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Title: This banner is great
Post by: chum1 on July 05, 2007, 11:18:51 AM
Best on any KSU site.  By far.

(http://www.ksufans.com/img/banner2007.jpg)
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: mjrod on July 05, 2007, 11:20:28 AM
You can thank El Chupe Nibre for the design, and him having to endure me tweaking it for several hours while his wife waited in his bed naked for him.

BTW:  Trademark paperwork already sent in.   That's a badass logo.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ECN on July 05, 2007, 11:21:09 AM
can i post the black one i sent to you yesterday?
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ChiefCatchacold on July 05, 2007, 11:22:43 AM
*hits F5*

oooh, nice.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ECN on July 05, 2007, 11:23:07 AM
there it is!
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ECN on July 05, 2007, 11:23:41 AM
You can thank El Chupe Nibre for the design, and him having to endure me tweaking it for several hours while his wife waited in his bed naked for him.

BTW:  Trademark paperwork already sent in.   That's a badass logo.


my wife is extremely attractive too.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: Saulbadguy on July 05, 2007, 11:25:27 AM
You can thank El Chupe Nibre for the design, and him having to endure me tweaking it for several hours while his wife waited in his bed naked for him.

BTW:  Trademark paperwork already sent in.   That's a badass logo.


my wife is extremely attractive too.
Pics plz.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ECN on July 05, 2007, 11:54:20 AM
You can thank El Chupe Nibre for the design, and him having to endure me tweaking it for several hours while his wife waited in his bed naked for him.

BTW:  Trademark paperwork already sent in.   That's a badass logo.


you 'tweaked' the homepage banner.

Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: mjrod on July 05, 2007, 12:01:24 PM
You can thank El Chupe Nibre for the design, and him having to endure me tweaking it for several hours while his wife waited in his bed naked for him.

BTW:  Trademark paperwork already sent in.   That's a badass logo.


you 'tweaked' the homepage banner.



I was referring to the logo.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ECN on July 05, 2007, 12:35:11 PM
oh i know.

i was referring to the 'jersey mesh looking material' in the background.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: mjrod on July 05, 2007, 12:36:30 PM
oh i know.

i was referring to the 'jersey mesh looking material' in the background.

OK, that was the last minute thing.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ECN on July 05, 2007, 12:37:34 PM
no problem.

this new black one kicks its ass.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: konofo on July 05, 2007, 12:40:00 PM
Outstanding improvement.  The only criticism I can come up with is that the ribbons of smoke end somewhat abruptly at either edge.  A smoother transition to black might look a bit nicer.

kono
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: mjrod on July 05, 2007, 12:40:29 PM
no problem.

this new black one kicks its ass.

You may need to up the front one to more kick ass.. now that I look at them side by side, I'm thinking we should probably stick with the black logo with purple etching.   

Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ECN on July 05, 2007, 12:45:21 PM
Outstanding improvement.  The only criticism I can come up with is that the ribbons of smoke end somewhat abruptly at either edge.  A smoother transition to black might look a bit nicer.

kono

thats an mj thing.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ECN on July 05, 2007, 12:48:19 PM
no problem.

this new black one kicks its ass.

You may need to up the front one to more kick ass.. now that I look at them side by side, I'm thinking we should probably stick with the black logo with purple etching.   



i love the gray one though. i mean...man love.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: mjrod on July 05, 2007, 01:06:19 PM
Outstanding improvement.  The only criticism I can come up with is that the ribbons of smoke end somewhat abruptly at either edge.  A smoother transition to black might look a bit nicer.

kono

thats an mj thing.

You made the banner, and showed it to me.  You can make those mods.  I was going to say something earlier, but I felt I needed to share it.. it's that damned good.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ECN on July 05, 2007, 01:10:04 PM
here's what ill do when i get home:

1. play hide the salami with my extremely attractive wife. same as step 4, ill just say it now.
2. grill my dinner
3. feather, or fade the smoke on each ends in order to make konos dreams come true. which he has a good point.
4.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ECN on July 05, 2007, 01:11:13 PM
you have to match my black exact.

tia.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: mjrod on July 05, 2007, 01:13:45 PM
you have to match my black exact.

tia.

black what?
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ECN on July 05, 2007, 01:23:37 PM
nvrmind
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: kougar24 on July 05, 2007, 01:56:02 PM
Yeah, very solid work ECN.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ECN on July 05, 2007, 06:26:47 PM
Outstanding improvement.  The only criticism I can come up with is that the ribbons of smoke end somewhat abruptly at either edge.  A smoother transition to black might look a bit nicer.

kono

taken care of.

see new one.

Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ew2x4 on July 05, 2007, 07:31:58 PM
Have you looked at doing all caps with the "ans" part of KSUFans? Most probably wont notice, but everything else is in caps. It may be something worth looking at.

KSUFans

KSUFANS

Eh I dunno. Depends on the font.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ECN on July 05, 2007, 07:46:13 PM
yeah, we discussed that....

it can still be changed. just wanted the design part done.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: mjrod on July 05, 2007, 07:53:11 PM
Have you looked at doing all caps with the "ans" part of KSUFans? Most probably wont notice, but everything else is in caps. It may be something worth looking at.

KSUFans

KSUFANS

Chupa and I went over many different designs.  I had asked him to make a logo for the site a few days ago on anticipation (and rightly so) that the University might have an issue with us using the Powercat if the site became more business oriented.     The original logo he made is on the website home page (http://www.ksufans.com).   The font we're using now, and the lettering we toyed with for several hours.  It's been submitted for trademark already because I think we've got our brand.

During those adjustments, we had a banner originally that was on the front and was quite busy - fans, the coaches, the Powercat, the name, etc.. and when I decided to put his new logo design in, it didn't look right.   He originally did the design and I changed it, knowing that the powercat would be prominent within the banner and  being the good sport he is, understood what I wanted to achieve.   However, this new logo would not look the same simply by replacing the powercat with what I now call the KSUFans PowerOrb, and so after thinking about it,  I decided to have it re-done.  I told him I wanted it simple, elegant, and he came up with what we have now (after a few adjustments.)

My decision in removing the images of Prince and Martin from the banner also falls in line with the property of KSU and our ability to market it.   KSU requires that we obtain a license for commercial use of the logo, including likenesses of Prince, Martin, or other KSU personalities.  I'd have no problem paying the fees, but the bureaucracy is pretty extensive and the cost of managing the paybacks to the University for their property could get hairy.   I want to focus on where we can go with the website and not worry about dealing with some of the more "protective" members of the administration.   Don't get me wrong.  I firmly believe in KSU having the right to protect their property, after all, it's in the school's financial interest to do so.  With that, by having our own "brand", we have a little more leeway in building our own identity.

At some point, we have to make the process final, and I think we chose a good design.   We could spend hours tweaking, but we needed something so we can start the next phase of the website.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ChicoRodriguez on July 05, 2007, 07:57:03 PM
So when do we get premium?
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: dmartin on July 05, 2007, 09:37:01 PM
you wouldn't happen to have a large resolution image of just the ball/s would you?  would make a kickin wallpaper.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: mjrod on July 05, 2007, 09:38:33 PM
you wouldn't happen to have a large resolution image of just the ball/s would you?  would make a kickin wallpaper.

Yeah, those are coming.   Lots coming out.


Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: The Whale on July 05, 2007, 09:40:41 PM
With that, by having our own "brand", we have a little more leeway in building our own identity.

Have you been reading the same business books that Ron Prince has?
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: The Whale on July 05, 2007, 09:42:12 PM
The new desings look great! Good job guys
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ChiefCatchacold on July 05, 2007, 09:53:17 PM
Yeah, those are coming.   Lots coming out.

T-Shirts?  Bumper stickers?  OrbPAKs?
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: mjrod on July 05, 2007, 09:54:35 PM
Yeah, those are coming.   Lots coming out.

T-Shirts?  Bumper stickers?  OrbPAKs?

Yes.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ew2x4 on July 05, 2007, 10:27:56 PM
Thanks for the low-down, MJ. I think you guys did a great job. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what is coming.

PS. I'm going to send you a PM soon.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: WorldWideBalla21 on July 05, 2007, 10:30:11 PM
Thanks for the low-down, MJ. I think you guys did a great job. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what is coming.

PS. I'm going to send you a PM soon.

I'm sure he needed the heads up about the PM  :confused:
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ew2x4 on July 05, 2007, 10:44:40 PM
Thanks for the low-down, MJ. I think you guys did a great job. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what is coming.

PS. I'm going to send you a PM soon.

I'm sure he needed the heads up about the PM  :confused:


Everyone does that. Someone in the office sends you an email, a lot of the time they turn around and say, hey, I sent you an email. Not sure why. Just so they know you won't ignore them I guess.
 (http://kansas.scout.com/)
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: WorldWideBalla21 on July 05, 2007, 10:48:29 PM
Thanks for the low-down, MJ. I think you guys did a great job. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what is coming.

PS. I'm going to send you a PM soon.

I'm sure he needed the heads up about the PM  :confused:


Everyone does that. Someone in the office sends you an email, a lot of the time they turn around and say, hey, I sent you an email. Not sure why. Just so they know you won't ignore them I guess.
 (http://kansas.scout.com/)


haha, thanks for the link
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: ksuno1stunner on July 05, 2007, 10:50:54 PM
Can I buy stock in KSUFans?
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: greasd up deaf guy on July 06, 2007, 02:08:21 AM
Terrific work, as always.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: prome05 on July 06, 2007, 02:35:02 AM
yeah, we discussed that....

it can still be changed. just wanted the design part done.

All caps and no spaces. KSU (Myriad Pro Semibold Condensed) FANS (Light Condensed) ???? :blindfold:

Or use Crillee?

Both are fonts associated with K-State sports... and you wouldn't be breaking any copyright laws.
Title: Re: This banner is great
Post by: kougar24 on July 06, 2007, 08:48:15 AM
Though it's getting slightly overdone by businesses nowadays, I do like the look of using bold and condensed/normal font with no spaces to separate two words.

KSUFANS