How about something fundamentally different?
This is it for today. Tomorrow I will finish and do the icon.
This is it for today. Tomorrow I will finish and do the icon.
Learn GregTech HQM Pack (In Progress) 1.6.4.
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Agree re. out of place books. Still my fav design so far though.
Re. space: slogans on a billboard would be small print.
APERTURE
LABORATORIES
Because we can
@Queue
Hmm, I didn't like the two books bookending the "G". I preferred the first where the logos in the sides appear like a scale balance, with the wrench acting as the "scale in balance". My choice would be, for you to retain this format below for the final iteration.
The last image (of two books) made me realise that the present wrench image is quite literally, "a spanner in the works"! What a p$#% ugly texture
(Sorry! But somehow, all his textures are p@#% ugly!)! Upgrade it, replace it with something nicer or ditch it altogether. Check the faithful32 FTB pack's IC2 or GT textures to see if you can get a better image than that.
@Pyure's remark reminded me of a phrase from eons ago from school: "Labour Omnia Vincit" - hard work conquers all... And if you think about it, that is what greg's mod is all about... grind away, and get it done! Take that away, and see if you can embed it in the middle of the logo, like those "railway station murals", instead of greg's p*&#$ ugly wrench (@Pyure, good catch!)
Hmm, I didn't like the two books bookending the "G". I preferred the first where the logos in the sides appear like a scale balance, with the wrench acting as the "scale in balance". My choice would be, for you to retain this format below for the final iteration.
The last image (of two books) made me realise that the present wrench image is quite literally, "a spanner in the works"! What a p$#% ugly texture
(Sorry! But somehow, all his textures are p@#% ugly!)! Upgrade it, replace it with something nicer or ditch it altogether. Check the faithful32 FTB pack's IC2 or GT textures to see if you can get a better image than that.@Pyure's remark reminded me of a phrase from eons ago from school: "Labour Omnia Vincit" - hard work conquers all... And if you think about it, that is what greg's mod is all about... grind away, and get it done! Take that away, and see if you can embed it in the middle of the logo, like those "railway station murals", instead of greg's p*&#$ ugly wrench
(@Pyure, good catch!)
@Queue, Holy shit you surpassed my expectations, they look amazing![DOUBLEPOST=1405370058][/DOUBLEPOST]
Yep, just not under rain though.Oh, it's looking nice. Sparse, dark, and it's got that "GT theme" look stamped on it.
The opacity makes the background too dim. I had to squint to understand was was in the background. Brighten the the texture layer and/or increase the transparency.
@CarbonBasedGhost,
So, Have you configured the machines to blow up now?
May I just say, that you are a man after my own tastes!
@Queue
I am looking forward to how you'll take the slogan and the logo forward from this point on. Good luck
NEWS: After I publish this as I private pack this thread will be no longer used and it will be moved to a new thread in the third part section.
@all
Thank you very much. I am honestly quite surprised, as I just recently began drawing in GIMP, and doing pixel art type stuff as well. This will be evident to any "real" artist, when they closely inspect any of my images but no matter, here is the first of the final revisions I came up with:
I finally went in and did my own wrench for real, and did my own book. I tried putting HQM on the book cover but it sucked Will a blank cover suffice? What should I do to it?Please feel free to comment.
Obviously I did not do a revision for the alternate "bookending" version, as @CarbonBasedGhost agreed with @AlCapella on which version he liked. I have not made many real world objects in pixel art, so feel free to critique or rage at my noobness here and also on the wrench. Speaking of the wrench, AlCapella, I did not use the Faithful one but just went ahead and did it myself. It came out ok, and the colors are from the real Gregtech iron wrench (I chose iron because bronze was too orange and the steel one blended in too much).
I used a lighting effect on both the book and the wrench. It felt weird when I applied it to the logo (I also darkened the logo's rivets, as they were nearly invisible before).
The entire image was reentered because my OCD vs Symmetry kicked in.
I will try out the Latin slogan too.
I will be making further revisions, a logo and a second version with a more FTB style background (see the other 1st party packs). Comment away.
Thank you very much. I am honestly quite surprised, as I just recently began drawing in GIMP, and doing pixel art type stuff as well. This will be evident to any "real" artist, when they closely inspect any of my images
but no matter, here is the first of the final revisions I came up with:
I finally went in and did my own wrench for real, and did my own book. I tried putting HQM on the book cover but it sucked
Will a blank cover suffice? What should I do to it?Please feel free to comment.Obviously I did not do a revision for the alternate "bookending" version, as @CarbonBasedGhost agreed with @AlCapella on which version he liked. I have not made many real world objects in pixel art, so feel free to critique or rage at my noobness here and also on the wrench. Speaking of the wrench, AlCapella, I did not use the Faithful one but just went ahead and did it myself. It came out ok, and the colors are from the real Gregtech iron wrench (I chose iron because bronze was too orange and the steel one blended in too much).
I used a lighting effect on both the book and the wrench. It felt weird when I applied it to the logo (I also darkened the logo's rivets, as they were nearly invisible before).
The entire image was reentered because my OCD vs Symmetry kicked in.
I will try out the Latin slogan too.
I will be making further revisions, a logo and a second version with a more FTB style background (see the other 1st party packs). Comment away.
And here is the slogan test:
Should it be a different color? I tried the grey-blue wrench color and that was impossible to read.
Queue this is fantastic. You incorporated a lot of great brainstorming into this and the results show. I suspect CBG is gonna be very pleased.@all
Thank you very much. I am honestly quite surprised, as I just recently began drawing in GIMP, and doing pixel art type stuff as well. This will be evident to any "real" artist, when they closely inspect any of my images
I finally went in and did my own wrench for real, and did my own book. I tried putting HQM on the book cover but it sucked
Obviously I did not do a revision for the alternate "bookending" version, as @CarbonBasedGhost agreed with @AlCapella on which version he liked. I have not made many real world objects in pixel art, so feel free to critique or rage at my noobness here and also on the wrench. Speaking of the wrench, AlCapella, I did not use the Faithful one but just went ahead and did it myself. It came out ok, and the colors are from the real Gregtech iron wrench (I chose iron because bronze was too orange and the steel one blended in too much).
I used a lighting effect on both the book and the wrench. It felt weird when I applied it to the logo (I also darkened the logo's rivets, as they were nearly invisible before).
The entire image was reentered because my OCD vs Symmetry kicked in.
I will try out the Latin slogan too.
I will be making further revisions, a logo and a second version with a more FTB style background (see the other 1st party packs). Comment away.
PS: @CarbonBasedGhost, your name is too long, so you have an acronym now. Enjoy.[DOUBLEPOST=1405455846][/DOUBLEPOST]Btw I think the "plain" book is good.
Thank you very much!
btw, I made an alternate version without Greg's assets (I did end up talking to him on our server and he said that he was ok with me using his metaItem system as a background), but I think this looks sort of cool:
And yes, I think I went background crazy
(ugly)
(ugly)
(eh)
(kind of like)
(sort of like)
(FTB Launcher background color, like)
(eh)
My favorites are the two with the MetaItems in the back and the one with the gradient without the metaitems still though.
My favorites are the two with the MetaItems in the back and the one with the gradient without the metaitems still though.
Queue, your work for this project is outstanding.
I want to thank you a thousand times. (and CarbonBasedGhost a million times for the idea and execution)
I want to thank you a thousand times. (and CarbonBasedGhost a million times for the idea and execution)