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« on: January 15, 2010, 11:25:24 AM »

This is a draft Eyeman threw together in a hurry, so don't get all critic-y.


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« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2010, 11:29:48 AM »

Great visual style and colours, but...

eilelopean? Or what does it try to say? Definitely needs more readability.
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« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2010, 11:29:58 AM »

Hmm, it definitely needs to look clearer and more legible. I like the border and background.
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« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2010, 11:56:53 AM »

eilelopean?

I see Eyelopeah. But it's great anyway! Wink
From a layman's perspective, I think only the letters C and N need to be made a bit clearer. Otherwise, the logo works.
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« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2010, 12:05:36 PM »

It looks nice, provided you already know the game's name.  Tongue
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« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2010, 12:06:17 PM »

I like the direction and style, but it needs more clarity. I know it says Cyclopean, but it's very hard to read it. The frame design is kinda generic. Maybe it can be more oozing, chaotic, and tentacly?

Also, as an alternative maybe the name should be etched in some old stone? Like on one of those creepy stone doors you suddenly find in some old mine.



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« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2010, 12:48:07 PM »

The font is my own interpretaion of 'Deutche Gothic', and coming from wildstlye graffiti roots I can read the alphabet in a pile 'o spaghetti, so I'm kinda blind to how legible my lettering is. This is 10 times simpler than my first draft, hehe.
I'll will definitely remove the superflous curlicues, etc and make any new versions much more legible.

I like the tentacle idea, I kept the border simple to bring to mind something more monolithic, rather than get caught up in intricate stone filigree, which I would still like to try though. Layered intricacy is my middle name.
Some sort of symbolism for tentacles might go a long way towards making it unique to Cyclopean too.

Thanks for the comments guys.
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« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2010, 12:48:27 PM »

This is a draft Eyeman threw together in a hurry, so don't get all critic-y.

Yes, I know it's ILLEGIBLE, that's part of the horror!  You're not meant to be able to read it.  Vince, this is from your school of marketing, where you hide the content from potential customers and make them work to find it.
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« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2010, 01:18:27 PM »

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The frame design is kinda generic. Maybe it can be more oozing, chaotic, and tentacly?
This.

It would be cool if tentacles were coming from behind the frame with letters and tangling juts slightly through few of them.
Maybe doing it with different colors would work too.
Something blue and green and shady - horror style. Though that may be too obvious.

I suggest using some fractal err... surfaces? That would give an impression of chaos, something spongy but half-alive half disintegrating. Like madness seeping in, taking over.
Also since the name is what it is maybe there should be some kind of eye somewhere in it.
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« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2010, 01:43:57 PM »

The slimy, living, tentacled thing is certainly a theme many many others have gone with before.  If tentacles were included, I would probably go with a single, more subtle tentacle instead of the spaghetti-like mass.  I personally prefer disturbing hints to overwhelming horror, which I doubt could be conveyed in a logo in any case.

What I originally requested was dusty blocks of masonry, heavy and ancient rather than alive and spongy.  And cyclopean, as Lovecraft so frequently used the word, means "big", not "one-eyed", although as a pun it's not out of the question.
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« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2010, 02:33:08 PM »

Sure, im only throwing suggestions in.

Masses of tentacles surely need to be avoided. I agree.
When i mentioned some kind of fractal surfaces i envisioned it as something crawling into the picture. Those stone blocks - but with something chaotic eating into them from the edges or something like that, not as a design of the whole logo.

Anyway, just throwing stuff in as it pops into my mind.
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« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2010, 02:47:48 PM »

Vince, this is from your school of marketing, where you hide the content from potential customers and make them work to find it.
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« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2010, 02:48:38 PM »

Something blue and green and shady - horror style. Though that may be too obvious.

It sounds good in theory, but green and orange (Autumn setting) would clash... Hmm maybe clash is good though. The horror of contrast!
I actually stole the colors on the logo directly from a pic of an ancient greyish green stone.
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« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2010, 04:13:48 PM »

Well ok, he logo itself is a bit greyish.
I think the background looks warm and cozy and nice.

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« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2010, 04:49:55 PM »

The frame design is kinda generic. Maybe it can be more oozing, chaotic, and tentacly?

Also, as an alternative maybe the name should be etched in some old stone? Like on one of those creepy stone doors you suddenly find in some old mine.


This. Needs more creepiness. Don't get me wrong, the design is nice, but it is too tame. How about making the logo the cover of an unspeakable tome written by a mad arab? You could have something creepy hiding in the book art...
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