Graphics Forums ect.

[Alnarra]

Ok first off let me make it perfectly clear that I wasn't sure in the least bit where to put this so... anyway I was wondering something about graphics forums and how they grow their communities, I tried at one and I have yet to say anybody who resembles a graphics artist drop by, and I don't know if it is because I suck at art, or because I have done the advertising wrong, but becuase I am not an artist and I am pretty stubborn, I have refused to go to places like G101, and SSD (which suprisingly didn't make it as obvious as the others as to where there request area was then again I wasn't sure where to put this either so...) I don't know many others and I am not trying to offend anyone by just using those two because I know that there are alot more out there then just those and that is somewhat important in the general scheme of things, but I think the problem that I am having promoting a graphics forum is just that I don't have graphics, namebly a banner and buttons and gradients whicha are apparently the Holy grail of the communities out there, because without those you forum is well, crap, and I think if we were to go through and read the reviews everybody would get that, and now to make a long boring story short,

what should I do, should I go to the bigger more popular graphics forums and request graphics because of my own incompatance and inabilaty to do anything worthwile (except mabey that sig, sadly enought that is my proudest accomplishment there I tied it into theme around here by showing something off...)

and even with graphics, how do you say to the artist out there, hey you could drop by here once and a while and have some projects, to show off, I know the Proboards market is flooded with Graphics forums, but I thought that artist would come is it advertising or am I just going about this whole delima the wrong way,

Any Advice much appreciated,
Fullphaser

[The Dark Knight]

You shouldn't start your own graphics forum unless you're a great designer. Simple. Else people won't join. If tomorrow a n00b was to open up a graphics forum with a rubbish design, not many people would join. To make people join your graphics forum and actually post on there, you should have a very good design for your ProBoard, else it just won't work.

F5, G101, SSD, V2, they're all big design forums because their forum design is great, the Administrators and staff on there are very good graphics designers and they can help people out with various things.

It won't work otherwise.

You don't see a guy who specializes in Banana Sales open up an Apple Shop.

[Kim]

*LoL* Thats very true.

Anyway, even if you did have people coming to your forum..How will you fill people's requests? So, i think its better to do your own graphics if you are opening up a graphics board.

[Ash]

Agreeing with what Avtar said. If you've admitted to yourself you can't design then why bother trying to make a forum when it doesn't equal with what you're good at?

[Kratos]

Yeah. It won't work out. You could get a nice layout from sites that specialize in making graphics and layouts.( Forum upgrading or Re-Vamping)

Examples:

demonforums22.proboards.com

froumupgrades.proboards24.com



You could then try and provide a great general chat place. You'll have a nice layout and won't have to worry about making graphics and worrying about if people think you are bad or not.

[:K3Z:]

i made my own place not long back.... i hope to be succesful thru taking requests quickly

rather than take three days..

i dont go to the bigger places now purely because of 2 reasons

1 i can make my own and 2 they take to long cuz they have so many requests to fill

[Kratos]

Yeah. It's annoying on these places that these people only join for the graphics and that's their only post(s). I think graphic places should now have a rule that you have to have a certain amount of posts to request.

[Ash]

caslwolf23 said:

Yeah. It's annoying on these places that these people only join for the graphics and that's their only post(s). I think graphic places should now have a rule that you have to have a certain amount of posts to request.

That would be unfair though.

[helporels]

sev6.proboards31.com/index.cgi/

That's the best graphic design forum, and some of the staff are great designers

[infernoii]

helporels said:

sev6.proboards31.com/index.cgi/

That's the best graphic design forum, and some of the staff are great designers

I wouldn't say thats the best.

[Webshock]

infernoii said:

helporels said:

sev6.proboards31.com/index.cgi/

That's the best graphic design forum, and some of the staff are great designers

I wouldn't say thats the best.

no, a good one, but not the best

[GEO]

Digitl Inflection will be the best. The entire staff is class.

[dlt]

Why don't they make a better template? just kidding but i don't think it is the best, it's good though