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Title: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Brass_Machine on October 25, 2011, 10:36:19 AM
So, With the new board, we need a few things to give us a more polished web presence. One is to replace the simple machines forum logo at the top right. The other is to create a small icon that you see in the tab of the browser...

How about a contest or volunteer?
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: arnoldb on October 25, 2011, 02:56:21 PM
 :lol: You beat me to the suggestion Eric :lol:

How about letting members submit their suggestions in a thread for a certain cut-off date.  You then choose the top X (you're the boss :thumbup:)  and then have a poll ?

Do you perhaps have some guidelines for image size for the image to replace the SMF logo ? - and any other guidelines as to what you'd like for the picture to fit the MadModder image.

I wish I had an idea, but I'm not a very creative kind of person...

 :beer:, Arnold
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Miner on October 25, 2011, 03:02:19 PM
A lot of people post pictures of various projects. Throw one of those up with a different one every month. Somewhat like HMEM does for engines. A button to delete it from view would be useful too. It's a PITA to have to scroll down each time just to start reading what you want to.

Pete
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: kvom on October 25, 2011, 04:57:13 PM
Given the forum name, a clip from the film "Young Frankenstein" would be completely apropos!  :thumbup:
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: shipto on October 25, 2011, 05:32:08 PM
having recently watched night at the museum 2 I think a bobble head Einstein should be in it somewhere.
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Bernd on October 26, 2011, 04:40:45 AM
Eric,

I like that avatar. I've seen that somewhere before. Nice and steampunky.  :D

I was looking for something like that since it gives the impression of something that was Madmodded. I have three pictures that I snagged off the net. I don't know if they could be used becasue if copy right. They are from the South Bend company and one is from that Japanesse guy from Crab Fu. I've attached them to this post.

Bernd
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: PTsideshow on October 26, 2011, 07:03:03 AM
Something simple, like crossed ball peen hammer with visegrips and a roll of duct tape underneath with the name in a curve like smile under it all.  :clap:
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: dsquire on October 26, 2011, 10:37:37 AM
Something simple, like crossed ball peen hammer with visegrips and a roll of duct tape underneath with the name in a curve like smile under it all.  :clap:

Glen
If you're going to mention Duct Tape you have to mention Red Green. You can't have one without the other.  :lol: :lol:

Cheers  :beer:

Don

Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Doc on October 26, 2011, 11:37:31 AM
Red Green I use to love that show wish they would show that again on a station here. :D
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: sbwhart on October 27, 2011, 06:14:24 AM
How about a Borg cube  :borg:


(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u50/legslikeaspider/Borg_cube-293x262.jpg)


Stew
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Doc on October 27, 2011, 01:10:54 PM
How about just a hammer and anvil?
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Miner on October 27, 2011, 01:52:14 PM
What was the name of the machine that will generate really long, Almost lightning bolts of electricity in those old horror movies? All mad scientists had one of those. Ya gotta have gears too, Lot's of gears.

Pete
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: GOOFY063 on October 27, 2011, 02:34:58 PM
how about a mad scientist standing over a lathe hooked up all the gadgets like Frankenstein with a caption saying its alive  :mmr:
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: saw on October 27, 2011, 02:49:09 PM
I am thinking, the name MadModder, why not Alfred E Newman with a lathe :dremel:
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Miner on October 27, 2011, 03:56:30 PM
I am thinking, the name MadModder, why not Alfred E Newman with a lthe :dremel:

Great idea but it won't happen with copyright laws.

Pete
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: PeterE on October 27, 2011, 04:43:58 PM
I am not sure about copyright issues, but I recall a setup of gears of all shapes and sizes that did turn very smoothly and nicely.  They were at the time the intro to an old technical program during the 1960s and -70s in Sweden.

Something like this:
http://svt.se/content/1/c6/52/56/30/teknisktmagasin_430.jpg (http://svt.se/content/1/c6/52/56/30/teknisktmagasin_430.jpg)
The text across was the title (in Swedish) of the TV program.

BR

/Peter
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Brass_Machine on October 27, 2011, 04:45:22 PM
I like the gears.

I may ask my co=worker... his GF is a graphics artist. she may be able to come up with something
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: andyf on October 27, 2011, 05:09:16 PM
Gears would be nice  :thumbup: . Plain round ones can be pretty good, particularly if they rotate like here:
http://littlemachineshop.com/Info/catalog.php 

Andy
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Anzaniste on October 27, 2011, 06:48:16 PM
Talking of logos can anyone tell me what the squares of varying colours and numbers under the posters name represent?
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Brass_Machine on October 27, 2011, 08:19:49 PM
Talking of logos can anyone tell me what the squares of varying colours and numbers under the posters name represent?

Yellow = Member
Blue = Moderator
Red = Admin

The number is based on your "level" AKA 1 square 'newbie', 2 Squares 'JR Member'. And the only thing that counts for that level, is your post count.

Eric
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Anzaniste on October 28, 2011, 03:42:25 AM
Ahaaaa. Thanks.
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: rleete on October 28, 2011, 09:21:07 AM
He's lying to you.

Yellow is caution.  As in, don't listen to these guys, they're all full of bull sh baloney, and are not to be trusted.

Blue is cold, whether it's physical (must be on blood thinners), malfunctioning heating/cooling systems or just poor circulation is up for argument.

Red is really, really angry.   Look at his sig line, it spells it out right there.

Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: jgroom on October 28, 2011, 09:37:10 PM
Ahhh.... The truth comes out.  :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Miner on October 28, 2011, 11:29:37 PM
Ok.....................Then gears made from Bull S..t  :)

Pete
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: DaveH on October 29, 2011, 08:51:29 PM
Hi,

I could send you a photo of me ............ I'm a bit mad :ddb: :ddb: :ddb:
Will that do?
 :beer:
DaveH
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Chazz on October 29, 2011, 09:22:37 PM
Picture, if you will, 'Doc' from 'Back to the Future' standing over his modified 9 x 20 lathe exclaming "This baby is wired for a Million Gigawatts!"   :lol:

Ya I know it's not a logo, just had to share the thought.

 :beer:
Chazz
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: PeterE on November 21, 2011, 04:30:06 PM
Bumping this one up again as I found a Youtube piece on the non-round gears I talked about earlier. They were used as the intro to the Swedish TV program "Tekniskt magasin" a technically popularized show describing  all storts of technical inventions and contraptions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zbSvdC-0Bc&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zbSvdC-0Bc&feature=related)

Hope this gives an idea of a quite nice gear solution.

BR

/Peter
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: DaveH on August 27, 2012, 07:29:25 PM
I am wondering what happened, seems to have died.  :Doh:
I think a logo would be nice.  :thumbup: We just need one that's all  :poke:
 :beer:
DaveH
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Brass_Machine on August 27, 2012, 07:58:05 PM
Well.. I got the icon going a few weeks back. Working on the logo as I have time (which isn't much!)  :Doh:

Eric

Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: DaveH on August 27, 2012, 08:13:46 PM
Eric,

I noticed the Icon - pretty neat  :thumbup: :clap:
 :beer:
DaveH
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Troutsqueezer on August 28, 2012, 06:01:26 PM
Eric, what size (pixels) are you looking for in the logo? There's a reason why I ask.  :thumbup:

-Trout
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Ray on August 28, 2012, 06:53:43 PM
Good question Trout  :beer:  I know to.  :thumbup:  I'm out.

Good luck.  You can do it.  There is a lotr of fun stuff now but it will settle down and I hope they get the rules and specific requirements down pretty soon.

I never noticed the top right of the forum before Eric.

Ray

Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Brass_Machine on August 28, 2012, 07:35:51 PM
Eric, what size (pixels) are you looking for in the logo? There's a reason why I ask.  :thumbup:

-Trout

I am not 100% sure Dennis... I will have to look it up. Basically, I want to replace where it says "simple machine forums" in the upper right.

I was thinking of something along the lines of the favicon geared "M" with the rest in a cool script
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Troutsqueezer on August 30, 2012, 05:22:58 PM
First Pass. Font can change, obviously. I know it's not like the favicon but I worked it up before I asked.  :hammer:

(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s68/troutsqueezer/MadModder-1.png)
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: DaveH on August 30, 2012, 05:48:20 PM
Hi,

Can anyone comment?

But first Dennis must promise he won't come to South Africa and beat me up  :lol: :lol: :lol:
 :beer:
DaveH
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Brass_Machine on August 30, 2012, 06:49:41 PM
Holy c###! I like it!

I have your permission to use it?

Eric
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: DaveH on August 30, 2012, 06:53:12 PM
Yep, I quite like it,

except I think MadModder should be one word  :dremel:

Just a thought
 :beer:
DaveH
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Brass_Machine on August 30, 2012, 07:00:44 PM
You mean "madmodder" in the caliper instead of just "mad"?

Either way... I think would look good.
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: DaveH on August 30, 2012, 07:09:12 PM
Eric,

That's correct but it should be spelled correctly "MadModder" - with the two capital M's.

May be Dennis could make it look a bit squashed or something ???

You have a very nice talent there Dennis  :bow: :bow: :bow:
 :beer:
DaveH
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Troutsqueezer on August 30, 2012, 08:26:40 PM
Thanks guys. I'll work on it a little tonight and come up a few variations. I'm thinking the whole title within the calipers might spread the jaws so far apart they may not look like calipers anymore but we'll see.

Eric, of course you can use anything I toss out.

Dennis
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Brass_Machine on August 30, 2012, 08:38:44 PM
Thanks guys. I'll work on it a little tonight and come up a few variations. I'm thinking the whole title within the calipers might spread the jaws so far apart they may not look like calipers anymore but we'll see.

Eric, of course you can use anything I toss out.

Dennis

Thanks Dennis!

Maybe raise the "Modder" part up so it is inline with "Mad" while keeping Mad in the calipers?  :scratch:
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Troutsqueezer on August 30, 2012, 09:48:25 PM
Here's a few more. I think the whole name fitting into the calipers turned out better than I first thought it would. Eric didn't see your latest until I uploaded this. Let me know if you would still like to see that.

Dennis

(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s68/troutsqueezer/MadModder-2.png)
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Pete49 on August 30, 2012, 10:08:11 PM
Dam clever that Trout. I honestly think either of the top two would be good. Proper english as opposed to chinglish would dictate two words as the use of the capitals precludes it form being one word.  :palm:
but what would I know  :doh:  I'm just an old bugga educated prior to computers  :lol:           
Pete
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: DaveH on August 30, 2012, 10:13:27 PM
Very good Dennis,  :thumbup: :clap: :bow:

Go on Eric choose one  :thumbup:
 :beer:
DaveH
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Troutsqueezer on August 30, 2012, 10:21:26 PM
One more round. Thanks guys.

(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s68/troutsqueezer/MadModder-3.png)
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: DaveH on August 30, 2012, 10:23:33 PM
Yep, I agree the top two look the best, and the one with the red Mad   Modder looks good.  (That is the top two of the group of four in post #41)

Just my 2c  :med:
 :beer:
DaveH
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: DaveH on August 30, 2012, 10:34:42 PM
Dennis,
You're the artist, do you have a preference?
 :beer:
DaveH
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Sic Semper Tyrannis on August 30, 2012, 11:00:16 PM
Make the lower case "d" micrometers!!!
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Brass_Machine on August 30, 2012, 11:21:34 PM
Ok... I like the 1st one on post 41 and 44... The black letters. Either of those 2 are really good.

They just hit the spot on what I think works for us. Now I just gotta figure out how to change it  :smart:

Thank you Dennis!

BTW, SWMBO really likes the very 1st one!

Eric
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Brass_Machine on August 30, 2012, 11:58:28 PM
Trying one on for size... I think it looks good.  :headbang:
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Troutsqueezer on August 31, 2012, 12:21:37 AM
I like the top one in post #41 but any are ok with me. Eric, if you need a version in gif, png or other (so you can make the white background disappear) you can email me. I updated my email address.

Or if you need me to resize while still a vector graphic (retains highest quality).

Dennis
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Brass_Machine on August 31, 2012, 12:42:51 AM
Sent you 2 PMs Dennis!

Eric
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Rob.Wilson on August 31, 2012, 02:21:41 AM
Now that looks the muts nuts  :headbang: :headbang: nice going Dennis  :thumbup:

Rob
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Pete49 on August 31, 2012, 03:59:49 AM
Got it in one Eric.  :nrocks: Trout you are the man worth all that Eric pays you.  :) Should double it
Pete
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: DaveH on August 31, 2012, 05:08:34 AM
Dennis,

You are a star  :clap: :thumbup: :bow:
 :beer:
DaveH
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: srm_92000 on August 31, 2012, 05:42:21 AM
Very nice that, but will some of the younger members here know what it is without a digital readout  :scratch: :poke:

Steve.
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: PekkaNF on August 31, 2012, 06:17:08 AM
Very nice that, but will some of the younger members here know what it is without a digital readout  :scratch: :poke:

Steve.

Does older ones get it if it not in fractions :lol:

Like the logo with mauser and upmilling. Reply #44, but both on that picture are good.

Pekka
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: AdeV on August 31, 2012, 07:18:16 AM
I like the top one in post #41 but any are ok with me. Eric, if you need a version in gif, png or other (so you can make the white background disappear) you can email me. I updated my email address.

Or if you need me to resize while still a vector graphic (retains highest quality).


I reckon you should move the "Modder" text down about 5pixels (maybe so the bottom of the text is at the same level as the bottom of the jaw of the capliper) - that way, when the background goes, "Modder" will sit nicely in the darker blue section of the background, the caliper almost bang on the centre line, and "Mad" nicely above.

I'm glad you had better luck here than "over there".
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: doubleboost on August 31, 2012, 07:21:26 AM
I like it  :drool: :drool: :drool:
John
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: ozzie46 on August 31, 2012, 07:47:48 AM
I like it  :drool: :drool: :drool:
John


   Make that 2.

  Ron
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: srm_92000 on August 31, 2012, 08:21:17 AM
Very nice that, but will some of the younger members here know what it is without a digital readout  :scratch: :poke:

Steve.

Does older ones get it if it not in fractions :lol:

Like the logo with mauser and upmilling. Reply #44, but both on that picture are good.

Pekka
I must be middle aged then, :wave:, can't do fractions  :scratch: :bang: but work with metric non digital kit.
I like the the bit on #44 'global model making community' perhaps that could be included just as small text along the caliper ?

Steve.
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: saw on August 31, 2012, 08:41:10 AM
I like the new logo but...
I prefore a little smaller logo and insted of the white background transparent color.
But, it's just me.  :coffee:
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Brass_Machine on August 31, 2012, 08:44:12 AM
I like the new logo but...
I prefore a little smaller logo and insted of the white background transparent color.
But, it's just me.  :coffee:

I am waiting on the transparent background from Dennis.  :beer:

Eric
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: jonesie on August 31, 2012, 08:57:56 AM
 :nrocks: nice job dennis and good choice by the adm.i think it looks real good simple and real affective.again nice job. jonesie
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: PeterE on August 31, 2012, 09:13:23 AM
I also think it looks very good, well done!  :headbang:

But of course I have an extra idea  :palm: if the white background were transparent instead the logo would really fit the background nicely. Or?

BR

/Peter
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: DMIOM on August 31, 2012, 09:52:09 AM
I think its great as is, especially if the background can be transparent

......I like the the bit on #44 'global model making community' perhaps that could be included just as small text along the caliper ?...

Global Community - absolutely
Model Making - I would definitely vote against this - MM is about far more than Model Making

Dave
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Troutsqueezer on August 31, 2012, 11:06:18 AM
Thanks for all the nice comments, Guys.  :thumbup:

I sent three versions to Eric for eval.

AdeV, thanks for the suggestion to move the text down slightly, it was a good one. All the suggestions from you guys are good for that matter.

The upmilling graphic I threw in just in case Eric wanted to expand on it and maybe use in the upper right corner or something. It was just the result of a brain infarction.

Dennis
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Brass_Machine on August 31, 2012, 12:02:12 PM
I think its great as is, especially if the background can be transparent

......I like the the bit on #44 'global model making community' perhaps that could be included just as small text along the caliper ?...

Global Community - absolutely
Model Making - I would definitely vote against this - MM is about far more than Model Making

Dave

I like the idea and the picture... we would just need to change the wording....  :med:
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: dsquire on August 31, 2012, 12:04:27 PM
Dennis

I liked that logo last night when I saw it and was going to comment on how much I liked it but I had guests so put it off till later. Imagine my surprise when a few minutes ago I checked in for the first time to day and saw that it is the new MadModder logo. I like it. Congratulations and thanks Dennis.
 :) :D :) :D

Cheers  :beer:

Don
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: srm_92000 on August 31, 2012, 05:19:50 PM
I think its great as is, especially if the background can be transparent

......I like the the bit on #44 'global model making community' perhaps that could be included just as small text along the caliper ?...

Global Community - absolutely
Model Making - I would definitely vote against this - MM is about far more than Model Making

Dave

I agree entirely it was mainly the 'A global ..  making community' that worked for me but how do you express to a wider audience what Modding is.  Maybe 'a global makers community'  :coffee: :scratch: :beer:
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: HS93 on August 31, 2012, 06:06:47 PM
Verry well done Dennis I like it a lot , but is it my pc or could Eric move it more central then we could have it even BIGGER.

nice job chaps   :clap:

Peter
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: micktoon on August 31, 2012, 06:34:22 PM
Aye, canny logo that like ( Geordie accent coming out there )..............I like it , well done Dennis  :clap: :clap: :clap:
  Cheers Mick
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Brass_Machine on September 04, 2012, 11:16:16 PM
I am happy with the logo! We look like a legitimate website now!!

Thanks Dennis!

Eric
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: PTsideshow on September 05, 2012, 08:27:33 AM
Ok I have logged out and then logged back in and don't see anything other then the simple machines one and the word MadModder across the header line? or isn't in place yet?
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Brass_Machine on September 05, 2012, 09:05:04 AM
Ok I have logged out and then logged back in and don't see anything other then the simple machines one and the word MadModder across the header line? or isn't in place yet?

Nope it's there Glen. You may have to clear your browsers cache.

Eric
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: AdeV on September 05, 2012, 09:12:43 AM
The logo is cached quite firmly, it took one of my machines several days to figure out it had changed, and another day to work out it was a different size...
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: PTsideshow on September 05, 2012, 09:15:58 AM
k  :thumbup:
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: PekkaNF on September 05, 2012, 02:10:06 PM
But the logo is prettyful and larger than life! I mean pretty and beautiful.

Pekka
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: Bernd on September 05, 2012, 06:52:30 PM
OK, late to the pary again.

That icon, YAH :thumbup: I like it muchly. :drool:

Bernd
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: PTsideshow on September 09, 2012, 02:04:48 PM
Logo finally popped in  :thumbup: looks great and a nice choice. Now when you get rested up from this project. Ya need to change the smilie MadModder Projectitis to the logo  :dremel:  :clap:  :clap: great job to those involved!
 :nrocks:
Title: Re: Icon and logo wanted
Post by: HS93 on September 09, 2012, 08:14:14 PM
Yep this one looks great,

Peter