I kind of like the lightning effects (and the back light on the content from lightning) and how they turned out. Took a lot of playing with to get the timing right.. I was a bit worried for a while that it'd be too plain, but the back lighting does give it a bit of an extra spark (no pun meant).
Credit:
Character/apple and lineart of each: hyucaze
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hyucaze
I think it looks fantastic, and I'm a subtle person so I'm not too finicky about art people give me, I'll say again that I absolutely love it and I appreciate you going out of your way to do this for me It was super kind.
I'll swap it out with the older banner on my laptop later cause I can't carry out certain upload functions with the iPad with certain animations or flash files.
Again thanks.
If you need any art work or have any requests just note me so I can do something special to return the favor.