That's the spirit Yes, the contest runs until July 13th, and of course I'll consider every entry until that date. Comparing all the entries against Aderain's came out of his constant work with lots of questions-entry-feedback loops, so naturally he's closest to what I had in mind, and set the bar for everyone else. But that shouldn't keep anyone from posting alternatives with new ideas - maybe (probably?!) there are nice things I didn't think of!
I Reduced the glow on both like you said, I didn't put the fade on the K in the white background because you said the white one is for printing so I dont think the fade would print properly. Also for the animation should I keep the glow as it is or reduce it like the one above? Thanks for the feedback, Mac
Everybody, thank you very much für all the amazing entries so far! Aderain set the bar with his latest entry (post #35), which is quite exactly what I imagined when starting the contest. Additionally, it meets the requirement I originally set that the end of the animation should look exactly like the black logo. And the white logo is well suited for printing (this is important - and the main reason for me to get a second opinion as written in post #37). As I scheduled this contest to run until (and including) July 13, there are some days remaining. I'd like to use them as an opportunity to try out modifications - there's surely effects I didn't think about that are very nice and would fit in well. Use Aderain's entry as a reference, but please feel free to play around, even if the result does not stick to my specification. Amaze me
princemac: The white logo is perfect. For the black logo and the animation, I think the best would be something between the last two versions of the black logo - just a little bit of fuzzy glow, but not too much. "Works" could be a bit darkened, to support the effect of the reflection. I don't like the moving of "Works" in the animation. It might be very nice though if it looked like a reflection on water with little waves.
gestalt, thanks for entering the contest! But why so sad? For the looks, I don't think you're heading in the right direction. The font makes it look too modern, and the flickering isn't very convincing - orient yourself closer to the other entries. You introduced two new elements: Fire and smoke. I'm not sure for the fire, but the smoke (fog?) could be very nice if combined with a water-like reflection. Thinking about it, fire could be nice too - if used very carefully, like a shorted contact on one of the flickering letters that sparks and smokes... maybe I'm thinking too far, but why not?
Mia, thanks for the corrections! The animation looks awesome, I really like the looks of the letters in the animation. Ignoring the print-ability (see my last feedback) is ok for the animation - after thinking it over (and getting a second opinion on it), it's ok to have the animation not look exactly like the logo, as long as it's close enough. The Logos look good too. The black one could use a bit of glow, the white one is print-friendly, very good! For all three, the distance between "Concept" and "Works" could be a bit bigger, to the "p" and "k" don't touch.
Hi there, I am a very, very, very sad person! The font is a 'neon' font. The animation 'timing' is as per your specification. The fire and smoke are just 'concepts' and I can adjust these effects... I will work on other concepts for you, Thank you,
princemac, the black logo really looks great this way, "viewing pleasure" wasn't exaggerated! Thank you! The flickering in the animation looks good, but I don't like the sound - I'm very sorry, I know it was a massive amount of work, but I'm no fan of sound on webpages, so I'll need the animation without sound. I really hope this doesn't kill your motivation, because you've done a great job with both the logos and with the animation! The effects for "Works": 4 and 5 are nice, 1, 6 and 8 are great, 7 is my favourite - it really looks like water! Very nice
Just a quick notice to everybody: I'll be offline for about 24 hours - just wanted to let you know feedback will take a bit longer - keep up the brilliant work!
Here is the revision without sound, I made type 7 the one without sound, I also redid the one on the site itself so you can see it on a big black background.
Thanks everybody for all the great entries! Before finishing this contest, I'd like to do a final phase, to give everybody the possibility to update their entries before I decide on the winner. Please note that you're not obliged to do changes to your entries - If you wish, you may leave them as they are. New contestants are still welcome, although the time window for feedback-loops will be very small. After seeing some new ideas in the recent entries, here's what I imagine the ideal entry like: - White logo: Moogle's entry - Black logo: Moogle's entry, with a little bit more glow, and the reflection effects of princemac's entry (slightly darkened with a soft gradient) - Animation: The flickering and timing of Aderains's entry, with the letters of Moogle's entry, and the reflection effects of princemac's entry (slightly darkened with a soft gradient, water-surface-like movement) These are the entries referred to: Aderain: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showpost.php?p=11911333&postcount=35 Moogle: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showpost.php?p=11940798&postcount=57 princemac: http://macavelly.uni.cc/conceptworks/ (Animation: Type 7, no sound) As the scheduled closing time (today, midnight UTC) is at 2 am here in Zurich, you'll have about 8 extra hours before I can review the updated entries. If you need more time, please tell me - if it suits you, we can push the closing time a bit. Really looking forward to tomorrow