Design and Layout Suggestions

[Nick]

Haha. OK then.

I will play with the logos tonight and post back if by change I happen to have a mediocre idea.

[Nick]

Can I some illustrator files for those?

[zourtney]

As I can has cheezburger!

[zourtney]

The more complete answer to the intended question, which I think was, "Can I have the Illustrator files for those images?" is: not really. I pretty much just played around and overwrote what I was doing within the same file. The last monolone tree and the fancied up (but indistinct) versions can be found in the attached file. Everything else you can probably recreate in a minute or less. Sorry.

[Nick]

Cool. Thanks.

[Nick]

Do we need an officially adopted font? For consistency and good lookery?

Just to mess things up I made a few alternate logo types...


In a dystopian future... More of an ominous 'barcode-punk' style

A more linear logo styling.

You wanted to see that in mono, right?

Courtney's mono image with some shadeing

And finally a more ancestral style..

[zourtney]

Hai!

[Nick]

Did you get hacked?

[zourtney]

No, that was an affirmative to the official font question. And now I see images there!

I like them. The Randomland coat of arms is cool. Though I'm not sure where you'd use it. Maybe for when we start our line of battle gear?

[Nick]

Exactly

[zourtney]

I like graytree. It's stickerable

[Nick]

But what do you like as a main logo? I like the elegance of a minimalist design, but they are hard to get right. Though they easily seem to carry some impact in their simplicity. I also like the look of the linear logos. Though much more the colored one. They have a kinda professional look to them. Not to say that the seal-style logos are unprofessional. They have their own allure, built from the official finality of the seal. The mark of organization that stands behind that seal and all they place it on.  I just don't know.  I do know I want to make some stencils and get to spray-painting something.... hmmm, that computer case looks like it could use some touching up.

Also. I made some widow clings with your mono-tree mash up.

Ok, lets (maybe?) make a decision. At least for the short term.

[zourtney]

I like the polished look of the first seal (hopefully that's not the exact same one I did...my opinion would be tainted!) If I had to choose, I'd say that one! With a prominent "randomland" to it's right, with the tagline below (like previous mockups had).

If I could adjust one thing, it'd be to make the background lighter. Or to somehow make the trees contrast with the background more. I tried myself, but was never real pleased with the results.

Número  uno is my vote.

EDIT: looking at it on another monitor, I like it more. I say keep it as is!

[Nick]

I will give a few more tries as making the trees stand out without making them look too out of place or neon. Perhaps lightening them a little and making the background a hair darker... or some shadow/outer glow.

[zourtney]

Just another variation (perhaps I should stop). I dropped the brown background opacity down to ~60%.

Knock it.

EDIT: I changed my mind. I don't like it. It made the problem worse. And here's another I don't really like.

I should stop -- I still like the first one of yours best.

Ok, ok. I promise -- this is the last one for tonight. Silhouetted right and left trees. It could work....but nah. You can look at it anyway though.