D'ni monograms by yours truly

larryf58 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:35 pm

And here's the latest edition of Angelmyst's, with the requested changes.

ZestyOfXeniphers · **Joined:** Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:54 pm **Posts:** 587

i can't see Kirk's monogram anywhere anymore. can you please re-post it ?

angelmyst · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2015 9:17 pm

larryf58 wrote:

angelmyst wrote:

Nice, I like losing the wings all together. Is it possible to give some burnt orange color back somewhere?

I used orange for the background of the symbol containers. I'll see about changing the color value. As for the containers, I have to use a round one for the mountain; it's the shape of that graphic. But I can use different shapes for some of the others if you like. I'm also planning to make them a little smaller.

By the way, the surface texture for the whole monogram is rippling water. That's another, more subtle reference to the swimming angle.

...Okay, alterations made. Here we go.

Okay...I love this....I can't think of a thing I would change....thanks so much.

ZestyOfXeniphers · **Joined:** Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:54 pm **Posts:** 587

our monograms look great. thanks so much Larry.

janaba1 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 24, 2015 9:23 am

Kudos and congratulations to you, Larry!!! You did a great job with those ones and they've been wonderfully co-created with all involved ...

Merry Christmas to all of you and an exciting and Happy New Year 2016 ...

larryf58 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 29, 2015 2:29 am

Here's a monogram for Rand Miller. I made one for RAWA, and that pretty much required I make one for his boss just to round things out.

For now, I'm going with a simple 'black print on wood' theme. The symbols are for games he's created or at least acted the role of Atrus in. from about 7:00 o'clock, the icons represent The Manhole, Cosmic Osmo, Myst, Riven, Exile, Revelation, End of Ages, and Uru.

I'm not really satisfied with it, so it may undergo alterations after I've let it roll around in my head for awhile.

Edit: Increased the size of the raised ring around the monogram, added a black ring around the lettering. Rolled Myst 5 and Uru into one symbol, and added Obduction in the place of symbol for Uru.

2nd edit: worked on the symbols a little. Moved the image down the topic.

Tai'lahr · **Posted:** Tue Dec 29, 2015 2:42 am

I like that one, but they're all very beautiful. Thanks for sharing these with us, Larry.

janaba1 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 29, 2015 10:45 am

Wonderful!!! ... and an excellent choice of icons ...

ZestyOfXeniphers · **Joined:** Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:54 pm **Posts:** 587

beautiful work Larry ! i am truly amazed !!!!!

larryf58 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 29, 2015 2:18 pm

I've edited it a little. Changes have been noted below the monogram in the previous post.

Acorn1 · **Joined:** Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:46 pm **Posts:** 985

Hi, Larry, re Rand's new design and your latest edits, my eye is drawn to the fact that the squee and the symbols for Cosmic Osmo, Manhole and Obduction are all grey where the others are all black. This creates a diagonal slant to the design. If you keep the symbols their existing colours, might you perhaps rotate the design slightly anticlockwise so the squee is at 12.00 and the other three grey symbols are balanced at the base? Or you could change them all to black, or mix and match the colours more randomly?

Just my feedback, hope helpful!

I've already said how great these are, but I'll say it again! :mrgreen:

(edited to correct typos)

larryf58 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 29, 2015 3:53 pm

Acorn1 wrote:

Hi, Larry, re Rand's new design and your latest edits, my eye is drawn to the fact that the squee and the symbols for Cosmic Osmo, Manhole and Obduction are all grey where the others are all black. This creates a diagonal slant to the design. If you keep the symbols their existing colours, might you perhaps rotate the design slightly anticlockwise so the squee is at 12.00 and the other three grey symbols are balanced at the base? Or you could change them all to black, or mix and match the colours more randomly?

Just my feedback, hope helpful!

I've already said how great these are, but I'll say it again! :mrgreen:

(edited to correct typos)

It's due to transparency in the alphas I made of those images. They were colored graphics, and the conversion process interprets the colors as gray scale screentones. I'm still working out how to tint them with a stronger black without losing detail.

ZestyOfXeniphers · **Joined:** Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:54 pm **Posts:** 587

not sure which application you are using Larry. in PSP i would use 'effects - black and white on coloured graphics. and then maybe add more contrast if needed.

larryf58 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 29, 2015 5:40 pm

Macromedia Fireworks 8. It's an old program; Macromedia is out of business. They sold their program rights to Adobe.

larryf58 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 29, 2015 9:36 pm

Here's some more editing. The Manhole graphic was pretty poor, so I faked one. Changed Cosmic Osmo to a line graphic. Tried to darken the Squee and Seed images a little.

Edit: moved the image farther down the topic.

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