Design a cover image or banner for our Facebook page (and/or another social media site) #9BRL-CAD
Status: ClosedTime to complete: 72 hrs Mentors: SeanTags: design, graphics, 2D, facebook, image, artwork

BRL-CAD got a relatively new logo. The website is undergoing major changes. So this re-branding of BRL-CAD also requires a good, well designed and attractive cover photo for the BRL-CAD's Facebook page and other social media facades. It should feature a good tagline (our official is "open source solid modeling") or showcase some killer feature of BRL-CAD, BRL-CAD's new logo and/or some illustration/image regarding the feature highlighted.

It should be consistent with the color scheme of our new website design.  Please avoid a military-centric theme and cheesy bylines (you can use "Open Source Solid Modeling" or something else simple).   Make it look impressive, awesome.  Be simple, but be awesome.

New website design:

  • http://cpp-tricks.com/brlcad/

You may also get some inspiration from our recent book creation:

  • http://flossmanuals.net/contributors-guide-to-brl-cad/

Submit one image of the banner image by itself and another example mock-up image showing how it will look on our Facebook page.  Any image format will do just fine.

There are duplicates of this task as we solicit ideas and inspiration. Look at the other completed GCI "facebook" tasks and make yours look even better. Do not claim more than one without discussing with us first.

Uploaded Work
File name/URLFile sizeDate submitted
FB BANNER PIC VERSION.JPG54.3 KBDecember 23 2013 14:59 UTC
FB BANNER FOR BLR-CAD RAW PPT VERSION.pptx679.6 KBDecember 23 2013 15:08 UTC
BLR-CAD FB BANNER EXPLAINANTION DOC VERSION.docx89.1 KBDecember 23 2013 15:09 UTC
BLR-CAD FB BANNER EXPLAINANTION PDF VERSION.pdf188.3 KBDecember 23 2013 15:09 UTC
FB BANNER FOR BLR-CAD PDF VERSION.pdf190.0 KBDecember 23 2013 15:10 UTC
NEW FB BANNER FOR BLR-CAD JPEG VERSION.JPG37.7 KBDecember 23 2013 16:08 UTC
NEW FB BANNER FOR BLR-CAD RAW PPT VERSION.pptx104.5 KBDecember 23 2013 16:09 UTC
NEW BLR-CAD FB BANNER EXPLAINANTION DOC VERSION.docx66.2 KBDecember 23 2013 16:09 UTC
NEW BLR-CAD FB BANNER EXPLAINANTION PDF VERSION.pdf149.6 KBDecember 23 2013 16:10 UTC
NEW FB BANNER FOR BLR-CAD PDF VERSION.pdf104.1 KBDecember 23 2013 16:10 UTC
FB BANNER FOR BLR-CAD ZIP VERSION.zip138.4 KBDecember 23 2013 22:13 UTC
NEW FB BANNER FOR BRL-CAD ZIP VERSION.zip138.4 KBDecember 24 2013 11:41 UTC
NEW FB BANNER ZIP VERSION.zip134.3 KBDecember 24 2013 13:02 UTC
Comments
Javisthon December 16 2013 14:03 UTCTask Claimed

I would like to work on this task.

Harmanpreet on December 16 2013 14:08 UTCTask Assigned

This task has been assigned to Javisth. You have 72 hours to complete this task, good luck!

Melange on December 19 2013 14:08 UTCInitial Deadline passed

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Melange on December 20 2013 14:08 UTCTask Reopened

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Pulkit Mehtaon December 21 2013 07:49 UTCTask Claimed

I would like to work on this task.

Pulkit Mehtaon December 21 2013 07:51 UTCClaim Removed

The claim on this task has been removed, someone else can claim it now.

Mohamed Hammedaon December 23 2013 11:43 UTCTask Claimed

I would like to work on this task.

Harmanpreet on December 23 2013 13:40 UTCTask Assigned

This task has been assigned to Mohamed Hammeda. You have 72 hours to complete this task, good luck!

Mohamed Hammedaon December 23 2013 15:10 UTCReady for review

The work on this task is ready to be reviewed.

Harmanpreet on December 23 2013 15:23 UTCMessy

Mohammed,


The design is messy, looks unorganized and lacks creativity. It should be simple but creative enough to convey what BRL-CAD is. In your design, "dash" is missing in BRL-CAD and logo is stretched horizontally which should not be. You used logo at two places which looks unnecessary. 


I suggest not to use too many pictures and take a look at previous similar tasks to get idea of what is acceptable. 


Best of luck!

Harmanpreet on December 23 2013 15:23 UTCTask Needs More Work

One of the mentors has sent this task back for more work. Talk to the mentor(s) assigned to this task to satisfy the requirements needed to complete this task, submit your work again and mark the task as complete once you re-submit your work.

Mohamed Hammedaon December 23 2013 16:10 UTCReady for review

The work on this task is ready to be reviewed.

Mohamed Hammedaon December 23 2013 16:11 UTCPlease could you mark the files that start with NEW

Hi Harmanpreet, I just wanted to ask if you could mark the files that start with NEW.


Thanks,


Mohamed

Sean on December 23 2013 18:31 UTCTask Needs More Work

One of the mentors has sent this task back for more work. Talk to the mentor(s) assigned to this task to satisfy the requirements needed to complete this task, submit your work again and mark the task as complete once you re-submit your work.

Sean on December 23 2013 18:34 UTCsame comments

Mohamed,


The same comments still apply.  BRL-CAD is missing the dash.  Colors don't match the logo.  It's messy and lacks aesthetic appeal.  Those gradients and lines have no relation to CAD.  The use of two different fonts is distracting.  The gray background is dull/uninteresting.  You also keep uploading all your files as BLR ... when they should say BRL.


This all feels like you're really rushing without putting in honest effort.  Please review some of the completed GCI design tasks to get an idea for what is expected.  You can search the closed tasks for the word "design" in the tags or title, and you'll find dozens of examples to be inspired by.

Mohamed Hammedaon December 23 2013 22:14 UTCReady for review

The work on this task is ready to be reviewed.

Mohamed Hammedaon December 23 2013 22:15 UTCPlease could you review the zip file.

Hi Sean, I just messages to ask if you could review the file thats a zip.


Thanks,


Mohamed

Sean on December 24 2013 04:41 UTCwill do

Will review as soon as you rename your zip file correctly.  After informing you of a mistake (BLR) and seeing you continue to make that mistake implies you're not reading all of the feedback being provided to you.  This is not constructive.

Sean on December 24 2013 04:41 UTCTask Needs More Work

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Mohamed Hammedaon December 24 2013 11:41 UTCReady for review

The work on this task is ready to be reviewed.

Daniel Rossberg on December 24 2013 12:43 UTCThat's much better

I've two issues:



  • Modeling has only one l inside (Orthography!)

  • Two times "3D" in the slogen is at least one to much.  On brlcad.org it is "open source solid modeling".

Daniel Rossberg on December 24 2013 12:43 UTCTask Needs More Work

One of the mentors has sent this task back for more work. Talk to the mentor(s) assigned to this task to satisfy the requirements needed to complete this task, submit your work again and mark the task as complete once you re-submit your work.

Mohamed Hammedaon December 24 2013 13:03 UTCReady for review

The work on this task is ready to be reviewed.

Mohamed Hammedaon December 24 2013 13:18 UTCReady for review

The work on this task is ready to be reviewed.

Daniel Rossberg on December 24 2013 13:24 UTCThis could be an option

and you provided the powerpoint file for resizing etc.

Daniel Rossberg on December 24 2013 13:24 UTCTask Closed

Congratulations, this task has been completed successfully.

Mohamed Hammedaon December 24 2013 13:30 UTCAre there any problems?

Hi Daniel, I just message to ask if theres anything you want me to improve. Also if you want me to make the same sort of design but for a twitter banner.


Thanks,


Mohamed