Oolite Bulletins

Oolite's splash screen and icon have been around for a while now, and I was thinking about doing a refresh. Something like this:

Icon samples


Splash screen sample


(Updated to make the station a bit bigger)

Obviously, *very* open to comments/critiques/suggestions. Including "Don't change my Oolite icon, dammit!"

The colors do pop a lot more - it's a lot more attention grabbing.

My one critique, which is so minor as to be functionally irrelevant, is that those specific colors don't say "Oolite" to me. I feel like there should be an element of silver/gold in there. I don't know why. Maybe because that's the dominant color palette for ships?

Maybe the black outlines should be gold and the Oolite title maybe a bit "shinier"?

An overall "metalification" of the logo would maybe give it that extra oomph. Not necessarily a "brushed metal" look or the gunmetal style of the E:D logo; but a bit shinier.

arquebus wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:51 am

Maybe the black outlines should be gold and the Oolite title maybe a bit "shinier"?

An overall "metalification" of the logo would maybe give it that extra oomph. Not necessarily a "brushed metal" look; but a bit shinier.

Thanks for the feedback. I'll have a play and see what I can come up with.

I've just updated the splash screen image, because I thought the Coriolis image was a bit small.

Between this one and the current one, I definitely prefer this one. It's much bolder.

OK, couldn't get the gold looking OK. But had some success with the brushed metal look on the name:

Here's a straight brushed metal look


And here's one with a "glow" effect as well.


I'm quite liking the "glow" version.

I liked your first attempt, and I also like the glow version.
Brushed will be the first part to be lost when scaling, so we'd have to keep various sizes around.

hiran wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 4:33 am

Brushed will be the first part to be lost when scaling, so we'd have to keep various sizes around.

I'd keep the first version of the text for icon files, which are generally a lot smaller. The text is even almost readable when reduced to 32x32.

I think the "glow" version will just be for the splash screen.

Abstaining - happy to go with whatever you decide!

Personal preferences tend towards Victorian neo-gothic, rococco and Bristol Byzantine...

To be blunt... yuck! But I've always disliked that icon!

Ah! I had though by keeping the general icon form but changing colours and style, there was a useful homage to the old while embracing something new! Who knew there was such strong emotions attached to that icon!

Unfortunately my artistic talents don’t stretch to coming up with a new icon entirely, so I’ve reached the end of what I can achieve. However, if there are other artistic types out there who would be willing to put something together, perhaps together we can come up with something better!

phkb wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 4:35 am

hiran wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 4:33 am

Brushed will be the first part to be lost when scaling, so we'd have to keep various sizes around.

I'd keep the first version of the text for icon files, which are generally a lot smaller. The text is even almost readable when reduced to 32x32.

I think the "glow" version will just be for the splash screen.

I am happy to see them in the repo soon. If you have it some svg version would be nice as well - a scalable master.

phkb wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 8:46 am

Who knew there was such strong emotions attached to that icon!

It's only one opinion, and from someone with no artistic skills!

phkb wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 4:35 am

hiran wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 4:33 am

Brushed will be the first part to be lost when scaling, so we'd have to keep various sizes around.

I'd keep the first version of the text for icon files, which are generally a lot smaller. The text is even almost readable when reduced to 32x32.

I think the "glow" version will just be for the splash screen.

Even if we do not intend to deliver separately, let's keep the used versions not just as an icon or inside the splash screen.
If e.g. the glow version is available separately (with transparent background) I can still use it to assemble a splash screen for Oolite Starter.

As suggested by arquebus.
[artsy-talk] No talent here either but this does POP a bit more. [/artsy-talk]
Anyone given Griff or cbr a quick nudge?

Yeah I like the glow versions! I preferr NiteOwl's gold rim to the white rim but I think both are better than the first iteration. Agreed that brushed metal probably won't scale down very well, and there's no good reason to add more work, so better to have a single image that scales.

For comparison, here's one of the original Elite logos:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... _cover.jpg