From: "Ernest Lilley" <elilley at mindspring.com>
To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Changing the rocket...What's up?
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:48:40 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

>>The question I have- Is there anyway to do a redesign of the logo so it is
basic black and white line work? The cross hatching on the rocket appears to
be a texture remnant of a much earlier era of computer design, and in a
large way goes to creating the "outdated" look of the piece.

I would love to see what would happen if using the basic logo elements, we
created a new version.  Or even if we ran this version through a couple of
style filters in Photoshop to smooth out the scratches and set in some pure
colors.<<

Gayle and I can make all those changes. In fact, I sent her a version
yesterday with the rocket colors blended in Photoshop to smooth them out.

I like the design itself, and feel that a redoing of it using the same
layout and current imaging would be swell. I'm forwarding my versions to
Gayle so she can pass them along or not as she sees fit.

I'm still of the opinion that an incremental change is a good idea, and as I
think I've said, we should keep a legacy page around for historical purposes
and to make sure that people who've worked on this in the past get credited.

Ernest Lilley

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-----Original Message-----
From: elizceleste at mindspring.com [mailto:elizceleste at mindspring.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 1:36 PM
To: WSFA members
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Changing the rocket...What's up?

So I've seen all three variants on the rocket.  I like the basic concept of
the WSFA logo. Capitol building +rocket =Washington Science Fiction
Association.

The question I have- Is there anyway to do a redesign of the logo so it is
basic black and white line work? The cross hatching on the rocket appears to
be a texture remant of a much earlier era of computer design, and in a large
way goes to creating the "outdated" look of the piece.

I would love to see what would happen if using the basic logo elements, we
created a new version.  Or even if we ran this version through a couple of
style filters in photoshop to smooth out the scratches and set in some pure
colors.

I'm even willing to put in a stab at it.  Although at that point I may take
all three elements and start from scratch

A circle with the Capitol building rising to the full height and a rocket
ship in better perspective perhaps?

Heck we could make it a WSFA contest. Winner gets some early 1960's SF
paperbacks from my house. Losers each get a copy of a Gor book from my
house.

Elizabeth