Shoulld The CGU Get a Logo?

I think it would be pretty cool but I kind of see the hand being our logo.

Discuss-

-What it could be
-Should we get one
-Who could/will do it if we want one

And the point of having one would be......?alx222000

maybe.

*Speaks* *Thread wakes*

I have this sudden desire for a logo. I'm thinking that if I ever do a video for the Guild, I can watermark it, like GS does.

The thing about making a logo, is that I don't think we are allowed to use images another person has made, without permission, and I just pulled "the hand" off google. (I'm thinking of the future, if the Guild ever got it's own website and became notable, then such a mistake could have legal problems)

This means that somebody would need to actually create a base image to be edited into a logo.

Mhmm, what about doing a part of the board/individual keys?

Just to give reference, I was thinking of replacing the letters next to the enter key with the letters of Creators' Guild.

Even if it's at an angle, it's no problem. I have madd GIMP skills like that. :P

I guessed you were going to do something like that.

Yes, easily.

That easy? Want to try then?

I mean, I'm not sure if those could make a good logo or not. It would have to work as a solid image and a watermark. And look good to boot:P

Darn it, now I have another thread of inspiration for a logo. Wonder if I can do it.....

Is there a tool in GIMP that lets you curve text?

EDIT: Okay, here is something:

This is NOT exactly what I want. I was hoping for more of an elipse, like the banner I made a while back, but the only way I could find to get curved text was a GIMP auto-script that made a perfect circle, and I didn't bother to go through it a hundred times trying different fonts. And I want it to sort of look like a sign on a stone wall....

Also, GIMP doesn't have a bold version of the Curlz font that I keep using.

I'll have to try shrinking it to see how that goes.

Tried shrinkiing and transparency, looks alright, but until I see it over a video I can't be sure.

@dg: No GIMP help?:( And yeah, it's just a 1 hour prototype.

Tried shrinkiing and transparency, looks alright, but until I see it over a video I can't be sure.

@dg: No GIMP help?:( What about how to make the letters shiny? And yeah, it's just a 1 hour prototype.

To make the letters shiny, you could just make some text, then put a layer mask on it and use filter-light-supernova.

I figured out how to make it look a lot better, but FreeType isn't working for me so I can't do the outside text.

It was there when I last checked, Abyssion. We seem to be experiencing some glitches, as all edits are appearing as a double-post.

Freetype?

Is it just me, or did the topic title never have a typo before?

Didn't notice it until now. Alright, who's been editing posts? :lol:

Freetype is like WordArt, (In MS Word) its supposed to give you all kinds of crazy text. What did you use?

Actually, the first post hasn't been edited, ever:?

Xtns, logos, text circle. I actually made two seperate ones with a slight gap, 10 degrees or something. But I couldn't change the amount of curve to what I wanted.

To make the letters shiny, you could just make some text, then put a layer mask on it and use filter-light-supernova.

dgwutka

I don't think it will make that much of a difference in text that small.

My idea was with this text circle thing to put a bunch of spaces on both sides, so that the actual text is made into a half-circle. I'd try it today, but I'm working on that drawing of the guy with the axe. My friends want color :D

But still, NO difference?

You can set it to do half circles. Just set the 'fill angle' to 180, and you'll have a half circle. Though, for this I used 170. and the start angles were -85 & 95 respectively.

Okay, I was playing a bit more the other day, and came up with a few more attempts. Then I forgot about them while waiting for GS to show them, so anyway, here they are:

So, any thoughts? My only real problem is that they're not really going to work if we shrink them.

Anyway, I can mix and match the variable bits, as you can see. So if anyone wants to suggest I try something, I should be able to do it up.

I still find it funny that I was originally going for a 'sign on the wall' look, and ended up with that circle. At least I found something to make the letters golden like I wanted.