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New header graphic. Anyone notice?
Sep 14th, 2003 at 12:29am
 
Anyone notice the new header graphic on the main site (non-forum pages).  I was getting tired of the foggy hills look.  So I rotated over too.. well, I'll let you guess.

I think it looks nicer.  I know it's trivial, but comments?

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Re: New header graphic. Anyone notice?
Reply #1 - Sep 14th, 2003 at 8:59am
 
Very nice!

To me, this graphic gives the impression of slinging as more of a military activity.  Try scaling our wall and your F*****!!!,  kinda thing. 

The other graphic, being a panorama of a mountain scene, communicated the more naturalistic side to slinging. 

Both are true to the nature of the device.  Both look pretty schnazzy!!!

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Reply #2 - Sep 15th, 2003 at 9:11am
 
I like it! Grin  I especially like the guy being scaled to fit on the wall.  He he.

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Reply #3 - Sep 15th, 2003 at 3:10pm
 
hey chris how did u make that silhouette of the slinger ???
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Reply #4 - Sep 15th, 2003 at 5:03pm
 
Yea i saw it looks very cool. Yoiu could also do like a battle scene of like 2 opposing countries or sumthin and since this forum is not only bout slings you can have archers, slingers, swordsmen, and horse riders. If thas not to hard.
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Reply #5 - Sep 15th, 2003 at 6:11pm
 
lets not forget catapults. i built a few myself, very usefull devices indeed:D
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Reply #6 - Sep 15th, 2003 at 6:53pm
 
The problem with wide header graphics like that is finding suitable images.  Anything less than 1600 pixels wide is too small.  Most images online are really small and not sufficient for a wide picture.  I considered making a montage of several smaller pictures, but after tinkering for a few minutes, I saw that it would look really silly. 

I choose the current image because of what Leon mentioned; it's a fortification, and slings are weapons.  Misty mountains didn't produce the right affect to me. 

I like to think of the "guy" as the slinging.org logo.  I found a generic human-shaped outline and then added a sling in his right hand.  I think it's very cute.

For fun, here is one from the slinging.org archives.  This was the original logo for the site, back when i was first designing it and it wasn't online yet. 

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A logo I've wanted to try for some time now is like the one above.  Imagine a side profile of a guy where the G in SLINGING is.  Imagine him firing a sling underarm where it leaves a faded path behind, like the current one, and the pouch is now directly in front of him.  If you think about it, it would like like a capital G.   Where the horizontal line in the G would be the cords.  And the C part would be a faded trail of the rotation.  Am I making any sense?

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Reply #7 - Sep 15th, 2003 at 10:40pm
 
Hehe...

It makes perfect sense.

I can see it on a T-shirt already.

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Reply #8 - Sep 16th, 2003 at 9:51am
 
Took the words right out of my mouth Leon!  I think it would make a great T-shirt design!!

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Reply #9 - Sep 16th, 2003 at 4:07pm
 
Is anyone a graphic artist here?  Or knows one?

I can take a stab at it, but no promises.  I'd love to hear your ideas too.  Post em in the "Interest in slinging t-shirts?" thread.  Im surprised no one has suggested "Got Sling?"  Tongue

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Reply #10 - Sep 16th, 2003 at 7:33pm
 
Or you could also try sumthing like a class w/ an instructer and some students
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