So I was playing around with ye olde photoshoppe today:
(http://www.gatotsu.co.nz/images/misc/nzism1.jpg)
(http://www.gatotsu.co.nz/images/misc/nzism2.jpg)
I don't really like the first one. I think the second one came out well, though.
yea the second one is decent. but the 'm' looks a bit isolated
Personally I like greeny colours, but I also know that I'm like the only person who does (part of why I really should change the main page theme).
I like the text being integrated into the Z in the second one, and the more serious tone of the second (I think most of the graphics I've come up with are too light hearted). I also like the colour gradient + outline (reminds me a bit of the style of KoFXI which I think looks really smart). I'm just not sure about the... disjointed N and M (although without them it wouldn't really be much of a logo, just text?).
Nice work, and thanks for putting the effort in! Maybe I should make a contest to design the logo or something... :)
--flux
Quote from: ILL_BILL on April 04, 2007, 09:25:21 AM
yea the second one is decent. but the 'm' looks a bit isolated
Perhaps if the M were flipped around so it slopes down at the end would look better?
--flux
It should be easy to modify. The disjointed letters and isolated M were just quirks of the font I use, and I do have a decent selection of sci-fi-esque fonts like that.
i actually tried flipping it myself in photoshop. it de-isolates it (its a word now bitches) but it doesnt look quite right.
(http://www.gatotsu.co.nz/images/misc/nzism2b.jpg)
Better, I reckon.
The 'm' looks almost like a dude facing downwards... and I can just *see* a stick and buttons under his hands... :D
--flux
that new logo is quite sexy ;D
Quote from: fluxcore on April 11, 2007, 08:15:04 AM
The 'm' looks almost like a dude facing downwards... and I can just *see* a stick and buttons under his hands... :D
--flux
I was actually thinking about trying to include a stick in there somehow... But when i tried it I realized just how horribly I fail at vector drawing.
It would probably be too cluttered with stick and buttons, but the idea is nice :D That it makes me think of that is good in the first place... so far the logo is still looking good (I like to give things a while - opinions often change after some time)... nice work!
--flux
Okay, coddfish... can you give me a bigass version of the logo? 300 dpi or so, to make for nice printage... and ye olde psd format so I can take the necessary layers and stuff...
Cheers,
--flux
Yeah, will do.
I don't really like the stretched Z anymore though, hmm. I actually thought of that when I was doing it, and tried to sort of seperate the Z from the line. Not completely, but have the Z and a line, both with rounded ends overlapping. It didn't really work out though, so I left it.
I see what you mean... however if it were split it would be difficult to fit all the text in...
--flux
Quote from: Coddfish on April 11, 2007, 01:06:46 AM
(http://www.gatotsu.co.nz/images/misc/nzism2b.jpg)
Better, I reckon.
Ooooo that looks tasty. I'd only try making the writing inside the logo Itallic just so it doesn't look so static. But as is. Very nice stuff
I'll get onto upsizing the logo later tonight, or tomorrow.
I've been busy redesigning my website (http://"http://www.gatotsu.co.nz/"), and I'm rather burnt out from photoshop afterwards. But yeah.
I also have ABC #14 from SRK to think about... hmm. Busy busy.
Yeah, I know how that goes... PS burnout. I used to spend quite a bit of time doing various web site designs... don't have time for that kind of thing anymore (as evidenced by this site's lack of style!). There's no hurry for the logo stuff at all... as I say, I probably won't have time to do anything with it for a while anyway, to tell the truth.
Cheers,
--flux
The new one is defnitely looking good.
Also, I hope you didn't feel obliged to use it.
I was surprised when you first started these forums flux and you said you weren't very good at design, because I really like the current logo, actually. The main reason I started doing these is because I was quite bored, and I have never really dabbled into logo design; I wanted to branch out a bit and try something new.
So yeah. Don't think I did these because I feel that the current one isn't good enough ;)
whoa hold up. theres a current one?
Hahah, yeah there IS actually a site attached to this forum... http://nzism.alphaism.com
Whether you deem the title image to be a logo or not is another matter...
I also have a little mascot ninja dude that you can see on the tekken5 dr post tourney bracket image... he hasn't been widely spread though :D
--flux
Very nice, apprentice. =)
.. I can dream.
That third one is looking really nice, while it is probably not my favourite combination of colours, it does look rather professional. However you can't rush perfection. And adjusting here and there will be bring the best product in the end. Nice work.
http://www.gatotsu.co.nz/nzism300.psd
I'll also link you to the fonts I used, so if you need to you can replicate it.
http://www.dafont.com/space-age.font (used with 80% width, 100% height)
http://www.dafont.com/blue-highway.font (normal Blue Highway, not condensed/bold/whatever others there are)
For the main NZism text, its all capitals, with the "ism" a smaller size, and raised above the line. Rasterized the type, and stretched out the bottom of the Z by cutting off the end and dragging it to the side, then selecting a portion of the leftover and transforming it.
Gradient and Stroke on the large text, colors can be taken with the eyedropper. Just a gradient on the small text inside the Z.