I was just thinking that didnt Trav say he removed the original banner from the banner cycle because it had copyright issues cos it had some images from the art-section? So doesn't the same apply to the frontpage and the fun-section then aswell? Also if you go to the "files" or "about"-section you can still see the old banner there.. also these sections dont look as professional as the rest of the nexus (the font or the menu on the left) so they could be redesigned too.
Anyways, I quickly made a few example illustrations to show like what I meant with the collab idea, like each link-section of the silver ball would have nexian art on its surface and it would become more clear when the mouse hovers over it.. and the art would be something fitting like files -> a cosmic library or forum -> entities communicating and so on .. and same with the fun-section example, it would have nexian art on the middle portal when the mouse hovers over the buttons.
Don't shoot me yet just throwing ideas in the air.. I know nothings been decided yet and in the end it's all up to Trav. But just thinking out loud here, and conceptualizing stuff on paper helps me think...
(and Orion, the scripting part would be easy, the hard part is trying to top the awesomeness of the current graphic.. :? close to impossible.. but not impossible)