Graphic Balloon - Graphic Design Support Forum

[Mimóza]

First topic message reminder :

Graphic Balloon

Choice of Category: Graphic Choice of Title: Graphic Balloon - Graphic Design School Forum Address: https://graphicballoon.forumotion.com Main Language: English Forum Description: Graphic Balloon is a community designed to provide a meeting point for the creative minds. The concept of the forum is to help and get help in graphic related questions.  Our forum is divided into 3 major parts, Community, Graphics and Premium. Community Under this category you can find all the forum related  announcements, news, events, contests and discussions  ranging from graphic design related discussions to general discussions. Graphic This category gives a place to our Graphic Design School, which contains several  howtos, tutorials, tips, tricks, walkthroughs, timelapses, resources  submitted by our members.  What's more we have a Questions Area, where you can ask  all the questions you bumped into during a design process.  You can also find a Museum Boulevard here including the creations  of our members, a Fan Sector showing off the artists worthy to follow  and a Creative Arena where you can battle with your fellow mates!  Premium  Last but not least, this category is the ground of Graphic Requests where you can request art for free.  Apart from free requests you can find Workshops too, where our members  are having their own shops and sell their talent. We also have an Advertisement section,  where you can show off your site to the community! Join us!

graphicballoon.forumotion.com

[Mimóza]

Looking for staff members! APPLY HERE! Positions:   Moderator Graphic Smarty Graphic Artist   Detective Tagger  Tech Guru

You can find tips about mockups in the Graphic School! Furthermore, a tutorial about hue and saturation  settings have been added.

Contest Time! Time to create something different! Can you present the most stylish business card? Enter the contest! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t297-contest-your-business-card#1226

[Mimóza]

We have a new affiliate button.  Affiliate with us!  http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t244-affiliates-be-our-partner

[Mimóza]

We have a new moderator, the amazing Mushmellow! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t309-congrats-to-mushmellow-new-moderator

[Mimóza]

How to make these from these?   You can find the answer in the Graphic School!

Also, don't miss our Friday tips from the Graphic School. List: http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t23-tip-of-the-day-fridays

[BlackScorpion]

Very nice site, love your theme!

[Mimóza]

Thank you, @BlackScorpion!

We have 4 New Awards. Be active and you can get them!     http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t101-award-system

See the so far submitted tutorials  in our brand new Tutorial Index: http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t322-tutorial-index#1355

[Mimóza]

Test your knowledge!  Can you pass the first test of Graphic Balloon?  http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t329-graphic-balloon-test-1 The test includes some basic questions.  The answers are covered in the so far submitted tutorials. Every participant gets 50 points. If you fail, you can join our Graphic School. http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t13-graphic-school-application#13

[Take Notes]

Is there free lunch?

I will attempt the test later but I don't know how well I'll do @Mimóza haha. Your forum is developing fast and it looks amazing!

[Mimóza]

Thank you, @Forumedic!
Good luck on the test.

New Award added!  Free Lunch If you replied to min. 30 topics  in the Graphic School you can apply for it.

Special Spring Event Time! 2 lucky -active- people can get  a special rank name and color  in April! Be the Most active topic starter or the Top posting user this month and you can win! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t330-event-get-a-special-rank-name-color#1402

[Mimóza]

Find pretty hand writing fonts: http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t334-friday-tip-9#1418

Typography terms and basics. Ever wondered what does leading, kerning, tracking, tittle, finial or drop cap mean? Are you curious about some other terms regarding typography? We have 2 new tutorials submitted in the Graphic School discussing the topic in detail. Check them out!

[Mimóza]

Our second test is up! It tests your theoretical  knowledge about typography. http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t342-graphic-balloon-test-2#1482

Flood Control. Delay between 2 messages, topics or private messages by a user has been changed to 30 sec from 10 sec.

You have 3 days left to enter the mascot contest! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t142-contest-a-mascot-for-graphic-balloon

[Mimóza]

Read about 20 design rules  you should never break:   http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t23-tip-of-the-day-fridays#1518

Giving out staff positions like candies. Our new moderator is Malcolm.  Hopefully he'll be a dedicated staff member.

[levy]

You should fix the bug when we press the logo / home input. It redirect us to homepage and it is quite annoying to join back on forum always.

Congrats on your forum, registered!

[Mimóza]

Thank you @levy. Actually, the logo is supposed to lead you to the landing page.  The "Home" button is the one leading to the forum index. Also, welcome to the forum!

Post edit time has been changed: http://www.graphicballoon.com/t357-post-edit-time-changed#1557

[Mimóza]

Event time! Name the mascot! The lovely giraffe above is the official  mascot of The Graphic Balloon community! Your task is easy. Come up with a name for him! The most liked suggestion wins! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t364-event-name-the-mascot#1597

In order to reward our valuable members a Person of the Month event has been started! Vote for the person you think  deserves the Person of April title! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t358-person-of-the-month-april A Hall of Fame will be opened  in the future for the winners.

Other currently running contests/ event: Create a business card! ends in 4 days Signature of the Month ends in 4 days Win a special name and color ends in 4 days

[Mimóza]

The Exhibition section has been organized. New sub categories were added and the imags have been moved to the appropriate sections. http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/f6-exhibition

Our new mascot is getting to be used! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t13-graphic-school-application#13 3 new illustrations were added to  the Graphic School Application topic. ps. Still looking for a name for him/her! Post your suggestions here: http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t364-event-name-the-mascot

    

[Mimóza]

The Info Centre has been divided into 3 parts: - Forum related rules, info stay in the Info Centre - News, updates go to the News Reports - Events, contests, activities go to the Contest Paradise

Many events end today! Last chance to enter them! Business card, SoM, PoM 10 tips to help you choose the right font http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t372-friday-tips-11#1690

Flat or not? Adding textures, patterns to flat buttons. http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t320-pattern-background-for-buttons

[Mimóza]

http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t378-activity-barchoba Play a guessing game with Malcolm and win Points! (Changes in the Point System may come, so collect as many points as you can. )

skouliki is the person of April and her design won the signature of April title! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t377-signature-and-person-of-april-skouliki#1718 Congrats!

Signature of the Month -  Theme for May is "giraffe" http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t140-contest-signature-of-the-month#1717 Vote for the best Business Card here: http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t376-vote-business-card-who-should-win#1716

We have new staff message boxes.

[Mimóza]

Points are renamed to GB Coins. http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t98-gb-coin-system

Our shop got totally re-designed! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t99-gb-coin-shop-updated   Learn how to create this table set: http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/h10-gb-coin-shop in our Code Sector.

The Hall of Fame opened!  http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/h9-hof The Quick menu got an image leading to it.

Time to practice metallic designs! Design our currency contest! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t381-contest-design-our-currency

Our landing page got a little update. http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/

Learn how to create this from this

in our Graphic School!

[Mimóza]

Main contest for May is up! Create a 7 Sins themed Banner  http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t396-contest-7-sins-banner#1806

[Mimóza]

Kiriban! What? Event time, check it: http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t398-event-kiriban Catch the milestone posts.

[Mimóza]

We have a winner!          Terran  won the business card event. Check out his design! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t376-vote-business-card-who-should-win

The hashtags work again, thanks to Ange Tuteur.   All the contests have a special tag, so you can see all the entries by clicking on the contest's tag. The suggestion has been made by 10spetter10  and we thank him for it.

The Quick menu's panels have been re-designed!  

Vote if you would like to see it

in other color:

http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t411-vote-quick-menu-color#1934

Find out the name of the hex code http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t23-tip-of-the-day-fridays#1900

[Mimóza]

New position in the staff team! Promoter: Understandable English Enthusiastic personality Mature attitude Free time to make sure the promotion topics are updated Ability to write encouragingly Also, there are other positions open as well! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t11-forum-team-applications Tech Guru  Tagger  Detective:  Graphic Artist:  Graphic Smarty:  Moderator:       Apply!

Milestone! We have 50 members! One small step for you one giant leap for Graphic Balloon. Also, we have a new affiliate! Affiliate with us! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t244-affiliates-be-our-partner

[Mimóza]

skouliki's name suggestion won the name the mascot event. Our beloved giraffe became Gibi. http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t364-event-name-the-mascot#2035 You'll see him more frequently in the future!

We have a new staff member!  Terran is our Tech Guru!    http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t418-congrats-to-terran-new-tech-guru#2034 Please give him your warm congratulations!

[Mimóza]

Private messages are enabled! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t426-private-messages-enabled#2107

Mangatar! The big get to know each other better topic! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t425-mangatar-how-do-you-look-like

[Mimóza]

60% off only today! (20.05.) http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t99-gb-coin-shop-updated

Active contests: http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t187-contest-exam-time http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t381-contest-design-our-currency http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t396-contest-7-sins-banner http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t140-contest-signature-of-the-month Practice makes the master! Enter them all and win!

Arena! Battle! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t406-challenge-modify-alter-edit http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t430-challenge-typography http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t226-challenge-image-mergin Have fun with us!

Apply to the staff team! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t11-forum-team-applications Collect awards! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t101-award-system Enter the Graphic School! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/f3-graphic-school Affiliate with us! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t244-affiliates-be-our-partner

[Mimóza]

New section - Interviewing You! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t439-interviewing-you-guidelines

(For Graphic School Members http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t13-graphic-school-application#13) Super unique font shop site shared: http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t440-friday-tips-14 Goodies topic: http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t417-goodies-topic New tutorial! How to create cut letters? https://2img.net/h/i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u537/MayaGrayx3/Apparel%20designs/bliccs.png http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t449-cut-letters-creation#2276

[Mimóza]

New custom emoticons debut starring our mascot, Gibi!  http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t263-thousands-of-emoticons#2309

[Mimóza]

Rate Malcolm's Moderator job in May Vote for the design of our GB Coin! Open an Ask Me... topic!

Friday tip! #15 Learn about the Golden Ratio with us! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t23-tip-of-the-day-fridays#2407

Share your graphic tricks with us! Apply to the Graphic School as a Designer! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t13-graphic-school-application#13 If you would like to learn apply as a Student! Graphic Smarty & Graphic Artist positions are waiting for applicants! http://www.graphicballoon.forumotion.com/t11-forum-team-applications

[Mimóza]

Some minor changes have been made to the appearance. - The toolbar got lighter - The yellow parts of the forum got a slight gradient - The staff list got updated The scrollbar became a lot more stylish