Re: Header & Logo Redesign

Nathan Wells wrote:

Again, Sprinkles, minifigures are trademarked by the LEGO Company, and they are very protective of their copyrights.  The original logo BROKE THE LAW.  We wanted to avoid a confrontation, and ideally we want to be on good terms with the LEGO Company.  Note that the generic "plastic brick" image is not trademarked, which is why we can used it.

Yes I understand that now.

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What about something like this, would it be better?  I knocked the opacity on the swoosh back by about 50% and added the play button (a concept we had explored earlier to give it a little bit of color and fill it out somewhat)

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/smeagol/Movies/bimlogoplay.png

http://i.imgur.com/wcmcdmf.png

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OooOooh
Even better. More colors.

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We still have the old Favicon.

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/fib12345/Lolz/lulz.png
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The play button looks very cheesy but the reduced swoosh is good. Another thing I might suggest is reducing the size of the film bars at the top and bottom of the brick, they seem to clutter the logo.

NXTManiac

https://i.imgur.com/IRCtQGu.jpg

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I personally like the 'play' button, just for the sake of more color. mini/smile (Having less 'swoosh' definitely looks better.)

NXTManiac wrote:

Another thing I might suggest is reducing the size of the film bars at the top and bottom of the brick, they seem to clutter the logo.

I was just thinking the same thing....

I never plan on buying anything when I go to the Lego Store.
Strangely enough, I always wind up finding something that makes me ditch those plans.

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They tend to stop looking like film strip reels and turn into a weird dotted line pattern if I make them any thinner.  A lot of the suggestions we're getting are things that sounded good to me when I thought of them originally but didn't really work in execution.

http://i.imgur.com/wcmcdmf.png

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Definitely keep the play button, gives it a good modern look.

Life is like a box of LEGO, you never know what you're gonna build. - mrgraff

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It still...needs...something...

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/minifig77/banners/logo.png
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justkidden wrote:

It still...needs...something...

I know, but what?

There, it's under 400 pixels wide, happy mods?
Nope, please don't use a signature image taller than 100 pixels.  Thanks.  (That time it was 150 pixels tall!)
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I love the new logo.  Logos don't need to be busy and loud to be good.  In fact, most successful logos are the exact opposite.

-Dave

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/quakefilms/myspace/Brickfilms/whitewallssig.jpg

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Simple logos? Pah.
http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/images/logo.gif
is hardly anything special.

(That's sarcasm FYI.)

https://i.imgur.com/1JxY79v.png

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I think something simplistic that gets the message out, "You're on Bricksinmotion.com!" is good.

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/fib12345/Lolz/lulz.png
"actuallly this involves spiderman too, not batman. but im also taking a new approach, more comedy, less action. i dont see to many movies like that with more comedy than action" --SteveStarfyTV on an Indiana Jones meets Star Wars idea.

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This new logo is really boring to be completely honest.

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I prefer the old logo to be honest.

New films-
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Solanum
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Same.

I understand what your trying to do here, and its good that your determined to update the site and everything - but I dont actually think the Logo needed changing.

But I could live with it. Its still great to see that you want to improve the community though Smeagol. I take my hat off to you (if I had one on)

-MRB

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I've made a couple adjustments to it and put them in place to see how it looks, try deleting your cache if the new changes aren't visible.

Again, we didn't just change the logo for the heck of it, we did it to avoid the trademark concern.  (Legibility was also a concern.)

http://i.imgur.com/wcmcdmf.png

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I think it needs a bit more composition.

-Darkman

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I can understand the reasoning for a new logo as well as the logic for why the new one works but honestly, I liked the old one much, much more.

I doubt you guys will be changing it back anytime soon and we'll simply have to get used to it, but that's my two cents.

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I don't know that my opinion matters much anymore, but I think this one is busier than the old one. mini/confused And brickme is right, the background is definitely brighter.

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