Look and Feel

• #30 Reply
  Posted by Wolven on 23 Aug, 2014 10:57
• The letters are looking cool with that texture. But the glow over shadows it a bit. Could the glow be dampened a bit, or the letters made bolder?
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• #31 Reply
  Posted by Phanjam on 10 Sep, 2014 05:58
• Hi WOlven sorry for this super-late reply!
  
  Here's a study with bolder letters, milder glow and textured more for a rust effect (maybe a bit overdone right now, can be adjusted)...
  
  
  
  whaddya think?
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• #32 Reply
  Posted by Wolven on 10 Sep, 2014 08:06
• Yes.  I like it. 
  
  The texture is as you say, a bit over done with the rust, but I think it's shaping up real good now.
  
  I'd love to see the logo, with just the gear behind it, and no plate. Also could you try making the S at the end as large as the T at the start, so I could see how that would look. It might look like crap, but it could also make the logo a bit more dynamic in shape.
  
  Right now the silhouette is asymmetrical like this: o----o-----
  
  Try this: TorchModderS creating this silhouette: o----o----o
  
  Or as an alternative this: torchModders creating this silhouette: ----o-----
  
  This might not look good at all, I just want to see how it would look. It's easier to play with the silhouette with a word like "torchlight" where the first and last letter is the same. TorchlighT
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• #33 Reply
  Posted by Phanjam on 11 Sep, 2014 04:35
• Gotcha  will do and revert
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• #34 Reply
  Posted by Mario Diaz on 15 Sep, 2014 06:49
• I see somewhere that the color blue it’s imprinted in our brains to mean daytime so if you wanna keep us awake all night… hehe, also I like blue
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• #35 Reply
  Posted by Phanjam on 19 Sep, 2014 04:26
• Hi All! Some more TM logo studies
  
  @Wolven , your idea to use font-size to "balance" the logo worked quite nicely! I went with the
  
  "0----0----0"
  
  option and the following are variations on that...
  
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  Text with Gear
  

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  Then I thought I'd try something different...
  
  Text with Gear + Ghost effect
  

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  Just Text with Ghost effect
  

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  I kinda like the ghost effect, kinda "brings it to life" in a way. What do you think?
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• #36 Reply
  Posted by Wolven on 19 Sep, 2014 04:34
• Looks great. I like the one with gears and ghost effect best. It makes it pop. We should have both with and without the ghost effect though, in some situations it's nice to have a "clean" version of the logo.
  
  Nice work Phanjam!
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• #37 Reply
  Posted by Phanjam on 19 Sep, 2014 05:14
• Thanks! Yeah on a light background the ghost effect just doesnt work.
  
  Let me clean it up a little more; i'll be quick i promise!
  
  @Mario Diaz i thought of your suggestion to use blue when i was choosing colors for the ghost effect
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• #38 Reply
  Posted by Phanjam on 27 Sep, 2014 04:53
• Hi All.  Here finally are what I hope are good enough to be the final versions of our logo
  
  

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  Version for Light Backgrounds
  
  
  
  Version for Dark Backgrounds
  
  
  
  

  
  @Wolven  If these are good, I'll send these to you in several sizes for use on the TM sites,and I'll make us some signature cards as well
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• #39 Reply
  Posted by Wolven on 27 Sep, 2014 06:13
• I think they look great. Will you also send me version without the ghost effect, so we can see what works best for different places like the forum, wiki, front page, etc.
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• #40 Reply
  Posted by gytfunke on 27 Sep, 2014 07:54
• Excellent work, Phanjam!
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• #41 Reply
  Posted by Phanjam on 27 Sep, 2014 08:26
• Thanks very much guys! 
  
  @Wolven I PM'd you the link to all the image files a little while ago
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