NWCDL Logo

[xpun8]

I know a graphic artist that is willing to donate to our cause.  I asked her if she'd be willing to help with a logo, she said she would if she could get some ideas.  With that...what are some idea?

[gregma]

I know a graphic artist that is willing to donate to our cause.  I asked her if she'd be willing to help with a logo, she said she would if she could get some ideas.  With that...what are some idea?

I've been thinking about that a lot.  I've downloaded a few things, and am trying to put something together.  Here's basically what I'm thinking...

A circular logo.
In the center in the very background an outline of the three states (wa,or,id)
Over that, an image of a "minute man" holding a rifle.
Then around that center piece on top "NorthWest Citizens", on bottom "Defense League".

Here is the graphic of the "minute man" I was thinking about, it's actually quite a famous statue.
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/100chesterwood/100visual4.htm

I just need to come up with a graphic for the three states together.

[Mortech]

The only change I guess to your idea would be a more modern version of a minute man , perhaps holding an OlyArms M4gery ?

[slugsgomoo]

I couldn't find a good map to make a background with, and I didn't like the oval-y things, so i went with basic black on a transparent background. The philosophy i've always gone with, is if you can make a good clean logo in b&w it will still look good and be recognizeable in color (but not necessarily the other way around).

I need to find some pictures of people with an m4gery or ak or something to really set the tone, but here's my thoughts.

I like basic (I tend towards minimalism).




obviously those are vastly larger than necessary.

[just_a_car]

I actually have an amazing picture of the Minuteman that I took myself while visiting the Eastern Seaboard.

It's a picture looking up at him with the sun blazing around him, silhouetting him. It's one of the best pictures I've ever taken, but it was on film, so I need to get it onto digital.

[xpun8]

My friend bailed on me for the time being, she is swamped.  Here's what I attempted...

[just_a_car]

Here's a picture I took of the paper photograph I was talking about. It didn't come out nearly as good as the real picture looks, since the sky should actually be blue, but it gives you the idea of what I have: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c260/just_a_car/Minuteman.jpg

[gregma]

My friend bailed on me for the time being, she is swamped.  Here's what I attempted...

That's a great start!  I think the "MinuteMan" needs to be larger.  Where did you get the 3-state background?  I can play around with it if I had that.

[xpun8]

Here you go.  I can't remember where I got it.  I did make the border bolder though.

[xpun8]

I lack a variety of fonts, so this one was pretty plain.  The states image isn't cropped, so you may be able to work more with it.

[just_a_car]

Yeaahhh... um, so I'm using Firefox and can't see any of your photos. I even checked the source code and it's simply not there.

[xpun8]

That is weird, I used "Additional Options" to attach them.  I see them.  Is there another way to put them on?

[just_a_car]

I've had this problem on other forums that likely use the same software.

I'm willing to bet it's using ActiveX or some other Microsoft-only application, since I can see them in IE in the other forum, but that doesn't even work here.

I can, on the other hand, see the two minuteman pictures that were posted as part of the post.

[xpun8]

Very interesting....
Either something just changed or logging in made them visible to me.   I'm using OSX/Firefox and have always been logged in and been able to see them.  I came here on my windows box w/ firefox and FC6/Firefox and couldn't see them, only the big minuteman logos.  I logged in to see if that made a difference and now I can see them from all 3 OS's.

[xpun8]

I don't have any activeX crap installed on my FC6 box...very odd. 

Is there another way to post a pic?  [img={some url]