Here's a banner I made for an RP on another server, still needs some editing (i.e. I want to add a border, but still something nice o.O):
If you're wondering about the snowflakes, it's to describe an early and rather traumatic event in the character's life. Keep in mind that this is my first real image that I didn't use renders exclusively or just followed a step-by-step tutorial:)
EDIT: I don't really like it on a dark background, I'll do something to fix that when I edit it further.
EDIT2: Here's with a border + background:
THEY TOLD ME I COULD BE ANYTHING SO I BECAME A SIGNATURE PLS HLP