Doom9 logo's - Are there any?

[SeeMoreDigital]

Does the Doom9 forum or homepage have a standard logo/icon?

As far as I can see the forum has this: -

http://img16.exs.cx/img16/5032/SMD_Doom9_vb_bullet.gif

and this: -

http://img16.exs.cx/img16/2909/SMD_Doom9.gif

And the homepage does not have anything :(


I don't know about some of you guys but I reckon it might be kinda cool to have nice square shaped icon of some kind....


Cheers

[KpeX]

We could have a forum logo contest - it worked great at hydrogenaudio.

I'm sure there are plenty of graphically talented forum members.

[SeeMoreDigital]

Nice idea!

Contestants... please submit your designs below!

[sillKotscha]

i.e. something like this... (german doom9 logo)

- http://forum.gleitz.info/images/misc/logo_schief2.png

[SeeMoreDigital]

Originally posted by sillKotscha
i.e. something like this... (german doom9 logo)

http://forum.gleitz.info/images/misc/logo_schief2.png
Very funky

[joshbm]

http://www.videocdpro.com/doom9.jpg

Updated Below...

[SeeMoreDigital]

Very posh!

Now that the forum layout has been upgraded, I think now is the time to have a swanky logo :)


Cheers

[Cyberia]

@joshbm - Nice!

[joshbm]

Obviously I can modify a few things... Now that I look at it, it may be better to shrink the 9 a little bit and darken the .net. Here is the output:

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I can do any alterations if you like.

Regards,
joshbm

[Cyberia]

Texture the "Doom" part like the "9"

[joshbm]

I did and didn't like the output... Too much of something can be a bad thing.

It looks too... bubbly and.. there is no real center point. If you'd like I can attempt to redo it with "doom" similar lettering (I threw away my first attempt with "doom" in the same lettering).

Regards,
joshbm

[Brother John]

Nice work, joshbm! Not flawless, but definitely a logo with a lot of potential. Here are some suggestions:

- As much as 3 fonts in the logo (.net and the 9 are the same font, I guess). Less would help to achieve a more consistent look.

- How would it look with non-italic "Doom"?

- It seems to me that doom9.org is more common than doom9.net. Just load doom9.net and look at the links: they all point to doom9.org/something. So maybe change that.

- It's "definitive", not "definate".

[joshbm]

Making Changes... Momentarily Posting...

[Cyberia]

Well, I think the Doom part needs some pazzaz!

Also, for the record, I'm not speaking for D9. I have no idea what his thoughts are concerning this thread.

Also, Also, I always use .org, I see both listed on the main page. Not sure if he prefers either one.

[joshbm]

With Brother John's specifications:

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Tried another font for "Doom". Right now I'm not logged on my desktop (which I have 3000+ fonts)... I may look into more fonts.

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OR

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[Cyberia]

Very very nice.

[SeeMoreDigital]

Very very nice.Indeed :)

[Brother John]

I especially like the third version. The »techie« font was a great idea. May I suggest a less conservative font for the rest of the text? Would fit better imo. Oh, and the standard way of underlining is evil(TM) typographically because the line cuts right through letters like g, p, y etc.

But before we continue with logos maybe we should wait for an official statement on the whole matter. Doom9, what do you think about a logo contest?

[joshbm]

Just to finish... lol

http://www.videocdpro.com/doom9mod5.jpg

[danpos]

Astonishing, man !!! ;)

I like it very much!! :thumbs up:

CYA!

[Msc_Alex]

Maybe a national logo festival :D


http://img254.echo.cx/img254/4859/italia9ta.gif
Italy


http://img254.echo.cx/img254/3228/spanish0im.gif
Spanish


http://img254.echo.cx/img254/8585/portuguese8nl.gif
Portuguese


http://img254.echo.cx/img254/959/german2eq.png
German


http://img254.echo.cx/img254/9863/logophpbb1pn.gif
Dutch



http://img210.echo.cx/img210/7707/doom9forum20zp.png
somewhere over the rainbow?

[Doom9]

@joshbm: I kinda like it.. but I have a gripe: the 9... sure it looks nice, but I guess what I'm looking for is a logo you see on a billboard and on top of a skyscraper (cos one day I'm going to rule the world ;).. naturally with all the colors that wouldn't be possible here.

I haven't seen more than the first and last version.. I definitely like the font choice on the last one.. it feels right to me. Not too extravagant, yet still it has a certain unique character.

[Doom9]

But before we continue with logos maybe we should wait for an official statement on the whole matter. Doom9, what do you think about a logo contest?Well.. we've had one in the past.. didn't turn out what I wanted... but sure, keep them coming here.. but to have another officialized contest with rules, deadlines and such and then me having to sift through hundreds of submissions.. it seems that an open discussion like the one that has been going on already generated something than is better than everything else I got in the last contest. If that 9 can be nailed down to something I like we might already have a keeper.

I have tried many times to draw up something as well.. I figured the font was one thing but always got stuck with the 9. I suppose using the same font as for the rest makes it stand out in the wrong way since it's the last character.. even if it is a number. But other people will certainly come up with ideas I've never could've imagined.

[SeeMoreDigital]

How does this alteration to joshbm proposal float you-boat?

http://img123.echo.cx/img123/5159/doom9logoa3mg.png


Cheers

[communist]

Small version:

http://www.stud.uni-goettingen.de/~s304280/D9/pics/d9logo_sm.png

HiDef ;)
http://www.stud.uni-goettingen.de/~s304280/D9/pics/d9logo.png

[joshbm]

Original (3,530 colors)
http://www.videocdpro.com/doom9mod5.jpg

Reduced color count (256 colors):
http://www.videocdpro.com/josh/doom9mod7.gif

Or Plain:
http://www.videocdpro.com/josh/doom9mod6.jpg

Outline:
http://www.videocdpro.com/josh/doom9mod8.jpg

Double Outline:
http://www.videocdpro.com/josh/doom9mod9.jpg

Retro Outline:
http://www.videocdpro.com/josh/doom9mod10.jpg

Outline with Drop Shadow:
http://www.videocdpro.com/josh/doom9mod11.jpg

These are all low-res versions. Of course I can give you as high of a DPI as you need.

@Doom9: I'm not satisfied until you are. Please critique anything and everything.

Regards,
joshbm

[Brother John]

The plain one! Because of its simplicity.

What I still don't like is the multitude of fonts.
Would be great, joshbm, if you could create a version like this:
- "doom" as it is now.
- The "Backup Source" font for everything else, including the 9.
- Make the URL bold and both lines beneath the "doom" exactly as wide as the "doom" is.
Might work or might not. But should be worth trying.

Don't have that "doom" font or i'd give it a try myself...

[SeeMoreDigital]

I like the "plain" one too ;)

Without knowing the resolution Doom9 would like to use for his logo (but i guess it wont be all that big), is there any chance on sharpening up the type faces for your 310x134 examples?


Cheers

[Doom9]

does it need to be that big? The plain one has the advantage that the 9 appears less big.. in all the other versions it dominates the entire logo even more. So if we leave the color for now, and experiment with size, position (and font) change size and position of it to see how that work.

One thing to consider.. we might not always use the logo with the subtext.. if you leave the tagline and url away the 9 makes the whole thing way too big.

[SeeMoreDigital]

Hi Doom9,

Would you prefer to have the "9" be the same height as the "d" of doom?


Cheers

[joshbm]

lol... What I meant by "low-res" version, I meant this is a lower-resolution image. Of course I can make it whatever dimensions you want.

I will try and do some of your suggestions, Brother John and Doom9, and post them shortly.

Regards,
joshbm

[joshbm]

Brother John:
http://www.videocdpro.com/josh/doom9mod14.jpg

9 Smaller:
http://www.videocdpro.com/josh/doom9mod15.jpg

GIF, 256 Colors, transparent background:
http://www.videocdpro.com/josh/doom9mod15.gif

Click for a higher res version without URL and subtext (http://www.videocdpro.com/josh/doom9mod15big.jpg)

Both of them the www.doom9.org font is changed to the "DVD Backup" font.

Too bad you guys voted out my favorite :-P... The shiny "9" one. Although I do agree the "9" was a bit too big for even my liking. I guess to give my personal opinion Brother John, I do not like the "9" with the "DVD Backup" font.

For some reason my program is messing up... So the artifacts you see around the edges won't be there in the final product. Not only that, but, the JPEG compression is also causing artifacts, so once we get to a final version I can mail you a loseless format such as a PNG. As well as take the time to professionally compress it in the JPEG format.

Regards,
joshbm

[shevegen]

looks very good

[Atamido]

It is to light. The small lettering at the bottom is a bit difficult to read being that small and light of a color. Maybe just darken it a tad?

[Msc_Alex]

The 9 is the hard part, I used your character josh, it all depends on the customer. :)
http://img274.echo.cx/img274/1453/d95ek.jpg

[Doom9]

@Msc_Alex: Everything except number two are out of the question.. it doesn't look right despite the font. Number two has a basic problem.. the 9 looks like a q.. And I think it has to start a bit higher than the other small letters as to not use too much vertical space.. perhaps something in the middle like the reverse of the intel e could be used (it's slightly lowered as compared to the rest.. put the 9 slightly higher than the rest.. and of course make it identifyable as a 9).

[joshbm]

Doom9... What do you think of my last post? Critiques and suggestions welcomed.

Regards,
joshbm

[Doom9]

still too big.. and changing the style in a logo.. I don't know. it think we should start from the premise that it'll just be 5 letters.. let's forget about the subtext for the moment. We can figure something out for that (it looks good, but since you align it with the 9 it means the 9 is under certain constraints which I think what is making me not like it at the moment).

[Msc_Alex]

ok some more samples :

http://img224.echo.cx/img224/1119/tums3is.jpg

[SeeMoreDigital]

Or: -

http://img212.echo.cx/img212/3845/doom9smdf5xx.png


Cheers

[Doom9]

The 9 doesn't just work if it looks like a g, or a q. So that rules out most of the 2 posts above this. Msc_Alex's 3rd colum contains the only thing that actually makes the 9 unmistakeable.. displaying any of the letters doesn't look right though.. I think doom needs to be written the way joshbm came up with. Underlines also don't seem to work at all. I guess now a 9 with the blue color would be interesting.. and try the same with the subtext as well because it needs to work both ways.

and how will that 9 look if it's not fully interconnected, like the d?

[Guest]

I don't like this font for "doom" at all. It reminds me of the segment displays on old early digital clocks. I think that pegs us as low tech and stuck in the past. It just looks cheap to me.

[SeeMoreDigital]

Well it looks as though this one will upset Don even more....

http://img294.echo.cx/img294/4417/doom9smdk5vk.png


Cheers

[Guest]

Why are you saying I am upset? I expressed my opinion just as everyone else is doing.

[SeeMoreDigital]

Why are you saying I am upset? I expressed my opinion just as everyone else is doing.I agree with you... I can't stop thinking about my old digital clock now :scared:

Which by-the-way, still works perectly, even after twenty odd years. The display was always a little too bright for my tastes though. So I've put it in the spare room to annoy our guests :)


Cheers

[Msc_Alex]

http://img141.echo.cx/img141/5387/clipboard014kk.jpg
Ok ~good 9
http://img293.echo.cx/img293/2235/clipboard025as.jpg
Open 9
http://img293.echo.cx/img293/2887/clipboard032co.jpg
Digital clock
http://img293.echo.cx/img293/9790/clipboard042va.jpg
Doom9 at a bad day ;)

I am off have a good weekend !

[Brother John]

joshbm, you're right. My 9 is ugly. But the other new version is fine.
Like Pamel I wanted to point out the hard to read text under the "doom", but basically Doom9 already solved that problem :).

Msc_Alex and SMD: Could you color the 9? Right now it often looks either like a "q" or like a "g", but a little blue might solve that.

General thought: Maybe designing the complete website header, not only the logo, would be more effective. I guess so because the logo would be an integral part of the complete header, so they need to fit anyway.

[Doom9]

@Msc_Alex: what happend with the first land last 9? I see jagged edges. Besides that, number 3 and 4 definitely don't work. Though with number 1 there's a mismatch between the d and the 9.. one is closed the other isn't.

[Cyberia]

After seeing some variations here, I have to say that my favorite is easily the original style joshbm created (Page 1, at the bottom)

I liked the shiny 9!

[Rockas]

Well I've been using this one for almost a year on www.dvdrebuilder.com (and I've seen it on other sites too... and no one payed me royalties lol)

here you have:
http://dvd-rb.dvd2go.org/images/doom9.jpg

not for the contest... just my two cents :p

[tigerman8u]

After seeing some variations here, I have to say that my favorite is easily the original style joshbm created (Page 1, at the bottom)

I liked the shiny 9!

I liked the shiny 9 also. IMO it gave it a distinction that kinda made it stand out

[Rockas]

here's another 2 cents:

http://dvd-rb.dvd2go.org/images/doom9II.png

edit: changed Image format
edit2: If you use IE you'll see a light blue background... it isn't supposed to be there :)... use Firefox :D

[niamh]

I like the doom :)
the 9 feels wrong though...

[joshbm]

lol... Looks like they've taken it from here. I guess I'm not needed :rolleyes:.

Regards,
joshbm

[Doom9]

I guess I'm not neededI wouldn't say that.. there's still nothing that completely passes my scrutiny.

[SeeMoreDigital]

lol... Looks like they've taken it from here. I guess I'm not needed :rolleyes:I would not say that either......

Please keep up your great proposals... I only with I was as imaginative :)


Cheers

[joshbm]

Well I can go through my bag of fonts and retry... I will attempt to base the logo off of your previous comments.

Regards,
joshbm

[tigerman8u]

here's another 2 cents:

http://dvd-rb.dvd2go.org/images/doom9II.png

edit: changed Image format
edit2: If you use IE you'll see a light blue background... it isn't supposed to be there :)... use Firefox :D

Maybe try a textured somewhat thinner 9 like joshbm originally used

[Rockas]

Here's another one :)

I kept the "Doom" aspect changed the "9"

http://dvd-rb.dvd2go.org/images/doom9III.png

[tigerman8u]

Here's another one :)

I kept the "Doom" aspect changed the "9"

http://dvd-rb.dvd2go.org/images/doom9III.png

could you change the style of the 9 to what joshbm originally had and keep the proportions that you now have

[joshbm]

I thought you wanted simple colors Doom9? Nothing extravagent, almost like a billboard sign.

Regards,
joshbm

[Rockas]

Ok... following tigerman8u's suggestion here you have the "mixed" version.

@joshbm
I didn't ask your permission... anyway... I'll give 50% of the royalties if this is the one lol

I kept the "Doom" aspect changed the "9" to the joshbm's style.

http://dvd-rb.dvd2go.org/images/doom9IV.png

edit: keep it UP

[Msc_Alex]

Looks like they've taken it from here. I guess I'm not needed
No way man, we are just using your formula. :)

Doom9 could you confirm or add/replace your customer requirements ? :
• Not a lot of colors ?
• “Logo” / ”Billboard” kind of name ?
• No extra signs ?
• Unique front ?

Color blue for the "open" 9 :
http://img17.echo.cx/img17/3614/thumm1oc.jpg

[joshbm]

http://www.videocdpro.com/josh/doom9mod17.jpg

How about that?

[jel]

After seeing some variations here, I have to say that my favorite is easily the original style joshbm created (Page 1, at the bottom)

I liked the shiny 9!
i'm with Cyberia on this.
but if a 'simpler approach' is desired, then i'm definitely leaning towards this one : joshbm external link provided earlier (http://www.videocdpro.com/josh/doom9mod15big.jpg)

[Brother John]

How about that?
Not really bad, but somehow I don't really like any of the suggestions with the nine styled after the "doom" font. Can't explain why, though. It just doesn't feel right.

joshbm external link provided earlier (http://www.videocdpro.com/josh/doom9mod15big.jpg)
YES! Definitely my favorite so far. When scaled down the 9 might be a little smaller in relation to the text, but that's just a minor thing.
This is a very simple and straight forward design. As simple and straight forward as the whole doom9.org site's look. The two would fit together nicely!

[ble]

And what about this...

http://img234.echo.cx/img234/9105/logo15xu.gif

or this

http://img234.echo.cx/img234/220/logo27rv.gif

Ble.

[Cyberia]

Ooooooh. I likey the second one!

[SeeMoreDigital]

Ooooooh. I likey the second one!Me three :)

[communist]

Me aswell. Never thought about writing the 9 as superscript - gives it a nice touch :)

Only thing I would change is making the .org a bit darker.

[Guest]

Yeah, that has some pizazz. The only suggestion would be to somehow make it more obvious that the 9 is part of the URL. A naive might read it as doom.org. Maybe shift the .org a bit to the right and lower the 9 a bit.

[ble]

May be I've changed too little, but, something like this?

http://img207.echo.cx/img207/3682/logo34bl.gif

or like this?

http://img207.echo.cx/img207/952/logo45ix.gif

Thank you, for your suggestions.


Ble.

[tigerman8u]

I really like the background. I liked the shiny 9 but this is really getting good IMO.

[Guest]

@ble

I like the colors of the top one and the spatial layout of the bottom one.

[lovelegend]

I think the "9" could be a filmroll like this:
http://www.kwest.net/desk-top_publishing/graphics/medi/FILMROLL.GIF
and the tail of the "9" should be gradually changed to rows of 1001001010 to give people the idea of "digital video"...

I got the idea but I'm not very good in drawing by software (especailly this kind of "3D view"), let's see if any good expert can draw it out... :D

[Doom9]

How about that?The 9 looks crushed.. with lines that bold it needs to be bigger so that it can be clearly identified.

[x3nomorph]

Any opinions on any of these as a starting point?