JD™ Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 Not a designer, wanted to PM you these so that I wouldn't be publicly playing with your idea but it wont accept PMs so I hope you don't mind. Let me know if you do and I'll edit Here I've just moved what DrEvil did so it hugs the freewheel a bit better: Here I moved the text a bit so it hugged the freewheel higher. Also moved the '.uk' because I reckon it'll read better like that. Maybe, if you're going for the realism factor, stick the number of teeth opposite it to balance it out? Really like the overall idea though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronz Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 (edited) If I can get a picture of a cycle trials rider in a similar position on a very very plain (i.e. one colour) background we could expand on this: N.B. Proof of concept only. Type/colour need work. Edited November 3, 2010 by Bronz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Quinn Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 Spippedy dippedy dip. Thing is I think the whole design of the site would be thrown off by the freewheel on the right, the largest part of the graphic would effectively be sitting a few hundred pixels in from the left rather than hugging the corner where it belongs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 Here's a few various on a theme. These are just a quick mock-up of an initial idea just for a taster.... That just made me think of a police helmet badge... The middle one that JD has tweaked looks nice. Freewheel on the left of the writing would be nicer like Max has suggested. I think it would be cool to have a number of 'entries' from other users and then do a vote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew62 Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 (edited) My original design did have the freewheel on the left as that's how i intended it. You can't have it hanging down in to the forum headers which is why it has to be left aligned - like good ol' fashioned HTML. I want all of my designs to purposefully not look like web logo's - more a logo that could be used for print.....on a shop front, t-shirt etc. Too many web logos don't transfer and always feature tacky shading, shadowing, gradients blah etc...... because apparently that makes them pop off the screen! NO, it doesn't, it looks shit. Try and look at some logos of American bike shops and fixie groups - they have beautifully designed simple, often one colour logos that looks awesome and very much of their time. Don't get transfixed on the previous logo or going to strong down one theme. Simple, elegance is what i'm trying to create. More concise designs to follow shortly! Edited November 4, 2010 by Matthew62 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew62 Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Another few for you, you here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Haha, I love how it looks like old NES game sort of styled. More of that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronz Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Made some snowy shit in CSS(3) that you can port over to any site pretty quickly: http://csswizardry.com/2010/12/let-it-snow/ All in the name of festive fun, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Made some snowy shit in CSS(3) that you can port over to any site pretty quickly: http://csswizardry.com/2010/12/let-it-snow/ All in the name of festive fun, of course.No animation in Firefox 3.6.12 or IE 8 on an XP Machine with JavaScript enabled It works in Safari and Chrome though and it did make me smile (Although I personally think some of the snowflakes are falling too quickly hehe) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronz Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 (edited) No animation in Firefox 3.6.12 or IE 8 on an XP Machine with JavaScript enabled It works in Safari and Chrome though and it did make me smile (Although I personally think some of the snowflakes are falling too quickly hehe) It uses Webkit (the rendering engine found in Chrome and Safari)'s proprietary CSS3 animation module to provide animations without the need for Javascript. This has loads of benefits, one of which being that you don't need a lot of Kb of JS to make it work It does however mean that it's only animated in Webkit browsers but I'm okay with that (going by progressive enhancement principles). Glad you liked though, the animation speed can be altered pretty easily so I can take a look at that, cheers! Edited December 3, 2010 by Bronz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Quinn Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 Can anyone give me some crit on this? Is currently gonna be part of a website header, but will eventually be switched up a bit into a tee design too. The main thing I'm wondering, an I know this isn't obvious by looking at it but I like the underlying idea, is that at the minute how condensed the lines are (how solid the letters) is supposed to represent the grooves on a vinyl of a drum and bass tune. Obviously people here won't be familiar with it, but you can see the intro on the BRO (grooves on vinyl are lighter and less dense when the songs quiet), first drop on the stem of the K and the first verse all the way up to the start of the C. Then the breakdown on the second half the C and the U, and second drop at the stem of the L. Then a second verse to the end of the R and the outro on the E. It's not that obvious looking at it though, so I'm wondering whether to keep the idea or scrap it and just have the letters in the middle being the most solid and then fade out equally on either side? But then on the other hand I think it's nice as an underlying idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webber Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 Can anyone give me some crit on this? Is currently gonna be part of a website header, but will eventually be switched up a bit into a tee design too. The main thing I'm wondering, an I know this isn't obvious by looking at it but I like the underlying idea, is that at the minute how condensed the lines are (how solid the letters) is supposed to represent the grooves on a vinyl of a drum and bass tune. Obviously people here won't be familiar with it, but you can see the intro on the BRO (grooves on vinyl are lighter and less dense when the songs quiet), first drop on the stem of the K and the first verse all the way up to the start of the C. Then the breakdown on the second half the C and the U, and second drop at the stem of the L. Then a second verse to the end of the R and the outro on the E. It's not that obvious looking at it though, so I'm wondering whether to keep the idea or scrap it and just have the letters in the middle being the most solid and then fade out equally on either side? But then on the other hand I think it's nice as an underlying idea. Well i understand it having studied music tech. The idea and concept is cool, but as you say only those who know about the grooves will understand it. But thats not a bad thing as technically it looks appealing and then it just has the hidden meaning for those in the know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webber Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Heres a couple of pieces i produced for my course recently. We had to typographically illustrate two proverbs or sayings of our choice. I went with the lyrics of the King Blues and the old saying You cant teach an old dog new tricks. Heres how they looked Larger version Larger version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronz Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Love em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Quinn Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Well i understand it having studied music tech. The idea and concept is cool, but as you say only those who know about the grooves will understand it. But thats not a bad thing as technically it looks appealing and then it just has the hidden meaning for those in the know. Yer cheers man, figured some people might notice it or down the line realise it an think 'hey that's pretty cool' or whatever. That first ones sick by the way! Finding it difficult to work out the order of the words in between the 'imagination' and 'and write your' lines though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpanzyyyy Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) some of the stuffs I ve seen here awesome here's my blog here's a few of my stuffs hope you enjoy Edited December 21, 2010 by chimpanzyyyy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Quinn Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Random artwork for a new liquid/down tempo mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronz Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) Looks cool, I'd just work on the kerning a little Edited January 9, 2011 by Bronz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Quinn Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 (edited) Cheers man, any particular areas that look out to you, or general tips/rules of thumb when doing it? I got no sort of typography education and little knowledge haha. Another one to add to the mix: By the way, anyone heard of a guy called Sean Freeman? Stumbled across his stuff in an old issue of Lodown (must have not really noticed it before somehow) and within photography/design it's the work that's most inspired me in a LONG time, worth a look. Edited January 10, 2011 by Max Quinn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronz Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 (edited) Seldom004: Winter Blues Between 0 and 0, 0 and 4, W and i and e and s are all a lot closer than their surroundings. If you're using PS (which I presume you are) look in the Character pallet and the set the kerning mode (have icon) to Optical for an out-of-the-box fix EDIT: 'have icon' is meant to say AV icon. Spam filter thingy changes it Edited January 10, 2011 by Bronz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Quinn Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 Ah legend, cheers for that I'll have a play tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronz Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 Ah legend, cheers for that I'll have a play tonight Nae worries, updated my above post for clarity. Looking sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpanzyyyy Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 By the way, anyone heard of a guy called Sean Freeman? Stumbled across his stuff in an old issue of Lodown (must have not really noticed it before somehow) and within photography/design it's the work that's most inspired me in a LONG time, worth a look. I ve checked his website some awesome shit there for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Morning chaps, Thought some of you illustrators may be interested in my brothers site, he's just had a book published and I think he's pretty awesome (Obviously I'm biased, but I am very jealous as my drawing skills are 0) http://www.peteduffieldcreative.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webber Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Morning chaps, Thought some of you illustrators may be interested in my brothers site, he's just had a book published and I think he's pretty awesome (Obviously I'm biased, but I am very jealous as my drawing skills are 0) http://www.peteduffieldcreative.com/ There is some really nice stuff there man. Your brother is talented! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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