Launchpad C, Lesson 2--Banner

Well, I got a little carried away and tried this in a few different ways. I also decided to incorporate the extra credit (gradient text) into the banner, so here they are.

One weird thing: I worked on them and got them finished. But then my daughter came in and said, "Are you going to work on your materpieces ALL DAY??" So I shut down and went and played with her for a while. When I came back, Photoshop asked if I'd like to upgrade the layers (some vector thing--can't remember the message exactly). I clicked yes, and when my files opened, the rainbow spill was all choppy--it had been absolutely smooth before. GRRRRRR!!

Anyway, this was a lot of fun! I found the bowl on the internet and tipped it; then I used the elliptical marquee tool and made an oval rainbow gradient, which I then warped into the shape you see. The text was easy--I just used different layer styles on the various versions. I added background colors, but I'm not so sure about those. If I were really going to use these, I'd probably look for a texture of some sort to use as background...maybe...