[game_preservation] SIG Icon and theme Atari Joystick + Belljar

[Devin Monnens]

Ok. Well if you can get it done by tomorrow, then I should have more than
enough time to print out my cards. But hey, I just manually edited the logo
and put it on my card, so it's 'good enough' if it comes to that. I'm still
finalizing printing setup.

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org>wrote:


>  Yeah, perspective isn't my strong point. Pixel art is *hard* and I'm no

> artist :) but the NES look is good :D

>

> I'll redo the top holding handle / add a reflect (and maybe do a different

> grey for the joystick) a bit sometime tonight or tomorrow, and the IGDA logo

> - well, if people don't know what it is, they wouldn't know what it is in

> any of the other logos for other SIGs :) - we'll have text next to it too in

> most cases.

>

> I'll do up the basic font I did previously in TrueType form for the logo

> text too, I just couldn't be bothered to investigate it today, heh.

>

> Andrew

>

> Devin Monnens wrote:

>

> Er, I also want to add that the perspective is really weird - makes it look

> like a Zelda NES dungeon!

>

> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Devin Monnens <evilcowclone at gmail.com>wrote:

>

>> Ok, colors look good. I'm beginning to think that a handle atop the bell

>> jar does not look that great.

>>

>> You can make the jar glass a little bit thicker and add a light reflection

>> (you can use the light gray from the joystick to keep with the 8-bit

>> profile).

>>

>> Otherwise, the colors look good and the curve of the jar looks good. The

>> IGDA logo on the joystick base is nice. However, people who don't know what

>> the IGDA logo is will be confused about the logo on the base.

>>

>> -Devin

>>

>> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org

>> > wrote:

>>

>>> Okay, I got some time and also found Inkscape to do a proper SVG icon.

>>> I've done it at 64x64, so it should scale okay (and also isn't entirely

>>> square really).

>>>

>>> PNG at a better size:

>>>

>>>

>>> http://aarmstrong.org/gallery/v/projects/preslogos/Belljar+over+Joystick.png.html

>>>

>>> Original SVG (which should have the layers and stuff even if you want to

>>> edit it, although the Joystick is not there right, or something...I'll redo

>>> it correctly if this is the final icon):

>>>

>>> http://aarmstrong.org/gallery/d/11463-1/Belljar+over+Joystick.svg

>>>

>>> I altered the joystick colours a bit (might redo them with a darker grey

>>> again) and the belljar is entirely new, so needs some feedback - colour

>>> (taken from the IGDA logo), actual appearance, etc.

>>>

>>> Also; as a bonus, the glass is actually see-through which you'll find if

>>> you check ;)

>>>

>>> Thoughts?

>>>

>>> Andrew

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>>

>>

>>

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>>

>> "Until next time..."

>> Captain Commando

>>

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