What format(s) and resolutions are your originals in?
If this does wind up in production somewhere / somewhen, working from vector art (or at least an amusingly high res layered original) will make things flow much better and result in better…, um, results?
I’ll openly admit to being a minor snob in this realm. Layered .ai, .psd or for low-budgets like me, .odg are the gold standards.
That said….
Something lossless like PNG is perfectly fine.
Better if you can incorporate transparency from the beginning.
As a general guideline, think of the biggest application you can for the final graphic, then make it no less than 4 times bigger. Little mistakes and oddities can get hidden when you scale an image down. They get magnified when you scale it up.
SVG is the de facto standard for vector graphics that is most often used in the web for scalable graphics, for publishing, printing and laser cutters. All professional programs should be able to work with it. I use Inkscape, but you can view it with a web browser.
Didn’t take that long, maybe 15 minutes. Tomorrow I will have a look at your other version and play with the metrics a little bit as well.
Not to be contrarian, but I rather like the simple, lightly formatted text feel of the board. Not to mention that adding images increases bandwidth needs.
That said, I think it needs more flame.
Something like these quality babies. If I can find one more, I’ll be able to run my SP36 at full power for DAYS.