The steps involved in the process are basic and simple:

1. Select banner size or create custom size banner
2. Select background color, style or upload you own image
3. Add text and style
4. Add banner effect upload logo
5. Save or Download your custom banner

Before one proceeds to make a banner, a free signup is required.

After you set up a free account and login using that account, the first step towards banner making is to choose the banner size:

As can be seen above, the user can either set a custom size or choose from a list of predefined sizes. The second step requires adding a background to the banner:

Of course without adding any special effects to your banner, the result would not stand out from the crowd; hence the fourths step lets the user add certain effects to the banner being created:

The fifth and final step is where the user gets to download/save his/her banner.

With its easy to understand interface, Live Banner Maker is one of the most user-friendly ways to create your own banners. Visit the homepage here and take Live Banner Maker out for a test drive.

“As of May 2009 the site consists of over 10 million members, over 81 million submissions, and receives around 105,000 submissions per day.The domain deviantart.com attracted at least 36 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com study.”

Which means, it can be a good fit for your business if you can create a portfolio there. Now you can! Deviant Art now has a feature where you can configure your very own Portfolio in minutes, design and submit your work there and give it a chance for a potential person to review it easily.

They are offering two choices, Basic or Free Portfolio or A premium one.

Basic Offers:

• Free hosting for up to 100 images.
• yourname.daportfolio.com domain name.
• Compatible with all major browsing platforms and most advanced mobile devices, no need for plugins!
• No advertising.
• An easy-to-use interface with no HTML or coding skills necessary

Premium Offers:

• Unlimited portfolios and image hosting
• Additional domain choices including
• artworkfolio.com, and designbinder.com
• Use your own personal domain (yourname.com)
• No deviantART branding on your portfolio
• Password Protected access option

So basically it depends on how you want it. Check it out here.