Civgroups icon for the Deity C3DG?

Shiber · May 10, 2003, 12:57

It's just a decorative thing, but do we want to design ourselves a civgroups icon? Something that has to do with our civ choice perhaps, or with the difficulty level?

Octavian X · May 10, 2003, 15:22

Perhaps we could place an ax in the backround of a logo, with 'C3 DG II imposed on top.

GodKing · May 10, 2003, 17:14

Go for it shiber!!

Aro · May 10, 2003, 17:15

Yeah, go for it!

Shiber · May 10, 2003, 18:23

Okay, I've made some lame attempts to start up the discussion.
This, by no means, should be considered as a sketch for a final. First, there's not enough content, just an axe with all kinds of effects. We'd probably want to add another object to this icon (a sickle, perhaps?

).
Anyway, I started with this axe icon from Diablo I.

Shiber · May 10, 2003, 18:24

Ooh! A misty background! Or something!

Shiber · May 10, 2003, 18:25

Did anyone order lightning?

Shiber · May 10, 2003, 18:26

Ooh! A shiny thing! On the tip of the axe! Sorta!

Note: if you concentrate enough on the shiny dot, you'd probably go blind in a few days or something. I dunno.

Shiber · May 10, 2003, 18:28

This thread is doing wonders to my postcount.

GodKing · May 10, 2003, 18:33

I'll say.... I do like it. Is it small enough though?

Shiber · May 10, 2003, 18:43

Double the size, actually

The ones I posted are 32x32, icons should be 16x16.

Shiber · May 10, 2003, 18:50

Here's how the pics look, resized to 16x16.

Terrible, aren't they?
Obviously we're gonna have to get rid of all the special effects and go for simple geometry, like the ISDG Apolyton Team civgroup icon or the icons for the PTWDG teams.

Shiber · May 10, 2003, 18:52

Better attach the pic when I want other people to see it too.

GodKing · May 10, 2003, 20:14

Shiber .... keep the lightning, change the background to a blood red, and change the axe to a solid black with white/gray/silver highlight. I bet you it will look good in the reduced size. Clear enough to tell what it is anyways.

Just an idea.

Panzer32 · May 10, 2003, 20:44

I like the reduced blue lightning ones.

Shiber · May 11, 2003, 01:58

Return of the almighty axe!

Shiber · May 11, 2003, 01:59

Which axe is better? This or the previous one?

Shiber · May 11, 2003, 02:00

Apparently the axe has caught fire.
...which is kinda weird, considering that it's a stone axe, but nevermind.

Shiber · May 11, 2003, 02:17

How about an axe crossed with a banana? Or are we already fed up (literally) with the banana theme?

Aidun · May 11, 2003, 07:21

Well at least I am fed up with it. I like the axe with the lightning and fire most of all. Can you post a 16x16 image of that one? I found the previous images hard to recognise in 16x16 mode.

BTW, nice work!

Aidun

Shiber · May 11, 2003, 07:58

Thanks, I actually thought that they weren't any good.
Anyway, the fiery axe is just as hard to recognize in 16x16 as my previous attempts.

Shiber · May 11, 2003, 07:59

You can't even tell that it's an axe...

Shiber · May 11, 2003, 08:01

I figured that it's not my fault, it's the axe's fault.

The original axe, or even an axe with a solid color, is impossible to recognize in such small dimensions.
Oh, btw, I was mistaken - civgroup icons should be 15x19.
I'll keep looking for axe icons. Maybe I can find one that's vertical.

Edit: here's another idea - since we're the Vikings, and this is an archi. game with 80% water, do we want to incorporate an anchor into our civgroup icon?

Shiber · May 11, 2003, 08:14

Looks more like a cross if you ask me.

Shiber · May 11, 2003, 08:16

Are we getting somewhere?

Btw, the lightning effect doesn't work well with any of these, the axe is too bright to be distinctively different from the background.

Shiber · May 11, 2003, 08:17

Is this one any better?

theViking · May 11, 2003, 08:32

Quote:

Originally posted by Shiber
Is this one any better?

Make the background blue and it will be good.

MrWhereItsAt · May 11, 2003, 08:37

Starting to look very good, Shiber, as is your PC.

Listen to the man - he does encapsulate our very civilisation.

Shiber · May 11, 2003, 08:46

MWIA: Thanks!
theViking: what kind of blue? (it'd be best if you could give me RGB values, but the name of the color would be okay too, e.g. navy blue, sky blue etc')

Octavian X · May 11, 2003, 15:32

Spammer.

I think the blood-red axes with the red works well.

I also wonder: Can the icons be animated? That might be interesting...