10-10-2018, 04:42 AM | #1 |
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I think GURPS needs a logo
it's something that comes out again and again with my players, one of witch has a D20 tattooed on her arm, D&D has a logo a characteristic set of dice and the advantage to be the precursor of the hobby, in comparison we have a distinct lack of visual shortcuts.
yes there is the SJG logo or if you want the logotype of fourth edition but they both have obvious limitations, a logotype is bigger and honestly less significative than a logomark. and the SJG logo is ambiguous by being a variation of a logo associate with countless entities and by being the logo of an entire company with many and varied products in this space TLDR: it's hard to 3d print gurps on a dice holder. Last edited by Malleg; 10-10-2018 at 04:49 AM. Reason: errors and typos |
10-10-2018, 06:10 AM | #2 |
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Re: I think GURPS needs a logo
I do not disagree.
Of course, GURPS is over 40 years old now, and even 4th edition is nearly 15, so the time when it really needed a logo is a long time ago. Still, it'd have been nice to have a G-in-the-pyramid or something otherwise visually distinctive.
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10-10-2018, 06:15 AM | #3 |
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Re: I think GURPS needs a logo
Personally I think the Eye-in-the-Pyramid logo is spiffy and would love to see more dice available to purchase with it on them.
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10-10-2018, 07:34 AM | #4 |
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Re: I think GURPS needs a logo
The oculated pyramid is indeed spiffy, but it's already SJG's logo. I'd give GURPS something all its own.
Maybe start with a hexagon. That represents a map hex, of course, and is also the silhouette of a d6 viewed from the right angle.
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10-10-2018, 08:37 AM | #5 |
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Re: I think GURPS needs a logo
A G in a triangle in a hexagon would be fairly simple but effective. Might look a little too close for comfort to certain freemason symbols, however (although with the oculated pyramid, SJG may not be too terribly concerned about that).
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10-10-2018, 08:50 AM | #6 |
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Re: I think GURPS needs a logo
Well... over 30 at least, 40 would be another 7-8 or so years.
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10-10-2018, 09:31 AM | #7 |
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Re: I think GURPS needs a logo
It also needs a theme song. I suggest whoever did this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoZWnSAKypw (The proceeding has been a joke.) |
10-10-2018, 09:40 AM | #8 |
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Re: I think GURPS needs a logo
Once upon a time when I was running the long-defunct wiki at gurps.net, I'd assembled this image as an icon for the site, playing off the standard logotype and colours for Fourth Edition.
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10-10-2018, 09:42 AM | #9 |
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Re: I think GURPS needs a logo
Unfortunately, Bhangra musician DJ Gurps passed away early this past summer, so that's a crossover we'll never see.
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10-10-2018, 10:29 AM | #10 |
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Re: I think GURPS needs a logo
One thing that might work for GURPS would be 3d6 (like in my GB logo) inside a hexagon, with a pyramid in the background.
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