New Permies Overalls Icon

paul wheaton wrote:I like the one in the top row better:



I wonder if diamond shape can be less rounded? So it might look super-er?

Is this sharp enough? It's hard to sharpen it more without redrawing the P...

I Like it! Can I get your .psd so I can make a scalable vector version in illustrator?

Looks great! Now can we do the buffet of sizes?

are there more sizes need besides 64x64 32x32 and 16x16 px?

paul wheaton wrote:Looks great! Now can we do the buffet of sizes?

Looks great as in this is THE one?! Do we have a winner?! Is this it?! What we have all been waiting for?! Has the duke chosen?! Please. Please. Please tell me the answer is yes to all of these questions.

Ryan Skinner wrote:are there more sizes need besides 64x64 32x32 and 16x16 px?

I think we start there and see where we end up!

Ryan Skinner wrote:are there more sizes need besides 64x64 32x32 and 16x16 px?

Yes, there needs to be heaps of different sizes so that it can fit in with other people's string of social media icons. For example, look at all of these websites - it needs to be able to fit into their social media line-up. We have discussed that the ones with COMPLETELY different style probably has their own graphic designer who makes them look nifty like that but in general we just need a bunch of different sizes so that we can offer people choices to choose from.

http://www.groworganic.com/ (note the icons near the bottom of the page on the right: youtube, fb, g+ ....) We already have a thread for them - the icon could link to their thread.

http://www.patternliteracy.com/ (toby's site has one facebook link near the top) --- maybe we could have something similar just below it.

http://www.thegreenhorns.net/

http://www.permaculture.co.uk/

http://www.homestead.org/

http://pantryparatus.com/

http://mudproject.org/

http://www.homeresource.org/

http://oasisdesign.net/

http://www.krameterhof.at/

http://www.savoryinstitute.com/

http://www.backwoodshome.com/

http://www.realworldsurvivor.com/

http://brinkoffreedom.net/

http://solar1234.com/

Ryan Skinner wrote:I Like it! Can I get your .psd so I can make a scalable vector version in illustrator?

On it's way! Photoshop ate my higher resolution image, so I had to recreate it, all while keeping my little guy from having a melt down.

paul wheaton wrote:Looks great!

Yaaaaaay!

I've got about a hundred other things I need to do...
but here:


Hmm. wrong thread...

paul wheaton wrote:
I wonder if diamond shape can be less rounded? So it might look super-er?

I've got about a hundred other things I need to do...
but here:


OK guess it wasn't the wrong thread after all!

just my 2 cents worth but Yes ! !!! Big AL

Cj Verde wrote:

paul wheaton wrote:
I wonder if diamond shape can be less rounded? So it might look super-er?

I've got about a hundred other things I need to do...
but here:


OK guess it wasn't the wrong thread after all!

I placed it on the overalls, for everyone's viewing pleasure .

Nicole, if this thread goes to another page, you'll have to come up with another adjective for the next favicon!

Is the "P" font that Cj posted on official font. It is different than the one Nicole and I were using. If it is preferred what is the font so I can put in mine

As for sizes I am going to create SVG (scalable vector graphic) versions of all of these so as long as they are square format it should get of a bunch of resizing issues out of the way for the end user. They can just set the graphic to be whichever size they want in their web code and it won't mess with quality. Working on Vectorizing Nicole's stuff today.

Ryan Skinner wrote:Is the "P" font that Cj posted on official font. It is different than the one Nicole and I were using. If it is preferred what is the font so I can put in mine

No. I decided to alter a "P" to see if I could make it look "super." This used to be easy in illustrator which I don't own any more and I haven't bothered to learn some of the open source vector programs. You should be able to type in a letter and then convert it to an outline. Then just move the points & handles around to manipulate it.


Here was my starting point:

It's still a little clunky but I knew it wasn't going to be used as is anyway. Obviously, there are numerous reason why it can't be used but from there it was an interesting exercise to simplify it & scale it down & see if it could still be super.

ok cool... yeah I will continue with updating all of this tonight when I am off of work. From what I see there are just a handful of different versions needed. I will try and be thoughtful about all the different placements for this and hope to post them all tonight (probably pretty late for me EST)

Ryan Skinner wrote:As for sizes I am going to create SVG (scalable vector graphic) versions of all of these so as long as they are square format it should get of a bunch of resizing issues out of the way for the end user. They can just set the graphic to be whichever size they want in their web code and it won't mess with quality. Working on Vectorizing Nicole's stuff today.

Yes I think the vectorizing thing is ideal. I just had no idea how to do that so thank you ryan. And thank you everyone who has been helping. Seriously. You all are so awesome.

a smattering of sizes and the placement on the home page. This are all illustrator files now. Not sure what to do for text on the longer ones model after the Facebook like button. Getting tired but wanted to get these posted for input

I think it would look a little better with some plant shapes in there somewhere. Perhaps a sunflower as the center of the P.

I think the san serif "p" has less "super" connotations.

i will try a few differs p' tonight for a vote

Could we make one for the home page at http://richsoil.com/ (see the bottom - they are sorta rounded)

will do

Fit "ermies" in the blank space of the long versions, you'll have to reduce the size on the super P, but just set it higher in the graphic and it will appear uppercase.

Shoot me the final vectors and I'll add dwg, dxf versions for easy label/ sticker versions and drafting applications.

I can make those drafting file types but in my years in Graphic Design/Print Industry I haven't ever heard of people using drafting files over the native illustrator files.

I am almost done with the different options and adding the "richsoil.com" version to the options. Didn't have as much time this weekend as I hoped. Should be up tonight though.

Well I wouldn't use them for most graphics type applications either, but I would prefer them for drafting or solid modeling type applications.


Edited to add:
Honestly, Illustrator can save the filetypes out but they often need cleanup or sizing when they come into Autocad or 3dsMax etc.

yeah. That is True. Need to get one of these machined/carved out of wood to put next to Paul's "the Duke" name badge.

Can we make an icon for http://gardenerd.com/ ??

Does somebody wanna take a moment to break this image up into a lot of little images?

Once we finalize which font for this I will break them up in to separate images... Gardennerd would be similar to the rich soil just about 20% larger

what they look like in place. Left Permies.com Right Richsoil.com

I like "abril" best.

Sweet! I will break these up now.

I think a couple different shades of green might be good.

No problem... wanna see a few before I break them up?

paul wheaton wrote:I think a couple different shades of green might be good.

I really wondered about that as well, branding is so key that a pastel red and blue just wouldn't make a Pepsi logo. But (I know, evil word), we're not a monoculture, our colors should be more free, we should meld into a landscape or stand out more strongly when needed.

Ryan Skinner wrote:No problem... wanna see a few before I break them up?

Okay.

how about these... a few more?

I will do an all black as well