Biopowered - vegetable oil and biodiesel forum
General => Wiki and forum discussion => Topic started by: Tony on September 30, 2012, 11:32:21 AM
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Try ctrl-F5 if you can't see the new logo.
By our very own Keef 8) Thought I'd try a poll as I've never made one here.
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"Calm down dear", as they say ... it's all rush rush rush!
Keith was going to have a play with the layout and I've had a few ideas too. I think some of the colours on mine were altered when converting to a png, so may need tweeking ...
(http://www.palmergroup.co.uk/Bio/biopowered logo ideas.png)
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4 along and 1 down is nice
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I quite like the first set of logos with "wiki" and "forum" but don't know if that detracts from the simple cleanliness of the original. Having asked the missus she says they read like "Bio forum powered" which doesn't work, and I'm inclined to agree in that respect.
As far as colours go, I've got a terrible sense of style but anything orange/yellow/green fits the theme. The missus likes the dark green/light green combo, I like the orange/green the most I think. Whichever choice should have the orange oil drop over the i of Bio, which is a touch in the original that I really liked very much.
Not sure how I feel about the smaller "owered" leaving a gap between the top and bottom rows. I'm not a graphical designer so feel a bit at sea on layout aesthetics!
I also really like the favicon interlinked b and p idea, would have to scale it to 16x16 to see how it compares to just an oil drop.
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They are all only suggestions, up for discussion/pulling apart and I don't want to steal Keiths thunder ... it was he who came up with the original design.
He was going to have a play over the weekend, so lets see what he posts up and if there are any suggestions of improvements from others. My gut feeling is that we are very much on the right track.
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Completely agree with you Julian, barking up the right tree :)
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Almost anything is possible, it just needs ideas and suggestions eg ...
(http://www.palmergroup.co.uk/Bio/biopowered%20logo%20ideas.jpg)
Edit ... Image resized in BB code, didn't know you could do that!
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I can't easily play with this at home because of the broken laptop screen and doing it at work is pretty hit and miss because of having to give priority to their work. I just happened to have a quiet day last Friday so got stuck in straight away.
My preference is Julian's more rectangular design with the smaller "owered" as it puts more emphasis on bio than powered, but with the oil drop over the I of bio.
As for colours, I'm not that bothered but I think that we should further emphasise bio with quite a bold colour. The oil drop must be yellow/gold/orange and green is usually in there somewhere when it comes to anything recycly/envo friendly but doesn't have to be.
I completely agree with the favicon.
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I can't easily play with this at home because of the broken laptop screen and doing it at work is pretty hit and miss because of having to give priority to their work. I just happened to have a quiet day last Friday so got stuck in straight away.
My preference is Julian's more rectangular design with the smaller "owered" as it puts more emphasis on bio than powered, but with the oil drop over the I of bio.
As for colours, I'm not that bothered but I think that we should further emphasise bio with quite a bold colour. The oil drop must be yellow/gold/orange and green is usually in there somewhere when it comes to anything recycly/envo friendly but doesn't have to be.
I completely agree with the favicon.
There's no rush at all, see if you can find time to play next week and post up your preferences.
Personally I'm not wild about the oil drop, but more than happy to go along with it as the majority seem to like it. If we go with it can I suggest it's made to look more oily by adding a reflection, perhaps just a white streak or classical window reflection, but keeping the format as line art for simplicity and colour control, not importing a photo.
Keith, what's the laptop? It's a long shot but I've got a Toshiba, where the screen is good but the laptop runs like a snail on Valium. If it will fit you're very welcome to it.
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Don't particularly like either of these, but they might spark some ideas from the viewing masses!
(http://www.palmergroup.co.uk/Bio/biopowered%20logo%20ideas3.jpg)
What about adding drop shadows?
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Don't particularly like either of these, but they might spark some ideas from the viewing masses!
(http://www.palmergroup.co.uk/Bio/biopowered%20logo%20ideas3.jpg)
What about adding drop shadows?
the second one reminds me of austin powers psychedelic BABY YEAAAAA LOL :) which then points to the first ones sexual arousement hahahaaaaaa
yeah they kool
8)
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That last one is so Austin Powers it's hard not to like. I wonder could the d of powered be made into a tall tail to frame the right hand side (would also allow the "owered" to be extended slightly. Might look crap, but could be good?
Edit: Tried it, looks crap
(http://img15.imagefra.me/i5a1/tttonyyy/ethw_957_u886p.png)
Maybe height stretched "owered"?
(http://img15.imagefra.me/i5a1/tttonyyy/f9cf_992_u886p.png)
I guess that's more like Julian's Austin Powers one above but without the fancy reshaping. Hmm.
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I love the Austin powers logo, a bit quirky but well proportioned like most of us. (Thumbs up smilie goes here)
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Yep the more I look at it the more I like the Austin Powers one. I think it needs a similar white space over the top of the d as with all the letters that follow the well spaced o and w. That in green over orange with an orange oil drop would do it for me, yeah baby yeah!
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It was only a sample of the sorts of manipulation that can be acheived ... I've now got serious doubts about both of your stanadrds in taste!
All the alterations you suggest, Tony are easly acheived, but lets see if many others have similar bad taste before I spend time getting it mm perfect!
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Yep fair enough. Long may bad taste prevail, though I suspect you're a latent bad-taster for suggesting them in the first place Julian!
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Sooo... no more opinions on the Austin Powers logo?
(http://www.palmergroup.co.uk/Bio/biopowered%20logo%20ideas3.jpg) <-- that one
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Other than wishing I'd never done it? ... no.
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Sooo... no more opinions on the Austin Powers logo?
(http://www.palmergroup.co.uk/Bio/biopowered%20logo%20ideas3.jpg) <-- that one
Hang on a minute, RMs post refered to the one on the right being the AP logo and that's the one I like too. How come you're promoting the one on the left now?
Tony the turncoat? pah ;D
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Sooo... no more opinions on the Austin Powers logo?
(http://www.palmergroup.co.uk/Bio/biopowered%20logo%20ideas3.jpg) <-- that one
Hang on a minute, RMs post refered to the one on the right being the AP logo and that's the one I like too. How come you're promoting the one on the left now?
Tony the turncoat? pah ;D
Love the alliteration, but you've got me confused!
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Hang on, that was meant to be on the right of the image pointing left - just to clarify, I like the RIGHT HAND ONE OF THE TWO!
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... that was meant to be on the right of the image pointing left ...
It was, is and will be, to people with more than 50% of their screen in use! Still think they are both bastardisations of an originally good idea.
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In all fairness I've become quite attached to the logo we're displaying at the moment, it's only really the font spacing that feels a bit wrong (mainly around the r of powered). It is beautiful in its simplicity and I don't think we need to square it up as such.
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... that was meant to be on the right of the image pointing left ...
It was, is and will be, to people with more than 50% of their screen in use! Still think they are both bastardisations of an originally good idea.
Oops, it's my half a sceen causing the text to shift to under the pic then. :-[
Apologies all round chaps and I take back the "Tony the turncoat" jibe
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Also, as only ten members have bothered to express an opinion on a logo and half of them are mods, I guess it's safe to say that most members don't care so lets just choose one and use it. 8)
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I like the red / orange one that's in use now,
it's simple but yet bold, thumbsup (I didn't use a smiley Julian).
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8 out of 10 voters liked it which is good by me :)
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8 out of 10 owners said their PC's liked it.
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I've fiddled with the font spacing to get it pixel perfect, and re-drawn (and antialiased) the oil drop.
Original:
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s247/maxprint/avatar/biopowered2.png)
Tweeked:
(http://img15.imagefra.me/i5a5/tttonyyy/ethw_cbe_u886p.png)
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This any use?
(http://www.palmergroup.co.uk/Bio/oil drop.jpg)
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As far as I'm concerned, it's a wrap.
It contains elements that keep everyone happy and was a proper team effort!
Pats on backs all round, now lets go down the pub!
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belated YES, it looks good.
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I've reduced the size of the one used here slightly (ctrl-F5 to update) and put a scaled version on the wiki front page and adjusted the css to suit (so there is no space above/below it).
Ultimately I'd like to reskin the wiki to look exactly like the forum, with the logo and menu bar above so that it appears that you transparently jump between one and the other. But customising a skin for the wiki will take a large chunk of time. On the todo list though :)
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Are we not incorporating Julian's oil drop?
If not maybe we could use it as a smiley, that would please him!! ;)
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what are we all happy with / about? :-\
;D
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Are we not incorporating Julian's oil drop?
If not maybe we could use it as a smiley, that would please him!! ;)
Like this?
(http://img14.imagefra.me/i5a8/tttonyyy/ikt8_844_u886p.png)
So does everyone prefer that instead?
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I like it, goes with our oily theme very well.
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I like it, goes with our oily theme very well.
Well if you want authentic... ;)
(http://img14.imagefra.me/i5a8/tttonyyy/j4f2_624_u886p.png)
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I like it, goes with our oily theme very well.
Well if you want authentic... ;)
(http://img14.imagefra.me/i5a8/tttonyyy/j4f2_624_u886p.png)
Is it sticky ?
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That and slimy in equal amounts :)