I've been using this logo for years. It's a single color vector image in it's native format.
(http://www.penguinx.org/PX.jpg)
For the uninitiated, it's supposed to be a Penguin standing in at the bottom of an X. Penguinx. Huzzah!
lol. That logo is too classy, I like how there is a sort of illusion that shows the penguins body. Stick with this one. :P
I like it, but it doesn't quite show the effort of your last work, the penguin should be winking at me or something I feel.
Only 7 thumbs up:
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Wow. That is great, nothing else to say.
I was aiming for something that was so simple it could easily be branded on my legions of shock troope - er, nevermind.
Simple, yet effective...
very effective
Pay no heed to the naysayers - the logo kicks arse!
Simple, effective and a very very strong image!
How do you combine it with typography, though?
I can't help but see Hitler standing in front of a swastika :o
really?! I thought it looked more like a penguin standing in front of an 'x'....
^ Same. Hitler is a penguin... >:(
Quote from: James Kay on Tue 13/04/2004 10:13:57
Pay no heed to the naysayers - the logo kicks arse!
I was kidding, I only have two thumbs you know.
Initially when I looked at it I felt there should be some details drawn in outside of the X, but really it looks better the way it is.
Not sure how I missed this thread ...
Anyway; usually when somebody posts in the CL, I look at the work and say, "I would do this" or "I would change that".
I didn't do that with this.
Great job!
Never change a winning team! (er... or something like that)
It works, so I think it's fine as it is! Great job!
Here are some other things I've worked on recently. There's a business card in the top right, the typstyle I used for Penguinx (there's kind of a punk-rock flyer style for any typography for that brand), some alternate Penguinx logos, and a bunch of logos/names for a custom halloween mask creation studio I was looking to start.
(http://www.penguinx.org/PX2.jpg)
I opted to spend time working at 2D pixel animation for games as a hobby instead of the mask stuff.
I own/operate a print/sign shop in Illinois so I get to design things all day long. Yay.
For the penguin logo with the X inside a circle, 10 thumbs:
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I like the closure.. The open penguin scares me, like you cut off his torso for your selfish logo needs. The circle makes it look like he's peeking out from a window inside his submarine, his awesome white submarine.
I love the circle one also. It'd make a great shirt stencil. Mind if I use it?
eeehh.... I much prefer the penguin in your first post. It's all big and open and penguinish.
Wow your real good Penguin X! You should make me up a Demorgon Games logo since your so good lol
no seriously please
Great Job PX, I'll be sure to incorporate your "logo of choice" into the DQ:SOD poster. One more down...
(BTW: You gonna be able to make a portrait view of Cris for the poster?)
I think the X-circle one is too much like the X Men logo. :) I like the first one, but it seems like there should be a good way to incorporate "Penguin" horizontally, to make it very clear. Having it in the X bugged my eyes.
Maybe we could use one of the two bottom mask ones for the arcade?
Hollister Man, use whatever you'd like for the Arcade. I'll get you higher res versions of anything you'd like.
I couldn't help myself. I came up with a Demorgan logo.
I hear the name and I think two things: Demon or Demo-Organ. Rather than get all phallic on the logo, I opted for the former.
(http://www.penguinx.org/demorgan.jpg)
I know it's... not that spiffy... but I threw it together in a few minutes.
Funnilly enough, Demorgan makes me think !(A & B) == ( !A | !B), but then I do design logic circuits for a living...
I'm not sure if that qualifies as "funnily enough". :)
Made me laugh though...
WOw I like that Penguin but theres one problem.... lol
ITs spelled DEMORGON Not DEMORGAN
A lot of people make the same mistake! I have edited it and changed it and I like it! If I can use it I'll give you the credit...
Don't worry about giving me credit if you use it. No biggie! I hereby relinquish any and all connection to that drawing. TM & copyright for you and all that jazz.
Jeez it sure would be nice if someone was to make a logo for something called Invasion Games ... *cough* *cough* *hint* *cough*
No...? Worth a try ;)
here:
INVASION GAMES
((((((((( ))))))))
iii
iii_________iii
play on...
GOOD EY ;)
-OSC
lol
YEY!!!!!!!!! YEY!!!!!!! ASCII LOGOS!!!!!
:D
I N V A S I <-----> N
GAMES
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
*coughs*
(>'')>MartianGames(>'')>
0xxx[;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;>
2004
I interupt this hilarity to say
PenguinX, your logo is purely fantastic. Theres nothing I can say, although I see it taking you places. I would say that I do think Linux, though, when I see your logo, and I don't even use Linux. So I suppose if you define yourself well, I could look past the correlation.
Seriously, its a great logo.
Thanks for the comment, Scummbuddy. A really bad anecdote something to the effect of "everybody needs Scummbuddy sometime..." popped into my head. Disregard.
About Invasion Games:
(http://www.penguinx.org/invasion2.jpg)
In the top right corner, you'll see a "Black Army Press" logo. That was a logo for a failed comic book publishing company I almost started (lost a few backers). I modified it for an Invasion games logo as seen above.
If I had more time, I'd probablly come up with a good font for the name of the company, use varied, brush-stroke-like line widths, and draw the track setup on the tank.
I didn't want you to think I was just giving you my left-overs, so I came up with something else for ya:
(http://www.penguinx.org/invasion3.jpg)
It's simple and easily/cheaply reproducable as a 2-color design.
oooh. how groovy!
I like how that shooter-thingimy-bob is the 'i'...
Lol, you changed his name without his consent (sp)...
Other than that, i can only give you the biggest feedback.
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Do you want something??
j/k ;)
VERY good stuff. I doesnt get simplier than black'n'white.
Despite a flagrant lack of free time, if anyone wants a logo they can PM me and I'll get to it sometime next week. I don't mind helping out.
Cooooolllllllll... Thanx.....
Penguinx(Nice guy*Awesome logos)=Rock!
My style is significantly different than PenguinX's but am also glad to help. Check out my sig to see a sample. Mine are mostly made to fit specifically on a 640 or 320 res game screen.
Bonus. Hey Hollister Man, your sig reminds me of The Longest Journey. Intentional?
Here is the Martin Software logo that was requested. I had ambitions of making a little alien to stand in for the A in martian. Time was short, but I may add that in if it is in popular demand.
(http://www.penguinx.org/martian2.jpg)
Do, you do anything with black backgrounds? I notice most is in white, do you just prefer to work with white than black? How exactley do you go about choosing colors & drawing those logos there realy good!
I do a lot of my logo design in Flash (as opposed to Illustrator, Freehand, or Corel Draw).
The colors I pick are usually slightly modified versions of the default web-safe palette in Flash. They seem to be as good a starting base as any. Most of my old (Pre 2000) pixelart was done entirely in a web-safe palette. Go figure.
As far as inspiration for a design goes, I just try to come up with something appropriate. I either take the name and think about what the words conjure up in my head as pictures, or I try to incorporate pictures into the letters (like the penguin being the lower half of the X in my logo).
What does "Haddas Appropriate Games" or HAG make you think of?
Quote from: Haddas on Mon 19/04/2004 19:17:11
What does "Haddas Idiotic Softwarre" or HIS make you think of?
A tautology?
Anyway, since Mr Penguin is seeming inspired, logo-wise, please see if you can come up with something for "SuperScottishHero"... I could only do a lame SSH over some tartan which looked rubbish. If you do use a tartan, use Buchanan, though... my surname is a sept of that clan.
EDIT: ooh... Haddas has chnaged his
Because I can't really associate the word 'Haddas' with anything but you or your avatar, the first thing that comes to mind is a cartoony, black-and-white, comic-book-style version of your avatar in the middle of a circle (think Nintendo seal of Quality) giving the viewer a thumbs up with a cheesy smile on his face. The circle would have the words "Haddas Appropriate Games" around it with a frilly, official looking edge. Silly and official at the same time.
Secondly, mostly because of your inclusion of HAG, I think of an old lady with a controller playing video games whilst sitting in a recliner. You know, one of those generally-associated-with-the-elderly types. All adjustable remotely and whatnot.
Nice. I'm going to try make my own logo based on that now. (And fail miserably)
Unfortunately, I am as unlearned as a heathen when it comes to the definition of haddas.
SSH, I have a few things in mind for your logo. I will try to use your tartan when drawing it (or at the very least would leave that texturing to you).
Your logo will require a bit of the old ink & paper, though, so I might not have anything together very quickly on it.
More good stuff from the Penguin. Man, you must be a busy guy. :)
Anyway, Iron Pirate: No, I don't even remember ever looking at the Longest Journet, so it wasn't intentional. I just photosoaped the background and made the lettering in Illustrator. Someday I'd like to make a rendered version with the background flowing like Traveler's Tales did once. Maybe I will get around to it eventually. ;D
Here is the logo for Geriatric Express:
(http://www.penguinx.org/geriatric.jpg)
He he.. that logo makes me laugh.. I could just imagine if you drew the bottom him standing on a rocket powered skateboard or something.. :P
Thats my company. YAY! ;D ;D
Lithium, shrink it in an art program first please, it's the same image and you're even stealing it from penguin's site
it's 169 or something kilobytes, completely unacceptable for a sig image
Wow Penguin, these are great. Would you mind inking my band logo? I've got the scan somewhere...
Sure, send me a scan of it to ray@penguinx.org.
thanx for the martian logo
Hey there penguinx! Very cool logo's there! I was wondering, if you could find the time to draw a basic logo for "Solidus Software"? The one I have, with julius caesar on the coin, is just a cheap ripp from an already drawn picture. I'm looking for something that looks like it, but in another style, that is original. For the record... solidus means schilling.
I'd be really gradeful if you could find the time to give me some pointers.
Party on, dude!
Whoa, amazing logos penguin! I've always liked your pixel work, but you are definetly a logo master too!
If it's not too much trouble, could you try making a logo for "The Insomniac Lab" (or just "Insomniac Lab", dunno)? I'd like to hear what that name makes you think of first, before I tell you what i imagined it.
I really love the smoothness of the vector logos, but is it possible to animate them? Aswell as properly resize and adjust them to different places (website logo, small web logo (pretty tiny, on top of the menu, good for a signature) and the in-game one, which would be the only one that animates (unless I have the large website one animate too).
:) Great stuff, Mr. Logo Designer.
Minimi, I will try to come up with something for you later in the week. I have one logo that's ahead of you in the production line.
GinnyW, I can certainly come up with a few things for ya. It is possible to animate the vector logos. I make most of them in Flash, actually.
Also, if anyone else who has gotten a logo would like a FLASH or ILLUSTRATOR version of their logo, just let me know in this thread or a PM.
Well, the thing is I can't use flash very well (though I do have it), and animating in it is difficult, which is why if you can make logos that look just as good in pixelart, I may prefer that so I can animate it. That is unless you'd be willing to animate it for me.. heh. Which I would of course give you credit for in the game and the site :).
Btw, here's a description of how I imagined the logo, but I'm interested in your idea, if you have one.
I'm not sure if it should have a black or a white bg, but since my site is bright (will be ;)), I think it's best to use a white bg, which I would make transparent.
So, I see it as a large open eye outline, with the text The Insomniac Lab in it (or "the" could be outside) with,umm I dunno, something OR papers scattered..
Actually, I don't like either of those much, Iprefer to hear your design idea. I think I want to include an eye or something though. The tiny logo would just be an eye with "TIL" in it (or is IL better, without the "prefix"?), and the large one, for the game, could be the same as the normal internet one, or something, umm, else? Maybe I'll relate it to the game in question each time. :)
Well, as my sig says, "Sorry for my random babbling..." ;).
If you fancy doing em a logo as well my company is called Microsoft...
joking.... but if you want to do a nice perdy one for "Planet Magintz" I would very much appreciate it.
Hi.... any chance of doing one for
"BRAINKANDY productions"
Your work is truly awesome :D
GinnyW, I have a few ideas for your logo, but I want to draw some sketches and post them rather than try to explain them. I can, and will, draw it for you as pixelart. That's absolutely fine.
Magintz, I have an idea for a logo that involves a planet with a big 'M' shaped sign eminating from it's north pole. Kinda hard to explian, but I think you'll dig it.
KANDY, BrainKandy immeditately makes me think of the Kids in the Hall movie of the same name. I'd like to draw a disembodied brain standing on a flexible nervous-system spinal cord kinda dealy eating some candy. I think it could work as a two color design. Red and black. Use shades of red for the pink of the brain and the stripes in the candy.
SSH, I haven't forgotton about your logo. I'm just trying to find some time to ink a sketch I came up with.
Well, I can hardly wait to see your sketch, but I'm not quite sure I want the logo in pixelart from. The vector look is really smooth...
I'll make up my damn mind after seeing the sketch. :D
Thankyou for doing this! :)
Quote from: Penguinx on Tue 27/04/2004 01:40:04
SSH, I haven't forgotton about your logo. I'm just trying to find some time to ink a sketch I came up with.
I nearly did, when this slipped off the first page! Great, thanks Mr Penguin Sir
Here is Magintz' logo. I hope you like it. Ai, EPS, PSD versions of anything you need are available.
(http://www.penguinx.org/magintz.jpg)
Wow, thats cool... any chance of the M and the pole being red to match more of my site layout and game intro?
DAMNIT DAMNIT DAMNIT DAMNIT!
*tries to resist urge to beg penguinX to make logo...*
*tries harder*
*begins to crack* DAMNIT DAMNIT DAMNIT DAMNIT
*tries super-duper-ULTRA hard*
*fails*
ARGH! Must....... have......LOGO!!!!
DAMNIT!
I kept telling myself "I won't be snot-head, and ask other people to do my work"... but now...it's like an addiction! I can't help myself.
My company (if it could ever be labelled a company) is called "Clockworx" or "Clockworx Productions" if you wanted to be all fancy-schmancy. It's a fairly outgoing music/animation sort of thing (we make online/offline picture books, mostly) but with a serious/professional edge. The guy who does the artwork is good at drawing pics, but not logos. Everything he does ends up way too "crowded"...
If you could possible ever-so-kindly make a logo for me (?) - only if you have time of course - I would be indebted to you for ever. Who knows - I might even let you have my child?!
Magintz, I can certainly make the sign post and logo red. If you'd like, I can make the planet more Mars-like and red to match.
I've got a few ideas for 'Clockworx Productions' as well.
thank you :D *feels like a p3n15*
I have no idea why, but I keep imagining the Earth with an erection when I see Magintz's... :D
To all waiting on logos:
I'm working on em! Real life has been busy. Don't think I forgot about ya.
Hoorah! :D
whoop-da-do-da-loo-lee-lay!
Take your time, Penguin. We will live without logos, I swear. Well, I will, anyway. I know several other AGS'ers might feel...er...differently...
Hehe, real life can be so annoying! It seems like exactly at the point when I was ready to make some progress in an ags game, there are suddenly 15 upcoming tests, 3 days apart on average, an oral presentation, loads of math homework, a math competition to prepare for, french jomeworl to do, and a few more small things.. :P
And I'm just in 9th grade! I'm afraid to imagine how little free time I will have next year.
Whoops, got carried away, I just wanted to say take your time ;).
P.s. I'm still not sure if I would like vectors or pixel art.. Is it possible to have both? :P