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1) I don't think banners are super important other than it helps you make your questpost look nicer or more professional, I guess. But I say go for what makes you happy biggrin You like pink, so go for a cute pink theme ^^

2) Oh man. Well that depends on what you think you'll need. I have a post for the introduction. One for the items I am questing for, one for the dream avis I hope to get some day, one for my gold progress, one for donators and one for what I am currently questing for. that´s 6-7 posts already! But I do believe some just cut it much shorter than what I did smile

3) Personally I think banners add a nice touch to it. It doesn't necessarily make it more welcoming because a banner can indeed also make, or break a thread. If you make a very cluttered banner it looks noobish at times, and not everyone will go visit then.

4 - 5) Googling free forum banner generator normally comes up with an easy banner generator. Simple to use and hen you´re done you just downloade the image/save it to your PC. But remember to load it up again somewhere like imgur or Photobucket. since you´ll be needing the img code or the direct code.

6) The colours are entirely up to you and what you feel like. Some like light colours some like dark. But a good idea is looking at colour palette to get an idea of what you want to work with. Neon colours can be tricksy to work with since they normally are seein as being awfully bright to the eyes.

7) This is where your img code comes into the game. I am not used to Imgur and use photobucket more, but with photobucket you need the Direct Code, which can be found at the right side, when you click on the image you uploaded. Simply click where it ways Direct Code and it should copy itself.
Then go to your. Go to your Signature options.

From there press the IMG button. Paste in the Direct Code and press ok. That should produce a rather long code. Select the entire code and press URL. There you past in the link you have to your Quest post and press ok twice. Then you save your signature and that should turn your banner into a clickable button biggrin

Pastel colours are always lovely and I personally try to go for them myself, when I make my drawings. I think you should go for them, always cute and adorable with pastel biggrin

I think it would look a little too messy with both pastel and more monochrome colours. A good thing to remember when making a banner is not to mix too many colours, items and fonts into it, it disturbs the eyes and makes it look messy. Like designing websites (maaan I´ve been there, and it is a hassle at times).

I say better go a little over than under. You can always do as I did and have some posts you call Reserved, which you can use for whatever you feel like, when you might need it smile