Oolite Bulletins

I don't think I like the transparent ones as much, and I've got plenty of spare Jellybabies now - have one of mine.

That got me thinking.....perhaps we should just bow to the inevitable.

It's a no brainer!

Smivs wrote:

That got me thinking.....perhaps we should just bow to the inevitable.

NOOOO!!!

Disembodied wrote:

@Gimi: sadly no wallpapers possible – I'm working on 640 x 192 originals, and can't scale up to wallpaper sizes.

I suspected as much, hence my question about the Oolite font.

Gimi wrote:

I suspected as much, hence my question about the Oolite font.

Aha, I see! I'd thought you were referring to the logo font, sorry ... I don't know exactly what font Oolite uses in-game but I suspect that you could use Helvetica Bold and nobody would notice.

It is Helvetica Bold.

Disembodied wrote:

another_commander wrote:

This is probably the first and last time I'm going to be saying this, but I have a feeling that completely removing the ship models (sorry Griff!) and leaving just the background with the short chart overlay would probably make this my favorite selection for the board logo.

Worth a try!

Cool! Didn't know Lave, Tionisla et al were part of the Pleaides star cluster. Will have a closer look in the Autumn with my 'scope!

Cheers,

Drew.

Mind you making a picture which accurately mirrors g1 is not that tricky. I did one for a star trek audio play once:



The stars behind the logo mirror the arrangement on the United federation of planets insignia
Creating a star field that accurately replicates the positioning of the stars in g1 shouldn't be insanely tricky, I did this once for a star trek fan site.

taking the fedoration of planets logo and mapping stars to it:



the article is here (I have a copy in my "cool sh*t I can do with photoshop file)

http://gallery.artofgregmartin.com/tuts ... field.html

drew wrote:

Disembodied wrote:

another_commander wrote:

This is probably the first and last time I'm going to be saying this, but I have a feeling that completely removing the ship models (sorry Griff!) and leaving just the background with the short chart overlay would probably make this my favorite selection for the board logo.

Worth a try!

Cool! Didn't know Lave, Tionisla et al were part of the Pleaides star cluster. Will have a closer look in the Autumn with my 'scope!

Cheers,

Drew.

So which logo won the competition?

aegidian wrote:

...and I'll judge a winner on the first of May.

Says it all

Just a few days left to enter a logo or comment on one already suggested...

aegidian wrote:

... on the first of May.

<Prod> just curious, of course, nothing to do with my own entry...

Sorry, got caught up in stuff... judging now...


all-logos by aegidian, on Flickr

I plumped for Another Commander and Disembodied's first team effort. Nice big logo, starry background, no ships (I would have liked ships, but I agree with those who said it looked better without.

Well done, thank you everyone!