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I'm a little puzzled with the fanbase's obsession with emulating the GCS's rounded triangle-style logo. Surely there can be a bit more variation?
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I was offering some more expressive kanji. The one you've used is a bit dull. How about something that looks like it done with a brush rather than a computer?
In regards to the names, I was pointing out that your "miamoto" should be "minamoto" with an "n."
What bugs me slightly about the Sequoia patch is that tree. It is supposed to be the central element, but then is half covered by the text below. But since it is so long and thing I don't know how you could shorten it without making it even thinner. I'm not sure what the focus of the patch is.
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quote:Originally posted by The_Tom: I'm a little puzzled with the fanbase's obsession with emulating the GCS's rounded triangle-style logo. Surely there can be a bit more variation?
Well, the triangular form is used throughout Starfleet for such logos. The Galaxy Class Development Project, as you mentioned, the logo of Starfleet Academy, the logo of Earth Station McKinley, to name a few. Sure there can be variation, but the triangle is established, so it's a logical starting point for other such logos.
quote: Andrew: like it or not the ship, the swoop and the tree are pre-requsites of the chap who came up with the ship's design so it's something I have to work around.
Damn right... ^_^ And I appreciate that, Kris.
The_Tom brought up an interesting point, however - my original patch for this class was circular, with a few extra rings if I recall... It rather suggested a cross-section of a tree, showing its age-rings. I made the Korolev a rounded-triangle patch, but I just thought the circle better suited Sequoia.
I like what you've done but if you're not busy drawing Nova patches, see how a round Sequoia patch would look sometime?
quote: Andrew: like it or not the ship, the swoop and the tree are pre-requsites of the chap who came up with the ship's design so it's something I have to work around.
Damn right... ^_^ And I appreciate that, Kris. {snip}[/IMG]
Sheesh! It was just a friggin' suggestion. Considering you weren't getting any comments at the START of the thread...
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Oh hey AR, not to hijack this thread, but could you sketch over what you meant about the Mariner prototype's nacelles? It would just be easier for me to revise them in one shot if I got it straight from the horse's mouth.
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This actually looks better than the triangual patch. In particular to darker background with the mass of trees and the sky above is better. Maybe you could keep the layout but make it triangular, including the text along the edge?
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It's workable, now that I've had a proper look at the original concept.
Oh and Masao, yes I would love some calligraphy style Kanji. I would try and find a font for it myself but not knowing anything about the Japanese language it would involve endless random key punching, trying to find the symbols I need. That Cherokee bit took me ages to sort out!
I like the patch - but maybe have the 'base' of the tree below where we can't see it so we don't have any sort of size comparisons between it and the ship.
And the text that is yellow - is still blurry.
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quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: Oh it's Cherokee! But why the number 4??
The "4" is Cherokee for "se".
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As you may know, American Indians had no written forms for their languages. One Cherokee, whose name escapes me, invented a writing system for his language that is used above. Some of the letters are from the Roman alphabet, some are Arabic numbers, some are modifications of either, and some he just made up.
quote:Originally posted by Ryan McReynolds: One Cherokee, whose name escapes me, invented a writing system for his language that is used above.
Sequoia invented it.
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