BRL-CAD's new modeling interface, archer, displays a splash screen when you start the program. This is what it currently looks like:
http://svn.code.sf.net/p/brlcad/code/brlcad/trunk/src/tclscripts/archer/images/aboutArcher.png
There are several problems with that image. It uses our old logo. It references the wrong website. It has a massive pointless ""icon"". It proclaim's archer being trademarked (distracting).
Your task is to design a completely new splash screen that has none of those problems, is visually interesting, optionally incorporates our new logo, and optionally references our main website (brlcad.org).
Check out some of the other design tasks for inspiration. Make yours look even more impressive, artistically interesting. ;)
Submit your image in whatever raw working format you use (e.g., psd), preferably something with layers in case we need to change anything, but also submit a final png image as well.
| File name/URL | File size | Date submitted | |
|---|---|---|---|
| variants.png | 297.4 KB | December 01 2014 17:54 UTC | |
| splashart.psd | 1.5 MB | December 01 2014 17:54 UTC | |
| tagline1.png | 67.1 KB | December 01 2014 18:20 UTC | |
| tagline2.png | 67.0 KB | December 01 2014 18:20 UTC | |
| tagline3.png | 67.6 KB | December 01 2014 18:20 UTC | |
| tagline4.png | 67.8 KB | December 01 2014 18:20 UTC | |
| tagline5.png | 67.4 KB | December 01 2014 18:20 UTC | |
| background3.png | 168.4 KB | December 01 2014 19:16 UTC | |
| splashartfinal.psd | 4.5 MB | December 02 2014 04:31 UTC |
I would like to work on this task.
Hello guys,
I'm Marc Tannous, 16 year old student from Romania and web designer, would like to take this task.
This task has been assigned to Marc Tannous. You have 100 hours to complete this task, good luck!
Hello, I am on the mirc chat and nobody is here, could you please give me some way of contacting you for further information?
Regards,
Marc
Hi Marc, no need to say you'd like to claim -- we get notified immediately. I don't see you joined to our IRC channel. When you start mirc, you'll need to connect to irc.freenode.net:6667 and join our #brlcad channel. See http://brlcad.org/wiki/IRC for details. (IRC is also not necessarily instantaneous, read that page and see that etiquette dictates you speak and wait for a response ... which can be seconds or hours later, but make sure you're using it right first!)
Sean, do you have any way of giving me a transparent logo of BRL CAD?
Regards,
Marc
One of our GCI tasks involves creating a proper logo set. Until that is completed, you can see some of the previous GCI tasks related to our logo: http://brlcad.org/wiki/Logo
You can get few of them here. http://brlcad.org/wiki/Brlcad-logo
Posted the PSD, layered version for my initial design, and another PNG file consisting of a few color scheme alterations, maybe you like one better than the initial one.
I chose to go with a modified version of the brlcad logo to fit my simplistic design, but it can quickly be changed into the original one if you consider it more fitting. Waiting for your feedback.
Regards,
Marc
Are you suggesting that you actually like that cheesy byline? :) "An open source technology built on..."
It's good enough to call the task done if you want to move on, but not a design we'd likely use because it lacks something. Instead of basing your design on the existing, imagine yourself seeing this splash screen -- what would speak to you as being "oh wow, impressive" or "that's nice!" or "haha, funny -- love it". Something creative.
Oh, thought the byline is something set in stone. Let me come up with some options and I'll be right back. I don't want the task done, I am here to win this not to get as many tasks done as possible, that means I give you guys whatever you want and more.
Regards,
Marc
Nothing is set in stone, at least very little. There needs to be a dash between BRL and CAD, that's about the only thing set in stone. ;)
Are these bylines something that would be considered too mainstream? They surely speak to the average John Doe user, not sure if it's too much though.
The first one is the best, the rest... not so much, but they're all very generic. Coming up with something that hints at 3D or solid modeling would be ideal (e.g., our old byline was "Solid Modeling for a Solid Defense" but again, we now avoid military-sounding terms).
The first one is really nice, in my opinion and could work really well with brandingidentity, but if you are not content with it I can try and think of something better, but stuff hinting at 3D/modelling are pretty hard to incorporate in a short byline.
If you are happy with it, tell me if you want some more variants for the design part of the splashart, until you get a more-than-satisfying product.
Regards,
Marc
It's good, I'm actually liking that tagline more and more as I think about it.
How about one more attempt at the background? The colors are nice but look a bit like a powerpoint presentation. Again, a little generic. :)
For what it's worth, I'll usually leave the final evaluation to the assigned mentors (which I believe are both sleeping right now). Just be sure to mark your task as "needs review" every time you are awaiting feedback so we can notice your task.
Would this background work? This should've been my initial design but I scraped it, however with this new tagline it looks wonderful. Fits your application perfectly, is way more intuitive and looks freemium. Hope you guys all like it!
Regards,
Marc
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That looks really nice and different. I like the lines in the background creating a sense of geometry. Before we accept this, can you upload the PSD of the latest version?
Hello Jacob,
I just uploaded the final PSD, sorry for the delay, it's 6 AM here in Romania, we must be on different time zones. Hope you guys like it as much as I do.
Regards,
Marc
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Congratulations, this task has been completed successfully.
Nice job, keep up the good work!
This is fantastic Marc. Your change has already been applied to our repository and you have been credited in our authorship documentation (your name will be included in our next public release notes too). Thank you for your efforts.
Keep an eye out for a slew of logo and icon design tasks that should get posted later in the week. You might find them interesting as well.