into her homework I'm such a procrastinator... Teth

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Daefaroth
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:32 pm

Per the Guidelines posted at the top of this forum: 6) A maximum of two threads per founding poster or Council; i.e. One poster or council may not start or manage more than two threads at a time in this forum. This thread is number 4. It is locked for falling outside the guideline noted above. It is also locked while the staff evaluate the possible impact a thread like this may have on TORC's overall bandwidth and performance. Please let me know, via e-mail, which of these other guilds you will forfeit. If I do not hear in a week, I will lock the oldest one: If you're from South or North Carolina, this guild's for you. The NEXT Alliance of Beautiful and Hot Elves The Valaraukar Lair

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Daefaroth
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:38 pm

Thank you all for your patience. The verdict is in: The banners will only affect the loading of this particular thread. Thus, the TORC Heraldry Guild is hereby declared re-opened for business. Balrogthane, you now have 3 remaining threads. Please let me know which of the other two you will forfeit for this one.

balrogthane
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Posted: Fri Jun 2, 2006 3:07 pm

Quicky, for the winner of May! Quote: This quote box is here for the sole purpose of stretching the screen so the 50 banner displays clearly. Not much of a purpose... -(----

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elf-maiden
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Posted: Fri Jun 2, 2006 6:49 pm

You're such a loser.

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balrogthane
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Posted: Fri Jun 2, 2006 8:16 pm

Jealousy is an ugly thing, Elfy. -(----

balrogthane
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 1:40 pm

After a long period of silence, I remembered this thread and I came up with something for it. My favorite drink... kind of... Quote: This quote box is here for the sole purpose of stretching the screen so the 50 banner displays clearly. Not much of a purpose... -(----

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balrogthane
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 1:47 pm

And, in honor of a horrible D&D character that I posted a mock interview with... Quote: This quote box is here for the sole purpose of stretching the screen so the 50 banner displays clearly. Not much of a purpose... -(----

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Elfkin
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Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:00 am

xD BT, that is so dang cool. ^_^ ...please work please work please work...

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balrogthane
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Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:38 am

Looks good, Elfkin! -(----

balrogthane
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:43 pm

I've had this one in my Banners.doc for a while now, but I wasn't sure if it was allowed to be disseminated... Quote: This quote box is here for the sole purpose of stretching the screen so the 50 banner displays clearly. Not much of a purpose... -(----

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Wandering but not lost
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Posted: Mon May 7, 2007 12:17 am

Wow! How long does it take you to make those things??? They are really cool!

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balrogthane
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Posted: Mon May 7, 2007 8:09 am

Wandering! You've got to be the last person I expected to have posted in here. Thanks! It takes me anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour, depending on how clever I feel like getting. (other than the Man of the Month one, that took hours... involved turning a picture into a 5-color bitmap and converting it pixel-wise...) Mostly I use find & replace in Word to convert text into the banner, as described here . I was planning a Manwe poster once, something celebrating the calm discussion found there, the openness to new ideas, and the complete lack of sarcasm, but I realized there wouldn't be anywhere to put it so I gave it up. -(----

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Posted: Mon May 7, 2007 9:28 pm

balrogthane said: I was planning a Manwe poster once, something celebrating the calm discussion found there, the openness to new ideas, and the complete lack of sarcasm, but I realized there wouldn't be anywhere to put it so I gave it up. Green Dragon Inn might be a good forum to post that in. Doesn't seem like all that much is posted there so it is pretty calm and well, there is a lot of space for new ideas since there are less than 200 threads total there... It is also pretty hard to be sarcastic when posting in character since the narrative voice is usually genuine even if the characters are sarcastic.

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balrogthane
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Posted: Mon May 7, 2007 10:34 pm

I just mean that there's no good place to post it where it would reach its intended audience. The real Manwe-istas barely ever appear out of their haunts, and Manwe's kinda not the place for a random thread with a poster. Oh well. -(----

Johnny_Flett
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:28 pm

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balrogthane
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:21 pm

Hey, J_F. What's up? What brings you here? Quote: This quote box is here for the sole purpose of stretching the screen so the 50 banner displays clearly. Not much of a purpose... -(----

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Johnny_Flett
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Posted: Fri Oct 5, 2007 7:27 pm

Hey BT! Just wanted to see if you were still alive. There were rumors...whisperings... Sorry for the delay. We went to the Smokies at the end of September and I'm still not quite back yet. Despite the drought, I managed to harvest a bumper crop of tomaters this year...Rutgers...Brandywine...Lemon Boys...Green Zebras...Red Pears. And every time we broke out the lettuce and fried up some bacon, we inevitably thought of thee... This page takes way too long to load with dial up! We still can't get a high speed connection out here; it's like living in Senegal. If we ever do, I promise to post a mind-boggling banner; a picture of me, perhaps. There are some really good ones from the layout I did for Frothing Stallion magazine.

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balrogthane
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:47 pm

No particular reason for this one... I just designed it, so I wanted to go ahead and post it. Quote: This quote box is here for the sole purpose of stretching the screen so the 50 banner displays clearly. Not much of a purpose... -(----

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