Competition Score up to $500 by designing RPG Codex' Corporate Branding (Logo & Business Cards) Competition

[Akratus]

The troll outline doesn't work because non-Codexers won't have any idea what that is.

I think they'll just think it's some kind of logo or mascot.

I don't plan on appealing to casuals anyway.

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[Sensuki]

The troll has no neck

 

[Akratus]

Because he's leaning forward you dumbfuck, check the original image you gobshite.*

*sentence edited in interest of professionality.

 

[Copper]

I'm no longer sure where the trolling begins, and the lack of design skills unironically ends.

For quality control, you ideally want everything to be about 5mm in from the edge of the card, unless it's supposed to be the background, in which case you want to leave 3mm minimum for cutting. The reason for 5mm inside is you want some safe area in case the printers cut the cards wrong - 4mm one way and 6mm the other isn't that noticeable, but 3 and 5 is. In general, any kind of border is a bad idea.

Almost all the entries are too busy - to be honest, I'd keep them one sided, generic cards without personalisation for staffers. Staff are volunteers, and you stand to loose too much by gunning for professionalism here. Someone like VD can probably confirm/deny this, but I've heard from sales types that they really need blank backs on business cards to take notes - who to follow up with, when, etc.

 

[Akratus]

I have a bleed in the original file, but it's cut off in my images.

 

[Akratus]

I think non-personal cards are better.

 

[Sensuki]

Because he's leaning forward you dumbfuck, check the original image you gobshite.*

*image edited in interest of professionality.

That was actually just an "oh I never noticed that before"

 

[Morkar Left]

From personal experience I think non-personal cards pretty much suck. If it's a pretty stressfull day you would be happy to have an actual name on the card you can refer to. Otherwise when you can't remember the name (or you haven't even understood it right because of background noise) you really have a small problem when you want to contact the person.

It's not that business cards with different names are such an expensive thing nowadays.

 

[mindx2]

I think non-personal cards are better.

 

[Akratus]

From personal experience I think non-personal cards pretty much suck. If it's a pretty stressfull day you would be happy to have an actual name on the card you can refer to. Otherwise when you can't remember the name (or you haven't even understood it right because of background noise) you really have a small problem when you want to contact the person.

It's not that business cards with different names are such an expensive thing nowadays.

Yeah but, does the codex need them?

Well, no yeah, if we have certain people who go to cons and the like more than others, like Mindx2, it would be better if they had a personal one.

 

[epeli]

Eeeew, so many "teenager discovered pohotoshop 4 days ago" attempts. I expected so much more of you, Codex.

Photoshop? How rude, I made my entry with a text editor.

 

[Abu Antar]

Photoshop? How rude, I made my entry with a text editor.

I made mine in MS Paint.

 

[Akratus]

By the way, does the codex have a fax machine? I'm guessing not. I think facebook and twitter names can take up that line better.

 

[Bumvelcrow]

Redrew the dice... aren't the numbers wrong? What should I put on the top?

Better - the dice stands out against the background, whereas it tended to blend in before. Make all the numbers zero.

 

[Q]

Better already. Can you remove glow in lower center area for a test? (below troll legs and "doesnt scale to your level" and above dark line)

 

[Zombra]

Redrew the dice... aren't the numbers wrong? What should I put on the top?

Does no one here actually have a twenty sided die they can model to correctly place the numbers?

I'll take a couple pics when I get home.

 

[Seari]

Better already. Can you remove glow in lower center area for a test? (below troll legs and "doesnt scale to your level" and above dark line)

Sure, here you go.

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[4too]

Androgynous Is, As Genital Mutilation Does?

The troll has no DICK

FIXED!?!

Cowboys check your guns?

Auf English. Political correctness stammers “he - she - it” or defers to the second person or plural, does the Codex fig leaf its collective genitalia ,

or is it just happy to ‘meat’ and greet.

Inquiring MIMES want to know!



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[Zombra]

Auf English. Political correctness stammers “he - she - it” or defers to the second person or plural, does the Codex fig leaf its collective genitalia ,

I prefer “s/he/it”.

 

[4too]

Viva The Difference



“s/he/it” is a useful textural obscuration.

Graphically seeking, is the Codex Troll an ‘in-ie’ or an ‘out-ie?

http://www.calonsong.org/CalontirSongs/ladylecher.htm

… (chorus)
With his bloody big dingle dangle
Swinging proud and free,
And never would he stop 'till it was over!
Hanging down! (Hanging down!)
Swinging free! (Swinging free!)
And never would he stop 'till it was over!

jus-sayin-

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[Darkzone]

Akratus
Here that was my suggestion:

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Gray

Blue

But because the red still makes my eyes bleeds i would go with dark gray for the writing.

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[Thonius]

Hey guys! Hate to ruin your day but image must be in vector format.
Bleed 3 mm. CMYK colors.
Otherwise those damn clerks may demand extra cash for reformatting it.
Just saying.

 

[DramaticPopcorn]

I think non-personal cards are better.

I really like this one.
The troll silhouette has some fundamentality to it.

 

[ghostdog]

WTF, This actually looks professional. If rpgcodex should have a business card, it should be at least somewhat offensive and vile.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Best so far.