[USIPS] Logo Design Collaboration

[Silver Coin Anon]

Do we still need engravings though? It will be barely noticed on smaller scale

I'll be trapped in a winter hellscape soon so I'll have time to make something for Null to look at and help us understand which engraving style he wants (unless he can find an example he 100% likes and tell us to follow).

 

[Null]

I do want engraving lines, even if it means a large and small version of the logo.

 

[DefinitelyNotMe]

Alright Ill work on it then

 

[gagabobo1997]

I'm not artsy enough to contribute to the logo but I wanna say that I would absolutely love a silver (or maybe even gold, but it would probably have to less than an oz) round with this logo. Especially if it could fund the USIPS's efforts with the profit. My biggest regret on this site is missing the CWC coin drop.

 

[Silver Coin Anon]

I'm kind of waiting for one that's extremely close to what I have in my head, then ask for it to be traced into a clean vector for touch ups. Nothing is perfect yet.

For the sake of perfection I mocked up 9 pieces messing with boulder sizes and the angle of the man. This uses DNM's version but the results could be applied to OO's as well.

Basically I am trying to clarify the ideal size/position of the boulder and just how "bent over" the man should be. A gif for eyeballing and a webm below for scrubbing.

 

[Null]

B is the best, though I like what that one guy did where he sloped in such a way that it would fit in a square well, and centered mass on the figure.

 

[Silver Coin Anon]

B is the best, though I like what that one guy did where he sloped in such a way that it would fit in a square well, and centered mass on the figure.

I see what you mean about the "squareness".

Are either of these hybrids better than either of the others individually? I picked what I think are the best bits of both (Sometimes mirroring makes humans see things differently so I've included the same two but mirrored below)

 

[Null]

I like the foot facing out, the toes add a sort of weirdness to it that is unwelcome.

 

[DefinitelyNotMe]

trying new method for hatching but i dont think its quite working out

 

[Silver Coin Anon]

trying new method for hatching but i dont think its quite working out

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Try using white lines to back-hatch into the dark areas. It softens and blends it together.

 

[Taxidermied Rat]

trying new method for hatching but i dont think its quite working out

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I recommend to try and make the hatching bigger/thicker. Even with how thick I went it looked softer and thiner when the image was smaller. Additionally I would recommend keeping it to to just hatching not cross hatching. That should help improve clarity as well.

 

[DefinitelyNotMe]

I recommend to try and make the hatching bigger/thicker. Even with how thick I went it looked softer and thiner when the image was smaller. Additionally I would recommend keeping it to to just hatching not cross hatching. That should help improve clarity as well.

ive been tire spinning again and tried a bunch of different things whole evening
its just all doesnt look quite right
it just doesnt work with hard shadows of a very contrast image?

 

[mindlessobserver]

trying new method for hatching but i dont think its quite working out

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The trial of Sisyphus is a curse. He is doomed to push the boulder up the hill, but he will NEVER get it to the top.

That is what you are missing. Too much hero determination. Not enough despair. Stop focusing on Sisyphus. The main player is the boulder.

 

[Silver Coin Anon]

its just all doesnt look quite right

Maybe try this (but don't be so lazy as me in this exact example)?

 

[Silver Coin Anon]

A note to any person in here looking to make their own version of the submissions here:

I asked a person who is very familiar with adult male body ratios and this is the physical ratios he suggested. The linework is currently kinda fucked since this is my hybridizing of two people's work that I haven't redrawn yet but he assured me that limb lengths, ratios, vague muscle outlines, and positions in this image are "correct" for a man trying to hold a boulder back from falling off a cliff.

 

[LatinasAreTheFuture]

Me being a self-taught wannabe artist is probably not the best pick for the job.

This is exactly the kind of person that we need!

 

[Taxidermied Rat]

it just doesnt work with hard shadows of a very contrast image?

I agree, I can't get it to work much either. How about something where the shadows are reduced? But there is more hatching?

Thicker Style:

Thinner style:
Just hatching:

With cross hatching:


Original for reference:

 

[LatinasAreTheFuture]

i really have to agree with a previous poster earlier in the thread: less detail on the rock is better. Lowkey, with all the folds it kind of looks like a big turd.... like a dung beetle.

 

[Taxidermied Rat]

Examples of potential reduced patterns on the rock:

 

[K!w!Fartz]

i really have to agree with a previous poster earlier in the thread: less detail on the rock is better. Lowkey, with all the folds it kind of looks like a big turd.... like a dung beetle.

That's because the internet is a piece of shit, and humanity would be better off without it.