Forum:New Banner

Hey everyone! I'm seeing a lot of changes in the layout of this site from the main page to the site logo and it strikes me as odd that nobody has brought up our site banner. We've had it for two or three years so far and truth be told, I haven't liked it from the start. I mean no offense to the original creator of the banner, but the placement of the elements (planet, Halo+Substance, and the battlecruiser) seems all out of place and appears to be something done on Microsoft Paint than anything. More so, its contents seem very skewed to the Covenant and their perspective in the Bungie Trilogy whereas the banner for a wiki with such an expansive field of content as ours should have a relatively neutral or all-inclusive focus (to include Human, Covenant, Forerunner, etc.).

Right now this forum isn't meant to vote on or even decide if we should choose a new banner for the wiki, rather, just to pool together our resources into seeing if people are interested in doing so. Saying that however, I do have some recommendations and guidelines if you're serious about having it being elected as the new banner:

body { background: #FFFFFF url(images/5/59/Halopedia_Banner_2.jpg) repeat-x left top; }
 * Image resolution — 1920x200 (or whatever Subtank recommends us to have)
 * Format and size — PNG or JPG and under 500KB
 * Characteristics — Crisp and clear quality and void of clutter and an unnatural composition. Elements should be neutral to the universe (landscapes, stellar imagery, etc.) or have an "all-inclusive" focus (to include Human, former Covenant, Forerunner, Flood, etc.).
 * Tips — Before submitting, create your own nimbus.css page to test out how your banner would look. To do so, create a page with the title  User:USERNAME/nimbus.css  and enter the following code. Note, to see your image presented as the banner, go to its unique file page and click on the image itself. From there, copy and paste the url to match with the following example:

Anyhoo, good luck and I hope to see some awesome submissions! :)

Love,

Grizzlei
Using the background from the Halo 4 Interactive Guide on Waypoint, I cropped out the Warthog section and the unshaded section from the right on the original panorama, and flipped it horizontally. On the "main" banner above, I very slightly lowered the brightness to reduce it being such an eyesore. :P