Graphic Artist Wanted

[BigMamaMurder]

@archsimkat said in Graphic Artist Wanted:

Why is there still discussion about existing proposals that aren't Petric's?

I don't have a dog in this fight (although I should tbh) - I think Petric's designs are nice, but are too busy. They force the eye to make sense of them, and that's less optimal.

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PS. Did anybody ever play the arcade game Rygar? Hint hint...

[Azraaa]

Isnt busy the entire point of the damn Icons

[BigMamaMurder]

Surely not?

[Mvk_-]

Anyone know what kind of time frame is left to submit something?

I'd like to submit something but think it is alittle to ambitious for the time remaining.

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[Azraaa]

@LittleMissMurder said in Graphic Artist Wanted:

Surely not?

I Think so...

[Mvk_-]

@Azraeel Busy would be nice if was animated, and animated would be nice if it was responsive.

Busy was nice in the 90s.

I still think there is just something simpler.

In the end, as long as there is a good winner doesn't matter how it's won, it's still for FAF!

[biass]

@Azraeel said in Graphic Artist Wanted:

@LittleMissMurder said in Graphic Artist Wanted:

Surely not?

I Think so...

No

@WasserMelon said in Graphic Artist Wanted:

@tatsu I've made some progress with photorealistic textures as you sugested, I enjoy the outcome but would be great if the change is begin made from 40x20 to 80x40. And perhaps do you know when the deadline is?

There is no real deadline, just when one is chosen.
Also, do you have anything else to use than a slab serif?

[FtXCommando]

Changing out icons is not a development heavy task. Can basically look at anything until a week before tmm releases.

[Burritozilla]

any suggestions or criticisms.

[Jip]

Oohh, I like how you used the tech icons of Supreme Commander. But perhaps do not evolve to wings or eagles? It is very amerika-isch. Perhaps you can remain in the 'flow' of Supreme Commander by using silhouettes of units as the fifth level.

[Mvk_-]

@Jip I'd partially agree, maybe a division or two in each tier can have wings or say be swept by, not sure all.

I'm for unit icons myself, seems more for just FAF .

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[Burritozilla]

@Mvk_
yeah, I might have overdone it with the wings but it seemed like the only thing that fit with the design I was going for. I also wanted to make sure you felt rewarded when ranking up, I felt that everything above silver had to have something unique to them while also feeling somewhat similar hence they naturally kinda just all got wings (early designs had no wings at all).

As for the unit idea, I actually tried something like that. Each tier was actually a unit and as you ranked up the higher tier unit you got with 5 being an ACU but ultimately my subpar graphic skills weren't enough and I just couldn't make it work and it honestly did not look good at all. Plus there is the small issue of people complaining that their faction isn't a higher tier.

[FemtoZetta]

But perhaps do not evolve to wings or eagles? It is very amerika-isch.

Eagles have been around in heraldry for ages, it's not America specific. Especially since they were inspired by the Romans...

[Mvk_-]

@Burritozilla The design fits as you say. They would be reasonable to have.

I'm stuck on Unit/Buildings Icons.

Yes, there will be faction conflicts for higher tiers but in the end is just a faction to say for the tier.
There are probably least a couple solutions for such and still having unit/building Icons in the tiers before, but some work would be involved.

I've done some reasonable work with concepts before to the ideas of alot of the submissions to say already put here for this thread and topic.
Units/Buildings are done often actually just not all the time in a graphical sense for the reasons here.

20x40 is the mark to find, 200x400 is a reasonable signature size, alot of work is reasonable there. The mark to find is not as much to look for but is within reason to maybe search out for 200x400, I did alot of 150x500 size ranges before for signatures.

Units/Buildings would nice but not sure will be presented in time.

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[Askaholic]

@Burritozilla Nice and simple and looks good. A few things:

1. According to the main post, subivision 5 is the lowest and 1 is the highest (I made this mistake too on my attempt)
2. Again I don't like the roman numerals, see my earlier post.
3. On gold 4-5 the design gets simpler, makes it feel that 4 is better
4. Diamond is really inconsistent. I like where you are going with getting rid of the roman numerals, you should fully commit to it and get rid of roman numerals in 2 and 4 as well. (And for that matter get rid of roman numerals entirely)

[BigMamaMurder]

Just a general observation: If something is not readable in monochrome or greyscale, it won't be readable in colour. In other words, don't let colour do your design work for you.

[BigMamaMurder]

ETA: I just re-read the thread. The tiers 1-5 with 5 being the lowest make this somewhat unintuitive

Need to think of something else

[Mvk_-]

Invert it??

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[BigMamaMurder]

Liek dis?

[Mvk_-]

Invert outside colors, like flipping it backwards, but inside out if not mistaken.

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