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DnDBreeder
Acolyte

USA
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Posted - 22 Apr 2009 :  03:32:36  Show Profile  Visit DnDBreeder's Homepage Send DnDBreeder a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Alaundo! I'm still around BTW, just working and playing Warhammer when I have free time. If you need anything done, just ask, no matter how big or small the project.
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Ashe Ravenheart
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Posted - 23 Apr 2009 :  15:23:55  Show Profile Send Ashe Ravenheart a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I know it's not much, but figured I toss it out there and see what people thought:

Logo idea

I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.

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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High

Australia
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Posted - 23 Apr 2009 :  16:48:45  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart

I know it's not much, but figured I toss it out there and see what people thought:

Logo idea

It looks interesting enough.

I'm not sure I like the idea of having both an image and text, though. It does kinda feel more "commercial" and less "scholarly." But maybe that's just me.

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Ashe Ravenheart
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Posted - 23 Apr 2009 :  17:01:26  Show Profile Send Ashe Ravenheart a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I understand what you mean. I've been too long in the corporate design, I think.

I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.

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Nefarious
Acolyte

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Posted - 01 Jun 2009 :  15:49:55  Show Profile  Visit Nefarious's Homepage Send Nefarious a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Let me know what you think: Click Here
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High

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Posted - 01 Jun 2009 :  17:07:28  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I really like the flame/candle-graphic. Though I'm not too sure about the burn/smoke mark above. It just doesn't look right.

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Nefarious
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Posted - 01 Jun 2009 :  18:43:10  Show Profile  Visit Nefarious's Homepage Send Nefarious a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Here are two other versions - one variant of the flame and one without.

Logo 1
Logo 2

I could also animate the flame using Flash.

Edited by - Nefarious on 01 Jun 2009 18:44:50
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Fillow
Master of Realmslore

France
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Posted - 01 Jun 2009 :  20:13:57  Show Profile  Visit Fillow's Homepage Send Fillow a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I cannot reach neither the linked page nor the jpg file.
Am I the only one ?

"Today is a good day to smile",
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Nefarious
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USA
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Posted - 01 Jun 2009 :  20:48:58  Show Profile  Visit Nefarious's Homepage Send Nefarious a Private Message  Reply with Quote
They are hosted on a server which I pay for, so I see no reason that you wouldn't be able to view them, unless your ISP is blocking Network Solutions servers. It's possible the host was down temporarily (try again) but if people have a problem viewing them I can host them elsewhere.

Alternate downloads:
Logo 1
Logo 2

Edited by - Nefarious on 01 Jun 2009 20:55:06
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Fillow
Master of Realmslore

France
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Posted - 01 Jun 2009 :  21:14:36  Show Profile  Visit Fillow's Homepage Send Fillow a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Thanks Nefarious.
These ones are allright.

very good stuff !

"Today is a good day to smile",
Fillow Big'n'Book Mahlemiut 'Lead-dog', Son of Garl, Wanderer of the Masked Leaf and Namer of Oghma.

- Fight in the arena and have fun ! :
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- Come and have a look at the already asked questions from the Forgotten Realms Trivia Challenge

I am a French FR fan, so please forgive my lapses in English language and do not hesitate to correct me. Thanks a lot.
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crazedventurers
Master of Realmslore

United Kingdom
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Posted - 02 Jun 2009 :  00:20:37  Show Profile  Visit crazedventurers's Homepage Send crazedventurers a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Nefarious

They are hosted on a server which I pay for, so I see no reason
Alternate downloads:
Logo 1
Logo 2


Image one for me - not a fan of the 'd' flame

Cheers

Damian
ps EXCELLENT work Neferious

So saith Ed. I've never said he was sane, have I?
Gods, all this writing and he's running a constant fantasy version of Coronation Street in his head, too. .
shudder,
love to all,
THO
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High

Australia
31701 Posts

Posted - 02 Jun 2009 :  01:04:25  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Nefarious

Here are two other versions - one variant of the flame and one without.

Logo 1
Logo 2

I could also animate the flame using Flash.

Logo 2 works for me.

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Jorkens
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Posted - 02 Jun 2009 :  10:06:45  Show Profile Send Jorkens a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I would go with number one. I think it looks better without the flame.

Both of them looks great though.
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Nefarious
Acolyte

USA
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Posted - 02 Jun 2009 :  15:55:08  Show Profile  Visit Nefarious's Homepage Send Nefarious a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Thanks for the comments!
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
4598 Posts

Posted - 02 Jun 2009 :  16:27:13  Show Profile  Visit Erik Scott de Bie's Homepage Send Erik Scott de Bie a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I like both, tending toward option 1 (without the flame). I think the flame as a D is maybe a little confusing in option 2.

An animated flame would be pretty cool, though!

Cheers

Erik Scott de Bie

'Tis easier to destroy than to create.

Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars"
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Nefarious
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USA
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Posted - 02 Jun 2009 :  17:15:48  Show Profile  Visit Nefarious's Homepage Send Nefarious a Private Message  Reply with Quote
The flame version was really just for fun. The original was without the flame and meant to be the primary logo. I have never had more fun designing a logo than I did with this one.
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DnDBreeder
Acolyte

USA
7 Posts

Posted - 03 Jun 2009 :  02:12:05  Show Profile  Visit DnDBreeder's Homepage Send DnDBreeder a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I love that font! Very nice design Nefarious. Did you design the font yourself?

~Wants to post his submissions to see what everyone thinks of them. :P ~
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Dart Ambermoon
Learned Scribe

Germany
253 Posts

Posted - 03 Jun 2009 :  02:28:03  Show Profile  Visit Dart Ambermoon's Homepage Send Dart Ambermoon a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I also think the one without the flame looks better. Fantastic work Nefarious.

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Nefarious
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Posted - 03 Jun 2009 :  03:16:10  Show Profile  Visit Nefarious's Homepage Send Nefarious a Private Message  Reply with Quote
The font is based off of the Morpheus font, which I recreated in Illustrator.
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Alaundo
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Posted - 04 Aug 2009 :  20:28:50  Show Profile  Visit Alaundo's Homepage Send Alaundo a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Well met

So here it is, the new Candlekeep forum logo! Many thanks to Andrew Stanbro (a.k.a. Nefarious) for this piece of work.

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Brimstone
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Posted - 04 Aug 2009 :  20:29:43  Show Profile Send Brimstone a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I like it.

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thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
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Alaundo
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Posted - 04 Aug 2009 :  20:32:07  Show Profile  Visit Alaundo's Homepage Send Alaundo a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Brimstone

I like it.



Splendid

This logo is a slight variant on the main logo which will grace the Candlekeep website. (In turn the main logo may also make it's way to the forum logo; we'll have a vote )

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Brimstone
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Posted - 04 Aug 2009 :  20:40:51  Show Profile Send Brimstone a Private Message  Reply with Quote
It is really classy. It was the first thing I noticed when I came in the "doors" so to speak.

"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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Mace Hammerhand
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Posted - 04 Aug 2009 :  20:40:55  Show Profile  Visit Mace Hammerhand's Homepage Send Mace Hammerhand a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Was caught off guard, but I like it.

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Jakk
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Posted - 04 Aug 2009 :  22:54:01  Show Profile Send Jakk a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Like Mace, I was also caught off guard (I hadn't been following this scroll lately), but it looks good. Nice work, Nefarious!

Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.

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Arivia
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Posted - 05 Aug 2009 :  00:11:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Alaundo

quote:
Originally posted by Brimstone

I like it.



Splendid

This logo is a slight variant on the main logo which will grace the Candlekeep website. (In turn the main logo may also make it's way to the forum logo; we'll have a vote )



You're alive, Big Al! Long time, no see.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High

Australia
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Posted - 05 Aug 2009 :  01:02:50  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Alaundo

quote:
Originally posted by Brimstone

I like it.



Splendid

This logo is a slight variant on the main logo which will grace the Candlekeep website. (In turn the main logo may also make it's way to the forum logo; we'll have a vote )

Wait. Candlekeep's a democracy?

So all the motivational whippings and flailing I've authorised were for nothing? But the Lady Hooded One insists? Hmmm.

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Jorkens
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Posted - 05 Aug 2009 :  08:31:15  Show Profile Send Jorkens a Private Message  Reply with Quote
That was unexpected. Change has never been my thing, but in a couple of days I will have gotten used to it. Don't get me wrong, I like the logo, its just that it still "surprises" my eyes each time I look at the top of the page.
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BEAST
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Posted - 05 Aug 2009 :  09:39:39  Show Profile  Visit BEAST's Homepage Send BEAST a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I like it. Sharp, distinctive, and legible. Not too gaudy or confusing. Good job, nefarious.

Just an idea on some other kind of logo, perhaps for another page on the site, perhaps some time far off in the future . . .

How about a combination of the symbols for Oghma, Deneir, Gond, Milil, etc., who supposedly are/have been favored within these hallowed grounds?

Perhaps with the symbol from the Keep's Inner Ward Token described in Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast?

Perhaps animated, to reveal each in sequence?

I apologize in advance that I don't even know how to begin to do what I've suggested, here.

(The Inner Ward Token's symbol might also be a good image for a "Click here to enter"-type of application.)

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Alaundo
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Posted - 06 Aug 2009 :  20:29:34  Show Profile  Visit Alaundo's Homepage Send Alaundo a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Arivia

quote:
Originally posted by Alaundo

quote:
Originally posted by Brimstone

I like it.



Splendid

This logo is a slight variant on the main logo which will grace the Candlekeep website. (In turn the main logo may also make it's way to the forum logo; we'll have a vote )



You're alive, Big Al! Long time, no see.



Well met

Aye, indeed I am, my dear Arivia. Apologies for my absence. It appears as though I have a fair bit of work to be getting on with

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