Lots of comment on the banner. I found that pic and it has three rows, but here’s a deal. WordPress.com lets you upload and edit your own banners, so if anyone wants to make me a multiple-Jesus banner similar to the one above I’ll strongly consider using it. Pictures must be respectful, but cultural icons are fine.
The point is….well…if you don’t get the point you just need to stay around a bit more.
Actually, do you mind if I say they all kind of look alike?
I’m intrigued by the concept though … it’s really cool.
Okay, have a banner.
Hmm… that comment didn’t display the banner I embedded like I wanted. Sorry. Here’s the link to that banner.
K.W. — Whoa. Nice work, and it’s probably apropos that morphing “Jesus Through the Centuries” creeps me out, a little. Wonder what having that as a banner does on the broadband front . . .
Truly, that’s a nice piece of work. I’ll go back to it later, reflectively, I am sure. (suppresses small shudder, shakes head in amazement.)
that is a very cool banner K.W.!!!
Re the current banner: I’m not sure that reminding people that Jesus has inspired more kitsch than any other figure in history particularly enhances the “Jesus-shaped” project…
KW’s banner is quite funky, but it’s also a 463KB download, so people on dial-up are going to find that rather painful.
wow love that banner K.W. and great morphing job.
K.W. Great Banner! I love the morphing Jesus. But I also dig the pick where Jesus is helping the little boy play baseball. That cracked me up. I wish you would have included that one in your banner. Also, kudos for putting in the “buddy jesus”pic.
Everyone: Thanks for the kudos.
Tim: I like the bit with Jesus playing basketball too; also the one where Jesus’s shepherd staff has been replaced with a rifle (though I think that image describes Jesus’s followers rather than Him). But I was trying to accumulate familiar cultural images… and the Buddy Christ fits that category.
Michael: For some reason I can’t email back. I can totally create a jpeg version of the banner if you want; it just won’t be animated. If I made it a GIF it would animate, but I don’t know if WordPress will go for that. I’m not entirely sure why the Flash file couldn’t be embedded.
Flash is not supported by WordPress.
See: http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/10/23/can-i-add-flash-video-embed-other-media/
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