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Post Post #0 (ISO) » Sat Feb 04, 2006 5:04 am

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This topic is going to serve three different purposes to start with, which might get split off into separate topics at some point. Here they are...

T-shirts
- I've been considering selling mafiascum.net t-shirts for some time, and while that's nowhere near finalized, we need to come up with some designs.

Design Guidelines
- Copyright images and text are not allowed; any images or quotes should be original. Other than that, submit whatever you like. If you just have an idea, but can't draw, that's fine too, we can always have someone else do the artwork (or, if you want to work with someone who can do art, even better); likewise, if you're just interested in doing the artwork for someone else's idea, let me know that too (preferably with samples of previous work).

Submitting Designs
- Final designs should be emailed to me. At some point, we will have some "finalists" presented to the community to gauge interest. Feel free to bounce ideas off each other in-thread, just remember to email me about anything you want considered (if there's something incredible that someone posts and I don't hear from them, I may track them down myself, but it's easier for me if I don't have to).

Cards
- We're a bit further on this than the t-shirts.

List of Cards
- I will make a final decision on the number and types of cards at some point in the future (I've already made one such deck, so I have that as a starting point). If you have any suggestions/requests, feel free to let me know.

Card Layout/Back
- We'll want a standard design for all the cards; matching backs, and possibly some sort of frame around the card text and card art (possibly not). Suggestions should be PMed or emailed to me.

Card Art
- We'll need card art for each role (possibly even different card art for each card, depending on how we set it up). For consistentcy I would prefer that the same artist (or small group of artists) is responsible for all card art. If you are interested in this job, I would like you to send samples of how you would do the following roles: Mafia, Townie, Cop. As with everything else, images should be original; do not send me anything with copyrighted material.

Site Design
- Details later.
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Post Post #1 (ISO) » Sat Feb 04, 2006 2:41 pm

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mith wrote:
Design Guidelines
- Copyright images and text are not allowed; any images or quotes should be original.
Does the MafiaScum logo count as copyrighted material?
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Post Post #2 (ISO) » Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:09 am

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Jumping on board for site design stuff, so I'll see this thread later.
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Post Post #3 (ISO) » Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:40 am

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I'm working on T-shirt design.

I'm very interested in site design as well, but I'm not a tech person.
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Post Post #4 (ISO) » Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:30 pm

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I wrote:Does the MafiaScum logo count as copyrighted material?
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Post Post #5 (ISO) » Wed Feb 08, 2006 5:03 am

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Post Post #6 (ISO) » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:52 am

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I'm not even entirely sure who made the mafiascum logo (I assume you mean the forum one; the one on the front page is certainly useable). They look like found images though, and unless we can find the original sources to determine that they are public domain, we're probably better off not using them for something commercial.
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Post Post #7 (ISO) » Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:19 pm

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Didn't MoS make the forum logo? Or maybe I'm hallucinating. :?
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Post Post #8 (ISO) » Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:23 pm

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rolandofthewhite wrote:Didn't MoS make the forum logo? Or maybe I'm hallucinating. :?
Nope, just talked to MoS, he said he didn't. I wouldn't be suprised if it was polar boy.
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Post Post #9 (ISO) » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:40 pm

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I can help with art, web design, etc. But only if you need something in the goofball tradition.
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Post Post #10 (ISO) » Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:49 pm

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The noose in the logo appears to be public domain; at least, it's detailed as such here, and found elsewhere on the Internet as well.

The Glock, however, is more problematic. I'm working on a version that uses a stock-image revolver instead, to avoid licensing issues, but if anyone can take a photo that approximates the angle in the current logo, that might be better. Mine will look something like this:

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Post Post #11 (ISO) » Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:21 pm

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I actually like that logo better, Flay. :)
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Post Post #12 (ISO) » Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:18 pm

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Yep, don't change anything about it :).
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Post Post #13 (ISO) » Wed Feb 15, 2006 10:47 pm

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Vote new logo
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Post Post #14 (ISO) » Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:18 am

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Huh. Glad you guys like it... Orbiting says something's "off" about the words, and I'm inclined to agree, but I'm not sure how to fix it. Any ideas? Make the placement different? Increase the red/white 'halos' around the letters?

Anyway, that's just a draft copy, please don't post it up yet, JEEP/mith... :oops: it can certainly be done cleaner even if we don't change it much.
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Post Post #15 (ISO) » Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:40 am

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decrease the shadows around the lettering maybe?
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Post Post #16 (ISO) » Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:27 am

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Looks good, though I might make the whole text a bit bigger, and maybe a bit higher too.
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Post Post #17 (ISO) » Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:34 am

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I'd prefer the background were a bit darker (if not just solid black). That, or make the images bigger (don't notice so much in the current logo, because there's not as much background space). I like the revolver, though.
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Post Post #18 (ISO) » Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:08 pm

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Yeah, the revolver was really much more in-theme for the site, i thought... does it make ANY sense to have the logo vary in tint based on what usertheme you've got set (I think that's possible)?

Also, what do people think about the beveled/flat edge? Cadmium made mention that the bevel was giving him trouble in setting up the Wiki stylesheet...
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Post Post #19 (ISO) » Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:14 pm

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does it make ANY sense to have the logo vary in tint based on what usertheme you've got set (I think that's possible)?
Not sure what you mean... we only use this logo for Sepia. If we make other themes (which I hope will happen, but is very low priority at the moment), we'll probably make completely different logos for them.
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Post Post #20 (ISO) » Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:32 pm

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Guh-wha-huh? The logo is visible on both mafSepia and subSilver, it's the same file in two places:

http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/template ... iascum.gif
http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/template ... iascum.gif

What were we using for a logo before this was created? Do we still have that?

For the record, I'm totally cool with using a different logo on each theme (maybe leave mafSepia as the revolver-noose-cleaver, and subSilver as a more "modern" Glock-grenade-electric chair... just thinking out loud). No idea what to do with the green one that's rolling around in my head...
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Post Post #21 (ISO) » Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:26 pm

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Oh, I thought phpBB was still using the crappy phpBB logo. I should pay more attention. :)
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Post Post #22 (ISO) » Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:32 pm

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I would like the revolver to be at a slightly more profile angle.

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Post Post #23 (ISO) » Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:20 am

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Yeah, me too. I'm going to see if I can get a friend to let me take a picture of theirs (anyone here on the site is welcome to help out too). The old angle is really a good balance...or even possibly a flat shot. I've got some of those in stock/free photos, maybe I'll give one of them a try.
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Post Post #24 (ISO) » Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:33 pm

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halo freak wrote:decrease the shadows around the lettering maybe?
halo, what did you mean by 'shadows'? The red/white halos? There's no other accents on the letters, but maybe I'm misunderstanding...
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