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Alright I'm back to work on the website which is quite a feat, let me tell you. School's wrapping up, I'm fiercely on the job hunt, and yet I still find time to work for this place. THAT'S HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU.

However, there are still a few things I'm unsure of as I dive back into the web design world. One of the biggest ones for me is the website logo. I know a logo isn't necessary but it is for me, so there. Anyway, as you can see for the website mock-up I've made I basically slapped one together using the game's logo and the word "Revolution":

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Now I don't mind the idea of it, using the game's logo with the word Revolution. But it's gotta be better than that. And maybe it could be completely different. The point is, I want to see what you guys can come up with! Now because I may or may not have completely run out of money at this point I can't promise any kind of reward other than "It gets to go on the site!", but I'd still like to get as many options as I can. What I'd really like to do is figure out some way to reward everybody on this site just for being awesome, but we'll see.

So give me your best logos! I'm looking forward to it.

Starting now. Got any ideas for a theme or style? Professional, stylish, painterly, natural, subtle, etc? Any input will help inform the final thing.

Edit: I'm going to keep adding to this with ideas as I think of them:

New or original BG&E style? I think we should go for the new look, to reinforce the image to newcomers. Thoughts?

I'd say something that reflects the new, simpler style. I really love stylish, minimalist websites, not just because I'm incapable of designing anything else but because I've always liked that. Up to you whether you want to incorporate the original BG&E logo into it though. I've always thought it looks odd when a title has such an iconic logo and is written out in a different font, but that certainly doesn't mean it's a bad idea.

Got two website design ideas so far, with a logo design for each. One is a brick and plaster wall design, not sure where I'm going with it but it looks good. Thinking it might be a graffiti style. The logo and all the buttons kinda stencilled on. The other one is a heavily minimalist design, light colour pallet of the BG&E2 trailer, greens up top and light magnolia for the main page, a text-only logo with hand-drawn letters.

I'll give you a sneaky peak tomorrow.

Sorry for the OT post but I got to say it: Hey PHIL! long time no see!

That's right!

I’ll try and come up with something.

Oeh... logo design... *eyes sparkle in delight*

I do a lot of logo's for commissions of sorts, but they mostly consist of line-art. A few examples:

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Yet, with my current photoshop skills, I could probably work something out. What would you like? Do you need the revolution letters to be incorperated in it?

I found an old game on the Internet today that was a staple of my gaming childhood and I've been having a big nostalgia orgy, hence the lack of an update. I'll post something tomorrow instead.

what game?

Inner Space.

if i get a chance... and remember... lol... i'll see if i might be able to come up with something. i haven't done any REAL logos in a while... but it wouldn't hurt to try to give back to the fans here... though it would be nice to see more of you guys on deviantart too. :P especially since no one really posts on the ubiforum anymore. <_<

I’d post there, but my lack of skills is kind of a draw back. lol

lol you'd be surprised... my 11 year old sister submits to dA... though it says she's 13. :rolleyes: you gotta be better than an 11 year old... although i take that back, i was pretty good at 11. lol... B)

Reaper, I thought at first that you were suggesting those designs for our website. I was all over the Aladdin one. Don't know why they've got pocket protectors but that makes it all the better. We'll use it!

(No we won't.)

I don't know if we need anything incorporated into the logo besides just the letters, but if you think you've got something awesome then show it! Whatever it is. Looking forward to it! See this is why I like working with a community. I get the chance to not do any work delegate things.

EDIT - WHOA!!! Jmk!! I know who you are! Hey I know you've got Project Green going on right now but do you think you could let the deviants at the BGE club know about this website at some point? We need as many artistic peeps as we can get.

Also we should talk at some point. I'd love to see the DA fans and the Revolutionaries come together somehow. We want a fan-art section on the website, it'd be great if we could hook that up with the BGE club. We'll see!

EDIT AGAIN - Oh hey look you're already awesome and plugged our site. Sweet! Well still, we should figure something out for the future.