[game_preservation] SIG Icon - Joystick and Belljar

[Devin Monnens]

Ok yeah, base seems to look better now. You'll need another opinion about
the nob at the top. I'm not sure if it looks good or not anymore.

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org>wrote:


> I think I might have to redo the base to be a better perspective and do the

> glass dome better, but here is thicker glass with no handle:

>

>

> http://aarmstrong.org/gallery/v/projects/preslogos/Belljar+over+Joystick+thicker+glass+no+handle.png.html

>

> I made it a bit taller to compensate, might redo it so it's a bit shorter

> with the bigger base. I also did what amounted to a bit of darkening around

> the bottom of the base rather then making it black. I will probably go and

> make the base bigger then the glass (as it should be usually) so I can make

> it clearer all around it.

>

> In any case, it's a bit of progress.

>

> Andrew

>

>

> Andrew Armstrong wrote:

>

>> I'll look to do one without the glass knob, and sort the glass edge going

>> around the base (depending on how it looks, I'll also do a thin glass

>> version to compare). Give me a while - maybe will do it tomorrow.

>>

>> As for font, if you can find a entirely free Truetype font available,

>> which looks better, go for it. I just wanted one that matched what simple

>> work I did previously - not necessarily iconic "bit" fonts, so if you can

>> find one which matches monospaced terminal input, that'd be cool. I don't

>> know any decent sites for finding it though (I found that one via. google).

>>

>> The IGDA colours? well, I need to really sort the IGDA history (yeah, I

>> started the Wiki project, it's still in limbo. Not that anyone really cares

>> or knows about it, since I've not told anyone, hehe), that'd be something

>> good to sort. I'll ask Jason how they got their icon and colours, and note

>> it on the wiki. Probably entirely boring ("It looks good") but there we go

>> ;)

>>

>> Andrew

>>

>> Devin Monnens wrote:

>>

>>> Thicker glass looks better, though doesn't the glass go around the base

>>> as well? Still not sure about the knob at the top (even though I suggested

>>> it in the first place!). Could our font be a little different? Is there a

>>> less generic pixel font we could use?

>>>

>>> Colors look fine - in line with IGDA colors. BTW, does anyone know what

>>> the IGDA colors actually STAND for?

>>>

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