Company logo by Ali.

[Cameron] · Mon 06/09/2004 07:33:17

Hi everyone,
Recently I asked Ali to design a Logo Screen and he brought me back this great pic. http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/Logo640by480.gif
He suggested I ost it in Critics Lounge and see what others think. So, here it is. C+C please.
Regards,

Alec

Mr Jake · Mon 06/09/2004 08:26:28

I think it would be nice if the stem and the Rose were shaded Dark green/red towards the lightsource

DanClarke · Tue 07/09/2004 02:05:32

hmm, it has some style to it, but im not really sure it works as a logo. For instance, a logo is something you should be able to put anywhere, and i cant personally see that fitting onto a letterhead or businesscard for example.

Design wise, the photo has clearly been lit with the vase in mind only, so the flower seems to appear 'unwelcome' in the image.

Ali · Tue 07/09/2004 03:33:48

Thanks for your observations. Alec, you haven't told me wat you think!

Quote from: DanClarke on Tue 07/09/2004 02:05:32
a logo is something you should be able to put anywhere, and i cant personally see that fitting onto a letterhead or businesscard

I thought with this being a very simple scene it wouldn't be difficult once it's finished to create a stark b/w version that would work in the ways you describe, with this being a more elabourate version for the start of a game.

Quote from: DanClarke on Tue 07/09/2004 02:05:32
the photo has clearly been lit with the vase in mind only, so the flower seems to appear 'unwelcome' in the image.

Alec asked me for a picture of dead flowers, so I intended for it to look a little unwelcome. It isn't a photo though (did you really think it was?) it's a 3d image, which means I could add a few highlights on the flower if they'd help pull the image together. You guys seem to think it would!

I'm currently working on a version with a few more petals around the place, and droopier stem.

DanClarke · Tue 07/09/2004 12:07:30

indeed, i have been fooled by 3D glass before

By unwelcome i didn't mean it in the sense that it added to the mood, i mean it in a technical way, in the same way if soebody was to draw a moustache and glasses on the mona lisa.

Ali · Tue 07/09/2004 12:47:44

I made a few alterations:

No radical changes (except the tinting and the company name), but I think the flower head looks a little nicer - I added a weak light near it. It's probably barely noticeable without close comparison, but I think it will strike the first-time-viewer better this way.

I thought these colours better communicated a sense of decay than the colder blue, what do you think?

BlackMan890 · Tue 07/09/2004 17:31:11

make the animation of the leaf falling down and when it has falled, fade in the company name, that would make it swell, also, this picture offers some... death? or is it emptiness?
forgive my spelling

Sam. · Tue 07/09/2004 17:45:27

What has your spelling done blackman?

Sorry

i think if maybe you moved the light up a bit so that ou only saw a little reflection on the glass and it more focused on the plant. also i think making the leaves (leafs?) more somoothed and rounded then i think it would look more realistic.

auhsor · Thu 09/09/2004 16:18:50

I think It's really nice and would serve as a detailed logo. A more simpler logo that is smaller and B&W (not much/no grey) would serve more as a typical logo, but this would be very good as sort of an introduction fade in sort of thing. You could also have credits along the right scrolling etc.

I would like to see just a hint of red in the rose. That would impact me more than just black petals. Kind of a deep blood red. Also reduce a little of the glare/brightness of the light source, but still keep the same lighting. If that makes sence. ie, just reduce the size of that big white blob on the left.

Very nice work.

cpage · Thu 09/09/2004 23:37:09

I love it the way it is! Its simple and beautiful.
I say leave the picture where it is.

the text on the other hand just doesnt fit. Choose a font a little more subdued.

Ali · Fri 10/09/2004 14:34:46

Thanks for the notes guys, I'm considering doing something to the glare as auhsor suggested, but I'd be interested to know what kind of font you'd suggest cpage. A more refined engraver's font maybe?

cpage · Fri 10/09/2004 21:34:46

I have no idea what i'm talking about

it looks fine the way it is.

I was just thinking since the picture its self is artsy and nice you should pick a font to compliment it well.
but i think yesterday i was just being picky

Evil · Sat 11/09/2004 17:48:26

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v458/evil1359/decay.gif

Something like that?

Al_Ninio · Sat 11/09/2004 18:23:16

Um.
That is a tad bit too dark.
I had to take it to Photoshop and twiddle with the brightness just to see the text, Evil...