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Re: Spaceworld v. 1.0
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 25 Jul 2000 19:30:56 GMT
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> From: "richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com>
> Organization: none
> Newsgroups: lugnet.space
> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 19:06:18 GMT
> Subject: Re: Spaceworld v. 1.0
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> In lugnet.space, Mark Sandlin writes:
> > http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego/spaceworld.jpg
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> In terms of sticking to the old image motifs and lettering styles, etc -- it
> looks great! But here are my point of contention:
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> 1. Rather than a blue field, I would have preferred a starfield of some
> kind. If it must a blue field, go much darker with it -- towards indigo.
We have discussed placing it on a starfield for the front page. The blue I
selected only because it simulates the blue 3x6 slope that I have with the
logo on it.
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> 2. There are ripples of some sort in both the yellow planet and in the red
> streaking rocket parts -- if this was a scan, you may wish to remove these
> original source artifacts.
Actually, that's supposed to look like they're "shiny" or have a brushed
metal appearance
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> 3. Given my first point, I would have preferred the reflection of a starfield
> in the chrome, or just a simple chrome look without reflection. What you have
> now presumes reflections from other sources -- like a desert covered planet,
> and a blue sky? Blue/brown chrome reflection only works (or makes sense) if
> you have these two other elements in your design as well. If you look at the
> Star Wars packaging, as an example, they have just hinted at a golden surface
> without reflections of any particular sort.
The chrome isn't actually supposed to be a literal interpretation of the
logo floating in space. I put it on there mainly to make it a bit flashier.
That's still being decided on.
> 4. It should certainly be "Space Worlds" in the plural form.
That's still undecided.
~Mark
--
Mark's Lego Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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