The Gang of Five
Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Fridge => Saurus Rock: Member Hall of Fame => Topic started by: Malte279 on March 26, 2006, 09:27:21 AM
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Hi!
Here are some of the first drafts for member awards for you to agree or disagree on (constructive criticism is welcome as you are the ones who will have to carry those around for a year, so don't be shy ;)).
Some basic concept of all the awards is that they all measure 400X100 pixels. They all have some kind of image (which hopefully befits the nature of the award) on the left while the right is blurred. The name "Gang of Five" is written in letter size 12, the title of the award in letter size 14. The original idea was to have the words of all awards written in the same (quasi golden) color. It doesn't work out in front of all backgrounds and elaborate shading of the letters or the like don't quite work out at this size. Maybe the names of those who receive the awards should be added to the awards as well once they are issued. Anyway, your thoughts, opinions, criticism, or support are appreciated.
Here's the friendliest member award:
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Friendliest%20Member%20award3.jpg)
Here's the most helpful member award:
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Most%20helpful%20Member%20award4.jpg)
Here's the land before time philosophers award:
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/LBT%20philosopher%20award3.jpg)
Here's the best role play gamer award (which is not yet approved by the community so whether or not it will be issued is not yet certain):
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Best%20RPGer%20award2.jpg)
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I like them all! :DD :DD
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Here is a draft for the best fanart award:
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Fanart%20Award3.jpg)
By the way, if any of you have suggestions for other awards than the four official and the one pending we are having so far, please don't hesitate to make the suggestion.
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Some more samples done by me. :)
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/mr300/gofawards2006-artwork.jpg)
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/mr300/gofawards2006-friendliest.jpg)
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/mr300/gofawards2006-helpful.jpg)
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/mr300/gofawards2006-philosopher.jpg)
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^ Nice one's Roger :)
You know what, we could make creating the awards a kind of friendly competition among all members of the forum. Everyone may come up with drafts for the awards. All those who don't hand in any drafts for awards may vote for the drafts of the members. The drafts which get the most votes will be taken and the one who created them may create and "Awardmaking award" for him- or herself (maybe less frequently posting female members of the board will give us their input too). It would give some people not yet nominated for any award a good chance to get one and it would give us a lovely selection of possible awards to pick from.
What do you think?
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First off, let me just mention how happy I am to see you guys working on these banners :D Great work, both of you! I am going to comment on what I noticed in these images, from the viewer's perspective.
To Malte:
I like how all of your banners are the same time.
Your choices of images for each of the backgrounds are very well-suited to the awards.
The transitions from the original image to the extended part of the banner, where much of the writing is, is generally very good. I realize that such a transition is difficult to achieve, and you accomplished it very well, especially in your "Friendlist Member" image.
There appears to be a little bit of a "seam" on the Philosopher and the Role Play Gamer images, but it doesn't detract from the image quality, and it probably makes the text easier to read.
To RogerRabbit:
Excellent choices of images, and good use of word art / consistant fonts.
The variation of the physical size of the images takes away some of the consistancy of the banners, and I wonder if, perhaps, the Best LBT Artwork banner is too high. I always pictured banners as long and narrow, so they took up very little space in the post. Compared to the other banners, ths LBT Artwork banner, while it looks very nice, it is significantly taller than the others. The text in all of your banners is very easy to read.
Your "Friendliest Member" image looks fantastic, and I love the use of Rooter in the Most Helpful banner.
The "LBT Philosopher" image looks very nice, though the thought bubbles detract slightly from the image. Perhaps if you wrote the words "LBT Philosopher" underneath the "Gang of five", on the left-hand side, in a similar font used on the "Friendliest member" or "Most Helpful", it may blend a little better. I don't know for sure, I'm just speculating.
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Sure....all members...go for it. Design some stuff. :) :)
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I like all these. :yes :yes
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I did some minor edits about three of my awards. I didn't like the philosopher being the only one with a blue script while all the others were yellow. Therefore I edited the color of three awards so each one now has an individual color to it. This should make the awards a bit more individual while the uniformity in size and layout is kept. This would be the more "colorful" selection:
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Friendliest%20Member%20award6.jpg)
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Best%20RPGer%20award2.jpg)
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Most%20helpful%20Member%20award5.jpg)
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/LBT%20philosopher%20award3.jpg)
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Fanart%20Award4.jpg)
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Does Picture It count?
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What is picture it?
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A photo editing software. The exact same thing I used to make the Ichy/Dil pic.
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Sure. Roger and I made our drafts with different softwares, I don't see why any should be outlawed. I only suggest we use movie screenshots rather than photographs for the awards.
Tim made some very good points about distinct seams in both the philosophers and the Best RPG Gamers award draft I posted here. I made two new possible drafts for the RPG award (I need yet to do something about the philospher). Here are the two new drafts:
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Best%20RPGer%20award10.jpg)
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Best%20RPGer%20award9.jpg)
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I would be happy to post my Best RPG award on here but this forum isn't letting me upload ANYTHING. :bang :bang
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Neither are we uploading our awards to this forum. They must be hosted elsewhere and linked to this page. In case you don't have a picture host, please send your awards to me (malte279@arcor.de). Unless the awards are huge (I don't suppose so) I can host them for you :)
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Action9000 rightfully pointed out the very distinct seam in the LBT philosophers award. I created an alternative version in which (for obvious reasons) I had to change the color of the script. In the final versions of the awards I mean for every script color to be used only once. Here is the alternative philosopher:
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/LBT%20philosopher%20award6.jpg)
And here is a first draft for the most proactive member award:
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Proactive%20Member%20award3.jpg)
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All of those look really nice! Props to everyone who made them. Perhaps the winner could be given a choice of sig? like having 3 possible sigs to choose from.
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Ooooh...I like that role play one where Petrie and that imaginary dino buddy are flying. :D Malte, you may not have had photoshop long, but man, that's good!
Cyber, uploading in the GOF has been permanently disabled. You'll have to find your own image host. I use photobucket and I've never had issues with them in months of service. (http://www.photobucket.com (http://www.photobucket.com)) If you don't like registering for stuff, then send whatever you have to me and I'll host it.
Nick, umm...I don't think we're going to be doing that.
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Here are two new drafts:
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Joking%20award%201.jpg)
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Joking%20award%202.jpg)
:lol I hope you didn't take them to seriously :lol
I created two more (serious) awards which are meant for a possible "creative" award, but that award is pending. I don't suppose they will be needed.
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And here is a bit more from the proactive front:
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Proactive%20Member%20award5.jpg)
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Proactive%20Member%20award7.jpg)
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What's that last picture from? :huh: Is Littlefoot on a tree or something?
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No, that's from LBT 6. During your "favorite" song "On your own" Littlefoot is using a liana in kind of Tarzan stile. I thought it might be a symbol for proactive acting.
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:bang I didn't mean what I said that first time. I really meant to say that I can't attach a file, not upload it.
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:bang I didn't mean what I said that first time. I really meant to say that I can't attach a file, not upload it.
Same thing. On this place, uploads = attachments. So no, no more attachments. Send me the files and I'll put them on my image host for you.
araychel@gmail.com
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Ok, why did you decide that?
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Because we are running out of space here. There was a thread (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?showtopic=532) on this asking people to allow some of their uploaded pictures to be taken out to give some more free space to the board. As too few members decided to give up pictures in older threads it has become necessary for new pictures to be hosted elsewhere.
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Oh, I guess I never got around to reading that thread. :slap
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Many didn't ;)
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Or did and kept silent. Like I said, I'd be more than glad to host your stuff.
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There will be no creativity award. However, when the idea was still pending I made two different designs for such an award. The awards could possibly be used with a different script in case any more practicable suggestions are made which might fit to the images.
One of them was pretty much a music award design:
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Fanart%20Award9.jpg)
The other one was more aimed at sculpturing:
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Fanart%20Award7.jpg)
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I have a thought for your top banner there, Malte, regarding singing.
All members who took part in the If We Hold On Together Karaoke project could receive an award for their efforts. The image in the top banner would be perfect for such recognition.
These members would include:
Malte
RogerRabbit
Littlefoot Fan, Duckyfan
(providing these two members send me a recording at some point :p )
Action9000
Perhaps a participation award isn't desired by everyone, but it is just my first thought on how to use such a banner.
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I think this is an idea that could work out. It would be an award not to vote about as it is obvious who took part in the project and who didn't. Then again I'm not really certain if there could uneasy feelings about such a kind of award which is not a voting issue. I reckon it is up to the community to deceide whether or not there ought to be such an award for the project or not.
I made two drafts for an award for the newbies.
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Newby%20award.jpg)
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Newby%20award2.jpg)
As you can see I did not yet add any inscription to the awards. The reason is that I'm not quite sure about the actual title of the award. I think at an earlier time we already settled for "Shooting star award", but I'm not quite sure anymore that this would be a good idea. Of course I checked out for pictures with a shooting star but one pretty good I had had the major drawback of Littlefoot in that picture having closed eyes. The only one I found that befitted the name of the award is this one:
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Newby%20award3.jpg)
I'm not quite happy with it. I don't really like the "surrealistic" content.
I do see why most people would not really want to get a "Hatchling award" or a "Newby award". But could we make it "New member award"? The inscription would be "New member of 2006" in that case. Would that be alright with you?
While I don't see anything negative about this inscription I think it would be more to the point than the shooting star. Moreover it would fit to the first two drafts as well.
Another thing I'm wondering about is who "qualifies" for the newby award. Not to limit the number of candidates too much I suggest that only those who are here for less than one year can be given the award. Another suggestion (only a suggestion, it is entirely up to you to decide) I have is that perhaps this award should be only for those who didn't receive any other award already.
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I agree, that one of the candidates such as F-14, Action 9000, myself or Littelfoot Fan should get this award. You didn't do so bad with the shooting star award. I like it. :)
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The people who I think could qualify for this award are (in alphabetical order):
action9000
Cyberlizard
F-14 Ace
Littlefoot Fan
pokeplayer984
Raptor
Stitch
However, my most important questions about this award have not yet been responded to. Could people (and I'm asking in particular those who are listed above) live with the inscription "New member of 2006" rather than "Shooting star 2006"? And should only those who got no other award qualify for this one or should people who already got an award be able to get this one in addition?
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What is the Shooting star award about anyway?
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What is the Shooting star award about anyway?
Just what I expected. The name "Shooting star award" may be confusing to anyone who has not read all the messages about it. My suggestion is to have it with the inscription: "New member of 2006", but I need to know if this is alright with those who might receive this award.
The award is to be given to a member who is with the GOF for less than one year. I don't have the candidates opinion yet on the suggestion that it should be given only to somebody who got no other award (that decision is entirely up to the candidates). The idea behind this is that most of the awards are probably going to those of us who have been with the GOF for a very long time already. The award is meant to give credit to those whose posts and activities on this board have already made a very positive impression even though they are not around for a long time yet.
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Any responses from those who are directly concerned by this?
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I could live with either "shooting star" or "new member"....then again, why should it matter since I'm not entitled to that award? :P: Either one gets the point across.
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I wouldn't mind it.
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could live with either "shooting star" or "new member
I too could accept either title. I still think this is a good idea for an award; it gives the new guys a chance to earn something.
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Here are the two other New member awards, now with the inscription I left out when I first showed them:
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Newby%20award5.jpg)
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Newby%20award6.jpg)
I also made two new drafts for the friendliest and most helpful member award of which there had been only one variant so far:
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Friendliest%20Member%20award8.jpg)
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte279/GOF%20Awards/Most%20helpful%20Member%20award8.jpg)
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I think that second one for new members is the one I'd choose (with Ducky hatching).
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I think I like the message, "New Member of 2006". It says what it needs to say very well. :DD
I must say, I'm the biggest fan of the first banner, with Newborn Littlefoot. The transition to the blurred section is the smoothest among the two banners. Your choice of font colour allows for it to stand out. In the second image, the font disppaears slightly more into the background, due to less contract than the top image.
I've been looking at the top image trying to find something that could be improved, but very little is coming to mind. I very much like this banner.
Regarding the second banner, to my eyes, it appears the transition to the Message section is rougher than the Littlefoot banner. Aside from that, your choice of picture is very appropriate, and I do like this banner as well. The only other thought I had on this one, was that the 6 in the 2006 text seems to disappear slightly into the background. Not seriously at all, but more so than the Littlefoot banner. The colours on the Littlefoot banner make the text easy to see, and the entire image seems natural. Not to say I don't like the Ducky image; I do, and you did some fine work on it :) Perhaps the Littlefoot image is simply a more appropriate image to do effects like this on, for technical reasons.
Onto the Friendliest member banner: The first and only minor flaw I see in the Littlefoot and Ducky image is the horizontal "seam" Juuust below the "The Gang of Five" writing. Aside from this, everything else blends nicely in the banner. The text colour is very appropriate and the transition to the blurred section from the image is very smooth :) Overall, I like this banner very much. The picture is appropriate for the content, and the banner demonstrates its purpose clearly. Nice work :)
The "Most Helpful" banner has a slightly rough "seam" between the original image and the extended portion of the banner, but this flaw is very minute. The colour of the text blends nicely. I like the low-contrast atmosphere of this banner; not too many very dark or very light colours. It is one of your more colour-conservative banners, and you did a nice job of the effect. Nothing especially jumps out at me as being as cause for concern on this one. The choice of picture certainl suits the nature of the award. I like this one very much as well :)
Excellent work, Mate :wow
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Thank you very much Tim! :)
This is exactly the kind of constructive criticism I always crave to get! :yes
This really helps to make things better! You are perfectly right about every single flaw you pointed out and there is not a one of them which could not be eradicated with just a few tiny changes. Thanks a lot Tim! The improvements shall be made.