So a few months ago, one of the companies that were going to be advertising on GU commissioned some artwork for WAR ads directed at GU readers specifically. I did the work, and I know what they were expecting. Previous ads that I did the artwork for far out-performed other ads in the same campaign running on my site.

So, I did way more work than I was paid for. I took pride in the images I produced. The problem was that they wanted the artwork in a flash ad. Well, I can't do flash; so, I left that aspect up to my ad provider. So now, a couple of months after the artwork was finished, the flash ads finally started to appear on GU. They're uhmm... less than I expected.

The artwork that I took so much pride in is pixelated, compressed poorly, and moves through the flash banner in a way that doesn't really do the artwork justice (in my opinion). I guess I shouldn't complain though. If I knew how to make flash ads, this wouldn't be an issue.

Wow...that sucks.

Didn't Warhammer's website post those, or something similar to that work on their website? I remember them being compressed poorly and looking overly pixelated when displayed on the site, but when you clicked on them to bring up the full image, they looked brilliant. Do you know if a similar problem caused the issue in Flash?

As I read the blog post on the main page, I saw the ad you were referring to and I can see what you are talking about.

I think you have every right to complain, especially if you hired someone to do the work and the work didn't meet your expectations. :-(

Oooh I didnt know you'd done the WAR adverts, i checked them out and the non-pixellated are sweet Woody great work. I mean it as a complement when I say I thought it was the GW art department and possibly the great John Blanche himself (yes ive been a gw slave for too many years).